Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-28

protective fzrit = unconstitutional
Well. / have heard that argument before
about some other tango. Iaey SAD
thai y lea the s3atn Threatened 10 So
eede. We ind 40 warrant Ia toe coz
sLtuuon 10 prevent the gong al IL
WAS uucoustituuOna - save lie union
When NO wanted 70 iloerAte the slaves
Il vas unconstitutional When We
wanted 10 issue the greenback u was
unconstitutional. When We wsnted 70
RECONSTRUCT tn0 states. that VAS uBeOu-
stltaNOnais aad Yet David T. Hin, nun
self, admits that 4 : impossible ever 70
test the question Of the unconstltution-
slity OF the tariff upon the grounds
which they set up.
An, 4 seems 10 ME there Is familiar
ring about that unconstitutional OBJ
lection. They had IN mind this plank
and the plank makers-the plank
makers had IN mind constitution
which was made IN Montgomery IN
lSo2. liz was the constitution OF Jeder-
son, but OF Jefferson DAVIS. Laughter
and applause. Not OF Thomas Jetter-
son.
In 1882 man by the name OF Cal
houn proposed some nulllfcation res
oluUOn threatening the United states
government, If they continued their
policy of protectlnn TO American INDUS
tries south Carolina would secede.
What did Jackson saw 70 THAR tie
said III they don't stop their nonsense
| will hang them Applsuse.
This tariff plank OF Chicago is an invi-
tstion to every democrat VINO believes
| today. as jackson believed IN his time,
and as Jefferson believed III his time,
and as Washington believed IN his
| time, and as Madison believed IN his
| time, to vote the republican ticket.
| Applause.
| A Tax and Not . Tax
Under revenue tariff you buy your
| manufactured articles abroad and when
you get through with the transaction
| you have the articles, Uncle Sam has
the tax, and the foreigner has the
money. When you get through with
| your transaction under protective
tariff you have your articles, Uncle
| Sam has his tax, and you have the
money. Applause. And II Is
| here to pay other laborers
| and TO build up other enterprises, and
when you get through you are then
| yourself possessor as common people
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wealth of the country. So that IN adj
hitting that the tariff is a tax we have
| the best of it. But it IS not. Now, 1t
Is in non-competitlve articles q tax.
| When il is put on coffee 1t 10 q tax.
When it was put on sugar it was q
tax. When put on tea 1t was tax
and when put on champagne, tax;
and when 1t Is put on any article you
and | and all us Americans cannot
raise. But now, one ounce of fact Is
worth a ton of fiction. Professor Ag-
gasiz, the great naturalist, was
invited 10 go to Rangeiey Lakes.
His friend said come up and
we will go trout fishing, and | will
show you trout weighing eight
pounds But he says, that's little
to fishy for me; 1t is impossible that u
brook trout should weigh more than
four pounds Well, in three days h;
friend caught some IN the Range
ley lakes; one weighed eight pounds
and the other ten. He said the theory
of a lifetime was destroyed IN two
| minutes.
Savings Bank Deposits.
But what about the laboring men.
If they are getting poorer, their condl
ton must be reflected somewhere II
the savings banks. Well, In New York
state we have q democratic bank super
intendent, and he would not juggle the
figures | am squite sure, and he says
that since Benjamin Harrison was
president the laboring men OF
our state have about $S6 Zoo, 00C
IN the savings banks. They started in
with $3.50, 900 IN 1860, and today they
have 5000, 000, 900, and the last two
years their increased deposits in the
savings banks were l25 per cent higher
than they were 10 1889 and 1890. The
workingmen of the United States
have enough money III the saw
ings banks to pay the natlona
debt twice over. (Applause.l The
workingmen in Pennsylvania alone
have more money in the savings banks
than all the workingmen in Great Brit
ain. Applause. The New York work
ingmen only lack 5000, 900 of hav'
ing enough to pay the national debt
In addition 10 that our working
men have millions OF dollars invest
ed in cooperative loan associations, IN
mutual insurance associations, IN the
old line life insurance policies. Well
| have other evidence. There was 9
committee of five senators, Senator
Carlisle, Senator Harris, Senator
Aldrlch, Senator Allison auC
one other senator. They prosecuted
an inquiry for tweDty-eght month";
His Con cIusion,
Mr.. Fassett continued his address q
length, exposing every free trad
csnsrd, and closed as follows: "W,
stand before the people today aftel
thirty years OF protection the frees
and the most enlightened country IL
the world, leading all the world in low,
and devotion to the true, the beautiful
and the good; leading the world IL
agriculture; leading the world in mimi,
and manufacturing, and all the wOrl1
IN hope. Applause. And for the sake o
devotion To "A theory that never yet II
the worlds history has been applied
successfully, we are challenged To turI
our back upon the assured possession
OF republican victories. Applause.
Never yet under the sun were tn
theories of college professors, as laugh
IN our great seats of learn
ing. successfully applied IN th'
history of commerce. Everywber'
where a nation has adopted tn
idea and doctrine of protection to hom'
industries that nation has fiourlshed
and prominently this nation. AnC
when our democratic friends challeng'
you and challenge me for our vote
this fall | think we have righ
TO say TO them, we may b.
wrong, We may be following mis-
taken and misguided gods, but thi
we know, that up to THIS time the,
have led va through richer sud fare
fields than ever man was led before
and this We know. that before YOU as.