Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-21

Don't you suppose those men tnzs
made tue constitution knew as much
about Il IS modern democrats
ssathsgn EiaaRsss-
WAY id they put that state bank
plank m ths PLATFORM L. vas because
the south demanded Il. Ii the demo
eFkLs sn0aid come into power would
toe south not get what II wants There
n s590. 10 90 IA soutHeFn war claims
psndsag "a congress. WHAT viii the
democrats do WITH tnsml Let NE
democrat. get ia power, aud as their
strength Is ia tas south, those claims
viii aud must be pad.
Wnat other objections have the demo
erats 10 the Mckinley Dill They say II
makes Ihlngs coat more. Now | want
any naa or woman IA the house 10
name an article, the manufacture OF
which was started under a protective
tariff, that does not cost less than tt
I'D before the tariff was placed on IL
Wire mails, calico, crockery, plate
glass. silks and all other articles
on which there Is tariff, are
lower taan ever before, Goodall Bros
furnished al the pl1shes used 10y the
railroad car builders in the United
states and at a price cheaper than ever
before. suppose wall were bnilt
around the city and one man owned
al the potatoes IN the city. Wouldn't
nc pat up the price? Well, guess he
would. Now, suppose the wall was
pushed down aud 1000 bushels of po-
tatOes should 90 rushed in. Would the
price go up or down? II would go
down, OF course. Competition forces
prices down.
The Genius OF Protection.
We protect an industry aud the fac
torres IN that industry spring up all
over the nation. New machinery Is de
manded and the genius OF the Amer
can people responds.
/ spent some time IN Europe few
years ago and / know something
about the wsges OF Europe. Men
aud women IN thousands are working
there for twenty cents day aud board
/ ing themselves. England mas the best
wages IN the world except IN the United
| States. England has Tree trade but
wages have been going down for ten
years. / have seen men begging for
one hour OF work. When men beg for
work, wages you may be sure are not
high.
/ WAS in Paisley, Scotland, and saw
| the great granite mills of Coates x Com
pany, the thread makers. There is
| probably not one woman In the au-
dience who has not used the products
OF that mill. went in and looked II
over, aud what q bright eleanly lot of
young men and women | saw working
there. | asked for copy Of the pay
I roll 81 he VA al month and cot A
few months later was in
Pawtucket, Conn, and i saw q great
granite mill Just like the one in Paisley
| saw the name Coates IL Co., and
stopped the hack and went in. | asked
If 1t was the same company that owned
the mills in Paisley. | was told 1t was
the same. was told the product of
the mills was the same, the work done
was the same. the number and skill oil
the hands the same.
The Two Pay Rolls.
/ asked for copy of the pay roll fol-
the same month as the roll l had
secured IN Paisley. / compared the
figures and l found in many cases the
wages were 800 per cent higher In the
American mill than in the Scotch mill
| The average difference was 200 pei
cent.
Think of a republic that will look
way out across the prairie and see q
barefooted boy and say to him, Boy
mere is a ladder reaching the sky
climb that ladder. And he begins.
BY the round of the common
schools, by the round of the academy
bv the round of the college. by the
! round of service in the state legislature
by the round of patriotic service in O
great war to save his country, by the
round of seat in congress, by the
round of a place IN the United State;
senate, by the round of the presidency
and a martyrs death he rose until
| Garfield stood by the side of Lincoln.
This country has placed a ballot IN
your hands and it demands that you
deposit il with intelligence and care.
See that you do it. Good night" Nr
Ketcham proposed three cheers for ths
ticket which were given with vim
that shook the building.