Telegram-herald., 1891-10-21

AGH4fc1 ana Twelve millions Ect more
than was admitted during the CORES
Ponding eleven monsals immediately y
previous Under the old law the am-
cunt Vi merchandise as compared with
the whole imports admitted free " -
only 3s per cent Under the Mckinley
law IL il 36 per cent. But that does
not Include sugar, which became free
on the first day OF April, but ii you viii
compare the free imports and the dut[
able imports from the first day OF April
for five moaths until the first day of
September YOU will find that We have
admitted. during these i've months 5s
per cent. OF our merchandise absolutely
free of duty. It is the largest free list
ever enacted into a tariff law since the
eoyernnaent W as founded, and that hst
is there IN obedience TO the policy oi
the republican party TO let every thing
IN Tree which We cannot produee 90
supply ourselves. lAppiause-)
NON, On the uarA portion OF the
aaw l viii be ertireiy frank with YOU.
We lowered dutses where we could do
10 with safety, but when we found an
industry totteriag TO its fail We gave
IL additional protection, and il we
round an industry like Tin plate TAX
eng from this peopae So 200, 900 every
year because we had tarsii upon IL
Tor revenue only, so low that tln
plate could be put in here and prevent
Us from manufacturing, l say IN that
case we had the courage 10 remove
the duty ior revenue only and put
upon IN a protective duty for the very
purpose OF transplattng that industry
60 the unlted States. tAppiause)
But our trends on the other side say
that the difficulty with your system
OF taxation is this: II you will take
our theory and put the duty on the
things we do not produce. every dol
lar OF revenue you raise goes into tie
Treasury OF the United States; If you
VIII put the duty on tea, and cotiee,
whatever IS raised by that means goes
i-lto the United States and helps no
one here But they say il you put "A
protective duty on the thing we do
produce and make it so high that we
can carry on the industry in the
United States. you do the people a
very great wrong, for this reason:
That while the imported article pays
rs duty into the treasury of the
United States. the domestic manu-
facturer pays nothing. But, to Illus
trate: Ii the duty was five cents and
was put on imported glass; the i'm
porter would pay the five cents and
every domestic manufacturer OF glass
would advance the price OF his glass
five cents: but that live cents does
not go into the treasury OF the United
States, but goes into tire manufactur-
er's pocket, and that they say Is
robbery. Well, now, that statement
would be true II it was not untru".
(Applause)
Now, why do we put a Tariff
want to ask you. why do we put
tariff on the thing we produce instead
of on the thing we do not produce?
For this reason: Without it we could
not produce it at all. Suppose, for
instance, was living in Grand Rapids;
or. l will suppose firm In Grand
Rapids making tables. They pay their
laborers 81 a day. Now, down n
Allegan there is another manufacturer
makang the same kind OF table, but
pays for labor 81. The laborer in
Grand Rapids sleeps in bed. The
laborer in Allegan sleeps on
straw The laforer at Grand
Rapids is in home; the labor
er at Allegan IS in a hovel. The chill
dren OF the tailoring man in Grand
Rapids who gets 50 day are in the
public schools; the children OF the
iaboring man in Allegan at 81 day
are in the public streets. Now, il you
allowed the table OF the manufacturer
IN Allegan 10 be put in competition
with the table in Grand Rapids, how
long could the manufacturer in Grand
Rapids do business? Just long enough
20 employ lawyer TO make an as
signment. (Applause) 1t would be
utterly impossible to do busi-
ness. am IN error about
that The Grand Rapids manufacturer
of this table could do business if the
laborlng men that are receiving 50 p
day will put their wages down to 81
nay, on a level with the laborer in
Allegan. and then the manufacturer
can do business. If the laborer in
Grand Rapids will change his home for
a hovel, will take his children out of
the public schools and put them into
the streets, and take his dollar day,
We can do business.
Vote il If you want to, laboring
people, Vote il under delusion If you
want to. But so long as am in public
life | will never cast a vote TO reduce
the price of the American lahorlng
man to the level Of the labor ON the
other side. Applause.
Bnt some gentleman says that is not
fair illustration. II Is fair. ! will
not undertake TO discuss that wages of
labor are lower on the other side than
they are here. / should insult these
laborlng people. Everybody knows it.
Butyou say the distance and freight ls
protection. 1t is no protection at all.
You can put marble from Italy down
in the port of New York cheaper than
you can bring il from Rutland. Yer
mont, to New York. SO | say the
policy of the Republican party is To put
TINS duty on the things We do or can
produce in the United States and make
that duty high enough to pay tho DIFF
ference between the price OF wages here
and abroad; that we may employ our
own people in our own industries.
(Applause.)
Did you know if IL II bad not been
for q protective tariff these industries in
Grand Rapids and in Michigan and IN
the United States would not exlst to-
day? A tariff for revenue only never
built factory, or lighted the FIRE Of
furnace in the United States2 Never
You had . tariff for revenue only
on tin in the United States
until recently under your tarih for
revenua. Why Becsuse the duty
was so low that You could not pay
American wages to GO INTO the indus
try. Why | have cited frequently
the instance of steel rails. When We
bad tariff for revenue only We were
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