Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-24

bigh wagea l. that not true? That ls What
thcv told us out in Illinois, and suppose tney
do so here-fhat high tariff means high wages.
Need tell you. my feil1w-cltzens, that lue JUS
tOn or wages is controlled by the grcat Jaw Q,
ply and demand We have OF o tam 0'e. 6utnis
country, and you know that wages IN ColOiauo
and fn California and other neWly-Helueu pot
tons OF this country are double-ln many M
stances treble-the wages in the oldeI-setuel
portions on tho Atlantic SeabOard. III inc thfln
governs tho question OF wages aud you have CUT
one tariff over all the country, Why ~ u you
have different wages paid IN dlherent STATES anu
In different secuons7 why II u ash ,ri.e- Do-
cause the tariff does not control wages' Ihey
arc control ed by the great law OF supply ana
demand, which Is over and above all leglslhUon'
There Is one further suggestion which Wlsh
20 make 70 yCu upon that point, ana that y lnls
We have mad high protective tarih for almost
a third OF a century. Commencing Win the
Walker tariff bill up from 1o46 TO lsol' the
average was 10 per cent, as have sald 70 you;
First there was the increase under the Morrlh
tariff bili, and then by subsequent ncls OF Con-
gross it was increased until II reached an ave
rage Of A per cent IN lsOO' anu teSh a0 VIC 20 ne -
Kinley tariff bill increased IT from %, 70 oO, 70
100 per cent. That is the manner in Whlcn inc
tariff has gone up. Let me ask the laOorer, icy
me ask tho wace-earner, let me ADDRESS hysel
10 the man who earns his bread by the nara
labor Of hig hands: " Have your wages gone up
as tho tarin has gone up for the last third Of a
centuryf"
THE ONLY EFFECT Is TO LESSEN
law TO Won that tho tariff does not Increase
wages; the only eiloct that the tarin mas upon
wages s TO leseen them, and desire every
laboring mao TO give me heed on this poins
The only effect that the tarin has upon wages Is
10 lessen them, 70 diminish and 10 decrease tne
purchasing power OF them. lAppiause.l why
because by Increasing the tarl0 you increase the
cost of the necessarIes Of life, and such increase
lessons the amount OF the necessares OF ire
that the dollar which you earn by the hard iaDoT
of your hands Will purchase. Loud epplhuse'l
Now as [ close this part Of my discussion let me
tell YOU that the lines are drawn. Upon the ono
eide is the Republican party, advocating
a high protective tariif, tariff N the interest OF
monon6lists OF this country-a tari1 out OF which
colossal fortunes have been amasssd out OF the
pockets Of the people; aud upon ihs olner @ zoe s.ue
l. tbe Democratic party, which holds 10 the acc
trlne whi, b they learned from Jefierson, tina
when you have taken from the hard earnings OF
the people enough to meet the expenses OF tne
General Government honestly ana economically
administered tho right TO tax the people ceases
Tappl4useI; and that you have no right 10 tax
the great masses OF the people Dy competing
thOm 10 pay 90 or so per cent. more thah me
necessaries of life would Othor6ise cost them IN
order TO build up and protect a class IN TINS
country at the expense Of the great mass OF the
people. loud appiause.l
TEE FORCE BILL NOT DEAD ISSUE.
My feIow-ctizens. have very briefly touched
upon one question. There IS another TO Whlch
desire 10 call YOUR attention. wish 10 say that
Inc nueation TO which now ask your attention
js more important 20 you than hundred tarin
bills TApplausej. refer 70 the force Din Cheers.l
Since left my home ana crossed the piue
coming from the Old North State into Ola Nr-
ginia, heard il said that the force Dill was
dead issue. There are men who pave
whispered into the ears OF Democrats
and OF men who have heretofore stood
shoulder 20 shoulder with the Democratic
parry In fighting the battle for constitutional
government that the force bill was dead ISSUE
and that IL was only intended by the Democrats
20 frighten them back into party lines.
Did they tell you that here IN virginia. Is
that what they say7 II there Is within the
sound Of my voice tonight one man-DemocIhl'
Third-party man. or whatever party be may be
long to-WhO believes the force bill 10 10 dead
issue, want 10 extend 10 him cordial INVITA-
ton 70 cross the Blue Ridge Noun ANS ana cIoss
tho Ohio river aud 20 into Illinois, Iowa, Wscon-
sin, or Indiana and attend Republican meet
ing and listen 10 u Republican orator, and ne
will 1nd out whether the force bill Is dead Is
sue. lApplause.l He Will come pack iinpIessg1 @ si
with the belief that there, at least. the force Dill
Is a live issue-a very live issue. lAppiause'I
STRICT PARTY ISSUE.
In ouposition 70 what the men who pretend 10
lead our Third party friends say as TO the iofee
bill being a dead issue, let me can attSntlOn W y
this fact. The force bill passed the fllty-n,s'
COngress-a Republican Congress-eNery ne
publican in the House Of Representatives voting
! Tor IL ana every DemOcrat-as my friends here
know fp0inting - MIR. Mse ana MI MMT.
Kaynerl and they stoo1 WIN tno s'i sona
| Democratic phaianx-eveIy Democrat voting
[ against ft. Why did every Democrat
North ana south. Kast and West, vote against
IA because the Democratic creed 10 as unlYer-
sal as our language. loud applause-J Inc
| Democratic party knows no North no south, no
| East, or no West What Is Democratic docIino
| IA Illinois and Massachusetts u Democrhtic
| doctrine In the Old Dominion. Loud applause, !
| The force bill having passed the House OF
| Representatives against the earnes. protest Oh
| these gentlemen and their co!leagnes
went 70 the senate. There it was confronted
With solid Democratic plaianx OF sena-
/ tors your diaiinRuish senators from Nitgnia
| stauding in the very van. [Applause.J ihree
Republican senators voted With the Democrats
| and for time they encompassed tho oeieat VI
I that bin Ono OF those Republican seaa.ors
who voted aganst Il declared that me ioree plil
| was the most Infamous piece of iegisiAtlcn thal
| lad ever crossed the threshold OF the Senate.
| lioud Applause.l -,
| Isit living ISSUE? Let me read word itom
/ MIR. Thomas g. Reed turning 20 Mr. MiseJ. lou
| remember him, don't youY tShoefs'J Nv MAJ MAJ
| living more than Thomas b. Reed speaks Tor tne
| hw-making power Of the Republican perry. ne
/ IA is great leader In tho House Of hepreaenta-
tiyes and was the Speaker OF the House ., e mop.
! heard it said that be never ned any troaoio ~
/ getting majority Ehofe, Brother WISE Laugh
+! teri lie would count them.
syED's WORDS Quoted.
| Here is what hc said:
aspeaking for myself II seems 70 nae that tne
/ AMY wise course 10 70 take into Federal hanas
the Federal eeciicns Let US cut 2ose irol' me
] state o.essipn do our own reglsirati9ns tu'
own counting. AID cur own eeftihcatien" Tap
p'fSss fsss would have no trouble about having .
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