The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-07-25


on his table and would have given his chill
dren better opportunities The man who
has Invent w genius. who can not only con-
struct but produce, makes wealth rapidly;
but he is not sat SIZED with his old way. He
must have his hon ses and his carriages all
these new wants require new labor, this new
labor gives new employment, and so we see
that the great secret of the success ana pros
perity of the people is the greatest possible
pro duct at the great st possible price
But what has brought our prices down!
say protection. Applause " hen this
country had enforced this system FIR a time
France, Germany, spai', EngIand-and some
other counties said: ''If that is n good
thing for you 1T is for u.s." We will protect
our IA me Industries We will protect oar
farmers Germany increased the duty ON
wheat three times; France imposed duty.
on ccrn and potatoes; Spain took similar ac-
ton. What is the result? In 1857 we export
ed $50 900 O0O worth of VIII at and flour; in
1883 We exported $50, eco 100 worth. These
| people are trying the virtue of a tariff AZ
well as you.
But when you t,lx about free trade or
comparative free trade our friends imme-
diately sound the alarm of pauper labor In
this land CT the free ard the brave, in the
midst OF a people who never suffered fear on
the fields of battle, who have met and faced
every kind ct danger incident to a govern
ment like ours, you cry pauper and they i'm
m"diately look under the bed They are
scared at once ILaughter.] 1t costs about
the same to produce in one country as an
tween the prices paid in otaer lands for
labor and those paid for the same kind of
labor In this country you will find that the
| people OF other lands are paid as much else
| where as here. American labor is skilled
| ami should bo paid more for much more is
| accomplished. I firmly believe that the
American laborer in proportion to the work
| he does and the amount he produces is the
world Applause But you say: "You are
talkin g Tree trade Well, I'm u free man,
| too tApplausel When our fathers found
/ ed this government they intended IL to be
| free land and they dedicated it to free
| speech, to ire laI or, yes and TO free trade.
! The greatest If all the colonial dim ultIes
could be traced to the violation of the rights
TO the free exchange of pr, duce. They were
| continually hnmpered by those taxes, in
| Guiding at one time tax on individuals as
/ they passed from one colony to another.
But after those d. fficulties were over there
was esta blished almost absolute free trade.
| This government was made for the masses,
not Tor the classes. Applause Do not
| forget the old Jeffersonian doctrine: Equal
rights to all men and exclusive rights to
none" [Applause]
1t is strange how intelligent men will talk
about the advantages of protection. 1t
means nothing moro than a protection of
| the few against the masses This should
not be. Commerce should be free as the
wind. Let It go on its way. Let 1t seek its
own ports and harbors It's Gods way.
| You ask: Am my others keeperY' 1
answer yes. Cain as his brothers keeper
| to a certain extent. / say that Carnegie and
all such are in great measure the keepers
of the laboring men of this country and that
| they have no right to rob them. [Cheers !
II the farmers had the $3.50 O00.0U0 which
they should have had for their crops last
| year Il would have benefited not only the
farmers, but the hostler, the milkmaid, the
mechanic. the rich. the poor. But when
you strike the farm you strike the great
Vital energy Of cur country. When
| / ST nj
| ton-tho5e elect who are looking after
| the good people of the country, who are
| protecting American Industries and partiCu-
| larly the American farmers In their jealous
| efforts, wonder in my heart some times
why the go d Lord allows them to live
among u p1or, simple min ed Democrats.
Laughter wonder IN 1t he dc Is not catch
them up in Clouds kc he did Elijah of Old,
and take them away where the wicked cease
! from t. oub.ing and the weary at rest.
| Continuous laughter.
1 asked one of these high tariff fellows
! once about this protective business. asked
him about the I riff on lumber. He said it
| was 81 a thousand.
"Was it necessary to have that tarlnT'
| Eyes SIR
"To protect your labor?'
Eyes sir; get that 81. 1t is paid to me-"
"What do you do with itr'
Il put it In my pocket"
"What about the laborer?'
II am the only laborer. will tell you the
truth. l am the laborer. / go and hire the
other fellow. II he don't suit me 1 will hire
| another fellow-any Kind l can get, Hungar-
| ian. Italian, scandinavian who / please.
/ am the fellow that gets the other fellow to
| labor"
Not long since 1 went through a watch
mandatory in Connecticut There 1
watched the finest watches or some of the
finest watches in The land manufactured.
/ There was not a single touch of the hand in
any part of the manufacturing save to put
/ the pieces together when they had been fin
/ L.
each separate pi ce. Then realized what
American ingenuity and skill had done for
the manufacturing interests. AfterwarI /
| saw Waterbury watches manufactured. In
| that town you know they give you
| Waterbury watch with every suit
| of clothes you wear. It is the boast
OF the manufacturers that their watches
are used in every c, untry of the globe
L was much Interested in product
| that could find its way into every mart of
0he world. l had conversation with one
| of the leading men in the factory. told
him that Democrat and of course
| took him to be Republican. now" said
i ], 'how Is it that you need to be protected
! against the manufacturers in other coun-
| tries and yet you caa go into their countries
and underscn their products at their own
| doors?" Hea answered: 20, the tariff be -
/ lLaughter.l The fact is that there
1 hands that can comp ste with the skill of
our free American citizens We do not
want protection against others, but every
| body wants protection against us. Laugh
| ter. We want an open unres ricted way to
| all the world Our 66,OO0,DgJ people, II we
had the same priv .ieges that given Great
Britain, could make our exports reach ST.
| 600 000, 900 annually.
They said they would protect the Ameri-
can farmer by putting a duty wheat.
They di put a duty it. Did you ever
know of a necessity to put a duty on an ar
ticle where 1t could be raised the most
cheaply and the most abundantIy of any
| place in the world? And yet til s WIS done
with the farmers across ths water who
would not only have less advantageous pro-
ducing facilities, but would have all the ex-
! Tenses Of transport tion. Why. there Is
one 10 lish enough to try to import wheat
/ against our own production People do not
| ring their cotton fr III India to sell Il in
Texas. Why, the prices of Russian and Aus
traIian wheat are high at the points of
export than our OWL wheat Mt the same
point with tine cost of transportation added.
/ Yet they would protect our wheat. The re-
! suit Is just the reverse Of what they would
have Us believe IL We are & ting less and
! less for VII Il we have to scli and are paying
more and more for what we We to buy.
| We ought to get TO Heaven by and by IL u
4 spirit OF self denial an do any thing for US.
! he old instruction l.: &c sell all thou
hast and give n tn poor" We are selling
all we have and giving to the rich Laugh
/ ter. All good Democrats are getting ready
/ to go to Heaven. but they are not In any
! hurry about it. [ aughtsr.J The tendency
/ is in the right direction.
But to show you how bald and oIlow Is
all this talk about protection to the Ameri-
] CIR woI kman. W iIr-to read you some fig
| UFt5 that have e me direct from unqurs-
| tionable sources. How much DO s the Amer
lean work man gain by &c protection the
/ articles hs manufactures! Not one cent
| Now let Us sec
/ Here Mr.. Mills read the following table
| which speaks for itself:
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