Telegram-herald., 1891-10-21

| kO tbfouE6 the country 10 every Iaftu-
house and peddle fisL, sBa ssld, I'VE
Will buy the tsh for ycu, i snail. net
cost yoa anything, and when they
! spoil you dump them out and Nc Viii
give you another lot; yon srs hired for
the balance OF the campaign. And as
yoa go from farmhouse TO farmhouse,
you put the price so high that nobody
| will buy" He obeyed instruc tions,
and As ne went 10 = farmhouse, he
would call out 10 the lady or matron OF
the home. aud as she came out and IN
quired for fish, he would weigh out the
number of pounds she would buy. and
then inform her that fish was flfteen
cents q pound. Utterly amazed. and
refusing to purchase, she turned upon
him and said, What does this mean"
said he, at ls that infamous Mckinley
BILL" Laughter" And instantly she
called III her husband and all the hired
help ana made them swear, on bended
knees. that II they lived 10 election day
| they would vote against that Mckinley
BILL Laughter and applsuse.]
Down in Ohio they peddled tin cups.
charging ten and. fifteen cents for tin
cups, and when nobody would buy ex-
| pressed astonishment at the great adj
vance in tin. and asked for An explana-
ton were told 1t WAS that awful Nc
kinley bill, daughter and applausel. !.
when they knew that the duty on tn
did not take dffect for eight months
thereafter. Laughter and applause.
But they were getting 81 q day-the
men who were dong this representa-
ton, and 1t WAS by these means and by
such Misrepresentation that the repub-
iicau party was defeated upon that
issue. The year has passed and the
4 occupation OF tin peddler and the
fish peddler have gone into inocuous
dlsuetude. Laughter.l No man can
misrepresent now, and as said by the
distinguished senator, / challenge any
man here tonight to recall one single
charge made against that bill that has
not proven TO he absolutely false.
| Applause The issue IN the Fifth DIS
trict is, shall that law be repeaIedg Ii
| You want 1t repealed, you cannot vote
Tor Mr.. BelknaD; he is prOtectlonist.
| Applause. Ii the other gentleman,
WHO do not know, who represents the
democratic party-if you want that law
| repealed, you must vote for him.
| Now, my fellow citizens, laying aside
! the terms OF republican or democrat,
| let us ask and answer to ourselves,
| whether we want free trade or pro-
| lection in this country.
/ suppose you will all agree with
me that it takes About three hundred
and sixty-iive millions OF dollars to
pay the ordinary expenses OF this gov
ernment each year, or one million dol
lars n day. That money must be rails
ell L know OF no way OF raising it
except by taxation, O. OF course we
could pass round the hat for contri-
button, but 1 hardly think we could
realize that amount. Taxation, there
fore, is the only method OF raising
this money, and there are two methods
OF taxation ;one is direct and the other
indirect.
Wa Awe always had a tariff, and I
want TO say, if the republican party
should go out OF power tomOrrw and
the democratic party should come into
power. we would have a tariff. 1t
Is not far to say that the democratic
party is in favor OF free trade; that
lis not so; the Democratic party would
not remove all duty and let foreigners
bring their wares into our markets
and sell them without let o. h'ndrance,
but to state Their position accurately,
(and 1t is only by stating 1t accurately.
that / may hope to show that you
hre in error 20 state their position
accurately is, that they want a
tariff for revenue only. We ask a tac-
lfi for protection. Now that brings us
right to the point. what is the differ
ence between tariff and revenue only
and protective tariff? Ii is this: If
you want revenue tariff first put it on
the things we do not produce. put it on
tea, coffee and spices, or on sugar
which we do not produce i'll sufficient
quantities to supply ourselves; or any
thing that we do not produce, and the
revenue you derive from such tariff
will he pure revenue and nothing else.
1t cannot be protection. because we do
not grow coffee, we do not grow tea;
therefore. by putting a duty on coffee
and tea you cannot protect the indus
try Ill The United States, because that
industry does not exist. So Our friends
first planted themselves on that doc
trine and put the duty on things we do
not produce, and MIR. Mills, the high
priest or free trade, or "the tariff for
revenue only" has been in Oaio for
the last two weeks; was there when
was there; heard him and read his
speeches, and he says this great con-
of from the things We produce in the
United States aud make them free, and |
put the duty on tea, coffee, spices, and |
things We do not produce; tnat We can
have tariff for revenue only. Now, |
that is a revenue tariff.
But that is not all. There is another
instance of revenue tariff. can make
revenue tariff on glass by putting the |
dufv so lpw-s,lph q Fri tiinc dptv-th,. 4
the importer can nay that duty without J
the slightest difficulty. aud put that |
glass freely IN our market and sell il in |
competition with our own people. That |
would be revenue duty, and these two |
kinds OF duties are what our friends on |
the other SIDE mean by aFiff for rev. |
enue only.
Now, We have q square issue with our |
friends. We say your policy would |
ruin us. Your policy would blast the |
industry of the United States. Your
policy would be a tax on every man
who buys your articles. But We say We |
will have nothing TO do with il; but,
first, We will admit absolutely free into |
the markets OF the United States any
thing and everything produced from
the soil or from the loom which we do |
not or cannot produce in the United |
States. fApplsfse.) Let them increase
and buy them az cheapiy az you can in /
the markets of the world. But we say,
put the duty on the things we DO or We
can produce and DO not put your duty l
so low as 10 encourage importation, hut |
reiafd importstlos. and by that means /
We will moi only raise revenue enough /
to support this government. but We Will /
"A nd