The Portland daily press., 1892-09-08

| were confronted with surplus OF WORK
ing men and working women. What
does such surplus mean? 1t means
The. Cutting Down of Wages
strikes, distress. And the burden of
such state of affairs would fall on the
Republican party then in power What
did they do? They determined that the
only way out of the dilemma was to so
legislate as to bring over the industries
of the old world. and locate them here
to give employment to our people. To
| do this they determined to revise our tar
| iff, root and branch. After long inquiry
and study they presented the Mckinley
| bill. Applause In framing that bill
they put onto the free list all articles not
produced here. because the tariff ON such
articles is tax on the consumer. Thus
sugar, which we could not produce here
in sufficient quantities, was put on the
free list and you have had the benefit of
| it from that day to this. Applause
| Then they took up the list OF articles
which we do produce here, and on those
they determined to place duty enough to
euualize the difference in the cost of la
Dor here and abroad. To make this
point clear Mr. Frye illustrated by sup
posing Portland to be America and West
brook England, begging Westbrook's
pardon. Applause In these two
| places
! Two Mills Were To Be Erected.
In Portland the mill would cost $780,
600 for labor; in Westbrook 100000.
| This difference was the difference in the
price of men and women. In America
the machinery costs 900, in England
$50 OOO all because machinists get less
over there than here. When the case of
goods is produced in Portland it costs
500; while the Westbrook case costs
$50, because the labor of spinners and
carders is less in England than in Ameri-
ca. Now if the Westbrook mill can send
its $50 bale to sell beside of Portland's
800 bale, how long will the Portland
mill run? just long enough to run down.
Applause There is way that the
ting down wages Mr.. Frye then enum-
Grated the disadvantages of such cut
down of wages, from the standpoint of
the workingman, ending with the peril
nent advice that if the workingman
didn't want it, he had better not vote the
Democratic ticket next Monday. lap
plause and cheers.
THERE'S another way that the Unequal
ity may be removed. We make regu-
lation that when the British $50 bale of
goods arrives the importer shall step up
to Col. Dow's establishment and pay $40
to Uncle Sam. Applause. That is the
Mckinley bill. Loud applause.]
Mr.. Frye then spoke of the unfortu
nate time at which the Mckinley bill
went into effect, and the unfortunate re-
ception which it got in the election of the
great Democratic mob to the House of
Representatives.
While Mr.. Frye was speaking of pearl
buttons he referred to the factories which
formerly existed in the United States;
and stated that they made pearl buttons.
AS he said this
Man Called "Liverpoor'
shouted:
What did they make them out of?
Mr.. Frye-Pearl.
Liverpool-No they didn't.
Mr. Frye-What did they use then?
Liverpool-Rice.
Mr.. Frye-Then you know better than
s do.
Then ''Liyerpoor' waits for the next
round.
Speaking of the efforts of the Demo-
Gratis to revise the tariff Mr.. Frye gave a
humorous account of the ideas of the
Democratic leaders about revising the
tariff. He had served on the ways and
means committee with Mr.. Morrison;
and whenever anyone asked him what
should be done with any article his in
variable answer was:
'sPut the damned thing on
the free list, Loud laughter. I
and when Morrison had chance to re-
wise the tariff he made a 20 per cent re-
duction horizontally. If it was too high
he cut it down 20 per cent; if it was too
low he cut it down 20 per cent. Laugh
ter.
The man called "Liverpooln was in the
audience still, and he shouted at this
point:
How do you know he did?''
Many voices-"Oh, put him outr'
Mr.. Frye-sOh, no. He may get
light" Loud applause.
Liverpool Eyes, he may"
Mr.. .Flye-sWhile the lamp of life
holds out to burn, the vilest rascal may
return" Laughter.
Mr.. Frye continued with a general re-
view of the result of the tariff and of the
progress of the country in greatness and
IUtlLy. Ills ICIldlh5 WOlC iOuuIy
cheered and applauded throughout and
at the close received three cheers.
The Hours of Registration.
Republicans should take notice of the
hours at which the Board of Registration
are in session. These hours are fixed by
law, and cannot be deviated from. They
are from @ to u a. m 9 to 5 D. m and z