Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-10-29


len who rememb these facts in history
ruuld tell what Il " saw and what they
Uttered in that c. npaign, that would bt
|; Il the argument needed to win tri
mphant victory )r a protective tariff.
There is not ian here who know:
from any persona feeling of his own o.
ny burden or al oppression that We
ave such a thine as protective tariff
ut there are tn usandS here who Dc
! now from their yn personal experience
tle blessings of d rOtective tariff. They
now that after Il irty years of protec
ton they have EN- ,lOyment and comfort
nd good wages, hile under revenue
tlriff they had wa t and depression.
You cannot j nport manufactured
goods without ha' ing just that amount
# American mad goods displaced. Nc
nan can deny tina The more goods we
npOrt the less l.. just that much is
made at home. Tie leaders of the Dem
ocratic party (and I speak of the leaders
because the rank le of the party are not
following this year, The leaders OF
Democracy in the past-Jefferson, Til
den, Randall ll-were protectiOnists. But
this present day finds the party placed by
its leaders on the side of free trade.
Governor Campbell is so reckless in
statement that | have ceased to pay any
attention to what he says. His first
speech was at sydney. He said an in,
creased tariff on linseed Oil had raised the
price to 90 cents | showed the next
night at Cincinnati that every Democrat
ic paper quoted linseed oil at 36 cents
Governor Campbell said the price of oat-
meal had been raised by the new tariff
law. | showed by Democratic testimony
that oatmeal was cheaper this year than
before the late Law went into effect. He
said in his debate It Ada that glasswork-
ers' wages had been reduced, but when |
went to Findlay the glassworkers there
said this was SANDER He said gave
The Standard Oil Company rebate of
roted for the NIL 5 bill, which gave the
standard Oil Con pany free tin. lie said
American manuf cturerS sold their pro-
,iuctS abroad che; per than at home.
hoWed this was lOt true. He has not
aid word of al of these things since.
rhe effects of e new tariff law are
iemonstratedeve day. It's over year
I'D. has celebrate, one birthday and will
ave many anot er. We never before
lad so much dom site commerce as we
Iave had in the rSt eleven months of
he new tariff |; ". We never had so
much prOSperit at home. We
rave bought more non competing articles
rom Europe thai ever before in the same
ime. and we haye sold her more stuff
han ever we did before. When Europe
,ame to settle W tn us the balance of
rade in our favo was $52O0O0JO. The
campaign prevar Gator is out of job.
The prophet of el 4 has gone out of buSi-
lesS on this new aw. The same manu-
;actured goods il any line to-day cost
ess than they di a year ago by from
fifteen to twen- J per cent, Only one
Tticle costs more and do you know what
hat is? 1t is pc RI bottoms.
The objection rged against protection
hat it concentra' IS wealth in the hands
Of a few was co clusively proven by a
comparison witt free trade England,
wealth is more &C 1centrated than in any
other county in ne world. In no land
are there as man people owning their
own homes. The re is no other country
where workmen e as prosperous, as well
paid, as happy, a: contented as in these
United States.
The claim has been made that the
benefit of the tar goes to the manufact-
lrer and not to workmen. If man
gets in Great Bri.ian 81 week and gets
16here. what ma AeS the difference? The
rhe tariff does. Is it true, then, that the
iaborer gets no advantage from protec-
ton ?''
On Friday morning Major Mckinley
went to Etnaville and there at O'Clock
he made speech to 1900 or 1900 mill
hands. This was the livelIest crowd he
had yet gotten hold of in the county and
they cheered themselves hoarse at the
great leaders utterances. 1t was mon
Ster meeting and those who had the man
agement of the affair deserve great credit
for the manner in which the arrange
mentS were carried out. The speech was
wholly on the tariff and his talk in re-
gard to tin plate was heartily endorsed
by the workingm N. Immediately after
the meeting Major Mckinley took a
special train for Salem
At the three meetings at least 1900
people heard the clearest exposition OF
the tariff of their lives and the meetings
will do great gool in this county. Any
thing like the enthusiastic cheers were
never before hea d in this county.