The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-08-11

rally and vote tor Dallas, .
true son OF your own Statep'
CHAPTER '.
right OF self preservation. both for man and gov.
"Free Trade policy for America
Injuries only to the b-nedt Of those abroad. All
.%seisn nations know TIL: and hence urge % 70
by protection are We enabled to pay tho highest
f"r our lab"r. and sell tho lowest to the work
man. Our Government should be as oxao,tng
from foreixners as from Americans. Make them
pay duties while We pay taxes.-HoN. r.
One evening the nations greatest 8 atesmau
stood upon the platform, uttering burning,
prophetic words to tho silent. listening crowd
below.
From the close of tho War Of tho Revolu.
tion," he said, "there came period OF dopros-
zion and dis;re on the Atlantic coast, such
rs tho people h ID hardly felt during the sharp
est crisis OF the VIZ itself. Shi,' owners. ship
bnider~, mechanics, artisans, all w-re d 'sti.
tute OF employment. a"d some of hem dest-1
tute OF bread. British ships came freely, and
British Ups camo plentifully, while to Ameri-
can ships and American producta, there was
neither protection on the one side, nor the
equivalent OF reciprocal FREQ trade on tho
other. The cheaper labor OF England sup
piled the inhabitants Of the Atlantic shores
with everything. Ready made clothes, among
the rest. from the crown OF the head 10 the
soles OF the feet, " re or sale In every city.
All these ,hings came free from any general
system OF imports"
Under tins state Of things, want. misery and
DIES p 'ir settled upon The STRIVING people from
1888 10 1859, whom the tariff e-tshlished tina,
yenr put an end to their hardships, and pros
peri rei.ned until 1916. The tariff was then
repealed. md new one, only moderately
protective was established.
Disaster followed di-aster until the people
rebelsed. determined 10 stand it. no longer ;
and. in 1891, Congress passed the first Tariff
tina, gave real protection.
''T:,e relief,'' said the great orator, "was
profound and general. re"chiny all Glasses
The farmer. the manufacturer, the shipoWner
the mechanic and the day laborer. The
thu rock of rub. ic credit and abundant streams
10: revenue gush"d forth"
|. Seven Years of wonderful prosperity fol-
lowed the passage OF the tariff OF 1924; then
came Southern dissatisfaction and threatened
|disuniou. A corc:lation was effected by means
Of tho compromise tariff of 1888. This tariff
afforded no real protec ion to homo indus
tries. and again despair and ruin Sized upon
he leople. Bankruptcies and assignments
resulted everywhere, and the crisis wa
OF the greatest financial crashes the world has
lever known.
After these many bitter lessons In tho hard
school OF adversely the people again rose in
their might and demanded protection, and
the bene!lcent tariff of AZ was lopted.
This tariff meant a second Declaration o.
Independence and should have been defeuded
and fought for as eagerly as did our fore!a-
theirs defend and fight for that first Declare
ton in the early history of our country.
This tariff meunt employment and life for
the American people and extended protection
Ito flVer2itv If inincfvioa nd MR.
And. said the great speaker. 'tha more
that diversity is multiplied, even extended.
the better. 10 diversity employment is to In
crease employment and to enhance wages.
p*ge Of every book Of Political Economy in
tended for the use OF the United Sta es; put
it in every Farmers Almanac; let it be the
heading of the column Of ev.ry Mechanics
Magazine; proclaim it everywhere, and make
lit proverb, tina; where this is work for the
hands OF men, there will be work for their
teeth. Who're there is employment there will
BE- bread. 1t Is great blessing to the poor
ito 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 ami instructs. Employment
gives health, sobriety and morals. Constnn,
employment and we'll paid labor produce, in /,
and chsertulness.'
After few more words OF protest and warn
ing to the voters of Pennsylvania. he was bur.
ried off TO speak at II neighboring town, and
Thorl Q Fletcher WAS askel to fill hs few mo-
ments left, fore the close Of the meeting,
who concluded to speak as follows:
'Foreigners are over here arriving to destroy
the bono aud siuew OF our nations life patriot
ism has grown deaf to all but selfish considera-
tons and lies supine and hel pl1s> at our ports
while England, ever wa,chful OF her oppor-
tunity, Is ready 10 crowd our markets with
her over production and pauperizs our peo-
pie with her surplus labor.
"Men OF Pennsylvania. will you submit to
such outrages7
III you decide to 80 submit to wear foreign
yoke and yourselves toll the death knell oil
American industries then may Columbia we'll
array herself In mourning garments, drape
our Lowell flag in blacklist Grape and, casting it
hal:-mast from the capitol at Washington, lie,
| 1t feeb.y float over Il dishonored country. OUT
Republic, after a fow years of FREQ trade must
ceas" to be and will live only in history as q
fanatics experiment. IL dream OF freedom and
monarchies OF the world to sheer at.
! "Fellow citizens, there have been great anG
lmomentous questions submitted to you to.
night and, as citizens your votes, must docid.
them in the next few days. God grant 20,
Imay answer them as patriots should"
Fletcher had been frequently applaudet
during his remarks. and the meeting broke u,
amid great excitement, caused by a noisy
demonstration from some men in the rear o
the grove, who throughout the evening ha(
exrressed their disapproval by prolonged NUT
terings and occasional Kisses.
Col. Ogtlvie. with a just perceptible snce
upon his face, left the grove and 4 half hou
later could be seen walking with Mr.. Buck
\ thorn toward the corner store.
4 A number OF intelligent workingmen wer,
seated around the stove as they entered.
/ Col Ogilvie bowed pleasantly to one an,
spoke:
swell, jenkins. how did you like tho meet
ing2"
jenkins was a fine type Of the workingmar
OF the day. By his skill. industry and intel.
llinanoo q had yvon fop ms oil a Ns,t g..