Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30

! it not worth while as business men. To give this
matter an experiment. Some of the best minds
and best thinkers in this coustry think
and give give American labor 'eD cha apSa
| We imported last year from England. az prices
| fixed by the English syndicate, S2l,O0o0G in tin
| plate, and we paid thereon s7O0O,O0o duty That
simply means that every hive years We se,d out
| and Monmouthshire for an article of prime
cessit Is it, not worth while. my fellow
citizens, to endeavor to stop this enormous ont
| go, when are informed on the best of author
ity that there is buried IN the Black Hills mex
haustible miass of tint An: And, my fellow ci!i-
in St. Paul and in Duluth, in proximity
| plate viii be produced in these towns sufficient
| for the supply of all our population. Applause
For it is not an intricate thing, it's the simplest
have considered what tin plate is and how it is
made.
! sheet rolled thin. Of iron OF steel. is the
main part of the product That sheet is dipped
in palm or other oil. and then dipped IL vessel
containing molten tin and then dipped again in
| tin. and so on to secure the necessary grade and
thickness, and that is all there is Of tin plate.
and yet Tor by 81 From ah so
and suffered ourselves to be manufactured for
by the Welsh and Monmonthshire mines. of
country within d the last 10 years., have no
doubt. over 500 600 600 of money for that article
alone. Mills are going up all over
|
| the paper that English capital is now at
the Black Hills: tits starting mp, in Chicago in
1be nrlnoss nnTeratood Wbv
not give it chance7 If it does not work WORK
right why by the !st of October. 1887,
| hopes of the devotees of free tin plate are at
once realized. What does the London Econo,
mist TO- 1880 this Sonb Sh bo,
great deal of American capital will be promptly
embarked in the business, and sooner or later
| the tin plate trade Will cease to be a monopoly
| of South Wales and Monmouthshre."
| But, my felow-citizens, supposing the whole
| duty is imposed as tax upon the material.
| what will it amount tot You take pint tin
| cup. and am giving you Baltimore and Wash
| ington prices, at Wholesale they cost l2i4 cents
per dozen, equal to IA cents each. They weigh
| 31s ounces. Add the whole duty and it makes
readily 'f for e' cents each Where is that
How is going OF to be addedf # viii fall upon
| the producer and upon the importer. Take
coffee pots. At Baltimore the Wholesale price is
| $1.10 ger dozen, Ito cents each. They weigh
| one poerd and four ounces. Add the total
cost wholesale, the total duty will be 1 lilo
cents.
Take the four-quart dairy pan which whole
| sales at Baltimore at AZ cents per dozen, :A
cents each, the weight is half a pound; add the
words an addition of 6 mills. They retail at Is
| cents each.
can people of the tax upon most indis-
| pensable and important necessary of life. The
tax upon sugar last year IL this country or the
". relieved and if Minnesota con
tains population OF =, 100000 people, it
upon the people of Minnesota of 81 $40 coo. Jap
| rlause.] Is it not worth while to stop and con-
which sagaciously and intrepidly has aIieviated
| the burdens of taxation 81, OO0OU year, or in
ten years ss5o,0ooC0o. And yet these men who
| and its merits say nothing to the American peo-
pie as to this. and are wholly obliyious and
co pe'i Instead P''p o. ss5,ooo,ceo last year
| tons on other matters. Take carpet, take body
Brussels: La 1872 our product was 1,275,0Oo
s we I'm 3S Sse gards y" ony s o.
the people. In 1872 we had l43 looms. In 1853
Of tapestry Brussels in 1850 I6 600 $50 yards In
| 1872 we imported 3610,000 yards of tapestry
Bsnss d IN i ss1 Only t 1 yards and prcss
| a yard. in 1880 81 80 in 1890 SO cents and on.
| But, my fellow-citizens. it has always been the
| time would come by the expansion of American
industries, when America, having built up
enough OF her manufacturers to .sapply the
| home demand. would turn and take Ter part ia
the commerce of the world, and owing to the
| genius and perceptiveness of the foremost of
| American statesmen, James G. Blaine APP
| plausel, there has been introduced into this
bail a
| PROVISION FOR RECIPROCITY
of intercourse with foreign nations by which i.
is provided that if American products shall be
| unduly Disseminated against it shall be within
the power of the president Of the United States
to reimpose certain duties upon sugar.
esa materials. TSs Americas anne some people pR
stand ready to exercise rcna the t ,nsS
| produce what we do not produce. We stand
in the position, under the provisions of this law.
as e'f Rspabe Of Of sa SPANISH
provinces and Of Mexico or complete
reciprocity without which no nation can
| others the advantages which she may give to
| other more favored nations. Not one Demo-
Democratic member of the house OF representa-
| tives voted for that provision although 1t had
always been the cry and the pretext OF the
ket within our home circle, that we made no
provision, and that the tariff laws did not look
| towards foreign intercourse. But that is not
| all, nor is it the most important.
The last Republican congress passed what is
known as the meat retaliation bill. You all
know that the American hog has been excluded
from France and Germany upon mere pre-
texts, at first sanitary, but now confessed to be
ec9nomic You all know that the american
By way Of provision that they shall Be
enough for them to recover from the effects of the
long voyage, that the cattle trade of this county
WIN England mas become almost VAlu6leSS.
| The retaliation bill provides when any foreign
| nation shall discriminate unjustly against the
| products of American agriculture OF any other
product of American industry; the president of
| the United States can forbid the entry into any
port of the United States OF the articles of man
| ufacture production of that foreign country.
[Applause.l This means that If France and
! Germany will not respect the rights of his
majesty, the American hog, Laughter that the
| French and German wines cannot come
| to this country any more; that the worthless
cutlery of Germany cannot come to this coun-
| try any more. that nothing produced in either
| again until the American farmer, under the pro
lection of this statute. passed by the Republic
can congress has the right to market
| his product in those nations which have made
| these determinations against (Applause.]
| Here, at the head of navigation of the Miss is
| slppi river, at the geographical center Of this
are two imperial cities. They have pop
people; they are the commercial and po-
liticai capitals of the state of a million and
of St. Paul and Minneapolis form the
domestic Dc tic. market for the production prod
are engaged in agricultural pursuits. Take the
city of Duluth and the other cities of this state
| end they only emphasize the truth of this
in Minneapolis. you are reaching, out in every
the farmers boy and girl from the farm to com
| pei them not to follow if they do not choose in
scope. than they ever before knew.
Put the maunfaeturers of Minneapolis, of Du;,
where is the laboring man of those cities. Zap
PlauseI Another man 1900 miles away is dong
his work, because he does it cheaper.
The face n this and aes sad sSs
laborng man will say to the farmer, You vote