The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-31
DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
Mr.. W. H. King Shows Up Protection in Its
True Light


DRAPER, Utah, July 30, 1892.
Rideours hall was filed to overlooking
with an audience of ladies and gentlemen
last evening. Mr. King addressed the
audience for two hours. and in clever and
logical manner showed how protection pro-
tects only the rich, while the laboring man
struggles on year after year trying to sup
port his family on S1.00 or S1.5O per day.
aud out of his small income is compelled TO
pay tax on each article he is obliged TO
purchase. He also showed that under free
trade in England wages have advanced un-
til today the laborer there receives 100 per
cent. more than while protection had its
strangling grasp on the laboring class, and
at the same time paupers have decreased.
tie showed that free trade England pays
almost double the price for labor than any
other European country Does; that trade
and traffic between countries is this life
blood that gives energy and power TO ma
tions. and that whenever free intercourse
is cut off between nations it is similar to
cutting off the supply of blood from the
various limbs OF the body, causing them to
languish and die. Protection has the above
effect.
The speaker quoted from President
Grants and Arthur's messages to Con-
gress to show that our wool industry in
tue United States had received severe
blow from the tariff law. Wool has de-
clined in value since it was placed on the
tariff list from about SOC per pound until
we only realize from 15c to lie per pound
at the present time. He read statistics TO
show that Australian wool is sold in Liver
pool from lie to DC more per pound (for the
same grade) than the American producer
realizes for his product &C home, complete
ly exploding the erroneous idea that Aus
Uralian wool would or could be shipped into
our ports at a lower price than wool is sold
here for at present were wool On the free
list. He said that the Republican party in
Utah seemed to have mortgage lien on
every wool producer and the wool pro-
Queer seemed to think il was his duty to be-
Republican. Not so in Nebraska and
Kansas The wool had been taken from
the eyes of sheepmen there and they were
now in e position to see how they had
been deceived for years by men
whose interest depends on high tariff
and who have brought the influence of
millions of dollars TO bear in securing leg
slation that had made milliouaires of q
few aud beggars of many. While protected
Iron King Carnegie with his income of mil
lions took his money to Scotland aud dweIt
in his castle there and sported with royalty,
laboring men in his empl0T in Pennsyl-
vania were subject to q reduction of wages
and when they protested PinkeTton sharp
shooters were hired at So per day to shoot
them down in the street.
Many laboring men thought that If the
tariff was reduced wages would decline.
Not so; the history OF nations proves the
opposite. He showed from the speeches of
Webster and others that The tariff is a tax
and that the consumer Is the one who in
variebly pays the tax. In the history Of
the world never were there SO many mil
lionaires on the one hand and so many
struggling poor on the other as seen in the
United States today. Colossal fortunes
accumulated in q few years wrung from
the hands Of the poor by class legislation,
unauthorized by the constitution and de-
cldedly opposed 10 the spirit and genius of
American liberty and boosted freedom.
a hearty vote of thanks was rendered
Mr.. King at the close of his remarks; also
to the members of the Draper brass band
who by the way are kind enough TO fur
nish Republican and Democratic music at
one rally free of charge Mr.. Kings re-
marks were we'll received as was evidenced
by the frequent applause that greeted him.