Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-29

Uy (IOV. I'LL. ne LIDS ldlCly 1CRoAc
as labor commissioner of the state OF New
York, from which it appears that during
the years since the Mckinley law went In
to effect there has been an increase III that
single state OF wages or 70 wv, wy, ana OF
manufactured products $31, OOOOO.
Peck is liar. Laughter That is one
trouble with the free trader-I don't say,
mind you, with the Democrat, but-Wlth
the man who is willing to reverse the policy
under which we have prospered. Inc man
who is willing to tear down the protective
system and put this country upon the free
trade basis. Nothing in the way of an in
dustrial triumph pleaSes him. Nothing IN
the line of an industrial calamity but
what gives him encouragement. APP
plause.l They are the Anarchists of Amer
lean industry they are the Anarchists OF
American labor lapplausel, whether they
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 are everlastingly telling us: "YOu
cannot do this and you cannot do that" l
want an American citizen never to say
that American capital and American labor
cannot do anything. They told us way
back IN 1857 and 1870: "You cannot make
steel rails" At that time steel rails were
selling at $3.50 in gold, and very much
more in currency. Congress put duty on
steel rails, and without going into the de-
tails of 1t, to-day we are making In the
United States, and have been tor years, all
the steel rails which we have needed for
our domestic consumption, and we are ex-
porting some, too iapplausel, and the price
has come down, down, down, until 1t
ranges from $27 to $31 and 1872 ton. Ap-
plause.l Well, when / made that state
ment the other day to free trader, he said
to me: "Well, if 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 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 nelghbOr's hogs out of your cabbages
now for four years why don't you take it
DOWN." Great laughter and applause.J
SUGAR MADE CHEAP AND FARMERS PRO-
TECTED.
We passed the Mckinley law; we took
the duty off OF sugar; we cheapened sugar
to every family in the United States. A
while after we took the duty off of sugar
Mr.. Mckinley told me that man in his
town went into store and wanted a DOL
lars worth of sugar, and the merchant be-
gan to weigh it out he kept dipping, dip
ping, dipping the sugar INTO the measure,
and the purchaser interrupted him and
said II only want dollars worth" He
SAID: 81 am giving you adollar's worth -
and he kept on until he made bundle OF
twenty pounds of sugar and wrapped 1t 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 a dollar ''Why?" "Why, if you did
she Will never give me any peace till vote
the Republicantickei." Greatapplausea and
10 ktnr | 10 inu oil l.
600 year out of the pockets of the people.
duty on sugar. and tGat was tax because
that was a tariff tor revenue only, for we
did not produce enough sugar in this coun-
try to affect by competition the price of it
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 tair,
| reasonable duty upon it. 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 ll,OO0.000 more
year than the duty put upon refined sugar
by the Mckinley law. We gave bounty
courage home production and we afford
thereby-and the supreme court held it to
constitutiOnal-w afford thereby the same
encouragement at a 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 ii with our eyes open.
We did it to encourage the production OF
sugar in the South we did it 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.
,cl- %<Ni. Il mn hn ~ lnr ri IN a
experts had demonstrated beyond any
question that there was a 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 TO
make, in his Judgment. 10 provide our own
people with sugar; anG he told me that
Wisconsin was one OF those states: and the
oxford company has agreed with him TO
establish a great sugar refinery In this
state in order to give our farmers a 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 here before the Mckin-
| ley law, and that is one made in the prisons
| of Austria which we prohibited from COM
ing here forever Applause.
| They told us that me 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 cam
not make linen in the United States"
| Why dot? We have the flax: ''Oh, yes;
but you have not the machinery" Well,
when before did America tail to make any
thing for lack of machinery? Ii they can
not buy it they invent it. Continued APP
plause twas not long after the Nc kin
| 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 ad
any better fiber IN that mill; and the other
| day when we met IN Minneapolis TO 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
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