St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-09
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of the Ohio state board of equaliza ton,
showing that in ten years the appraised
value OF farm land has deprecated $685.
100000. ''Have other classes suffered
alike?'
Voice-Carnegie.
Yes, Carnegie has S3O,000,O0O of it.
Laughter In spite of this deprecia-
ton in farm lands, the report of Supt.
Porter, of the census bureau, shows that
in ten years the state of Ohio has in
creased in wealth S243, 000,0 900. How
much have the farm yotten of that?
TApplause.l Is tEcc1eaa farmer in the
sound of my voice who is better off now
than he was in 1880? Cries of yes
yes.'l Where is he? ['Here, here,
from various portions of the house. and
general laughter.
s'But He Has More Mortgages
and has seen more sheriff's sales,"
shouted Democratic agriculturist, and
dozen others chimed in Eyes. right"
Il state it as fact that not one farm
er in 1000 in Ohio is as we'll off to-day
as in 1880. Fright, right; that's fact!'
shouted various voices. The appraise-
ment shows it. Three hundred and
sixty million dollars have gone from the
lut iiClS VI OnlO. lHC ludJOl says tHub
they don't feel the tariff taxation; but
they feel it when they compare their
condition now with that of ten years
ago. Last October the tariff of this
country was raised from AZ to 60 per
cent for the avowed purpose of
benefting labor and increasing it's
compensation. Will every laboring
man in this audience who has had
his wages increased since the
Mckinley bill please stand up and be
counted? No one stood up and the
Democrats cheered Justify. II want
Major Mckinley, when he replies, to tell
this audience where these workingmen
are who have got better wages under
his tariff [applause]. In this country
there have been more than 800 great
manufacturing establishments which
have reduced wages since the passage
of the Mckinley bill, and do not know
one which has increased them [cheers].
In the iron industry we have had more
strikes which are unsuccessful since
the passage of that bill than in three
years before. / hold in my hands list
of thirty establishments. including Car
negie's, working $4,000. in which organ
lied labor is banished. l will ask the
major if he favOrS the Punishment of
organized labor from the great factor.
les of the country [cheerS]. / have
said before that the United States
Glass company, organized since the
passage of the Mckinley bill and which
has thrown out of employment already
800 men, is trust. say now that they
are trust by their own confessions.
What did those companies consolidate
for? To reduce expenses they say. To
control the product was what they Or
ganized for, and they do not like to be
called trust because trust is an un-
popular word in this country. 1t was
not in the dictionary until after the
high tariff laws were passed. The glass
manufactured at Titfin, Flndlay aud
Fostoria. understand, is made by Bel
gians imported into this country.
want to say now that If 1 had my way I
would put prohibtive tariff upon some
things [applause] and the first thing
would be upon an alien who comes here
without the intention of becoming an
American citizen and with the inten-
ton of displacing American working
men," Great applause and prolonged
cheeringl.