Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12
MILLS IN "OLD BBRRs.o
The Texas Congressman Preach
Tariff Reform in HfeTAK County.

Tariff Reform iR BeTRS County.
READING, Pa, June 8.--Ihe farmers OF
Berks county turned out In force on SRtur-
day to attend the great tariff reform picnic
ut the Yellow House and to hear the true
principles OF trade explained by Congress-
man Roger Mills, who made flying trip
from Washington for that purpose. The
pice,c grounds are situated near the boun-
Diary liue, between Obey and Amity, the
two richest farming townships OF Berks
county, and there is scarcely farm In
either that did not have its representative
there. Over 5000 people were present.
Two stands had been erected, aud the
farmers were RECALLED with speeches both ia
English and Pennsylvania Dutch. Mc. Mills
was the one above all others whom the
spectators were looking for, and whan the
representative from the most Democratic
state In the union was introduced by CHAIR
man Herbst, OF the county committee, he
was given n royal welcome by the repre-
sentatiges OF the moBl democratic county
| In Pennsylvania.
MIR. Mills first paid tribute to the people
of "old B9rks." whose unfaltering devo-
ton to the principles OF true Democratic
| government he had been taught TO admire
| from his youth up. He gave the farmers a
plain talk Oh the questions involved In the
tariff dlspute, without bothering them with
too many embarrassing figures and stalls
tics. The Mckinley bill, he said, would, ae-
cording 10 the present outlook, pass the
Senate.
your fellow.man," he continued, "has
no right to say In which market you shall
sell your labor. l have natural rights, but
1 II some man or men stronger than dlsre,
| gard my rights or choose to rob me OF that
| with which my Creator has endowed me,
then government must be Instituted to
secure to me those rights. The whole
object md theory OF every government IL
to secure that which God has granted to
each man. You must stop at that. That 1;
| free government.
Democracy says the government has nc
right TO interfere In my private affairs, and
the government must see that do not In
tertere In my fellow mans. A great many
OF my friends are trying to get to HEAVIER
| by crying Protection but | tell them Il
wont do; that the first thing necessary K
get there is to Join the Democratic party.
"They maintain that VS. must take cart
OF the labor OF the country-that we mus
protect 1t against foreign competition. Bu
the old Jeifersonian Democrat maintains
that the government Is not the father no
the man the imbeeile child; but that I'M
man is a sovereign and the government th'
servant created by man. He ashetts that |
Il pobody's business where one buys o
sells that the American laborer does ne
need protection and Is capable OF takinl
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'They have talked OF protection before
but they said they wanted q little TO haianc
the cost of labor. They started 100 year
RRo on wooden goods. The tariff then wa
$3.50 on 800. 1t was an infant then. Weil
we cared for that infant 60 years, anu Il
1860 the tariff on WOODEN goods was mad
S2i on 800, instead OF $3.50. Tho inian
was getting worse instead OF better. i
1880 1t required $40 GA 300 to protect
against the foreigner, and now they con
! fess They are going to ruin and perishin
after the protection OF O century with
tag3ff OF $40 on 800, and have appealed t
Congress TO save this lOo.years-old infsu
from being absolutely destroyed, and the
have responded by putting the duty to SID
on 600 worth OF goods. How muc
} longer ia II going to take the infant
} bankrupt the countiy2 The more we pre-
{ tect 1t the more 1t needs. Had We not bette
! turn 1T out in the air ard let 1T eat graz
Z awhile2"
: George III. Ward OF Philadelphia ais
: made an able speech against the Mckinle
: bill, and Captain +. II. Rauch and Edwi
4 sassRmsn spoke in German.