The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-09

on the wage workers and agriculturists. IAp-
plauss.l Yearly farming IL growing more un-
proftablsi our commerce IL swept from the seas
under protection. Splendid palaces of pro-
tected manufacturers are browning the hills,
whiie imported Huns, Italians and Bohemians
are displacing American citizens. We are
rapidly approaching the condition predicted
BY Abraham lincoln when he said: "As a result
OF the war corporations have been enthroned;
N era Of high prices will follow; the money
power win endeavor to prolong its reign until
oil the wealth II aggregated In the hands of
few and the republic is lost" Campbell cited
the uttsrance Of Republican Congressman But
terworth, who said in congress that he could
upon the fingers Of his hands count men who
had added more TO their wealth In the last ten
years than had been added to the wealth of all
the agriculturists in any state In the Union.
tareat Democratic applause.l
he quoted from an Eastern paper the state
ment that when Egypt went down per cent of
her people owned 81 per cent OF her wealth:
when Persia went down per cent Of her popu-
iation owned tho land; when Rome went down
1,so0 men owned all the known world; In 1850
IN this country, the capitalists owned 37IS per
cent OF her wealth: today they own more than
twice that amount yet he who goes before
the people and points TO these facts is sneered
Ut az calamity croaker."
He quoted gain of thirty-seven In the mer-
eantile failures In the United States for the
mine months OF this year compared with the
same period of last year. This is under the
Mckinley bill Who're is that boom Mckinley
predicted II his bill passed. Were 1t not for
the abundant crops these failures would be a
great deal worse than they are. The governor
went on to analyse the question OF the tariff be-
ing tax on the consumer. presenting the fg-
ures TO show that 1t was. "Now," said he
"when genuine reciprocity comes in we will
have not little one-sided reciprocity with the
little countries of South America, but substan-
tial free trade with England, France, and the
world" IApplause.l
He cited various instances OF the enormous
duties which must be visited upon the consum-
er. Last week q Chicago firm received $500
worth OF pearl buttons from Australia, and the
duty ON them was Just s., 600, trifie over 100
Per cent Did the foreign manufacturer pay
nearly s2,uco for the privilege of sending these
buttons heref The Mckinley bill provides that
90 per cent. of the duties on some articles shall
be refunded, provided those articles are ex-
ported. Last year the Standard OH Company
Imported tin TO this country upon which they
paid more than si,25o,00o duty. II
they did not If the foreigner
paid that duty then the United States
put its hand in our pocket aud presented the
standard Oh Company with q million and
quarter OF our money, for this amount was re-
funded To the Standard OIL Company. There
were manufactured in this country last year
ASo,0o.000 worth OF goods. If the tariff on
dntiahle goods is 60 per cent, IL is fair % pre-
snrne, taking the protected and unprotected
Industries together. that at least one-third of
thai SUM Is paid in lieu of duties TO manufae-
tufers at home upon American products 1t is
said all this is done for the upbuilding and
maintenance of manufactures. "How long. o
Lord. how long shall this upbuilding go ong''
Governor Campbell read letter by Blaine in
1854, In which the latter said that it is a fact
that coarse descriptions of cotton AMI cotton
products, booss and shoes, ordinary household
furniture, harness for draft animals. agricul-
taral implements of all kinds, doors, sash and
BINDS, locks. bolts and hinges, silverwaFe,
Tsteuware. voodenware, ordinary paper aud
paper hangings, common vehicles. ordinary
window glass and glassware, rubber goods, COAL
Kerosene. white lead, lead pipe and articles in
which lead Is the chief exponent can be aud are
produced az eheaply in the United States
rs IN any part of the world. lApplause.l
Governor Campbell went on TO cite
tho duties upen these articles under the
old tarin snd the increases under the Mckinley
bill Glassware Of Common kinds for instance
which was taxed ~ per cent. under the tariff
OF ISIS, Major Mckinley raised GO 90 Der cent.
although MI Blaine said seven years ago that II
could DC produced IS cheaply here as anywhere
else IN the world Yet 50 per cent of the former
tariff was added In lSSS 10 protect It against
competition which does not exist Itts Skinned
all over the word. tAppsrsel In the twenty
Ave years since the war We have doubled the
taxation in the tariff Who is benefited by i,F
What have the farmers of Ohio gotten out OF III
"A voice: "Raxzle-dsEEle. y
Governor Campbell read IRON statistics of the
Republican secretary OF the Ohio board OF
equalization, showing that in ten wears the
appraised value of farm land hss depreeiAtesi
$sS.ooo,0eo. The last census shews tina. in the