The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-09
oRGvNIzED LABOR Is BAN1sHED

insisting 1t cannot be safely done until the
great commercial nations shall have fixed the
TaUo between gold and silver. The Republican
party STANDS Tor dollar worth one hundred
cents, whether ii be gold or silver or paper and
approves OF the legislation of the last Congress-
| me dlnerence between wIat the government
PAD Tor silver and the face value of the silver
dollar issued has amounted in twelve years to
oof ,Guc,OOU which went to the benefit of the
people. Free and unlimited coinage would
give That profit to the silver producers You
can BUY to-day the 37lA grains of pure silver
winch constitutes silver dollar. for 76 cents
Free coinage would invite the silver producers
OF the world TO bring their 20 cents worth
TO the minis of the United States to be
coined into a dollar, the government by
us MAJ az compelling this people to take
1t Tor 100 cents. The Republican party SAWS if
there IS to be any profit in this manner of
money making 1t should go to the government.
WE WANT NO SHORT DOLLAR.
There is a general notion that if we had free
ana unlimited coinage we would have more
money. Instead, we would have less for every
dollar worth 100 cents would go out of circula-
worth but &c cents
Governor Campbell said. in one of his
speeches., that l had voted for the free and
limited coinage of silver. So | did In lS77 |
voted TO reinstate the ancient silver dollar to
Its coinage. When | did it we had 5000 OOU sill
yer dollars IN circulation, and silver was more
valuable than to-day. We now have 4U5WOOOU
silver dollars, and that's as much as we can
MAINTAIN at parity with gold at the price of
silver that prevails throughout the world In
1856 Governor Cam pbell voted against
he IS Tor 1t now. He was
Ileht then, he's wrong now. he voted in 1856
that unless the nations Of the world by Janu-
airy. 1871 should by concurrent action fix the
ratlon between gold and silver, the whole silver
coinage OF the country should be suspended.
He AND I VOTED TOGETHER THEN.
Laughter He was not willing then 'to
chance 1t Laughter He is willing 10
chance it now
Returning to the tariff the major said Gov
ernor Campbell doesn't like prediction now
Laughter. He Che mayor remembered
when IN former congress- Morrison brought
IN bill which provided for about a 20 per cent
reduction of the tariff, and asked even the poor
privilege OF having it considered, and made a
motion 10 that effect. II demanded the yeas
ana noes Governor Campbell voted with me,
and, governor, you didn't want to vote for the
Mills bill, did you" LGreat laughter and
cheering.
"a revenue tariff will raise revenue for the
government" said the major "A protective
tarlh besides raising revenue, will also stimu-
late the Industries of the people, encourage the
skill and genius of American citizens, develop
our resources and secure to US, as it has done
In the past thirty years. the first rank In min
ing, agriculture and manufacturing. Governor
campbell says we pay the tax. If we do, why
IS England making such a fuss about our tariffs
why is Germany crying out if we pay it ali?
Applause. II you want to know
WHO PAYS THE TAX
asks the Canadian farmer who brings his wheat
10 Buffalo. The Erie county, New York farmer
takes his there too and takes home 80 cents
6ushel with hin. The Canadian farmer takes
w cents less p cents, American tariff The
duty on wire nails was AZ cents a pound. We
reduced 1t to ~ cents. They can be bought at
the place they are made Tor 2-l0 cents per
pound Who pays the taXs' Great laughter
l he major cited number of other instances
and SAID when Governor Campbell voted for the
Mills bill he voted to make the duty on binder
twlne 20 per cent, equal to l1s cents, and we
only made it 40 of a cent
The rebate principle complained of by the
governor has been in every tariff law since the
second term of George WASHINGTON and was in
the Mills bill, which the governor voted for
The committee on ways and means over which
MORRISON presided. presented a report written
by that able Democrat. Abram S Hewitt re-
commencing rebate of SO per cent. on i'm
ported raw material after finished for EXPORT
trade IN the interest of labor, and this very
proposition which every Democratic member
of the ways and means commit ee voted for is
IN he new tariff law and in the provision
against which
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL CLAMoRS so LOUDLY.
Major Mckinley then read extracts from
speech made years ago by Senator Thomas
Ewing, IN defense OF protection; also state
ments by Horace Greedy, of the effects to the
country of the two tarff systems. extracts from
President Eillmore's message on the condition
OF the country under the tariff of 1916 etc
President Buchanan'S message of 1856 on The
effects of low tariff on the country in sunnort
OF his arguments. He also quoted President
jackson and old-line Democrats as for protec-
ton.
Governor Campbell, " he said. talks about
our commerce leaving the sea. We have the
greatest International commerce in the world
The entire International commerce of the
United States is greater than the whole com
merce OF Great Britain, France. GERMANY
Russia, Holland, Belgium and Austria Hungary
Great Britain S foreign mmerce is only one
sixth OF our domestic commerce. A single rail
road company in the United States and II
passes through this village. carries more traffic
and more tonnage than all the merchant ships
OF Great Britain. Great applause They
talk about protective tariff breaking down
our foreign market.
IT HAS BUILT THEM UP.
From 1864 to 1860, we bought of Eur ne under a
lower revenue tariff $500, 100000 more goods
than we sold to them. From 1867 to 1881, fonr-
teen years under protection, we sold to Europe
o. ,6OlOoO,oyy 10 ore goods than was bought from
Europe. f1fty-siX per cent. of the value OF the
IMPORTS under this new law during the last
eleven months were absolutely free To the
Governor Campbell voted for made A
per cent. free. In the first ten
months OF the new law, we bought more
goods in Europe than in any ten months since
the formation of the country and LARGELY he
cause OF the increased free list of articles we
could not produce here. And more In these
Europe imam In any other ten months And
Europe paid ms 100000 in gold, a the balance
Of trade IN our favor. [Greas applause
The major answered Governor tampbeil that
he was not only in favor OF organized labor Int
IN favor OF defending labor at home from nro-
duets made by The cheap labor OF other conn
tries. Applause He answered the govern
or statements ABOUT farm values by saving
the board of equalization reduces The tax yaineS
OF lands, but that it does not affect the real
value OF farms. He madeSa caustic reference to
DOCTRINE OF DISASTER AND DESPAIR"
preached by the leading Democrats TODAY. ad.
ding: Thank God the Republican party never
taught such doctrine; ours is doctrine Of
hope, of cheer"
AT the conclusion of Major McKinlev,s
speech the adherents of the exponent of a biph
tarlH burst into profound applause and il was
some time before Governor Campbell could Oh
tain order TO reply. His reply was brief He
said he had depicted the condition of the
farmer and the MAJORS answer was nor onIv
that he was calamity croaker but in fhe
words OF somebody else, "You mustn't orurn
Die. Inc major didn't point out as he re-
questeo one wageworker in all this broad and
who had his wages raised by the Mckinney
bill.
The Republican song this year is with sugar
and TN were sure to win They take mo
tarlf on OF sugar 10 make II cheap and they mn
1t OF TIN TO make it cheap. [Great Ian liter
But no acrobat was ever yet able to ride TWO
horses going IN different directions without
falling. The governor asked whether sugor
was not reduced by the Mills bill ana whetha,.
in the ways and means committee Major Mo !
Alnley didn't oppose the reduction. CHE
major IN ERECTED here that the Mills bill did
reduce the tarif on sugar is or 20 per cent? Tn
the last Congress that revised the tarifT ne !
was in favor of 50 cent dollars in The countrr
Ills Republican dollar IGreat laughter
The governor devoted some time 10 refufing !
the Republican claims that Tin is beinp man, |
featured IN the United States and insisted the
few samples were merely manufactured for
campaign purposes Again
CRIES OF SILVER, SILVER"
broke out from the audience and the din be. |
came almost overpowering. THE only trouble