The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-08-11
CHAPTER Y.

tlnureS only to the benefit OF those abroad. All
foreign nations know this and hence urge us to
ladopt IT. Our loss would be their gain. Only
by protection are we enabled to pay the highest
for our labor. and sell the lowest to the work
man. Our Government should be as eXacting
from foreigners as from Americans. Make them
pay duties while We pay ta1es.-HoN. P.
c. CHENEY.
One evening the nations greatest g statesman,
stood upon the platform, uttering burning,
prophetic words to the silent. listening crowd
below.
From the closssef the War Of the Revolu.
ton, he said, "there came period Of depres-
sion and distress on the Atlantic coast, such
as the people had hardly felt during the sharp
est crisis of the war itself. Shir owners. ship
builders, mechanics, artisans, all were desti.
tute OF employment, and some of them desti-
tute Of bread. British ships came freely, and
British ships came beautifully while to Ameri-
can ships and American producta, there was
neither protection on the one side, nor the
equivalent OF reciprocal free trade on the
other. The cheaper labor Of England sup
piled the Inhabitants Of the Atlantic chores
with everything. Ready made clothes, among
the rest, from the crown OF the head to the
soles OF the feet, wrre for sale in every city.
All these things came free from any general
system Of imports"
| Under this state Of things, want, misery and
despair settled upon the starving people from
1888 to 1889, whom the tariff established that
year put an end to their hardships, and pros
peri y reigned until 1916. The tariff was then
repealed. and a new one, only moderately
protective, was established.
Disaster followed disaster until the people
rebelted, determined to stand it no longer {;
and, in 1924, Congress passed the first Tariff
that gave real protection.
Tine reief," said the great orator, twas
profound and general reaching all classes
he farmer, the manufacturer, the shipowner
the mechanic and the day laborer. The
change was as great as when Hamilton smote
the rock of pubic credit and abundant streams
Of revenue gush"d forth"
/ Seven years of wonderful prosperity fol-
lowed tho passage OF the tariff OF 1924; then
ca me Southern dissatisfaction and threat Ell ed
disunion. A Cancellation was effected by means
of the compromise tariff of 1885, This tariff
fforded no real protec' ion TO homo indus
tries, and again despair and ruin s"zed upon
he people. Bankruptcies and assignments
resulted everywhere, and the crisis wa
reached when the panic OF 1887 dawned-one
OF the greatest financial crashes the world has
| ever known.
After these many bitter lessons In the hard
school OF adversely tn. people again rose in
their might and demanded protection, and
the heneticent tariff of AZ was adopted.
This tariff meant a second Declaration OF
Independence and should have been defended
and fought for as eagerly rs did our forefa-
theirs def-nd and fight for that first Decara-
tion in the early history of our country.
| This tariff meant employment and life for
the American people and extended protection
to diversity OF industries and pursuits.
Il "And,' sail the great speaker, "the more
that diversity is multiplied, even extended,
the better. i o diversity employn. ent is to in
crease employment and to enhance wages.
Take this great truth, place it on the lit Q
p. &c of every book of Political Economy in
tended for the use Of the United S;a es put
it in every Farmers Almanac; let it be the
heading of the column of ev ry Mechanics
Magazine; proclaim it everywhere, an! make
lit provelb, thai where this Is work for the
hands OF men, there will be work for ,her
:ceth. Where there is employment there will
be bread. 1t is Il great blessing to the poor
/ to have cheap food, but greater than that
prior to that and of still higher value, is he
blessing OF being able to buy food, by honest.
and respectable employment. Employment
feeds and clothes and instructs. Employment
gives health, sohre'y and morals. ColstHn'
employment and we'll paid labor produce. in II
country like ours, general prosperity, content
and cheerfulness.'
Alter few more words of protest and warn
ing to the voters OF PENNSYLVANIA he was bur
ried off 10 Speak at IL neiyhboring town. and
Thorl Fletcher WIS asked to fill he few mo-
ments left, b fore the close cf the meeting,
who concluded to speak as follows:
| Foreigners are over here striving to DESTROY
the bone and sinow OF our nations life, patriot
j. IN has q sn deaf to all but selfish cor sidsra-
Ions and lies supiue aud he pl' g. at our ports
while England, ever wa chtul OF her oppor-
unity, Is really TO crowd our markets with
her over production anu pauperize our peo
lie with her surplus llbor.
Men OF Pennsylvania, will you submit to
Isuch outrages?
''lf you decide to So submit to wear q foreign
yoke and yourselves toll the death knell of
American industries then may Columbia well
array herself in mourning garments, drapeI
our loved flag in blacklist Grape and, casting 1t
ha:-mast from the capitol at Washington, le,
float "A djsh rad IN
Republic, alter II few years of tree trade. must
ceas' to be and will live OIL in history as al
fanatics experiment, dream of freedom and
n failure in Tree government for the future
monarchies OF the world 10 sheer at
"Fellow citiz. ns, there have been great and
momentons questions submitted to you to-
night and as citizens your votes must decide
them in the next few day.. God grant you
may answer them as patriots should"
| Fletcher had been frequently applauded
during his remarks, and the meetinv broke up
amid great excitement. caused by noisy
demonstration from some men in the rear OF
the grove, who throughout the evening had
EXPRESSED their disapproval by prolonged NUT
terngs and occasional Kisses.
! Col. O&ilvie. with just perceptible sneer
upon his face, left the grove and a half hour
later could be seen walking with Mr.. Buck
thorn toward the corner store.
number OF intelligent workinsmen were
seated a, ound the stove rs they entered.
Col. Ogilvie bowed pleasantly to ono and
spoke:
1tWell, jenkins, how did you like the meet
ing"
jenkins was fine type Of the worKingman
Of the day. By his skill, industry aud intel
ligence he had won for him self first place in
the Fletcher works. He looked up at Ogilvie
with doubtful smile.
"Well, Colonel, l don't just know what toI
think about it. Do you deny that that WAS
American history US men was listenln to to-
night"
Col. Ogilvie flushed and hesitated.
"Oh, have no doubt that the most OF what
was quoted was fact. but you cannot trust
even facts to such men, for they will twist
them as they do everything else, to suit their
own purposes,