The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-09
government to buy 100000 ounces of
silver every month nt its market yalne.

CAMPBELL VOTED WITH M'glSLEY THEN.
Free and unlimited coinage would in.
vito the silver producers OF the world to
bring their IS cents worth OF silver to
mints OF tho United States to be coined
into silver dollar, the government by
its law compelling this people 10 take It
for 100 cents. Tho Republican party
says that If there Is to be any profit in
this matter OF monoy-making, Il should
go TO the government When We sell
our labor or our crops We want to got
Tor them the money that Is as good
us tho thing We give for that
money, and VIC want the thing we get
TO be unvarying IN vaiuc and not only
good to-day but good every day OF tho
week, OF every year and good wherever
trade goes. Governor Campbell said in
ono OF his speeches that Ind voted for
FREQ aud unlimited coinage OF silver. So
| did IN 1877. | voted to reinstate the
ancient silver dollar to its coinage.
Silver had been stricken from our coin
ago in 1873 by both political parties. In
1873, being in favor OF both gold and
silver as money obe kept ut parity, one
with the other, | voted for restoration
OF the silver dollar. [Applause.l
Governor Campbell and | voted TO-.
gother once. [Chccrs and laughter. !
We have voted together more than once.
Renewed cheers In 1856 he voted
against FREQ and unlimited coinage OF
silver. He is for it now. [Great cheer
ing.l lie was right then. lie is wrong
now. Laughter. | have twice voted
and donotknow but oftcner-against
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver.
The other issue between the Demo.
cratic and Republican platform is the
one relating to the tariff. Governor
Campbell does not like protection now.
In former Congress, Mr.. Morrison
brought in bill which provided for
only about 20 per cent reduction OF
the tariff Governor Campbell voted
with mo. Laughter and chccrs.l
Governor, undressing Governor
Campbell), you were right then [checrsl
an Governor, you did not want to vote
Tor the Mills bill, either, did you?
lGreat laughter and cheers. Governor
Campbell has right to change his
mind. 1t is poor man who sacrifices
right Tor consistency. Applause.
PLAIN, COMMON SENSE.
Fellow citizens, there are only two
ways to test the great question OF pub
lie policy, one by reason OF argument,
the other by experience and history.
The Governors platform commits him
to n tariff for revenue only, that is Il
tariff upon foreign products levied
with no other object in view but rcye.
nue., unmindiul OF every other con-
slderatlon but revenue, not caring for
the industries and occupations OF the
people. a tariff that will produce the
most revenue is the tariff which the
revenue tariff policy maintains to-day.
\ revenue tariff will raise revenue ior
government; protective tariff will do
that. A revenue tariff will do nothing
more; a protective tariff, besides rails.
ing revenue will also stimulate the in
dustrics Of the people, encourage the
skill and genius oil American citizens,
develop the resources OF the govern
ment and secure to us, as it has done in
the past fifty years, tho rank in mining,
agriculture and manufacturing. Tell
me why the foreign producer should be
permitted to enjoy this market equally
with the American citizen: why he
should have the same privilege to enter
this market with his competing product
ms the American citizen eniovs. The
foreign producer contributes not one
dollar to our State, county or municipal
improvements or expenses. lie is be-
yond our jurisdiction.
You can't reach him. You can't
compel him to pay one cent tax. They
say the tariff is tax and the governor
cites number OF things to show that
We pay the tax. Great God, do You
have to have chart to tell n man
[Great laughter] n chart to point out to
you the poverty in the midst OF plenty
and prosperity? Who pays the tax? :
Cut nails can be bought ior l56.lOO
cents on pound. Steel rails can be
bought for $50 ton, s. above tho
average price in Liverpool. The tariff
is Sl3.4i ton.
NOT A NEW THING.
The Governor complains that in this
iniquitous law of 1899, We gave rebate
OF 90 per cent on imported raw material,
made into finished product when en-
tered for the export trade. That rebate
principle has been in every tariff law
since the second administration OF
George Washington. It was in the
Mills bill, which the Governor voted
for. Let ME remind the Governor,
while on the subject OF rebate, that the
committee on ways and means, over
which Mr.. Morrison presided, presented
4 report which was written. by that able
Democrat, Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt OF
New York, recommending that a rebate
OF 90 per cent be given en- imported raw
material entered after finished for the
export trade. uc recommended it as
in the interest OF labor stat
ing that it furnished Just so
much labor 10 America which would be
employed abroad, and the very propo-
stion he suggested and which every
Democratic member OF the Ways and
Means Committee voted for, is in the
new tariff law and the provision made
which Governor Campbell clamors so
loudly. Now, | want to give you some
experience, ior that is a better teacher
than a chart. I.aughter]. There is
nothing in history, or our own expert
cnce to justify Il reversal OF our pro-
tectiyc system, or change our protective
laws. A low tariff has always increased
the importation OF foreign goods, multi
piled our foreign obligations, produced
4 balance OF trade against us, sup
planted the Democratic producer and
undermined domestic
prosperity and robbed labor Of its just
rewards.