Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-03

you viii listen 10 me. IL / shall have
explained the danger that threatens ns
/ shall be satisfied. A Change OF party
means a change or puoLe policy
Therefore, befvre any man casts Dis
vote next tuesday be should fully Goa
sider whether or not he wishes Ia see
cnange IN public policy 10 tue admin
lsIFatIOn OF this government
benjamin HARRISON = q sober. hign-
minded eluzen. All the virtues OF an
unsui led NE characterize him. lie
took an oath 10 support the cOnstitu-
ton Of the United states and 10 exc
cute the LAWS AL tuls mas been done
a.d peace AMI prosperity rrignrd
throughout the land. Can anybOdy
critic sc our foreign affairs. | say u not
IA spiflt OF criticism, put tne foreign
policy of Grover Cleveland VAS wes<,
e0sArdly and vascilatlng. The foreign
fishery Question VAS left unsettled oy
the Cleveland administration. IL has
been settle By the Harrison admins
tration. Grover Cleveland does not
understand nsnlng except on Deeora-
ton days.
They Oppose th- Party.
My friends and enrlnles Will say
they do not oppose BriJanln hArrlson.
TIE campo "a has been Tree OF sIander.
The democrats say IN y do not oppose
Mr.. Harrison. but tha party beh nd
him. Ny friend-, why do you OpD Sc
the republican PARTY? WHAT nave We
done that - wrong. Where Is there a
man that would WISH 10 wipe out one
Jaw placed on the I'll ME books
by tine republican party? lou say the
b NJ L..
There never was 4 party that did not.
Ii costs something 10 run govern
ment for 81. OOO. 900 people. Tue pres
ent democratic congress has axsdItfor
large sums. The dem, Gratis talk of the
billion dollar congress. Ii the innocent
school boy were asked about the billion
dollar congress no would ask, which
one? Now, gentlemen, | will be fair
with you. but you were not with us.
| Yours, too, was billion dollar con-
gress, but you did not appropriate
more than was necessary 10 run TINS
government. They talked about
making paupers m.llionalres, etc. That
IS good enough for man that has
nothing to say. II there is democrat
here that can tell us now to run this
government without expense, We will
WV 'OeA PASSANSH-
How to Raise Revenue.
Now, how are We going to raise the
| $500, 000, zoo, 900 needed for the govern
ment, There are TWO WAYS, by direct
and indirect taxation. There IS not a
person here VINO pays cent of direct
| tax for tue support of the government
| of the United States. Somebody will
ask how shall We get this money? We
Will tax other people for the support OF
our government. | presume the older
| people will understand what tariff is,
but | will explain 1t TO the younger
ones. Mr.. Burrows here explained
what tariff by a simple illustration of
the Importation of glass. He said
it IS tax for the privilege of
selling foreign manufacturers In our
markets. We say to the foreigners,
! you are our enemy In war and not very
friendly to us IN time of peace and you
must pay for the use of our market.
We managed to pick Loose change from
the port OF Portland, Me-. to the Pacific
slope to the amount of S240, 200, 900.
| By the income from the tax on tobacco,
whisky and from postottices and from
the protective tariff we shall raise this
$500, 900, 600, 900. The democrats claim
they want tariff for revenue only.
but we want 4 tariff for protection and
revenue. What is a revenue taxation?
| will explain. Put tax on coffee, tea
and spices, something that is not pro-
duced in this country. This is the
kind of tariff adopted by Great Britain,
the kind for which the democratic
| party clamors.
Free Trade FaIiacy.
Roger Mills the chief of the free
trade idea. says we propose to lower
| the duty until our whole revenue is
collected from non-competing articles.
| say let all those things which cannot
be produced in the United States come
| in free of duty. Get them as low as
| you can. But on those articles that
can be produced at home, place enough
tariff to measure the difference be-
tween European labor and American
| labor. Between the European howell
and the American novel. The demo-
cratic leaders met in Chicago this year
and among other things they appointed
committee TO 60 and disc Yer
If 1t could what the demo-
cratic platform should say. They
were out all night" He then read
| from their reports of the committee
and explained how all the old time
| low tariff planks were stricken out and
/ the convention by a vote OF POI
J voted TO adopt free trade platform.
I The politicians have led the party to a
/ point where you good democrats must
/ either come out tor free trade or leave
the party. A & Cd many Of them are
leaving. He was surprised that a
/ party within twenty-five years after
the rebellion should come out and in
| vlte the American people to stand on a
/ platform winch mas q plank IN it ex-
sctly like s me of the articles of the
| confederate constitution. The south
| governs tins country. Its labor costs
| less IN the south than here. Down in
Georgia you may see gang OF twenty
/ five men chained together working
under q guard. with pack of blood
/ hounds la-ned TO tree to capture any
l that escape. And that Is the state
/ from winch Speaker Crisp comes, anu
be Is coming here to teach you about
the condition of labor. How can We
compete with such cond tons Now
the democrats would not InIure q
single industry. On. no. II tn demo
crats got control Ut the government
the hres IN your factories would not
e out. Business will go on just the
same, my friends: they Will go right on
/ 4 you will agree to take lower wages
Democratic misrepresentation.
The democrats tell you the tariff IL 8
/ tar, aud they will cav tat WORT tax a,
i 70 weighed q ton. Let NE see, con