The Irish standard., 1892-09-03

the Republican party and the protecte'
barons of the protected states was kept
Hardly had the verdict been pronounce;
which elected Benjamin Harrison presi
dent, before the hordes and representa-
tives Of these protected industries iron
the Middle states and the eastern sea
board swept down upon the capitol o
the Roman empire; and there, not in tht
secret and darkness of the night, but il
the broad glare Of the American sun, il
the state-house OF Washington, with the
stars and stripes of free America waving
! over them. was cOnsummated the most
horrible conspiracy against the liberty
and the. honor of the American people
that has ever been concocted in the
political history of the world. [Cheers]
| Mr.. Lawler then related the history OF
the passage of the Mckinley bill, which
instead of reducing the taxation from II
! per cent raised it On an average Of 81 per
cent. In this connection the speaker
quoted from an editorial published in the
Pioneer Press two years ago, the day az
ter the election. in which that paper
ascribed the defeat of che Republican
party to the Mckinley bill, which the
Pioneer declared was "protection run
mad"
Abiding 10 the efforts of Senator OK.
Davis to have binding twine placed on
the free list, the speaker said in spite of
the senator's eloquent arguments, the
Republican party did not have the
moral courage to put binding twine on
the free list, but it reluctantly agreed to
rob The American people for the next
year or so OF one-hatf Of what it had
been robbing them the last few years
Mr., Lawler went on to say that the old
stock arguments of the Republican party
about a home market and increased
wages were exploded in Minnesota.
The farmer had discovered, after be-
ing taxed from 10 to 200 per cent upon
all the necessales Of life, that when he
came to sell the product OF his toll, no
government stood by his side to artif-
cially increase it's price. Every bushe]
OF his corn and wheat, every pound OF
his pork and beef, had it's price fixed in
the markets OF Liverpool, not in the pro.
tected markets of America. Ap-
plause].
Continuing, Mr. Lawler said: "When
all the old-time rot about the blessings
of this tax are exploited before you, ]
suggest that you hsnd these high tariff
orators a. copy of aspeech delivered by
the Hon. Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, IN
congress on March 20, 1883. It is all
good reading, but time will permit me tc
read only the following extract:
'sIt has been the fashion OF certain
economists to ascribe the marvellous
growth Of this country for the past
rs years wholly to our tariff laws. Sta
tistics of growth in all conceivable forms
have been paraded, accompanied with tht
exclamation, "Behold the tariff" This
is all pure exaggeration. The tariff
with a multitude of other causes, have
all combined, produced the magnificent
result. The chief factors, however, have
been our abundant supply Of the mos
fertile lands in the world, which we have
freely given away under our homestead
laws, together with the immense tide d
immigration, with all it's capital Of money
and muscle. This has produced ou]
great home market.
Our oceans of land, as free as water
and the development of the same have
covered multitude of sins, and not The
least of all, some of the sins which
lurked there in our teriff laws. Ou1
leading agricultural STABLES are bread
stuffs and cotton. The latter is theoret
ically and the former practically: so fa]
as our producers are concerned, free O.
duty. The home price of wheat is fixed
by the export prices and the farmer o.
Minnesota has to compete, without any
governmental aid, direct or indirect
with the farmers of India in the market:
Of England. And it is in these great anc
unprotected agricultural industries that
our growth has been the greatest ano
the most pronounced
| The speaker also quoted from speech
delivered in Boston by Senator Frye, o.
Maine, after his return from Europe, il
which the Senator said that England
was the only country in Europe, thai
comes within one-half our wages, il
spite OF the fact that Austria, Germany
Italy and France are as highly protec
tive as this country,
/ Mr.. Lawler then pointed out the fac
that although the Minnesota and Da
kota farEer is not as directly protected
lin his farming operations in the sense il
which manufacturers Of iron, steel, cot
ton or woolen goods are, yet the wage
LOT agricultural laborers in these tw'
states ara relatively HIGHER as compare,