Telegram-herald., 1890-11-02


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states; apbl4ass and snils L Ia nOt
snacted Ia the soteTssI " any pArtlca-
ar class OF our people. there . 90 ctSss
sao receive more 0ensnts tAzn The
farmers Of tbs country. Applause.
Tie Democratic party sad. About tea
nloHths ago. the tanners are sonleshst
in distress, thlngs soox = little blue, aud
GOV De Ell profess great friendship
Tor them, as Ne always DO Tor any one
who = ia distress, and Ss vii see 4 Ne
can net Get their votes. The Demo
cratic party, my friends, are good
deal hxe man riding IA = railroad
tram, facing backwards; they never
se9 anything until they set past y; lap-
piauss .ad laughter aud they did not
the Republican party that would place
Us upon an era OF prosperity sucn as
We have not known TOR years. And to-
day the Democratic party are singing
the same song that they would II we
had act entsrsd upon tins career of
prosperity. Why, they are tell
ing the people that they are
burdeued and oppressed, that they
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poor w0rklngmen are getting no ad-
vance IN wages, but are having 20 pay
an advance for ali the goods they buy.
That is what they are telling the people
OF this country, pandering to the preju-
dices OF the people instead OF 10 their
Judgment or 10 their reason. | want 10
say 10 you that this talk about al sd-
vance IN prices and no beneft 10 the
wOrklngman Is not 50; DO not know
what yon might call II, but / simply
say TO you that Il - not 80.
| hold IN my hand a copy OF the
Grand Rapids Morning Democrat.
That ought 10 be pretty good Demo
cratic authority. find ia the issue OF
yesterday-it Is = two-column adycr-
tisement from one of the largest dry
goods houses OF Western Michigan, and
II says: ''NO advance IN prices OF dress
goods, or underwear, of hosiery, OF Han
nels, OF blankets; no advance IN prices"
and We sent reporter out the other
day 10 interview our merchants and he
interviewed one of the largest mer-
chants OF the city and he says: "Out OF
the $500, 900 worth of goods IN my store
have not advanced the price upon a
single dollars worth" Applause and
H.. a
tend to-" Applause. And i think
there viii be little decline before the
first day OF January" And ! met the
agent of that great dry goods house OF
the West, Marshall Field & Co. He
handed me THIS card and they offer TO
the country or 10 the merchant, three
hundred cases of full standard prints
at four and one-half cents. Gen.
Algcr Just reminds me that Marshall
Field i a Democrat. There are good
many Democrats that are protection
lists. l want TO say TO you right here,
this Is not partisan question;
this is great industrial
and economic question lapplsuse] ]
that interests the welfare and future
property OF this land. But l had not
got through with my story on prints.
ue dkrIk WIO iilt tttlc
sald that they bad been selling them all
the yesr for i've cents. Are any of the
merchants sending out circulars to YOU
telling you taat goods have gone down?
Now, IN tnls Mckinley tarlf law, my
friends, there IS not single clause
that mas advanced the tariff upon a
single necessary of life; not one. | ask
any Democrat or free-tradeT in this
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that IL n necessary of life, that enters
INTO the consumption of our families
every dRY IS = necessary, upon which
the tariff has advanced one single
fartnmg. We have taken from the
tariff and placed upon the free list
goods upon which We collected last
wear 500 900 ,0o0. We have relieved the
people OF that burden of taxation be-
cause we took il from articles that we
did not produce TO any great extent in
the United states.
Ny friend Ford says that the manu-
facturers are getting all the benefits of
the rOO0er tariff, and that the working
men are reaping no advantages. He
says the Eastern manufacturers are the
men who are sccumulatlng vast for
tunes. Well, think ne does mol know
what he - taking about. IL he will
read from the statistics Of the earnings
Of all the manufacturing Interests of
| the state of Connecticut for 1889, ne
viii see that they average less than
5 per cent; and II ne viii stop and look
over the manufacturing industries IN
| MS own city. or Il ne will look up the
I history OF the great factories of this
town, that give employment TO large
numbers ut men, he will find that for
/ years aud wears men had invested their
capital IN these enterpri Industries
and they received but very ANAL per
cent. ubou these investments. He wlll
/ fiod that tne stock of some OF these
/ very factories, VIII ch be CLAIMS are re-
/ ceivng all the benefits Of this tariff 4,
/ nas been sold for less tnsn one-naf
/ Of what ths stockholders paid in. Aud
I be vii find in sddition TO that. my
/ friends, that during al these years
/ these enterprislng cItlTeps have ssrug-
/ Elsd 20 put their business upOn payiaE
basis, that they have kept the wheels
turning and gwen employment 10 intel
/ hgent working men n this city ae-
/ plsuse al good. fair prices. Who has
received the benefits that have come
/ % rs from kaes- great manufacturing
I industries .t homs7 On, yes. but 1t =
\ the Eastern manufacturer; but IN tins
I httis City0f the West we have taken from
/ The East these grest furniture enter
I prises that but few years ago were To-
Il Gated IN Asssacau ausetts. sns now from
/ the enterprise and Industry and
brain Of the worxIngmsn COM
I bined With the capita OF the employer
L wa have piantNd Il down here IN our