The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-14

ruin stands Republican executive. May
be the manufacturers haven't free raw
material, but they have at least the salts
faction of knowing that they don't need TO
pay gold dollars for material abroad and
sell finished goods to Southern Democrats
for eighty cents on the dollar lapplausel.
Every audience the calamity orator
arguments he uses, and the buzz OF our
emphasizes the negative. The Demo.
cratic party is a calamity party and
always has been. IL declared the war
failure, said that reconstruction wouldn't
work and that the resumption of specie
payment was chimerical. The fat harvest
was smiling refutation of Democracy
fearful wall
And how about the Mckinley bill9 Mr..
Russell compared the actual working of
the tariff law with Roger q. Mills enun-
citation of the principles of q correct tariff
law as uttered in Congress in 1890 and
found that it answered every qualification
then and there laid down. The bill was
intended TO reduce the revenue and IL had
done so, The enormous importations just
before the law went into effect had caused
a slackening of home industries, but the
revenue for one year had been reduced
Sal 1896, i35, and for the last three-quarters OF
the year by s45,0l4, ,sSs, which figures give
a better idea of the normal reduction under
lnt law tndn the nSurts lOr the ufst
and abnormal three months. That would
be at the rate Of about s60,0000O0 year,
while the Mills bill only proposed an an
nual reduction of SAC, ,4s6, 240. Thus the
Republicans had met Mr.. Mills first quail
lhcation OF correct revenue bill, aud
proposed to do better by sl0,0O0,000 than
he could do on his own favorite line of
revenue reduction.
AS TO foreign commerce, Mr.. Russell
thought that had suffered some blows
when the dominant section of the domi-
nant section of the Democratic party
sought TO dissolve the Union, but reci-
procity and protection would reJuvenate
Again the tariff had met Mr.. Mills idea
of removing restrictions upon foreign
trade, because under it importations had
greatly increased and exports OF domestic
merchandise from s693 ,OOO, 600 TO s.42,OO0,-
600, facts which Mr.. Russell submitted to
his Democratic friends" few or none of
whom were present. Under reciprocity
with Brazil exports grew over 20 per cent.
Democrats said the reduction was mainly
due 20 the removal of the tariff on sugar.
Well, what If it was What greater boon
was ever offered TO the head of family
anywhere than twenty pounds of sugar
for a dollar instead of twelvep The bug
bear of high prices is exploded. Was any
woolen manufacturer in Rhode Island
getting penny more for his goods than
year agoi Only one article OF common
use was higher in price now-pearl but
tons. Mr.. Russell had some doubts
whether he had any pearl buttons on his
person or whether they were strictly ne
cessities. At any rate, the pearl button in
dustry was a good illustration OF the value
of protective tariff, for since the passage
Of that law there sprung up pearl button
factories in New York, Brooklyn, Penn
sylvania and Connecticut, factories en-
ploying 5000 skilled employees earning
from sl7 TO $50 week instead of the 44
cents day which is the cost of convict
labor in the same interest abroad. In
another year we would see 10000 en-
ployes at work as skillful as any abroad,
and then the secondary result of the tariff
law would be seen in lower prices. Mr..
Russell quoted free trade journals state
ment i'm It's news columns, that the River
mills at Woonsocket had already produced
500, 600 worth of goods formerly bought
abroad. In Bridgeport a new silk plush
industry employing 700 hands from Brad
ford, England, was illustrating the work
ing of a tariff law in stimulating new in
dustries.
Mr. Russell closed with word of ad-
vice 10 young men to vote straight IN local
elections, no matter what the claims OF
personal friendliness to individual Demo
cratic candidates might suggest
After the close of the speech an informal
reception was held upon the stage, and
then enthusiastic Republicans might be
seen Juggling off sheets of American tin to
make trumpets TO celebrate IS victory
in 1899.
The club was made stronger by the addi-
tion of the following members John h.
Bogie, Charles II. Brown, Charles w.
Bowen, Robert w. Burbank, j. Il. Burke,
j. II. Buffum, Elmer A. Beaman, Charles
5. Hawkins, William f. Lewis, Samuel Q.
jameson, Henry $. Hathaway, James B.
Hathaway, George w. Pettis, John w.
Randall. j. A. McNicol, Simeon b. Tilley,
Robert B. Little Z. T.. Field. 9. II. Mich
OILS Howard r. Slade, James II. Tucker,
John II. Hambly, Frederick Reuckert, w.
5. Washburn, Clarence NJ. Munroe, Henry
:. Wilkinson, ID. A. Tefft, Edward Ha-
vens, r. j. Gage, John l.. Sprague, Louis
William Mueller, Gardner L. Miller, M. D.,
Fred Steere, c. r. Hunt, Benjamin II.
Whelden, Henry NJ. James, NJ. Hammill
of Bristol, H. &. Northup and George b.
Waterhouse of Centreville, John III. Camp
bell of Phenix Robert Reoch of River
Point, and Horace f. Simmons of Woon-