Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-12
ROBBER TARIFF SHOWN
UP.

HtNoh. oatiieS ". DIucR, Oh CnlcaSO
commissioner of pensions under
Cleveland, addressed 5000 people al
Bloomington, ILL.,, Monday night
The speaker was 1T ,duced by the
Hon. Adlai E, Stevenson in the biitf
est manner possible
Protection does not protect" were
the first words of Gen. Black. Ut
does not pr otect the lawyer; he must
protect himself. 1t does not protect
the doctor; his bills do that. 1t does
not protect the blacksmith, whose
ringing hammer has music for the
world since the day of Tubnl cain.
1t docs not protect the farmer who
stands among his bllowy grain and
looks to the sun and the wind and
rain for all the blessings he can hope
for. 1t docs not protect the nor
chant. It docs not protect the chill
dren who toll in sweaters shops
God pity them-at Is cents day.
1t doea not protect tho laborers OF
America, as witnessed the record of
thousand strikes.
81 have named the whole range of
American industries aud protection
protects none of them. Tic panic of
1874 came ut Il time when protection
stood upon every hcadland Of Ameli-
can commerce. | n,n not hore to
make q hordti,nes Rpeeoh. We hold
that taxut;on shall be for the govern.
mont alone, and not for tile enrichng
Of any citizen at the expense of an
other citizSn. We hold with tho s3n-
preme Court decision which says the
taking of anything OF value from one
man to give to another is robbery.
(which OF you is thero who would
make taXatinn uneven Which one
would make it fot any purpose other
than the support of the government
Which ono woul,l lax or take from
one class to give to another
Mono. Then welcome you ms in
tellectual converts to tho Democratic
folds. All we want in tho discus
sion is the truth. Our fight is against
the principles OF the protection poll
cy OF the Republican party, and
leave it to the middle-aged men Of
this audience that it is n now doc
trine to them. They have scad Sen
ators out OF their party for holding
views we Democrats hold this day
to be good tariff doctrine. Not till
1883 did they hint their present her.
esy. Never till then, and then not
openly, and with shameful, coward
ly, half-hearted platform.
Thnt man who produces should
enjoy. This country has produced
every year, from ocean to ocean, the
most bountiful hnrvests. Where are
the fruits of this harvest lodged now?
There are about $4,000 Itch men in
this country-men, who, out of co..
100000, have become in one genera
ton the millionairos of America. The
great Republican paper will print
their names and tell now they came
to be rich. Send Two copies of that
paper to MIR. Carnegie, ono to his
hunting box in Scotland, the other
to the smoky shores in America, and
when he lifts the one from the Scot.
tish coast he may laugh that he is &
law made millionaire, but when he
lifts the other from the blood stain.
ed dust Of Homestead let him gnze
i'll the faces of 10000 zen that have
not been protected.
Reciprocity is free trade. The
Republican party denies that it is,
but it is. Yet, when James 6. Blaine
broke, the iron lines of Republican
ism and forced reciprocity upon his
party, that party killed him at Min
neapolis and threw him over the
breastworks.
"But we Democrats are not fo,
free trade. We would levy tariff
on the goods that are brought to GU,
shores till the needs of our govern
inent are met. We will make ter
if that shall support the government
though protection may DO an Incl
dent. The Republican party vii
make tariff for protection with th,
support of the government as an in
cident.
another issue: All through tn,
country you are informed the fore,
bill ia not an issue in the campaign
2. i wish it was not. Init in va,,,, I'm, II