Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-07
From Ex-Governor Campbell's speech In
Providence. K. l.. "Wednesday night.


charter of King Charles till about 80 years
ago. Laughter.1 think Charley's ghost
is over the state yet. Loud laughter and
applause. Thc'way to brighten that ghost
on and lay it forever is a big Democratic
victory next "Wednesday. lApplapse,.l
Get rid of the old relics of English his
tory, and the particular relic thatyou want
to get rid Of is the ghost of protective
tariff. Loud applause. About the time
that you got that valuable charter from
King Charles they were running Great
Britain upon the. protective theory
[Applause upon the Mckinley Aldrich
theory. Renewed applause
They were protecting the Industries of
that country. For instance, Great Britain
is surrounded by water and the fishing in
dustry is one of the greatest and always
has been, in that country.
But the fishermen wanted protection
Just as some of the citizens of Providence,
and the richest ones, too want protection
now. Thereupon, an edct was made in
order to protect the fishermen of the cotn-
try that all the people of that country, all
Of them, should eat fish twice week.
Laughter. It didn't make any difference
whether u fellow liked fish or not he had
to eat it in order that the fishermen might
grow rich at his expense.
WOOL AND coRPsEs.
Then they had a wooden industry which
was going down, just as the woolen indus
try in Providence is going down, under a
protective tariff. So they issued an edct
with respect to the wooden manufacturers
and they decreed that every corpse should
be buried in wooden shrond, Laughter.
1t did not make any difference which di-
rection the departed was to go. Loud
laughter. A wooden shroud might be
supertiuous in the place that he was start
ing for-[renewed laughterl-but he had
TO wear it.
THAT FRUIrLEss SEARCH.
Referring to his recent campaign, and
his fruitless search for the worl,ingman
whose wages had been raised as a result of
the Mckinley bill, Governor Campbell
said:
1--WE did, after long. anxious and pain
full search, find one workingman who had
his wages raised by the Mckinley tariff
We found him in Chicago. He was n
house-carpenter who had been working
for 81 80 a day. He got tired of that and
he hired out to Pinkerton, and Pinkerton
gave him so a day to walk up and down
with q muslset on his shoulders to shoot
the miners Of Pennsylvania when they at
tempted to strike, Applause And in
is months, 50 far as history has any ac-
count, that is the sole workingman who
has been benefited by the Mckinley tariff
That man ought to come here and vote
the Republican ticket in Rhode Island
next Wednesday," Laughter and APP
plause.
THE OATMEAL TRUST.
There was a rumor in circulation in Ohio
that another man had his wages raised by
the tariff, but it proved to be false lap
plause and laughterl, and ! will explain
how that happened. In the state of ohio,
in the city of Akron, there is Il large estab-
lishment for the manufacture of oatmeal.
Before the Mckinley bill was passed the
oatmeal industry was on an absolutely
healthy basis in this country. Upon the
existing prices 9S per cent of the oatmeal
of the country was made in this country.
The tariff was Just high enough SO that
no appreciable amount of foreign oatmeal
came in, and yet, If the prices were raised
little the foreign came in at once and il
kept'down the price. The oatmeal manu-
? facturers of Ohio mad time and again at
Z tempted to form trust They had raised
/ prizes, and when they did this ut once
foreign oatmeal flowed in and they had tC
I put their prices down again.
! But when Major Mckinley and Senator
Aldrich constructed that high inquitS
known as the Mckinley tariff they doubled
the duty on oatmeal, they added 100 pc
cent to the duty that it was then paying
The ink was not dry on the signature q
Benjamin Harrison to that bill before TN
oatmeal manufacturers of Ohio cam
down to Columbus and organized trust
raised prices and ent down the wages o
the working men and women engaged il
their factories. That is always the resul
when higher duty is put upon an articl
that has competition among its producers
WAGES CUT, PRICES PUT UP.
The first thing they did was TO form
trust, the second was to cut down wage
and the third was 70 put UP prices Tn
only results that | know OF that hay
accrued from the tariff upon oatmeal il
this country are those three.
Well i'll roaming about the state {
Ohio last fall ] took occasion to doscrib
the character and manner in which III
oatmeal tariff had been put up and VIII;
it resulted in. II was an object lesson I'll
people could understand, for great quaint
ties Of oatmeal are made in the state.
Major Mckinley contented himself wit
denying, not that they had formed trtls
for there was the record in the city {
Columbus not that they had cut dow
wages, for there were the girls in the cit
of Akron who faced with tile lower wag,
starvation and had gone to other emplut
ment or shame or 10 what God knows, III
he said he did deny that the price of Oh
meal had been raised to the consumer,
went over to Akron and ! had raist
such racket about the oatmeal that.
assure you, there was a very acceptable
sized meeting there TO hear me, and what
would say upon that subject in the city
Akron and in the head Of the trust itself.
knew the people wanted TO hear sonethn
about oatmeal IN the first place
There was II large audience, as large
this, composed almost exclusively of mt
who labored in protected industries.
invited those gentlemen present who II;
their wages raised under the Mckinley b
to stand up first, that ! might count thcf
Nobody stood up. ] invited those wi
had had their wages cut down, and son
VI them three times, since tho MclNinl,
tariff, to stand up. and the whole audcn
stood up. II looked season ot prayer
good old Presbyterian church. liz
were all ON their feet.
MR. scIIuMAcnER's DENIAL.
When | thought had them all in go
humor ! began on chat dastardly trd
but did not get very far wien d gent
man, about the third seat from tie stti4
asked ii he might interrogate me. | Sd
certainly. The whole audience commenc
theroupon 10 shout schumacher. kn,
by that that the gentleman who had rails
up was Mr.. Schumacher, the head Of /
oatmeal trust.
lie said he would like TO deny sta
mcnt ! had made. He did not dcny Il
he had trust. lie did not deny nat
had put down the wai,cs OF MS ppHule. 4
he said was mistaken when said lie Ii
rasel the price oi us products.
said @Nod nrc sure Sir schumacher
am mistakonYi
answered 'Aes You are niistak,
governor, We nave MT raised the pric,
! thrrcupon reached around the de-
because had laid out SCHUMACHER Def,
| had stnrtrl daughter and ,ppiausc.
sail Mr. schumacher, mis- package
bills were sent en- By your factory, W
they not
coENFREu 1HE OATMEAL PRESIDENT.
lie could seethe picture Of the barrel
the papers. Yes these were his bills.
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