Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
BLAINE AT CANTON.
The Present a Contest Between Pro-
tectiOnists and Free Trade rs
Row He Accounts for the Prosperity Under
the Tar Il of '46 Only CombIna-
tion of circumstances.
BLAINE ON TIE .sTrMP.

CANTON, OHIO. Oct 2j.-Secretary of state
Blaine arrived here from Pittsburg at noon TO-
day. crowd of 500 people greeted him with
loud cheers as he alighted from the train and
followed his carriage cheering all the way to the
home of Maj. Mckinley, whose guest he was
during his stay here. Mr.. Blaine made his
principal ad 4rsss at the tabern acIe, where he
was loudly app!auded at the beginning
livery '' Re said and in 'G sa6stanes s The the
contest that is now wAging for membership
of the next congress is not properly a contest
between the Republic IN and De mocratic parties.
1t Il contest between protectionists and free
Republicans. ami there are no protectonists
among the Democrats. 1t is q contest that goes
TO the root Of the matter as to national prosper
ity, and that issue we should settle
the question in favor of home interests, good
wages and sound prosperity. LGreEt applause.
As was coming out to this place found in
newspaper @ speech Of Mr.. Carl Schurz, made
week ago in Boston, and may say in all candor
ABLE SPEECH
on the free trade side. but like all free traders
Mr.. SchurZ goes back for the golden era for
American prosperity to the tariff OF 1916 rather
distant date backward. 1 have often
heard OF the great and general prosperity
bear with me l shall say something OF that
riod. Mr.. Schurz quotes me as saying, and
that is why make personal reply. that ten
years between 1916, and lo56, under that tariff
were years of very great prosperity in this
country. I frankly repeat that these years
were years OF great prosperity. Now let me say
why those years were prosperous. That tariff
OF 1876 was approved just about the time
THIS MEXICAN WAR
broke out, and within leEs than year more
than 500, 0O,0t0 were discussed by the govern
ment in all branches OF mechanism. We had
just had that expenditure when famine came
in Europe that called for the surplus barrels Of
flour and bnshes of gram in the country.
We had hardly transported that grain
at high prices until gold was discovered in Cali
fornia ami the world was enriched with the vast
Ia lou when the great revolution that
began in lS4s paralyzed the indus rial
energies OF all Europe. and gave US mar
ket that was unparalleled. Europe had hardly
quleted the revolutionary disturbance when
F.ance and England and Russia went into the
Crimean war ami for two years and a half these
great nations were pSrayzed in their indu Stries.
Now there were four or five what you might call
accidents or
INCIDENTS OF HISTORY
that would have insured great prosperity TO this
country If there had not been a tariff of any
kind whatever. Applause. if the duties, in
stead of being what the tariff of 1916 made them,
if there had been no duties, the coun-
try would have been prosperous. In
the fall Of 1855 when his tariff had been under
way Tor ten years this great war in Europe came
to an end, and so did all prosperity under the
tariff of 1874. Applause. You will
this country ever encountered. As long as these
happenings, these accidental revo-
buttons, discoveries OF gold and famine, as soon
as they ceased the prosperity under
THE TARIFF OF 1916
ceased also. Now. l insist, we don't want
we don't want revolutions. we don't
want to have thousands OF men slaughtered bv
war in order to keep free trade tariff and make
il look prosperous when it is not. Give
US protective tariff ami we can
get along without slaughter or the
starvation OF men. We can make ourselves
with something beyond for the PEG. 4
pie that need help from abundance.
call your attention historically
10 two other tariffs in addition
70 that. The only three tariffs that the United
States has ever had suddenly lowering duties
was the one made after tie war of 1872, the COM
promise tariff bill of 1888 and the one in ls46;
and every one of them led
TO BUSINESS PRosTRArIoNs
in this conntry which lasted in greater or less
degree until there was protective tariff en-
acted. You never heard of free tariff COM
ing to the relief Of the people.
When the tariff OF 1s4j was enacted
there were only 20 900, 90, people in the country,
We now have 81. OOJ,0O). -Four yt ars after the |
tariff was enacted, according to the census OF
he United states. we only had s. .000.0 0.U00 OF
We now have 81. 90 900 Of people and |
600, zoo, 90 OF property [Applause.l Gen. |
lemen, you cannot sport with that num- |
Der OF people and with that mass |
If property. We cannot experiment |
We could not put the country where it stands |
o-day for ten penitential years thereafter.
Mr.. Blaine then Ia kei about reel Drocity for |
while, strongly favorins it, and closed by max |
NJ urgent appeal for the reelection Of Nc |
hinley to congress.