Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-30
"A CONDITION. MOI A 1ntoRY.

We are met to-day by "a condition,
not theory" The unparalleled pro.-
pcrity and growth 20 our country under
protection y fact beyond controversy.
M own observation extends backward
/ Tor sixty ycars, aud ! know whereof
pcAk. Depression, bankruptcy and de-
cav have prevailed under tariff Tor
revenue only. while prosperity and
growth have folioscd protection to
American labor aud home industries.
Yesterday, was following two men,
moving upon NV meadow, spreading
hay With fork 20 steel. three tined,
Nhich cost me thirty-thrce cents AZ ~
tail: sixty wear. ago, q boy 81 fourteen,
doing the same Kind 20 work on my
| father. farm With wooden turning
.tick. hsCause hs could not afford two
tined fork. which coat Que dollar aud
/ diiy cents. The men followed yesier-
iay paid - for ten hour. work. The
men followed sixty years ago my faith
~ paid ssyenty.fiVe c.nts a day and ell
O'Clock drink" What has caused this
changer Protection and public ssnti-
ment on the habit 10 drinking.
well remember wh-n steel rails wer.
slai a ton, and none made Ia this coun-
try. New they are made In this cOun-
try aud arr sold al siO a ton. What i
the cause Protection. To-day ! can
buy letter cutlery al lower price In
Connecticut. than can In birmingham,
England, and better cotton goods AZ a
lower prize In Lowell, Mass. than In
Manchester, England, because Of pro-
iection.
Hut the Democratic party cry out I:
The tariff l. tax. II IL usc0ast,iuii0H-
al Let me illustrate. Wire nails
THREE wears ago were dive ceuts q pound
Al Wholesale and none made In this
country. To-day they may BE- bought,
Tor III Is a hundred pounds. For what
reason \ Republican Congres. imPos-
~ duty 10 80 cents p"r pound on wire
nails, the difference ~ labor In this coun-
try aud England. Manufactures we're
erected. employment given 10 tbous-
.nds Of labor,rs, and the result IL, ~e
manufacture all Oar wirr nails, and
ave the money Ne sent abroad Ia pay
Tor them, besides paying our lsborers
double the wage. they grt for the same
Kind ~ work In England.
hut could ~ on giving Illustrations
20 more than fll your paper. The
great measures % the Republican party
are .till the best part of the history of
the country" The platform 10 "a. Re-
/ publican p-rty assert. 'that all -fticle-
~hiCh cannot b. produced Ia the United
states, exc~pt luxuries, shoald b. adj
United ire ot duty, aud that ou ~ Inn
| ports coming into competition ~ith the
product. ot American labor. there .hould
~ levied duties equal "a the dlf'rr nee
Il wages abroad aud M home
The cost 10 maintaining our govern
ment l. In round numbers, sJjO,UD,Uu
| yearly. or SIS for every uv,n, woman
/ and child In the country. by reason Of
the Rebellion ~ Ia zach person !.
chargrable dire,tly, for pensions. inter-
ct Gu war debt, etc. Now how shall
this sum IL rais-ds By direct tsSstion,
on real aud personal estate, by Internal
revenue. or by tariff Henry George,
10 I understand hi theory, would re-
sort Ia direct taxation. The Democrat
ic party, anything To beat the Republi-
cans. Direct taNAtion would fall hcav-
ily upon the lstoring man. the nose Of
whose every pig sud sheep aud COW
would b. counted. The '.tarif' for rev.
enue only" would tax hi. tea. his coffee,
his sugar, and leaye III. labor open Ia
the competition ~ low price Of labor Ina
foreign countries. ~ We come back TO
the Republican policy 81 protection as
the only safeguard Ia the laboring man.
The Democratic party IL q party of oh
struction and destruction. The war to
subdue the rebellion was unconstitution-
sl.-the banking system was uncoustitu-
tionsl-the tariff Was Unconstitutional
the emancipation act was unconstitu-
ional-reconstruction Was unconstitu-
tIoual-the Homestead act, one Of the
most beneficent acts Of any government,
vas ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to-day they
have embodied In their platform, the
principles Of John 4. Calhoun. and Of
the Confederate Congress" And Why
aots The leaders and controllers of the
D~mocratie party to-day are ex-confcsi-
crates. Free trade, free coinage Of sil-
yer, and anything Q. succeed, IL their
motto. They would take from the peo-
pie by the free coinage eJS, 00, 90, and
pot Il In the pockets 90 q millionaire
mine o~p~r. BY their free banking syS
TEN they would destroy the best bank
Mig system In the world, and give Ne thu
old state banks With all their evils, and
every man would need . directory In
his pocket.