Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-02
farmer there is no protection whatever
TApplause.l But

farmer there is no protection whatever.
TAPplause.l But
Tar BURDEN or OUR COMPLAINT
Is that while the farmer is compelled TO sell
in the open markets OF the world, ne IS
compelled 70 buy what necessarles OF me
be needs In q market protected 40 per
cent SO per cent. or 100 per cent, for the
benefit OF the manufacturers OF New
England. That is what we COM
plain OF. [Applause.l II there IS
any farmer who thinks no
is protected by the enactment Of the Nc
Kinley bill. let me tell you that you belong
10 inc Republican party. You nave no
place under the leadership OF Grover Cleve-
land, [Applause.l -,
"They saw now. as in the early part OF
our history, that the object OF the kepuon-
can party is TO build up our infant lnous-
tries. Well, they don't need IL any TUT
Their. Carnegie has an industry wnlch
DON'T need protection any further. They
have dropped that now. You don't near
much talk now about protection to our In
FAINT industries, but they tell you that
high tariff means high wages. Laughter
That is what they tell US out IN Illinois.
"A voice-They tell it here, too. They
6o2 That is the way they are doing out
In Illinois. I didn't know but they had TOO
much respect for your intelligence here.
Laughter Let's look az 1t moment,
and see il il is true that high tariff means
high wages. Let's see if it is true. Ihey
don't talk now about
PROTECTING INFANT INDUSTRIES,
but say we must have high protective tar
iff 10 benefit the labOring men or the coun-
try. Let's see. They said that four years ago.
They said four years ago: You vote to
keep the Republican party In power; IL
means high wages The laboring men
went 70 the polls and put that party IN
power again, and the first thing tn9y clu
was 70 pass the Mckinley bill, increasing
taxes. Let's look at it, for this is the ques-
ton which concerns you. You are the Jury,
and the Nc Hinley DILL is on trial. lAp-
plause.l They say the Mckinley bill means
I high wages. You know, my fellow citizens
and 1 address myself to tOilers and me
chanics-yOu know the only effect OF q
/ high tariff is to lessen the purchas-
/ ing power of your wages HOWE by
/ increasing the average cost or articles
/ from 20 to 80 per cent. Can they beneht
/ you, when they thereby lessen the pur-
I chasing power Of your wagesl Many oil
you have found that fact out for your
| selves. But there is one fact to be consld-
! cred. When they tell you that mgo
/ tariff makes high wages, don't you kno"
/ that il their contention was true-tnat tue
tariff regulates wages-then the wages 1or
/ the same services
! WOULD BE TIE SAME
| all over this countryl Yet you know that
| on the Pacific coast and in such States as
| Nevada wages are more than double what
/ they are along the Atlantic seaooard foI
Il the same services. Whyl Simply be-
| cause wages are not fixed by the tariff, oul
| BY the great law Of supply and demand,
/ which is over and above al tariff laws.
! Applause l want TO say one word, and
\ want 10 address this word to every wage
Garner. When you are told that high
tariff means high wages, remember thai
/ under the Walker tariff we had tarln tax
which averaged Is per cent, while under
| the Mckinley tariff bill the average Is %
per cent. It's by such acts Of Republican
! COngrsss-and they have had control OF all
departments Of the government when I'M
| posing these burdens on the Deople-a tariff
! tax reaching an average of57 per cent. was
| enacted, ana under this increased tax the
tariff has grown up almost out OF sight.
! Now, laborers, wage earners, and farmers,
/ / want TO ask you If your wages have gone
up, year after year, in the same proportion
as the tariff taxes have gone up-from 80 x
100 per cent II any man believes thai
| the tarif-a high protective tarih-ha;
| made it easier for him to support his
family or has been helpful for him IL
providing for the wants OF his children
/ let me tell you have no plea to make 70
YOU, Your place is under the banner Of
the man who stands for high tariff. APP
| plausel But if you know 1t has not beer
easier for yo1-if you believe these taxes
/ are unjust, and are levied to build up GER
tain sections-if you believe in that as you
| look in the faces Of your wives and child
ren, then your place is under the banner
/ Of the man who declared that unnecessary
taxation is unjust taxation. Cheers.
"Now, have answered one Of these Re
/ publican assertions, that the tariff means
| high wages. What is the otherl They tel
/ you that
TIE FOREIGNER PAYS THE TAX.
/ Laughter Do they tell you that here
/ "A voice-Yes. Well, as / said before
they tell that out in Illinois, but l thought
they had too much respect for your intelli
gence here. Laughter They say the
foreigner pays the tax. Let's see II ht
/ does. When 1 first heard that il amused
me. Just TO think that we live in lane
where the taxes are paid by foreign gov
eminent! Laughter 1 used to wonder
which government paid them. Laughter.
IL reminds me Of a story about an IllinOi:
man who had IL from Mckinley that the
foreigner paid the tax, and he believed it
/ Well, that Illinois man went to Liv
!