The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-05
DEMOCRATS AT PLAIN CITY.
A Housing Rally of Jeffsrsonian Followers-A
Packed House.

Throughout the county of Weber the
principle of Jeffersonian Democracy is
oelng firmly established, and it can be
safely said that the largest audience that
mas yet assembled in Plain City, was seen
In the schoolhouse of that town Wednesday
evening
Every seat was taken, standing room
was occupied, and available places on the
outside OF the building were taken by In
terested hearers. Early in the evening the
Plain City cornet band made its appear
ence in full numbers, and filled the air with
popular and patriotic music. The speakers
Were Hon. II. Z. Henderson, Hon. u u
Richards, Hon. David Evans and Joseph >.
Peery
The audience was principally composed
OF representatives of the honest, rellaole
farming community, which Is realizing
throughout the country that their best In
terests are found IN the Democratic party.
The meeting was intensely enthusiastic.
Facts, only, were given to the audience,
facts that were the great turning points IN
the last campaign, and facts that are awaK-
enlng the farmers over the entire United
States to the realization that their interests
are not found IN the party whose Whoie
legislation is for the benefit of the exclu-
sive class-''the rich and the well born"
The speakers showed the fallacy OF the
Republican reciprocity, which the 6. o. p
claims highly benefits the farmers. They
showed that the South American countries
are producers of agricultural products,
that labor is cheaper there than II the
United States, and that the clear intention
in the end is to benefit the manufactures OF
implements and not the farmer. They also
showed how the same manufacturer is sell
ing farming implements IRON ~ TO oo per
cent cheaper in foreign countries tnan IN
the United States; how the Advance plow
cells for 50 in Spain, while the American
farmer has to pay SIS for the same lden-
teal article.
They pictured, also, how the laborlng
man is being benefited; how l6,OOO Penn
sylyanla miners have been on strike since
their wages were cut down 10 per cent,
and how the employees OF the Buckeye
reaper works have suffered reduction OF
30 per cent. how whole Italian villages are
bang depopulated IN the large Immigration
OF ''pauper labor" to this country TO lake
the places of American citizens In PRO
tected' industries, citizens who rebel
against the demand of certain employers to
live and support family on 20 cents day.
They explained how the highest wages IN
America are paid IN unprotected IN
dustries, and the superior condl-
tion of the American workingman Is
not due to the protective tariff, but to
the law of supply and demand, to the great
natural advantages of this country, to the
immense amount of accessible lands, TO the
vast work that is being done TO the bench
cience of our free institutions. The
speakers showed the farmers of Plain city
how they are not benefited by a high pro-
tective taoiff. How, owing to the Republi-
can Mckinley bill, they have to pay more
for nearly every necessity of life and how
their wheat market is injured. According
70 the last report our export of bresdstuffs
in the three months ending March 81, 1891,
under the Mckinley act were 81, 500,0 900 as
against 81, 0O0,0 900 in the three months end
ind Marcn 81, 1890, under the old tariff-a
decline of about IS per cent. This decline
is but natural. Nations are like individ
uals and exchange benefits both. We pro-
duce surplus of agricultural products of
$500, 900, 900 worth yearly, and if we do not
buy of Europe. that country will and does
retaliate ard looks TO other countries to OBJ
tain her breadstuffs.
Many similar meetings have been held
throughout the county and the indications
are bright that the county will go Demo
cratic at the coming elestion by large ma
jority.