The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-31
BLAINE IN OHIO.
He Makes Stirring Appeal i'll Behalf oil
the Tarif-;sill Man-Neariy
Panic in tho Gallery.

CANTON. Ono. Oct 29.-Mr. Blaine ad
dressed the republicans at this place OH
Saturday evening. He said;
The contest that is now waging for the
membership of the next Congress is not
properly contest between the republican
and democratic parties. 1t is contest
between the protectionistS and Tree
traders. Applause. There are few
free traders among the republicans, and
there are many protectionsts among the
democrats Applause. 1t is contest
that goes to the root of the matter as to
national prosperity Applause. and on that
issue we should settle the question OF home
interests. good wages and sound prosperity.
Great applause As was coming out to
this place | found in Il newspaper speech
OF Carl Schurz made week ago in Boston.
and | NAV say with all candor an able
speech on the frcc-tradc side. But, like
all free traders, Schuu goes back for the
Golden Age for American prosperity to the
tariff OF Sta rather distant view back
ward. Laughtcr.l If he had taken the
position of the late Alexander stephens,
of Georgia, he might have gene back still
further; because Mr.. Stephens thought
the Golden Age Of American prosperity
was when the British ships came over
laden with goods, anchored in the Sayan-
nah river, and were laden with cotton from
the plantations for the return voyage.
Laughter.J
a RETROSPECTIVE VIEW.
! have so often heard of the great and
I general prosperity under the tariff of
j SIG that if YOU will bear with me shall
say something of that period. Mr.. Schurz
quotes me as saving-and that is why
make Il personal reply-that the ten years
between 1916 and 1856 under that tariff
were years of very great prosperity IN
this country. frankly repeat that those
wears were wears of great prosperity. Now
let me say why those years were prosper
GUS. That tariff of 1916 was approved
lust about the time the Mexican war broke
out, and within less than a year more than
| 500 900 900 were disbursed by the gov
ernment in all the branches of mechanism.
We had just made that expenditure when
the famine in Ireland called for every
surplus barrel Of -four and bushel of grain
in the country. We had hardly trans
ported that grain to the other side and
sold it at high price when gold was dis
covered in California and the world was
enriched with Il vast output of the mines.
We had hardly put that gold in circui"-
ton when the great revolution that began
in 1913 paralyzed the Industrial energies
of all the European nations and gave the
United States market that was unparal-
leled Europe had hardly quoted revo.
lutiouary disturbances when France and
England and Russia went into the Cri-
mean war, and for two years and hall
those great nations were paralyzed IN
their industries. Now, there are four OF
five Of what you might call accidents OF
incidents of history that would have in
sured great prosperity to this country il
there had not been tariff OF any kind
whatever. Applause.
rnEoRIZlSG.
/ If the duties, instead OF being whit the
tariff of 1916 made them, had only been
per cent. I'D eaiorsn,, or ii there had beer
no duties. the country would have beer
prosperous. Now.ify YOU can produce suct
n CONFUSION in the world to-day, if yot
can start great famine, ii you can dis