The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-30

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Repubiic. because We know that IL j. The ten
dency 81 scch an advantage. and not merely The
tendency. hut the fact. 20 draw blood from
otker Industries 20 make fat and pussy thai
watch has the advantage. And .he riv
Ing 81 such an advantage % any industry ~
class Of industries i not sufficiently described
BY merely saying that Il Il unjust II goes far
beyond that. II i only not indictablc because
Il Is not within the terms Of the statute, not
because II LACKS the quality which ought ~
make IL indictahie. lxppisusel.
II have already Indicated clearly and en-
GENTLY INV view of the once and functions o.
the protective tariH, and | would rather resign
my place upon this noor than 20 one hairs
breadth beyond that line N l could avoid II.
Sensation or course I would not set up my
Judgment against that Of the honorable gentle
men around me. bu, az the same time I desire
praycrfully and earnestly 70 have IL under
stood that the people are beginning 70 under
stand or At least are beginning 10 in
Quire, as 10 the reason Why Paul Is
favored and Peter 't.rned down Applause
on the Democratic side. Why. in an industry
where we hold the coigne 81 vantage against all
competitors. whether in Canada or IN England
should the rest Of the community be made TO
add 10 the profits Of that particular class OF
fndustricss We are told that we need not wor-
~ about that because competition will make
IL all right. But willitf i il not enough that
every industry in this country stands on an
1 tIuAAlt} Win tuAF@f ana. MNtu We nave III
ed them all up by q protective tariff and
thrown around them the shield Of full aud al.
equafc protection. tell me why Il Is that we
should draw from all the consumers OF The ccun.
try in order that the profits Of q favorcdfew may
be increasedf
I'VE an know perfectly well that there are
industries IN thiAo poultry IN which the dividends
have been enormous. ] can name upon my ten
fingers men whose combined profits in the last
decade have exceeded those OF all the agricul-
tur!sts Of any state in this Union. Applause.
l am not disturbed az this applause on the
other side. l shall be exceedingly Crati1ed.
Mr.. Chairman. II they shall come 70 a realizing
sense that our countrymen deserve such pro-
lection by the act Of the National legislature
as viii give them fair vantage ground against
all the competitors of the world That Is all
we ask. II the time has come when my coun
trymen with equal opportunity can not hold
their own, being the most brilliant the most
progressive, the finest people in the world. then
we had better retire from the teid. lap
plauSe.l
"A great deal has been said ia regard 70 doing
something In behalf 81 the farmer. But ! do
not think we shall find any special advantage
by limiting the market 81 the farmer upon the
one hand without extending IL on the other. /
have believed that 30 far as the Angio-Saxon
race IS concerned that which j. good for half Of
the continent Is good for all Of II. l have be-
iievcd that my countrymen hold the coiene of
vantage against our neighD0rS Of the North.
and the policy Of commercial non-int.rcour~e
can not result in the slightes, proat 81 adyant-
age except 10 a few who have scandalized
The industrial system OF my country for
their own profit. who. 70 crafty their own
ayarice. have nlched from the pockets Of my
countrymcn. maintaining that there Is great |
inequality between this side and the other side
OF an imaginary line Just north OF US. And ia
order 70 give the farmer a chance we have put
a wall 20 high that the Canadian agricultural
products can not cross X. Now. let Us see.
.Facfs are brnia. things. There Il nothing |
SO utterly brutal a. 4 fact. n Yields ro,hinr
IL sympathizes with nobodyss feeling |
Maurhterf Now what 4 the fact IA this cases |
During ISIS we bought from Canada arricult.
ural products 10 the amount OF over sl7loO0n
What did we sell thems About ssiooyfm and
the larger part Of II corn ana the nrodncts ina,
we do not buv from them. To please The farmer
Of the country we have shut him out Of The
market where he sold his products a the
amount OF s21 Ony0O ana kent out as : nar,ial
competitor nearly t17Om.uo that We honghf
from the Canadian side. We have shut ont
eggs. and that il paraded Is an important mat
ter. made q little calculation as to how that
would affect our people. We imported q 900
dozen eggs. and by careful estimate thar
amounts 70 just one omclette a year 20 each OF
our people-one omelette a wear. That Is ali. |
Iaughter1 This knows very we'll
that my fellow.citizens do not during onehaiy
Of the year taste eggs Al All. our friends ~
the have not inserted In he hill nv
provision which would nave enioined mon ,he
hens that ,hev should lar reguiarlv aurirg cola
weather a. Well as warm TT-auchter
A member-Giye them a bounty.
we might have offered them 4 bountv
continued Nj. Butterworth. .but I do moi care
70 20 into that. Strange. 4 II not-arainst our
counfrymen here d. the north. IN whose veins
courses the same blood that courses IL our own
united 10 as by = destiny which 4 above the
control Of Kings or Congresses-xe shut ,he
door. we refuse even "a accent their lumher ~,
send our children shelteriess 10 bed ra,ber
than have a fair exchange win them Rns mat
is not all. Behold We have iust exnensed Nm.
dreds az thousands ~ dollars " cs,ahlssh me-
stricted reciprocal trade with ATTY odd millinS
OF people south Of us OF the Latin race. Now
stands the balance OF trade with them dnr
ing the last forty years, Two million one hun.
dred thousand dollars against US, The Ave
million or our kinsmen north OF Is have bought
q Us s25l.Om.m worth during that time In *.
cess Of what We purchased from them.
whence came the opposi,,on "a The com.
mercc with the peop,e north n uss wha,
prevented ~ Ayarice n certain ,oca,i,,as
The opposition was dictated from the notato
patch. from the cabbage match rom fhe hon
patch laughter and anplausel ana heso-e ~
bali i over YOU win zee INV honored friend n
charge Of the hop brigade associated with the
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