New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-30
MR.. BLAINE IN INDIANA.
DISCUSSING THE MCKINLEY BILL AT SOUTH
BEND, IND.
IMPORTANCE OF THE VOTE OF THE STATE II
THE COMING ELDCTIoN-DEMocRAT1o
sHUFFLING ON RECIPROCITY.

band failed to put In all appearance uh'h N'
Blaine had gone to the home of James OliVer luz
luncheon. Snow was on the ground and ram wa"
falling when he arrived, so that only Ie" 'eh-
tured ont to meet the distinguished statesman
At 9 o'clock the Secretary was taken to the skat-
ing rink, into which 5000 people were packed
The chairs had all been taken out, and women
and men stood together SO oompactly that not
another person could have been admitted. Many
found places upon the josts overhead, in their
anxiety to see Mr. Blaine The early train from
Goshen brought in over 400 men with a brass
band. Hundreds Of farmers who had come miles
in the snow and rain to hear the speaking were
disappointed, and had to stand outside In the
storm. When Mr.. Blaine was ushered into the
room shout went up that shook the old build
ing to it's foundation. The countrymen yelled:
What's tile matter with Blaine? p
He's all right"
"Who's all right?"
@Jim Blaine"
MR. BLAINE'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. Blaine was introduced by A. L. Brick. The
Secretary smiled pleasantly in response to the
hearty reception and at once began his speech.
lie said
There is no subject continually presented to
the people of the United States as the tarin.
There is no subject continuously mlsrcpre-
sented in the United States the tariff. over
the whole country between the two oceans at
present as far as the Democratic party can call
public attention to anything, there no supJcct
which is 50 universally discussed as the action oi
the Republican party in passing the Mckinney Dill.
l shall discuss particular line or section ol any
bill. | wish to call your attention to few gem
eral facts. which think are more important than
any stated bill can he that embodie, tncse facts.
and these general facts to begin with, are that thc
people of this country to-day owe their pros
perty in larger degree to- tue system ol plo leI
by Congress. You hear great zeal ABOUT al
vance in prices and oppression OF the poor man.
undertake. to call your attention to the tacG tndt, H.
under the last Free-Trade tariff, which ended III
the beginning OF 1861, you were paying more Ior
everything that entered into your living, your
household expenses what you had on your .aoe
and what YOU had upon your back, than you are
paying to-day Yet the whole country IS reNound-
ing with the appeals Of the Democratic party to
vote against the Republican party because OF the
high prices they are pdtting on YOU we nave
had Protection now for twcnty-nine years. tIo
back, if you please, and consult the old tarlif,
you younger men land You older ones VIII remcm-
her it, compare its results with those of the pres
ent tariff. Compare them article by article, and
you will find that in almost every case they ar
vastly cheaper now than then. The Democratic
marty allege that protective duties incrras' pr ccs
That is their strongest point. | d MT stand here
to argue theories. ] invite your attention To the
fact that during the period OF tyentynlne years
of Protection the tendency OF prices for luXnrlrs
and tho necessities of this life has been steadny
downward
EFFECT OF PROTECTION on THE COUNTRY.
So much for that aspect of the tariff Every
man who has a household has to consider that
much, and II you don't final you are paying less
for every single item than you were under the
Frce-Trade law enacted in 1916, will come back
here and retract what have said. If Protection
does So much for the individual, you have q far
clo rIan 1nal-
at the aggregated progress of the country under
the system of Protection. l mean these United
States; the march of the American people. the
greatest republic OF the world. There Is no colin-
try on the globe whose progress can compare
with ours. We have more railroads than all the
continents and islands in the world nearly five
siXths OF these roads have been built since the
Republicans have lcen in power. tlvc-slXths OF
the railway mileage of this country has been
built since the Republican party 'ame into power
under Abraham Lincoln, in 1Sdl. use this simply
Us 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
lave considerably more than doubled the popna-
ton during the twenIy-ninc years of Protection.
fore we were only 81 100000 You will find
this to be true. II you will go through the sta
tistics would like to ask any gentleman Demo
Of the United States, or what portion, Of the
Government of the United States, has been in
jured during that period. We had, to be
sure, very great struggle and bloody war for
the maintenance of the Government; but we have
acquired wealth despite the strain on the people
If paying 'hr eNp'n>r OF that war, tho payment
Of a sum almost incalculable When n man says
to You tnat you are injured a.ii pin"h"d IN your
daily living in consequence IF this tariff, 1sl hm
if You did not pay more for things under free-tradr
than You do now. think it good queS
ton put to every Drnocrat-what did you pay
fer oiro? W i.i ynu pay for "lrihlng III
l>if-;.s and o? low does it compare with what
40 - a
has ken another step and h's vindicatcd th'
Icpu don Of III" Republican party. which is al
ways ready TO take step forward and al tho time
tie step should he taken. | do not desire to
speak Of any person or party, but | call You IL
witness that all great movements of advancement
that have been made all great stems taken i'll
this county,. have been taken by the RspuGlicii1s !,
tChcers) We needed further protection and we
have it..
TIE JUSTICE OF FAIR EXCHANGE.
We have lived side By side with several Repub-
lies in South America for over sixty years. We
have acted toward them like an ndulgent 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
years in coffee, etc, and we say to then THAT
Is great favor to you. We have let you put
sugar in this country free the same as farmer in
South lend can carry his products to Chicago. Now,
let's play fair II we let your sugar in free You
seems like a very sensible proceeding. wonder
hat we did not think Of it before. When the
time seemed right to take the step the Repub-
can party took it. For time the Republican
party was divided. That showed thry were u
set Of reasoning men. After q while. In due
time, the Republicans all became solid for it.
When the Republicans were divided on reciprocity
the Democrats were unanimous for it; but Just
soon the Republicans became unanimous
YOU could rot get a Democrat to vote for II at
all. uaughterJ At first the Democratic Sena,
(,n on that's a T..
We were about six or seven weeks bringing the
Republicans to vote for it, and when the roll was
finally called there was not one Democratic man
nlea. If the Democrats had good idea the
Republicans would stand by them. but the Demo
crafts WON'T stand by US unless the Republican