The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-30
AMERICAN INDUSTRY
Banquet Of the Protective Tar
if League.
Remarks by YiCe-PreSident Morton, Major
Mckinley andltherS.
Senator Dulph'S Response 10 Toast on the
Prosperity Of the People Of the
Pacific Coast.
Special to THE MORNING CALI

son-square Gardens. The dining-room was
handsomely decorated, and everything about
the affair was emblematic of American in
dustries. Dishes, cutlery, table cloths, nap
kins, wines, cigars, and even the tin menu
cards were of American manufacture. The
list of toasts was lengthy one. Cornelius
n Bliss presided in place of President
Ammidown, who was absent by reason Of
illness. Bliss in his remarks said:
1t is said by some editors and
public men that the events of last November
have shown that the so-called educational
campaign Of the opponents of American pol
icies has borne fruit, and that protection
has been discredited by the people of the
United States. 1t appears to me that the
assumption by few who have usurped the
title of tariff reform, that really belongs to
US, that the intelligent people Of this coun-
try require education on economic questions
by body Of closet students, who, however
h onest in convictions, are without practical
experience, is i'm pertinence."
Secretary Noble resp Onded TO the toast
1.-The President" saying in part: This is
an auspiciou time for the members of the
Republican party to assemble. The protec-
ton of our indus tries is uniting our country
men eve rywhere. There is indeed a Presi-
dent of the United States, and you will
agree with me in saying he is good PreSi-
dent Let US maintain peace with honor,
locking not abroad for directions or ap-
proyal" Applause
Bliss proposed the health of Vice Pres!
dent Morton, who briefly thanked the as
sembly and was loudly applauded.
M'KINLEY S REMARKS.
Major Mckinley was then introduced as
the next Governor Of Ohio, and the cheering
did not subsde for i've minutes. He made
a brief speech, in which he said: We viii
have tariff SO long as we have q govern
ment. If l ever regretted that was pro-
tectionist that regret does not exist tonight.
| am glad to belong to party which H.
dorSes a policy advocated by such mel as
Webster, Clay, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Gar
field aud Harrison" lCheerS.l Mckinley
further said: The country is prospering,
and what is wanted is for it to 20 on pros
pering and have no 'moukeyins' with the
tariff" He predicted that The tariff law will
not be changed in the next ten years, unless
| by the Republican party on protection lines.
Senator Aldrlch spoke TO the toast, The
| maintenance of the protective system in
dispensable TO profitable commerce
Senator Jones Of Nevada sent letter In
which he said the Chinese wall of protection
was precisely what was needed in this cOuu-
try to keep away the Squalor and distress
that attends low wages abroad. The pOpu-
lar government rests upon the affections of
the people and men can have no affection
for a Government under which they starve.
SPEECH OF SENATOR DOLPH.
Responding to the toast, Protection, as 1t
Affects the Prosperity Of the People and the
Development OF The Industries OF the Pacific
Slope" Senat + DOlph said in part:
When we acquired from Mexico our posses
sions upon tho Pdcl hc Coast, south Of the forty
faF mar Iu1 tlFa uf
formed OF our people had as inadequate con-
eepIion Of lie value OF Tie acquisition Captain
Gray had of the importance OF his discovery
when lie sailed nlO he mouth OF tile Columbia
River. Though the greater portion OF 1t is capa-
bic of q high state OF cultivation and of great
production IL Is yet sparsely settled and but
a limUed area is under cultivation. lis manu-
fsCtues are in their infancy, ana its principal
industries are stu agricntural and pastoral,
mining and numbering. We believe that protec
tion Is national; that all the Industries Of the
nation are so nscpalably connected that one
caUnOt suffer without injury TO the whole; that
every class OF our ciiz MS are interested In The
prosperity of every other class; that whatever
hurts New YORK hurts Oregon, and Vice versa;
that the people OF every Sta.e and OF the entire
Union ale Interested In The prosperity OF every
section Of the Union. The people of the Pacific
Coast under stand tina, while New England man
ufactures The wool grown upon the Pacific
Coast, her manufactures create market for the
Pacific Coast product, and not that alone but
for our food products also.
am entirely safe In saying that the prOIec-
tionisls upon the Pacific Coast are not such be-
cause Of their local interests, but rather for the
reason that they believe protection is the true
policy for a nation. At the election held IN
June, 1888, when the Democratic Administra-
ton had forced the issue between free trade and
protection upon the country, not less than 1000
voters in Oregon voted the Republican ticket
for the first time because they believed in pro
teeliOn. aud Oregons victory inspired the Re-
publican ranks with new courage from ocean TO
ocean.
THE CHINESE.
The people OF the Pacific Coast have an object
lassDn UDOn The tariff in The Chinese DODulgtiOn
The characteristics Of the Chinese race are such
that Chinese laboTers in the United States,
matter how limiled their numbers, necessarily
come into competition with white labor. A China
man works for one half the wages required TO sup
port an American laborer. He neither becomes
| citizen. identified with business enterprises,
nor TO any considerable extent a consumer OF
American products. He boards his earnings to
send them abroad, while he supplants white
labor. the wages of which would go to develop
| aud enrich this country. Reasoning from The
| effect of the competition of few Chinese labor
who receive for their services probably ten
| times tie amount received at hom- for Tho same
| labor, it Is easy 10 understand the effect OF
| policy which would cause many OF our Indus
tries 10 be transferred beyond the sea, and many
| OF our necessities to be supplied by Chinese
| labor abroad, and to understand the merits Of a
| system Which would open our ports to the free
| admission Of the products OF haf-pa English
| labor and the labor OF India, China and japan.
The growth and prosperity of the commerce Of
| The Pacific Coast Is dependent largely upon the
protection policy.
The people OF the Pacific Coast understand
| what Is meant Dy tarln Tor revenue only. The
Mills bill, as an educational document, was
| success. They have been taught that.a tariff for
revenue only would put on the free-list nearly
| everything they prOduce-graiD, vegetables
wool, fruit, lumber, coal, lead; would place the
producers Of the Coast as to barley, vegetables,
H%bsG coal N eO@psiC9 WITH
| to wool, In competition with The cheap
labor product of Australia and South
| American; as 10 lead, IN competition with the
Mexican product; snd as to fruits, with the
| West Indies and other cheap-labor countries;
| and would reduce the price OF all the produce,
| while increasing the price oil everything they buy
from abroad.
FREE-TRADE THEORIES.
In the midst Of the general alarm among the
friends of protection and the Generalization OF
| business caused by President Ceveland's mes
sage and the report OF the Mills bill in The
House, the Democratic National Convent ion in
1888 met al ST. Louis, renominaled Cleveland
ana indOrscd his free-trade theories. While the
convention was In session news came that the
State which l have the honor in part to repre-
sent in the Senate OF the United States-faT-off
OregOn-had pronounced. by largely Increased
Republican majority, against the Administration
and It's freelrade theories, and In favor OF pro-
| tectiOn TO American industries. And with this
ringing declaration In favor OF protection for The
industries OF America against those Of Great
Britain, tie party went into the fight Demo-
cratic orators preached the doctrine OF tariff for
revenue only; but lie Republican party Inscribed
on lis banners, 1--WE VIII serve the interests of
America" and by this sign II conquered.
lending industry of the Pacific Coast which
would be destroyed by the Democratic policy Of
pOiltlcdiecOnOmY IS WoOl-sTOwing. Every por-
tlOn OF The Coast is admirably adapted for Sheep
raising There has been wonderful growth In
this Industry In the last decade. In 1887 there
were III California and Oregon alone S,656,727
sheep, nearly one.t fifth Of the whole number In
the United States
The wool OF the Coast Is of a superior quality.
The equability OF the climate gives the product
q uniform fiber, and with proper care In the
selection OF the stock aud In care OF flOcks the
finest grades, equal TO the finest Australian wool,
can be grown in the more favored portions.
Republican Congress. IN accordance with the
Republican national platform and In obedience
to the party demands, has In tile Mckinley bill
maintained and strengt hened tho protective
tariff uDon WOOL giving this important Industry
new stimulus aud a new guarantee of prosper
lty for the future,
OUR LUMBER INDUSTRY.
Another leading Industry Of the Coast pro-