The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-05-22
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AGA- AFOCtIIC MOF14- NAuC. AldAAC q HlD>l
happy speech 81 the banquet OF the
American Tariff League ii New York.
II response 10 the I0ast-'Abundance
Versus Cheapness. Speaking Of the
+ sentiment OF President Harris0n's re-
marx: ! am one Of those political
economists that have an impression
that some things may De too cheap. =
Mr. DuLiver said:
II Is a great mistake 70 sit al this
table. rich with The display OF Injuries
QISUlcLlE American. l I've n the
+ corn country. IN the center OF The az
rlcu-JUraI empire q The Northwest:
On the aLlUTial prairie between your
gr6aL rivers. where men N fry wears
Oy LIE miracle OF homestead settle
menJ, have done the work OF five gen
eraL1lS- Cheers II = a land Of
+ plenty which mas welcomed with UDen
hospitality every race and tongue and
never Yet refused ID IN industrious
mar the reasonable reward OF lie
+ Applause Il : true. a. Senator His
cock mas Just said thai We have fur
nIshed 70 The people OF New York
some mortgages. Most OF our people
crossed the Mississippi river with lii
lie beside strong hearts and wiling
1auQS. and n p years have achieved
an extraordinary material progress.
Our debts stand for our Investments
and not Tor CIR losses They repre-
sent our enterprise and not our misfOr-
tunes. our property and not our pow
erTy- Applause. They viii be paid
10 the last penny IN the legal curren-
cY OF The country. not a coin clipped
nor dollar deprecated. Applause. J
No community in the United States
has more perfect understanding OF
the relation Of the farm 70 the factory
than the people OF Iowa.
They believe II buying what they
need as lar a. they can al home and
N selling what they produce as far as
they can n the market places OF their
OWL country. Applause. Being
largely engaged II buying live stock
Tor safe. they see the advantage OF
having customers VINO have both mon
ey u buy meat and q weIl-eSJab Lished
habit OF eating IL Laughter and ap-
plaUSe- Our people are Tor reciprOci-
Tys not with our competitors IN the
1eIdS OF productive industry. but with
every country whose incoming car
goes neither disgrace nor degrade the
occupations OF our own c0untTymen.
I Applause. The man VINO cannot see
the difference between a limited reci-
pr0cIIT with Brazil and free trade
with Europe ought 10 connect himself
with a night school. Laughter. The
one secures a new market with
out damage 10 the old. Applause. ]
The other would either drive out our
Industries or rec Ufre US at once 10 eur
il Two the bread-buying ability OF our
own working men Applause.
Whatever The tariff may be. we see
that The absence Of the factory Is a
yerILable lax on our resources. Ap-
plause. We are going 10 get rid OF
that tax In the chief CITY CT Iowa
the people gave $50. 900 70 hire 4 man
70 build a cotton mill. Cheers In
an eDEerprlSing town ii my own dis
TrlcL the people. IN spite OF their poll
tics and regardless OF the fact that
the kingdom OF SaXOny Is the Cheapest
place on earth for knit goods. raised
SO. 600 70 put in knitting factory
Applause. At Forest CITY. Iowa. in
my district. every year the harvest Is
celebrated IN splendid palace OF fax.
which displays al once the taste OF
the community and their anxiety
70 welcome the linen industry 10 the
West Applause. There is not q
village IN the state without its board
OF trade. with lis brass band laugh
teri. carriage and cash donation
Tor any well dressed man who viii IN
derJaEe 10 locate any kind OF an in
dusUrlal enterprise. Applause. Ny
friends. YOU could more easily. convert
such a people 10 MOhammedaniSm
than 10 free trade.
In lifelong run. with the issue 50 uare-
= made. they VII give the preach
ers OF the English gospel in American
prosperity a permanent vacation
Laughter and applause. They are
not ready TO reScInd the Declaration
Of Independence. Applause. They
have not yet forgotten the EXlOTUa-
ton OF jefferson 10 prefer nothing
foreign when an equivalent American
fabric can be obtained. regardless OF
The price. Applause. They know
that there Is al least one thing as i'm
p0TLalU 10 community as cheap
goods. and that Is money 10 buy goods
with. Applause and laughter. The
pr0digal son is not interested IN prices.
Continued laughter. Take The daily
question OF clothes. There are eyi-
dences that this is the best dressed
C0untT in the world. Applause. 7
For are we without evidence that the
average grades. such as people gener-
ally wear, cost little II ANYTHING more
than the same grades would cost
abroad: Be that as il NAV, our folks
are cOntenIed on the question Of
clothes by their personal knowledge
that thousands Of now prosperous ciTi-
Zens came among them in rags out of
the very countries where the clothes
are the cheapest. Laughter and con-
timed applause II may suit this
nelghbOrhOOd 70 sprinkle English salt
on Irish potatoes and thank God for
the privilege great laughter. but the
great West prefers the Michigan az
JicIe and thanks the protective tariff
that II has been made nearly as cheap
as sand IN the streets OF our cities.
L1Teat applause. With us II is back
number 10 parade the household Ne
ceSSiIies Of the West in the cheerful
maSQ uerade Of sympathy 10 the tax
bUrdened farmer. We suspect people
who exhibit too much sympathy.
Laughter We investigate persons.
especially If they claim 10 be better