Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-30

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the wet. When Mr.. Blaine was ushered
into the room a shout went up that
shook the old building TO its foundation.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH BLAINE?
The countrymen yelled: whats the
matter with Blaine 2" "He's oil
right" Who's all right ?" "Jim
Blaine !"
There is no subject" he said. $50
continually presented to the people of
the United States as the tariff. There
is no subject so continuously misrepre-
sented in the United States as the tariff.
Over the whole country between the
two oceans at present, as far as the
Democratic party can call public atten-
ton TO anything, there is no subject
which is so universally discussed as the
action of the Republican party In
passing the Mckinley bill. | shall dis
cuss no particular line or section OF any
bill. wish 10 call your attention to
few general facts which think are more
important than any stated bill can be
that embodies these facts, and these
general facts, to begin with, are that the
people of this country to-day owe their
prosperity in q larger degree to the sys-
TEN of protection than to any other law
that was ever passed by Congress,
GATHERING GENERALTIEs.
You hear great deal about the ad-
vance in prices and the oppression OF the
poor man. | undertake to call your Mt
tention to the fact that under the last
free-trade tariff, which ended in the be-
ginning of 1861, you were paying more
for everything that entered into your
living, your household expenses, what
YOU had on your table and what you had
upon your back, than you are paying to-
day. Yet the whole country Is resound-
ing with appeals of the Democratic
party to vote against the Republican
party because OF the high prices they are
putting on YOU. We have had protec-
ton now for twenty-nine years. Go
back, if you please, and consult the old
tariff. You younger men and you older
ones) will remember it. Compare its re-
suits with those Of the present tariff.
Compare them article by article and you
will find that in almost every case they
are vastly cheaper now than then. The
Democratic party allege that pro-
tective duties increase prices. That
is their strongest point. / don't
stand here to argue theories. L
invite your attention to the fact that
during n period of twenty-nine years OF
protection the tendency Of prices for the
Injuries and necessities of this life have
been steadily downward. 80 much for
that aspect of the tariff Every man
who has household has to consider that
much. and if you don't find you are pay
ing less for every single item than you
were under the free-trade law enacted IN
1913 will come back here and retract
what / have said.
HTGHFALUTIsGsM.
If protection does 30 much for the in
dividual you have far grander subject
70 contemplate when you look at the ag-
prepate progress Of the country under
| the system OF protection. | mean the
United States-the march of the Amen-
can people-the greatest republic OF the
world. There is no country on the
globe whose progress can compare with
II. We have more railroads than all the
continents and islands in tho world.
| Nearly five sixths of these roads
have been built since the Republi-
| cans have been in power. Five
sixths of the railway mileage of
this country has been built since the
Republican party came into power under
Abraham Lincoln IN 1861. | use this
simply as an illustration. because it is
the largest single interest We have. How
are our manufactures What of our
farming interests? What have we done
for the population of this country We
have considerably more than doubled
our population during the twenty nine
years Of protection. Now we are
people of nearly 65,0O0,000. Before
we we're only 31,000,000. You will
find this to be true if you will
90 through the statistics. | would like
to ask any gentleman, Democrat or Re
publican, what part of the people OF the
United States, or what portion Of the
Government Of tho United States, has
been injured during that period? We
had, to be sure, q very great struggle
and bloody war for the maintenance of
the Government. But we have acquired
wealth, despite the strain on the people
of paying the expense of that war-the
payment OF sum almost incalculable.
When man says to you that you are IN
jured and pinched in your daily living
in consequence of this tariff, ask him II
you did not pay more for things under
free trade than YOU do now. think it
a good question to put to every Demo
crat. What did you pay for calico !?
What did you pay for clothing in 1856,
1857, 1858, and 1859 +? How does it
compare with what you have paid in
1857. 1883, 1889, and 1890?
THE PRrMIER's PET PROJECT.
Congress has taken another step and
has indicated the reputation of the Re-
publican party, which is always ready to
take a step forward and at the time the
step should be taken. / do not desire
to speak of any person of the party, but
call you to witness that all the great
movements OF advancement that
have been made, all the great
steps taken in this country, have been
taken by the Republicans, the Demo
Gratis shouting " You can't do it. D."
fCheers. We needed further protection
and we have gotten it. We have
lived side by side with several republics
in South America for over sixty years.
We have acted toward them like an in
dulgent father. We have been taking
their coffee, sugar, and other things and
have never asked them TO let US in. We
have let in nearly free thirty-six millions
year in coffee, &C., and we say to
them That is great favor TO you. We
have let you put sugar in this country
free, the same as the farmer in South
Bend can carry his products to Chicago.
Now, let's play fair. If we lei
your sugar in free, you mustlet our foul
INTO your country. This seems like
very sensible proceeding. l wonder
that we did not think OF it before. Wher
the time seemed right to take the stel
the Republican party took it. For q
time the Republican party was divided
That showed that they were q set OF rca
soning men. After while. in due time