The Red Cloud chief., 1892-11-04

Ing men in this county fair and just wages fop
honest labor. Cur laboring men need not, ought
not, and I trust to God never will be reduced to
the condition to which they are reduced in the
most favored nations OF Europe. The labor
ing men hero are citizens, the equals Of
any the ~loftiest and proudcst in the land. They
have every right to vote that anyone has, and
I would not trust the superstructure OF the re-
public upon the basis OF u dissatisfied popula-
ton OF laboring men. They must feel that they
arc fairly considered In the race OF life. They
must not only have enough to supply their
wants. but they must have enough TO educate
their children and give them that advantage in
the race Of life: SO that now we see in the de-
velopmcnt OF our country that the sons Of the
poor attain the highest positions in tho land.
Lincoln was a specimen. Go to the senate
chamber and see there who make their mark in
that deliberate body. You vii ind they
started In the race Of life as poor Is any man
here. So all around. Look at the great men Of
your city. They started poor, and by improving
their opportunities and chances in life they
have attained success and wealth This u open
to all.
Sometimes I know thst the results OF protsc-
ton and the mode Of dividing the results Of pro
lection are sometimes very din cult 10 attain.
Whether sometimes tho employer gets moro
than his share or not, I do not know. I suppose
so. But how can we help this, I wish TO God
I was wise enough 10 say. There will always
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ployed as TO this division Of the product Of labor.
But after all, these are TO be settled in sous
peaceable and quiet way: and I trust O genius
Will some time arise In our domestic policy that
will BIO wiso enough TO point out some mode Of
arbitration by which oil these con roversiea be-
tween the laborers and their employers NAV be
settled without strikes and violence. I hone
the time will come when the general feeling OF
our people will demand and insist upon such a
sctuement; and until then we must drift along
as we have been doing. Certain IT is, the labor.
Ing men OF our country ore In . far higher con-
dition than tho laborcrs OF any other country.
That Is tho reason they com from oil lands
here. That Is the reason why every one there
gets On idea OF the United States, and those
who come here with industry and thrift have
planted themselves in all these states on farms
and homcsteads and they have built up the
manufactures In those states.
Now. fellow citizens, while we levy duty on
goods that come into competition with us, We
gradually have introduced into our system q
larger free trade than has ever been prop ,od
or adopted by the democratic party. And hero
10 10 fact that Is not sufficiently brought TO the
attention OF Intelligent people rs to the present
tarin. We have now admitted free OF duty
hfty.hve per ceAt. moro than one-half, Of ali
the imported goods into this country. NhyY
Because they are articles which we caunot pro-
duce In this country, like sugar, tea. coffee and
spices and various other articles, and therefore
the present tariff selects out these articles
which we cannot produce and admits them free
OF duty, because tho tax upon those articles
which We cannot produce In o tax upon the con-
suiner. But, upon the other hand, we say thas
rs to articles that we can produce we will put
such n reasonable rate OF duty upon them a.
will compensate for the difference OF labor in
this country and in the country of its produc-
ton. And that ~ not all. 1 say TO you that.as
n republican, black republican as they used
to call me sometimes-1 would not be in favor
OF any duty whatever upon any article brought
into competition with our industries, except
enough to cover the difference between the rate
OF wages there and here"