The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-10-29

after all, because she gives such small ma
jority.
But there are some more funny things in this
bill, gentlemen. For instance, there Is an artt-
Gle known as tin plate. For short, we Will call
it tin. No doubt in the campaign Of 1888 you
had a great deal dfhned into your ear about tin.
The Democrats. finding that $1,000, 900 was
taken from the people on tin plate for revenue,
that the revenue was not needed, and that
every dollar came of of the poor mans bucket
and the poor woman's milk-pau, struck it out
of the Tariff law, or attempted to strike it out,
with the Mills bill. Now, mark you,
THERE WAS NO TIN PRODUCED
In this country-not dollars worth when the
bill went to the Senate. The Republican Sen
ate doubled the duty upon tin That double
duty would make the people in this country
pay $4,000, 900 year to build up an infant in
dustry We Democrats thought the price was
too high.
They passed this exorbitant duty upon tin
plato for the purpose of building up an indus
try. In that connection there is something that
perhaps is not generally known. Republicans,
when they talk tariff, say that they want to pro-
tect American labor and American capital 1t
will surprise you to know that all the tin mines
OF the world are owned by English capital
They own the tin mines of this country; very
trifing percentage, if any, is owned in Amer
ica.
In Dakota and California they are owned by
English capitalists. No body can mine there
unless it is with English money. They own the
mines OF Cornwall, in their own country. They
own the mines of Australia and Mexico
Who is going to get the benefit of this duty on
tin? Who proposes to put the duty on tin? Did
any one in the city OF Canton or Stark County
ask that a
DUTY BE PUT ON TIN?
Is there a citizen in the Sixteenth Congress
sional District that has dollar invested in a
tin mine? Who proposed the duty? Who
proposed the duty on tiu-plate: Where
are the conspirators who got together and
said:
1--WE will gag s1OOO0,OOO year out OF the
American people for the benefit of our tin
minesT' CApplause.l American labor pro-
tected! American capital protected! and every
dollar of capital protected by this infamous
tarin is the capital OF people living in England,
who do no service and pay no taxes in the Unit
ed States of America. 1 charge here, in the
home of the author of that bill, that there was
deliberate conspiracy to foster and protect
English capital at the expense OF American pow
erty and labor. GCheers and applause.]
Understand me- do not charge corrupt
motive; far from it. believe MAJOR Mckinley
to be pure and honest man, but in his anxiety
for protection in the overgrown notions and
distorted ideas that have come into his mind
from long pondering on the beauties Of proteo-
tion, he has been a party to that conspiracy
which does not protect dollar OF American
capital, which will have to bring laborers from
England and Wales into this country, and Of
fers nothing whatever to the laborers of Amer
lea but the poor privilege of paying $40 900, 600
to dangle its infant on their knees [Applause |
And there are some other very funny things
in this bill. For instance, the ladies will
be glad to know that although they will have
to economic a little to help these poor Eng
ich aaTD toll f6oD Dra
rlng, has made corsets free. [Laughter.l And
the great industry of human hair-raising is going
to be fostered under this bill. Human hair Gf
it is clean) pays 90 per cent duty. If is dirty
it comes in free. [Laughter.l II you are going
to bring pauper hair into this country mix little
dirt with it. Buf the clean human h air, the peo-
pie who washed their heads, are protected by a
tariff of 20 per cent. Then, there number
of things put on the free list that are almost Of
incaculable benefit. For instance acorns are
on the free list.
THE CONSUMPTION OF ACORNS
for human food is enormous. remember when
was a boy tried to eat them two or three
times myself. 1t is, perhaps waste of time
to elaborate on the great benefit that will ac-
crue to the .borers o. til county from free
acornS. You can go and eat all the acornS you
want. You can roast them and fry them, and
boil them, and they are free as the air OF
heaven. 1 will take few things in alphabetical
OFuor Inc next 6ulllB Ludt me as really
right, was that asafOedita was free. Laughter
While you are munching your acorns you can
enjoy the delicious eXhaations of asafoedita
There are two things made free that are very
amusing, and can scarcely understand why
they should be made free 1 always thought
some things were free, find here that the
balm of Gilead was made free. 1 thought when
I used to go TO Sunday school If there was one
thing IN the world that was free it was the
balm OF Gilead, but was mistaken it has not
been free, but thanks to your great townsman
you will hereafter have the balm of Gilead for
nothing. Now, you Christian people having
THE BALM OF GILEAD,
They thought they ought to equallze these
things. and he looked out over the Pacific slope
so they proceeded to make joss sticks free, and
with free balm of Gilead and free joss sticks if
any body, white or yellow, takes the road down
ward it is their own fault. Another article OF
use which you keep on tap in your
families has been made free. 1t is the article
OF dragons blood. Dragons blood is free.
Why. my dear fenow-citizens of Stark County,
you can have all the dragons blood you want for
nothing. don't know what you would do with
out it. am glad to know it is free. Laugh
teri
do not mind paying s. or $40 more for a suit
of clothes If 1 can only get plenty dragons
blood. 1 Will tell you the funniest yet in this
a pretty good eleotioneer, but accuse him now
del :berately Of pandering to the German
vote; Of trying by surreptitious means
to get the good, honest German
electors of this district away from
Brother Warwick where they belong. And
how did he do it? Why, that dep political
schemer has put bologna sausage and saurIraut
on the list [Great applause and laughter 1
did think there was some hope for Warwick till
1 read these items in the bill, AMI now, fellow
Democrats, something has got TO be done to
hold the German vote. Laughter I am in
favor of putting lager beer on the free list now
Then there is another article on the free list I
find that under tn bill the leeches are to be
on the free list. I, in my ignorance had sup
posed that if there was anything that the Re-
publican party would let into this country free
Of duty it would be leeches, but it only refers to
the little animal that is sometimes used to
draw blood, and the leeches that have been on
the free list were the
OTHER KIND OF LEECHES.
And omitted to mention TO you, gentlemen,
when was talking to you about joss sticks and
balm of Gilead, that they had put mamma on
the free list. I find that Major Mckinley has
put mama on the free list. Then there is
another article that will interest the farmers,
and that is they have put rags on the free list
Laughter Then find they have put spunk
IN the free list, 1 sincerely hope that. that
laviug put spuRk the free list it will be
heap enough for the people in this country
% get enough of it to unseat the Republican
party. tApplause.l And then they put sand