Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-27

ttDti vita our ONA UHtA IL NA2 bAAe
Ia ths Largest amount al Importation
III oraer TO produce the ncss revenue.
suppoee, ior uluslra ton, We import
lOV,0Oo tons Oi sioei Falls into this
country, ana xhat the duty be $40
per ttaI- You readily see that would
laet 10 the government revenue one
million dollars al ten collars per ton.
Cine actual duty is slo.4o-) But /
give you IN round numbers, say <io,
ii ton for illustration. Sapposins
our free trade or tarin for revenue
only, democratic friend, should gain
control over both houses OF congress
aud the President, and say We viii
reduce the duty ON steel rails TO a
revenue basis, we will reduce IL 10
about So a ton. Now, Ia order for
the government 10 receive 81 100000
OF revenue from steel raas, we must
import 100000 900 tons instead oi
loo. 600, 900: 1 have Do doubt what
ever that under a lower rate OF duty
we should double tire Importation, or
zoe. .o00, 900, and II We did this our
democratic friends would say the gov
ernment has lost nothing, because they
have got this million dollars of reve-
nue.; and that would be true go FAR as
the government Is concerned But,
fellow citizens, what would be the
effect upon the great industries OF our
country? We have scattered all over
this country immense furnaces that are
engaged in the production of steel
rails. And. fellow citizens, TO the pre-
else amount that we increase the inn
l.. 3.
duty, to that precise amount have we
deprived these furncaes of the business
necessary TO construct the extra l00,-
oct. 900 tons OF steel rails. And 70
the precise amount which we deprive
these great furnaces of business. to
that precise amount do we deprive
the labor engaged in these furnaces
OF the labor that Is necessary for
them 10 supply their wants. (Ap-
plauseD You may take any article
YOU please. l care not what il is.
This Is the principle upon which the
tariff for revenue only works. In
other words. the tariff for revenue
only Is one which tends To build mp
great industries in foreign lands and
give employment 10 labor in foreign
own industries of business. and de-
pr:ve our own labor of employment>
THIS is the working OF a tariff for
revenue only.
A tariff for protection, or protec-
tive tariff. is one which tends TO build
up new and diversified industries in our
country and the employment OF labor
at better wages; to the building up
and charging of n home market Tor
the products OF our farms, and 10 the
cheapening OF the products OF our
mills. our furniture. our factories, and
10 the general development OF all OF
our material resources. What was
the condition of our country in 1850?
We then for many years had had what
rs known as n low revenue tariff, and
/ appeal to you here tonight who re-
mem ber as well as / do the condition
OF this country thirty-one years ago
in 1860. We at that time were almost
entirely dependent upon foreign coun-
tries for manufactured goods which
we consumed in this country. Where
then. fellow citizens. were the great
mills, factories and furnaces that we
see all over this great country our
selves today. remember well in my
boyhood days-in my childhood,
/ might say, as / sat down
TO my fathers table and
picked up our plate. as many oil you
did in your younger days, and turned
it over and there you saw painted n
great contest between n lion and n
unicorn. / did not know what IT
meant then, fellow citizens, but as /
became older learned that it was the
English coat OF arms: and all the china
that we had on our tables mp 20 and
after 1861. was brought from England
and other foreign countries. How WAS
ii with pour cutlery that you had en-
your table? Why, fellow citizens.
again run your minds back 10 Your
childhood days. Then as you picked
ND your knife and fork you read upon
1t sheffield" | did not know what
IL meant then. but ! afterwards
learned that 1t meant he great manu-
| fasturing city of England where our
cutlery was manufactured. But.
| thanks to the protective policy of
| the republican party Of today. those
of us who are setting out in life and
| in housekeeping 20 10 the village
or city store. and we furnish our tables
with American china. designed by
! American skill and made by
American labor. hpplause) How IL
II with your cutlery? Why, my tel
low citizens. IL was my fortune 10
serve our country in the great city OF
Berlin from 1881 to 1885. IL became
necessary In the official position
held that I sbould go to houscs'se-
] -&axt xx-lfa TO
/ tire purpose of getting things to set
up housekeeping with. We looked az
/ cutlery az we did other Articles We
did not like the designs We went
from store TO store. and came TO one
where II said American goods Tor
sale" We went in, and I with my
very best German asked for American
cutlery. and there. fellow citizens
three thousand miles away from
( my home. sn the great city Of Berlin
| was able 20 supply my table with
I American cutlery manufactured by
American labor in the state OF Connec
tlcdt. ApplauseJ
4 II these gentlemen who oddresses
7 you SO cloquently from this platform
( ON Saturday night. and their partx
/ had been In power from 1860 unit
the present time, today you woul,
be saying grace when you sat dowi
/ at yonr table, and taking your foo,
from English china. cutting your meai
and your bread vith English manu-
factnred cutlery. / do not know how
| you may feei about IL mp here IN Grsns
/ Rapids. but IL has always SEEMED q
/ me when I sat down AZ my table
II did not say grace myself. and NJ,
/ clergyman came in. and be did, al
/ WAYS felt that that thabkfuines