The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-18

bill Is the result Of the efforts OF favored
individuals and interests "a making TIE
Legislation u the country bend TO their
private greed. Sush persons as contrib
uted expressly for election expenses
two years ago have a ' md on the high
protection party which Is now being dis
charged In the form OF laws for their
private interests. The various sched-
ules Of the Tariff bill are written into u
by interested parties No Congressman
can understand any considerable part of
. tariff bill; and 50 the men who do
understand IL and who want TO get the
full benefit Of II write into II about what
they want and the Mckinley majority
indorses IL and then tho debate Is
choked of and the iniquities OF the bill
can not be shown up in discussion; Il Is
rushed through In haste as II tho
country were In eager waiting for II. In
opposition 10 McKinlcy's policy Of ex-
%clusion II was assorted that honest trade
must be promoted; for honest trade
means the brotherhood Of man.
The afternoon meeting was q great
success; but the evening meeting Of
workingmen was q still greater one.
There were. in fact, four meetings in
the evening the great gathering al the
kensington Textile Hall, an overflow
meeting in an adjacent hall and "
street meetings outside the Textile
Hall. In all these meetings there were
some 90, 600 workingmen. There was
also : large torchlight procession. in
which transparcncies ~denouncing the
Nick Inley bill were carried.
The large meeting in Textile Hall was
addressed by congressman Breck nridge.
Bynum and McAdoo. and a stirring let
ter was read from ~ex-President Clcve-
land.
The principal address was made BY
Congressman Breckenridge. Of Ken
lucky. He showed how the tariff de-
stroys the equality between man and
man by helping the rich at the expense
Of the poor. lie denied that the Gov
eminent had the right to exact any tax
beyond the requirements OF its actual
needs under an economical policy Of ad-
ministration.
The Mckinley bill gives TO working
men no chance to better their condition.
The wool question was dwelt on at con.
siderable length and the advantages OF
free wool clearly pointed out. We put
10 cents a pound on wool, and 1t takes
four pounds Of this sort to make one
pound Of yarn. In this way 40 cents
in the cost Of this pound Of yarn is SIM
ply thrown away. IL Is 40 cents
more than the foreign competitor has
paid, and the increased cost Of wool
makes it necessary to have . larger
capital, and the increase is shifted
finally back upon the consumer
This wool tax is levied. OF course. in
the interest Of the grower OF sheep; but
II has not worked in that way. for the
wool which cost so cents a pound in
1860 can now be had for "a cents. Seven
bushels OF wheat brought $40 in 1860.
but now it requires fourteen bushels to
get SO, and that $40 will not buy as
good a suit OF clothes now as it did in
1850. for al. cheap clothing is now made
largely Of shoddy.
Mr.. Breckenridge continued for an
hour to knock holes in the Mckinley
bill. and then Mr.. Bynum was intro
duced.
lie attacked the ehome market"
theory and showed that il a s'home
market were a good thing for a nation,
then II must be also for a State; and II
for a State, then for : county. and for .
township, and finally for an individual.
In this way the protective system would
become q wheel within q wheel. Our
commerce must be so regulated as 10
stimulate production and consumption AZ
home: but this can be done, not by ex-
GLIDING the world, but by taking the
raw materials the world can send US
cheaper than we can produce them our
selves.
In his letter to tho meeting ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland said:
II know that with the feeling now abroad
In our land. and with the Intense existence
and activity Of such clubs ns yours the
claim presumptuousIy made that the people
Mt the last election finally passed upon the
subject OF tariff adjustment will be cmphat.
ically denied: and that our work. ngmen and
formers VIII continue 20 agitate this and all
other questions involving their welfare with
increased zeal and in the light II Increased
knowledge and experience until they are
finally and In accordance with
the American sentiment Of fair play"
Meetings like these are OF the very
deepest significance in a city like Phila-
delphia. They show that manufactur-
ers and workingmen alike are turning
protection to a wise system. In
an editorial Article on this meeting, tho
New York Commercial Bulletin. . nom
political paper, has these forcible words:
"such demonstrators as these, held In
any part OF the country would surely effect
public opinion. even though they made no
Impression on the dominant party In Con.
gross. Held IN Philadelphia they have an
exceptional Significance. They mean moth.
Ing less than that the protect We principle 10
becoming dIscre iited among the very class
for whom X was specially designed. and
rven among a section Of thai class which has
been above All others persistent In
~ support; and they equally demonstrate
hat the workmcn are opening their eyes TO
The deception Of artificial wages"
We bought last year from New Zea-
and S1.61s, $50 worth Of goods. OF this
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