Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-09

Rether once. lOneeIS duu iouS
have voted together more than once:
IRenewed cheers]. In 1856 he voted
against free and unlimited coinage OF
silver. He is for It now. [Great cheer
ingI. have twice voted-and L do not
know but oftener-against the free ana
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 a former Congress Mr.. Morrison
brought in a bill which provided for
only about 90 per cent. reduction OF
the tariff. Governor Campbell voted
with ne. GLaughter and cheers
Governor addressing Gov. CampoelD
YOU were right then (cheersl you did
not want to vote for the Mills bill
either, did you? [Great laughter and
applause. Gov. Campbell has right
10 change his mind; it is poor man
who sacrifices right for consistency.
IApplause.
"Fellow citizens, there are only two
ways TO test the great question OF public
policv, one by reason of argument, the
other by experience and history. The
Governors platform commits him TO
tariff for revenue only. That is tariff
nnon foreign products levied with no
other object in view but revenue un-
mindful of every other consideration
hnt revenue, not caring for the indus
tries and occupations of the people.
A tariff that will produce the
most revenue is the tariff which
the revenue tariff policy maintains to-
day. A revenue tariff will raise revenue
for the government; q protective tariH
will do that. a revenue tariff VIII 40
nothing more; protective tariff besides
raising revenue will also stimulate the
industries Of the people, encourage the
skiu and genius Of American citizens,
develop the resources Of the government
and secure to US, as it has done in the
mast fifty years, the front rank in min
inc. agriculture and manufacturing.
Tell me why the foreign products should
he permitted to enjoy this market
eoually with the American citizen; why
he should have the same privilege TO
enter this market with his competing
nroducts as the American citizen enjoys.
The foreign producers contributes not
one dollar to our State, county or mu-
nicipal improvements or expenses.
He is beyond our jurisdiction.
You can't reach him. You can't COM
pel him TO pay one cent Of tax. They
saw the tariff is q tax and the Governor
cites a number OF things to show that
we nav tho tax. Great God, If you have
to have chart to tell a man great
laughterl-chart TO point out to you the
noyerty in the midst of plenty and pros
perity. Who pays the tax?
"Cut nails can be bought for 1,56-lOO
Fcents a pound. Steel rails can be
bought for $40 ton, Sc above the aver
age price in Liverpool. The tariff is
Sl3 a ton. The Governor complains
that in this iniquitous law OF 1890, we
gave rebate OF 80 per cent on imported
raw material made into a finished
product when entered for the export
trade. That rebate principle has been
In every tariff law since the second al
,,i,to+ra,ior- OF Gaorqa Washington. If
with mas IN the Mills bill, wnIcn the Gov
ernor voted for. Let me remind the
Governor, while on the subject OF re-
bate, that the Committee on Ways and
Means, over which Mr. Morrison presid-
pOl " iiSiA "AASSSAA
by that able Democrat, Mr.. Abram s.
Hewitt, Of New York, recommended
that rebate Of 80 per cent. be given
on imported raw material entered after
finished for the export trade. He rec
commended it as in the interest Of labor,
stating it furnished just so much labor
TO America which would be employed
abroad, and the very proposition he sug-
gested, and which every Democratic
member of the Ways and Means Com
mittee voted for, is in the new tariff
law and the provision is made FOR which
Gov. Campbell clamors so loudly.
Now l want to give you some ex-
perience, for that is better teacher
than chart. Laughter There Is
nothing in history nor our own expert
ence to justify reversal of our protec-
! tive system, or change OF our protective
laws. A low tariff has always increased
the importation Of foreign goods, multi
piled our foreign obligations, produced
u balance of trade against us, supplant-
ed the democratic producer and manu-
facturer, undermined domestic pros
perity and robbed labor OF its just re-
wards.
Mr.. Clay in 1882 after promising
that the seven years preceding the pass
| age of the tariff of 1924 had been the
most disastrous while the seven follow
! ing the passage of the act had been the
most prosperous that our country had
ever known said this transformation OF
on the country from gloom and distress
to brightness and prosperity was main
ly the work of a legislation fostering
American industry instead of allowing
it to be controlled by foreign legislation
chershing foreign industry. The
prosperity and wealth of every
nation must depend upon it's producing
industry. The farmer is stimulated
TO exertion by finding ready market
for his surplus products and benefited
by being able TO exchange them without
loss or expense of transportation for the
manufacturers which his comfort or con-
venience requires. This is always done
to the best advantage when q portion
Of the community in which he lives is
engaged In other pursuits.
In one of Governor Campbell's
speeches he quoted from James G.
Blaine, that gifted American statesman.
! Prolonged applause. Carl Schurz
made the same quotation against Mr..
Blaine, TO which that gentleman made
reply at Canton last year. Among other
things he said the only tariff the United
States ever had approaching free trade
was that made after the war OF 1912; in
1888 and 1876 and ever one led TO pros
tration in this country which lasted
until there was protective tariff. APP
plause.
There is the testimony Of history.
Let us compare the United States with