Milford chronicle., 1892-10-21
7ould surmount every obstacle
railroad iron, SO would it be with

niefprise by the Democrats, we have
he'd and this tin business will be as
success as the iron or steel rails. If
d listened to our Democratic friends
z 81 they were howling about the heavy /
duty % steel rails-just as they have been |
doing aBRut the heavy duty os tin plate
chow the people would be robbed) we would !
not now Dave 100000 miles Of railroads in
this couhtry--more than all the rest of the
world combined Neither would we have
the Pittsburg iron and steel industries, or the
Birmingham, Alabama, works that are the
admiration of the known world. allude to
the Birmingham, Alabama, works partieu-
larly, because it is a Southern enterprise of
immense proportions that has grown up since
the tariff act was put into operation since
1861, and if it had not been for the "Repub
lican Tariff as they sueeringly call it, there
would be no Birmingham, Alabama, to-day,
The rich mines of iron ore aud coal in Ala
bama would be dormant beneath her sleepy
hills, and their beautiful city would not be in
existence.
The natural Incidence ofthe Southern peo-
pie which is the offspring of slavery, ener-
vated their people to such an extent that
they have never been the originators or in
yentors Of any new enterprises. Work, they
were taught, was for slaves. aud so to them
degrading Therefore, they were conteut to
buy from England and let her bring 1t to
their doors. Inventions Of the age and ma
chiuery originated in the country north of
Masons & Dixon's line. I particularly saw
this at the Worlds Fair in Philadelphia. I
saw t!,.t in machinery the North had eE-
celled, and it was fully demonstrated that the
North in this particular had beat the world
| Although the South has had the same op-
portunities, it never made use of them, aud
for this reason, looks upon the North with
| euvious ewes. Hence you hear the Demo
Gratis crv ''The Tariff has built up mouopolies
that are robbing the people-for the benefit
of manufacturers at the expense of the peo-
ple." I ask the question, why have not
the Southern people built up manufactures
aud not let the Northern manufacturers have
all of this great wealth They had the same
benefits of protection by the tariff The au-
swer is, their own iudolence. will add that
the factories of this country are the admired
and envied of the whole world, because OF
their colossal proportions and capacity.
The Touring mill at Minneapolis have nc
equal--the StudeOaker wagon works haYe
no peer-the Oliver Chilled Plow works have
no superior. A few years ago had the
pleasure of being shown through each of the
last two named. and was utterly astonished
at their magnitude. The wagon works occu-
pied and covered oyer II acres of ground.
asked their capacity-they said when run
ming at full capacity, wagon every ten min
utes. / was so much astouished at this,
asked where was their market? They re-
piled. the whole world our wagons are in
use in India and Egypt even.
The Oliver Plow works covered over thir-
teen acres, and they told me that their plows
were sold all over the whole world. These
few have noticed to call your attention to
the character of the manufacturing industry
of this country and their colossal proper
tions In these factories frequently 1000
men find employment, and we noted some
time back that the Carnegie mills employed
$500.
tod you in the beginning of this arti-
Gle that we were the richest nation in the
world, and I now illustrate to YOU that our
factories are in keeping with the Nation
thew are on the same scale. If they were
not. thev would not be adequate to the wants
of this great Nation. feel happy that we
have such institutions wherein millions OF
my countrymen are employed, aud as wage
earners they get decent pay. No other peo-
pie get such wages on this earth-no other
people live so we'll, having all the necessar-
les of life with some of the luxuries. Theil
children educated ard happy with the flag
of health on their cheeks. These are the
fruits of the tariff in our couutry, and with
ont it we never should have made the gigan-
tic strides that we have. With them we can
make whatever we want, FROM daruing
needle to a great gun, and in the event OF
war with any, or all the Nations at once, we
could hold our own-because we can manu-
facture whatever we need. We would moi
be in the condition that we we're in prior to
186I-dependent on foreign countries for ouI
lclothiug, blankets, and nearly everything
else except meat wheat and corn.
According to statistics, all the gold of
California for a number of years before
1861. never stopped in this country, but
went directly across the ocean to pay for
things that we now manufacture at home.
No wonder that we can pay the war debt
and pensions and not feel it. We have
learned to take care of our own resources.
want to say something of the poor
farmer that our Democratic friends are
so anxious about, just before the cleo
tons. They are the most independent
people living. They are living and hav-
ing now, what they-could only dream
about and long for forty years ago, Let
me draw a picture-I am fifty years old
and distinctly remember my boyhood
days:
~ pEIAwAEE, THE FAR IN DELAWARE, TIRE FAR
MER 40 YEARS AGO MER TODAY.
. The best farmers rals-
ed not over 100 bushels Now they raise over
| Of wneat-cut with sick 1000 bushels
les and scythe and era Now with a splendid
dle-eat biscuit on sun self-binde-
day morning corn bread Now don't eat any corn
=, ! balance Of week--tramp- bread
! ed Il out with horse. Threshes now with A
40 years ago the veal -aplendid steamer - 1850
thy rode In eumoer bushels per day.
same gig, and but few Now ia phaetons and
} afforded them carriages or every make
30 years ago plougne9 and desCriptiOn-even to
their land or scratched the renters boys have
It with mhersome ar their horse and carriage.
ticle-some OF them nay Now with a spsndid
ing wooden mould Doaro' steel plough - polished
= etc. until It. glistens-haVing
30 years ago the Iar, i've times the capacity
, | mers furniture consisted OF the old ono
! Of large Dutch oven Now a splendid cook
and frying-pan, a loom stove with cooking uten-
AMI spinning wheel ses sils. lnstesd OF loom
I of stools bedsteads, a nd and wheel 4 piano and
bureau--no carpets onlorgan for his daughter.
nnv OF the h1Ors l have lClsSosis an every floor
helped scour ana sano h. the house, and nice
me floors with Wmte stoves in the same-lace
] sand many time eurtAins. hair cloth chairs
20 years ago ene land velvet and plush
mer's vile spun the 4gslAc Achalrs and settees.