Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-10-30

changed our production for another, Civ |
ing orders on you for coal, and you for |
groceries, and you for dry goods, and that's |
the way we carried on business under the.
low tariff of 1867. But under the high
tariff was brought into being all these
factories in New Haven, in Birmingham,
in Ansonia, in Waterbury, and so on all
over the country our manufacturing in
dustries were fostered and developed. Now
that's what the tariff does.
We told you that if there were irregu-
1arities or inequalities in the tariff, neces-
sary changes would be made as soon as
practicable. 1.-THE tariff was too high for
one class of goods it would be cut down,
onif too low it would be raised, and if it
affected goods or things we could not pro-
duce, such things would be put on the
free list. [Applause. .,.J,
Now that's the principle in which the
Mckinley bill is based. [Applause. The
with the Morrison horizontal bill and with
| the Mills bill; and then gave a telling
| episode of how a democratic friend took
| water and evaded the question when it
| was sent home to him to decide on which
platform he stood-protection or free
| trade.
Mr.. Sperry then gave some attention to
| Mr.. David A. Wells and his recent utter
| ances I have read for thirty years of
Wells free tradeism. Go to the encyclo-
| paedia as to his ideas of free trade and un-
| der which his name stands. Yet Mr.. Wells
has the effrontory to stand up in that joint
| debate and proclaim himself protection
| list. Any intelligent person who has ar
| rived at years of discretion knows that he
is free trader, member of the Golden
| club and leader in free trade conven-
tions; and he stands up there before the
voters of Windham county and proclaims
himself a protectionist. -.
| All! gentlemen, am glad he recognizes
protection is good ship to sail in; but,
here is man proclaiming himself pro-
tectionist when his whole life gives the lie
to that utterance. .s s.s. e. d
r For thirty or forty years, since the re-
publican party came into power, have
seen every measure proposed by the repub-
lican party opposed by the democratic
| party, even to the calling out of 5000
men to put down rebellion. At every
measure proposed they have barked at our
heels. They opposed us at every step all
! along the line, from the time of the eman-
cipation proclamation all along to the
amendments to the constitution. When
| the emancipation proclamation was issued
| they were sure it would result in destruc-
L UlOu duu I6NO1uUlOA d1O q VOL VI loCCos
| And to-day they try to make the people
believe that they were in favor of the
emancipation proclamation, and declared
slavery grave evil all along. But when
| the war cloud was blacklist, when loyal
people everywhere were looking and hoping
for Union victories, they were gathered in
knots looking discouraged when news
| came that the enemies of the old flag were
beaten.
Mr.. Sperry now paid his respects to Mr..
Deforest, the democratic candidate from
Fairfield county, vigorously showing how
Mr.. Deforest was endeavoring to stride
two horses, claiming to be a protectionist
while his whole past record showed him te
be partisan of free trade.
Speaking of tho tariff on pearl buttons Mr.
Sperry said further in regard to the Wells
Russell debate, the only persons who were
making pearl buttons were Austrian con
victs, who sent them to this country tx
compete with American manufacturer
because the laws of Austria do not permi
these buttons made by convict labor to b.
sold in that country. This is why tn,
republicans in congress voted to put a tai
on pearl buttons, and it is a
once reviving the pearl button indust,
in this country. To-day no articl
whatsoever made by criminal labor o,
| foreign SnOreS can ma Market upon GU
shores. This is one of the results of tn
Mckinley bill. The Mckinley bill vii
protect American industry and stimulat
competition, and competition brings dow,
the prices of necessary articles of merchan
disc. The Mckinley bill raises the pric
of luxuries, such as cigars and champagne
The great principles of the Mckinley bill
will never be repealed, and the sun of pro
lection never go down. Mr.. Sperry her
vigorously paid his respects to Senate
Eaton in his recent speech in this city
Mr.. Sperry was about to close, but tn
meeting wanted more and a voice inquire
"How about steel railsa' Mr.. Sperry i
response gave most telling illustrator
from his personal experience, of the we
known great reduction in the price of stet
rails in this country, owing solely to pre-
lection of the American industry. Nj
Sperry closed with brilliant peroratior
Both speakers were frequently inter
rupted by applause and at the close of MI
Sperry's speech the whole assembly cam
forward and were introduced personally
Mr.. Bowen amid cheers and much enthr
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