The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-26
POLITICAL DAY. "
Ten Thousand People Listen to
Speeches at Detroit, Mich.
CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER SPEAKS.
He Plainly Portraya the Great Evils of Pro
tection,-Uphoids the Homestead Strike
and DAnounces the Pinkerton system.

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 25.-More than ten
thousand people assembled today on the
grounds of the Detroit international Fair
and Exposition, it being political Day. >
The speaking was begun at o'clock by ex-
Congressman Dunnell OF Minnesota, repre-
senting the Republican party, and making
his first speech. Colonel Norton of Chicago
followed with strong speech in favor Of
the Peoples party principles and candi-
dates. The last speaker was Hon. William
M. Springer of Illinois, chairman of the
Ways and Means committee of the national
House of Representatives, who was re-
ceived with flattering reception.
Mr. Springer's speech was almost all de-
voted to the tariff question. He said that II
protection has accomplished much for the
country it must also be held responsible for the
evils which have grown up under protection
and which are iostered by 1t during the past
twenty-five years. While protection has
f1ourlshed in all OF its vigor vast army of in
dividualss firms and corporations, aggregating
100000, have succambed TO the pressure OF hard
times and gone into bankruptcy. Their aggre-
gate llabilities have exceeded half a billion
dollars. The number of commercial failures
increased in 1891 as compared with the previous
year, before the passage of the Mckinley BILL
II per cent, and the liabilities increased q per
cent. The speaker referred to the rapidly IN
creasing real estate indebtedness In various
states as the result of hardship entailed upon
farmers in being compelled to pay all the bills
OF the
EXPENSIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM
designed TO foster few selected industries at
the expense of the great agricultural classes.
During tho period Of Democratic low tariff
tariff for revenue only, from ls46 to 1860 fifteen
years total. the number of strikes reported in
an official way were seventy four. During the
past fifteen years under Republican high tariff
there have been over
5000 STRIKES AND LoCKOUTs
in the United States, involving over million
employees.
Referring to the Homestead troubles. Mr..
Springer denounced the greed of Carnegie in
attempting to gather to himself all the benefits
of a protective tariff which he had advocated,
and grind down the workmen to starving wages
If there was ever labor contest" said MIR.
Springer, in which the laborers we're clearly
in the right, this is one now being carried on at
Homestead. The mills are surrounded by state
militia and the barbarous treatment shown to
one OF the soldiers by superior officers for an
offense which did not reach the gravity OF a
misdemeaDor under the laws of the state, shows
that the militia officers are fit instruments for
the work in which they are engaged.
Continuing, the speaker
DENOUNCED THE PINKERToN SYSTEM
and recalled that as early as 1886 the Demo
Gratis OF illinois had demanded its suppression
and General Palmer had made the campaign,
on the issue that the government should be las
strong as the law and no stronger, as weak as
the law and no weaker"
The report of the Senate Committee on
Finance submitted by Senator Aldrich was
quoted in which Republican sen itors admitted
that the benefits of-the Mckinley bill up to thi s
time had only resulted in raising the wages
q of per cent higher in fifteen general occu-
pations. What ridiculous result OF the bene-
fits of high tariff. Yet this is the best showing
that the friends of the Mckinley bill can make.
The Democratic party Insists that the tariff
shall always bear heaviest upon the articles
of luxury instead OF the articles of necessity TO
the poor man, and the Democratic party Is op-
posed to any tariff beyond that necessary to
raise sufficient revenue for the expenses OF the
general government