The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-28

Office by Mr.. Cleveland, and retained IN II
by Gov. Hill. lie has lately made q report
as labor commissioner of the state of New
York, from which 1t appears that during
the years since the Mckinley law went in
TO effect there has been an increase in that
single state of wages OF $4,000, 600, and OF
manufactured products S3l 900. OOO
No wonder the average free trader says
Peck is liar. Laughter That is one
trouble with the free trader-I don't say,
mind you, with the Democrat, but-with
the man who is willing TO reverse the policy
under which we have proSpered. The man
who is willing 10 tear down the protective
system and put this country upon the free
trade basis. Nothing III the way OF an in
dusirial triumph pleases him. Nothing in
the line OF an industrial calamity but
what gives him encouragement. APP
plause. They are the Anarchists OF Amer
lean industry they are the Anarchists OF
American labor applausel, whether they
mean TO be or not. They stand always
with wide open mouths shouting prophesies
of evil. They frlghten capital whenever
they can against entering into this industry
or that. They thereby keep labor out OF
employment, and they depress our country
and our prosperity.
They arc everlastingly telling us: "YOu
cannot do this and you cannot do that" L
want an American citizen never 10 say
that American capital and American labor
| cannot do anything. They told us way
back In 1867 and 1870: lyon cannot make
steel rails" At that time steel rails were
selling at $50 in gold. and very much
more in currency Congress put duty on
steel rails, and without going into the de-
tails OF it. to-day we are making III the
United States, and have been tor years, all
the steel rails which we have needed for
our domestic consumption, and we arc eX-
porting some, too Iapplausel, and the price
has come down, aOwn, down, until 1t
ron RI n 4 n
plause.] Well, when / made that state
ment the other day to free trader, he SAID
to me: swell, il we have got so now that
we can make steel rails and export them.
why don't you take the duty off?' Laugh
ter And | SAID TO HIM just what l say TO
you tonight that there would be Just as
much sense in my going TO you and saying !:
my friend. that fence of yours has kept
your neighDOr's hogs out OF your cabbageS
now for four years why don't you take 1T
down" Great laughter and applause.
SUGAR MADE CHEAP AND FARMERS PRO
TECTED.
We passed the Mckinley law; we took
the duty oil OF sugar; we cheapened sugar
to every family in the United States. A
While after we took the duty of OF sugar
Mr.. Mckinley told me that man III his
town went into store and wanted DOL
lars worth of sugar, and the merchant be-
ping, dipping the sugar into the measure.
and the purchaser interrupted him and
said: Il only want dOllar'S WORTH" lie
said: Il am giving you adollar's worth -
and he kept on until he made bundle of
twenty pounds of sugar and wrapped il up.
The man took it in his arms. walked out
to the sidewalk, and said MIR French,
don't YOU tell my wife that got that sugar
for dollar ''Why?" why, if you did
she will never give me any peace till vote
the Republican ticket" Greatapplausea and
laughter. We were paying about 500. OOO,-
600 year out of the pockets OF the people.
duty on sugar. and that was tax because
that was q tariff tor revenue only, for we
did not produce enough sugar in this cOun-
try to affect by competition the price Of 1t
here at home. Gen. Bragg talked the other
night AT TOmah about our legislating in
favor of the sugar trust We put duty
on raw sugar sugar which could not be
used by the people without being refined !;
we preferred that our sugar should be re-
fined in the United States TO having that
labor done over the sea. We put fair,
reasonable duty upon 1t. But we did not
begin to put the duty upon refined sugar
that the Mills bill put upon It, The duty
put by the Mills bill upon refined sugar
saved toithe sugar trust 81 100000 more q
year than the duty put upon refined sugar
by the Mckinley law. We gave bounty
equal to the duty we had taken off to en-
Courage UOlllc DIOuuCllOu anu VIC
thereby-and the supreme court held 1t to
constitutional-we afford thereby the same
encouragement ut q small outlay To the do
nestle production as this great tariff did
when levied upon sugar. And what is the
result of it ? We did it with our eyes open.
We did il to encourage the production OF
sugar in the South we did 1t to encourage
the beet sugar product In the North, and
one refinery in Nebraska this year, will
produce 5000, 600 pounds Of beet sugar as
good as ever was seen on the earth.
Gov. Rusk told me the other day that the
experts had demonstrated beyond any
question that there was q large belt of states
having the soil and the climate which
would enable the farmer TO make profit
able crop of the sugar beet and which
would enable us before many years 10
make, in his Judgment 10 provide our own
people with sugar; and he told me that
| Wisconsin was one or those states: andthe
oxford company has agreed with him 10
establish great sugar refinery III this
state in order to give our farmers chance
| to open up another agricultural industry.
so WILL PEARL BUTTONS AND LINEN.
Why, the free traders told US when the
Mckinley law was passed: You cannot
make pearl buttons" Well the trouble
with that is. we are making pearl buttons.
| There is only one pearl button which we
are not making in this country to-day.
| which we imported mere De1Ore me Mchln-
! lev law, and that is one made in the prisons
OF Austria which we prohibited from COM
ing here forever. Applause.
They told us that the duty on linen-the
duties imposed in that schedule would en-
nance the price OF linen to the people and
would not do any good because you can
not make linen In the United States"
| Why dot? We have the flax: "Oh, yes;
but you have not the machinery" We'll,
when before did America fail TO make any
thing for lack OF machinery? If they can
not buy it they invent 1t. Continued APP
plause. 1t was not long after the McKin-
ley law was enacted that they sent several
bales of Minnesota flax to the mills in
Scotland, and it came back In good linen,
with certificate that they had never h d
any better fiber In that mill: and the other
dav when we met In Minneapolis 10 noml-
nate Benjamin Harrison the next president
of the United States great applause the
great Exposition building was carpeted-
| YOU remember it--wlth linen made out of
Minnesota flax in Minneapolis mill.
IGreat applause. No, we cannot make
linen Well. my free trade fiiend, we can
make linen, and we will make linen.
lGreat applause
MAKING TIN PLATE NOW.
There is no one subject upon which
more has been said against the Mckinley
! law than the duty upon TIN plate. i voted,