Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-27

costly article Of luxury. The tax on
this is reduced a3 per cent. Ask them then
what the change is ON imitation silk, worn
by the working classes and the dealers will
tell you the increase is l2D per cent.
Ask your dealer what Mckinley has
done about fine-spun blankets as used by
the rich. He will tell you the tax is 6j
per cent. Ask the same man what is the
Mckinley tariff tax on the cheaper article,
used by Those who cannot afford the more
expensive article. There is a tariff tax Of
1865 per cent on that | am moi theOriaing.
II IL can be shown that ! am making one
mlsstatement ! will stand before this sreat
audience a ialsiier. ! am testing Mckinley
by what he did. forgive him for what he
says because his own bill shows he did not
present his own statement to the public.
Mr. Mckinley protected the slgiirreiinerS
and then gave tHem f0ur-tenths OF per
cent. 10 this Mr.. Alirich added one-tGnth
ul per cent when there was no public de-
mand for it. Mr.. Aldrich dared not tell
the truth on the matter, for ii he did, not
one single ward in Philadelphia would
have voted for Harrison in November.
How much does the sugar trust make ont
of this une-tenth Of per cent? II makes
S3OOO,Oo0 Mckinley had given them
| 1000, 900 and Mr.. Aldrich added So, 900 OOJ,
and then he dared not speak before II
| Philadelphia audience. lie dared not be-
cause the sugar trust had given thousands,
| and then Rhode Island came in on d Hood
| tide of gold and Senator Aldrich was
| elected. In the meantime tho people pay
| Sl2OlO,OOO when the whole labor cost was
1 only sG,OOO,OOO
| G. j. liurrah, a leading manufacturer of
! our city, said in the Times: I'VE bought
and paid for the tariff and ii is ours, and
that is why we don't assent to a reduction
| OF taxes. We bought and paid for this
tariff and it is ours. Mr.. IIarrah is now
very tired Of his bargain. He has right
to the tariff because he paid $4,000 Tor it.
One of the maddest OF ali the Mckinley
| lnsanltleS is the refusal OF free raw ma
teral to American worllingmen. Tan you
tell me, citizens of Wilmington, why there
should be q tax on every stick Of timber in
this building? All your houses are taxed
from shingle to lath, from door to floor
It is because there is lumber trust which
has bought and paid for this tariff and
every person i'll Delaware helps To pay it.
In discussing the lumber tax in Congress
in 1865, Blaine said there never was lum-
Der tax until there was Il trust to buy and
pay for it. Here is Delaware, consuming
lumber every day, and every man. woman
and child paying Il tax which, instead Of
protecting labor, goes into the Golfers Of a
hGartless trust.
now Wool HAS DECLINED.
In two years time the farmers wool has
gone downitrom 3 to cents per pound.
Several years ago there were 7,OUO,Up)
sheep and now there are only 5.OO0,O0J. In
the Academy of Music, Philadelphia
when Mr.. Mckinley leGtured there re.
Gently, there We're 800 members of the
Manufacturers Club seated in the front
ruws, There was not Il single one Of them
whose clothing contained II single inch OF
American wool from head to toe. Not one
OF them wore a single article Of American
make.
Mckinley says when did you ever buy
things 50 cheap. You never bought SO
cheap or worthless. | say there is not d
single suit Of clothes III your stores that is
called wooen and that is sold at these
cheap prices that is really wool. The
American buys cotton and shoddy instead
of wooden goods. III VIC had free wool to.
day 10 give American mills Il chance You
would get woolen clothes for the price you
pay for shoddy. 1t is fraud upon TIE
farmer, upon the manufacturer, and on
everyone compelled to wear cheap cloth.
ing.
| went into Wanamakcr'sstnre the othel
day for n suit of clothes. did not want
anything expensive, but al ordinary suit
was told that the $40, ST. or Sl5 suits ar,
not wool. The fact IS that the American
is clad in shuddy. Those who dress il
English wool are advertisers for Englisl
, ,, wool and English mills. am Tired o
wearing English clothes, but my tailol
tells me thai american clothing iags anC
droops. That is the explanation fol
shOddy, not for American work.
COMPLIMENTS TO o'FAERELL.
That pension shark vino was here from
Washington the other day loud y assert
ing before vuu that he wore a suit o
American woolcn-madc goods, which il,
claimed to have purchased at Il Gertait
very cheap price, lied to you and he knew
, il. 1t was not American,
| want to tell you that President Harri
son was inaueuruted in an American
wooden suit. Did you ever hear of Presi
dent Harrison wearing those clothes after
ward. II is like the story of the fellow
who was to be hanged. He was disgustet
with the whole proceedings. laughter
Mckinley protects English labor and Eng
lish mills. Why Your firms here maxi
, the finest machinery in the world, anI
England buys it.. lCheersl Give us fre
; wool and in three years there will be Ii,
English WOODEN goods in the land. Their
! Will be wooden mills in Delaware and th
farmers will sell their product to them
1 There are no English shoes worn in thi
country except by accident. Evcry1n
9 buys American shoes. Why? We CAV
I free hides tu our leather merchants 2
] years ago and 10 day they make n0t only
| the cheapest but the best. We eNIor
= Sl2.0)l0tl worth each year to fortigt
G lands. We could clothe everyone iii guol
, wooden clothing for the price that we pa,
Q for shoddy. lnder the Mckinley tafl
+ law the President could close up ever,
morocco factory shop i'll this town. II
could make and ulimake laws under tn
| powers defined in reciprocity. Go asl
5 your morocco men what would be the re
: suit should he exercise that power.
THE CATTLE TRUST.
g The biggest trust IN the United States i
!. the cattle trust. 1t is worth 100000, U0u
1 1t put up 100000 TO help Quay to hay
honest elections in New York. Laughtr
t The price was tax on hides and woul,
/ give the trust the sum Of S25O.uOO "W
t want Il tax on hidGS,h the trust said
4 Certainly" Mckinley said, and he put
/ in the bill.
! Then the New England manufacturer
y and the City Council of Phi!allelphi
t (athough they did mot see the point III ia
i tmel said, put that in the bill and "
/ will kill it," Then the cattle trust cam
IS to Harrison. ''Wc paid this money 10
1t the tariff, and we must set it, they said
= So after taking it out lie put it IN again.
Then the New England meE replied
II "Wc'll knock your tariff higher tina
t Gilderoy's kite" And for that reason h
Y reason III order to save the rest of tn
Il 4wag why YOU did not get Il tax on hides
l. The sum Of 100000 for tax on hides
say Mckinley put it there in pursuance o
l. his promise. But he did not fail with til
v others. Not with Dolan's Si0,OUD for WOO
ii nor with Dubsons Sl0,000 not with Hi
Z lcr's $4,000 for the hemp tax; nor wit
q fsstous $1,000 for the tax ON tool,
II These are the men who paid the tax fc
Il the Mckinley bill, and not one cent give
Il to labor
II WILLIAM GIBBONS TEACHINGS.