Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-10-15

statistical, vet interesting, statements
carrying with them at every volley
whole mountain Of argument in favor
Of low tariff.
He looked upon the tin-plate manu-
factures as mythical and would so ever
remain in this country for we have
not the raw material. This s8called
new industry, he claimed, is one of
those infant industries that were born
nearly a century ago. First they
wanted just a little protection, but it
began to grow rs the manufacturer
got richer and now he can rise up and
demand 200 per cent. and get il!
He cited the great tin-plate industry
of this country in st. Louis as one
that employed one old niger and his
boy for help-this and no more. The
Mckinley bill reduced their wages.
The boy struck and the old man hied
himselftO a Democratic camp.
The sophistry Of importing foreign
labor to consume our production was
shown up in all its glaring impossibili-
~ when Mr.. Mills asserted that such
a condition would necessarily depop-
ulate many European countries.
The orator maintained that McKin-
ley contradicts himself in both the
wool and'sugar position. In his bill Is
a provision for the payment Ofdraw-
backs. There will also he found tax
of II cents imposed upou every pound
of cloth and the consumer pays the
tax.
The great triumvirate that controls
legislation on the tariff rs asserted by
the speaker, consists of the cotton,
WOODEN and iron manufactures, They
are highly protected while the labor Of
the farmer and mechanic go unpr0-
tected. Labor is evidently on the
free listn
Every point of Mr.. Mills argument
carried convention with it, and when
he, with sleeves pulled nearly up to his
elbows, he said, "if somebody win tell
me how the S6.70 per ton tariff on pig
iron can possibly get by the greedy
manufacturer into the pockets Of the
wage Garner for whom it was intended
will stump this state in favor Of Nc
Kinley," the applause that followed
was satisfactory to an eminent degree
He called attention to the tariff Me
Kinley had been 50 kin as to place on
wheat when there is none of that
commodity imported in the country
save seed wheat! Does the farmer pay
tariff on this? He certainly struck a
wholesome truth when he asserted
that tariff was no more needed on
many articles, now heavily burdened,
than a drowning man would need an
insurance policy to keep the shirt from
burning off his back.
In the Hons per0ratiOn he concise
ly summed up The deductions of his
argument ami closed with an appeal
to the sober Judgment of republicans,
wherein he set forth that to right this
fearful wrong, some of them must be
with us; that we all live under the
same government and should each
labor for the legislation that will ben
eft the majority, irrespective of party
creed; therefore, an unbiased view of
the tariff question should be taken
and action at the November election
governed accordingly.
That Mr.. Mills is one of our greatest
statesmen it needed not this speech to
verify. That the people of Napoleon
and Henry county appreciate his logic
as heard direct from the Tariff Lion
we all know. And that not a few con-
servative republicans are convinced of
the erroneous aud inconsistent plat
form on which they have been standing
we believe to be a certain sequence Of
this effort in behalf of Democracy and
a just cause.