The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-19

knows that IL is good, because the best
government on the face OF the earth is
behind it tGreat applause.
there is anything in this world
that both parties should agree upon it
is that there shall be no trifling with
the currency of tho country That
should be sacred with all Of US, and
why? Because it measures the ex-
changes Of your products from the
farm and factory.
REPERRED TO n REGISTER.
4 paper in this city says that the
Democratic party is not in favor OF wild
cat currency and free trade, and wants
to snow why 1 insist upon saying it.
Wei, j insist upon saying it, first, be-
cause they say it Themselves. laugh
ter and %clieers.] Their national plat
form is in favor both of wild cat cur
renfy and free trade. The Democratic
party insists always upon going back
ward. Laughter and %Rpplause.1 They
never look forward-they look out into
the night. They never sec the morn
ins. lApplnuse.] The currency OF this
country should be as national as its
fla. and as sound as the government
itscd.
The Democratic party, by its free
trGlo policy, would cut down your wages
aud then cheat yon in your pay by CIV
ing you the shinplasters of the states.
Applause. Tho Democratic leaders
say we are not free traders" If they
are not Tree traders they arc not Demo
Gratis this year and have no business to
be IN the Democratic party. [Great
lau shterand applause. Tho platform
at Chicago is a free trade platform out
and out. II declares in favor OF a tariff
for evenue only-that is, a tariff for re-
venue only and nothing less, and wal so
voted deliberately by the represents
tive men of the Democratic party.
The protective tariff raises revenue
just az we'll as a revenue tariff does,
and 1t does it with q greater certainty.
A protective tariff has never failed in
timo Of peace to raise all the revenue
required for public purposes; and so,
when a revenue tariff raises revenue, II
protective tariff docs all that, and does
more. a revenue tariff does nothing
else. A protective tariff raises the rev.
enue. and while doing it. gives encour-
accmeut to our people in choosing in
dustries, stimulates our enterprises.
and gives employment to our own
labor.
a revenue tariff serves the treasury
and nothing else, and a protective tariff
serves the treasury and while serving
it, serves the best interests OF the whole
people. [Applause. A Democratic
revenue tariff encourages the foreign
shop and discourages the American
shop. The protective tariff puts a tariff
upon foreign products that compete
with American products, and while
raising the revenue it gives encourage
ment and preferences to our own peo-
pie and to our own producer. lap
plause.1 A Democratic revenue does
nothing OF the kind. A revenue tariff
increases the demand for foreign labor,
and diminishes the demand for Ameri-
can labor.
PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION.
Every ton of steel you bring into this
country from Europe takes the place OF
a ton of American steel, and doubles
the force OF working e there, while it
decreases just that number OF working
men in this country, and that is just as
simple as two and two make four. You
can't buy your products abroad that
YOU make at home and give employ
ment TO YOU own labor. II the foreign
product comes in, the domestic pro-
duct has got to go out, and we who
make the domestic product have got to
give up our wages and our employment,
and the Republican party is against
that Great applause. and protective
tariff, are against'that. Webelieve in a
tariff high enough on every foreign pro-
duct to make up the difference between
the price OF labor in this country, and
the price OF labor in Europe. That is
the amount of u protection.
The Democratic party would levy a
tariff giving no heed or consideration
to ollr own labor, but would levy that
tariirto put moneyinthe public treasury
only. ADemocratic revenue tariff never
built a FIRE i'll u furnace in the United
status. [Yoice-"You bet" A Demo-
cratic revenue tariff never built a fac
tory in the United States. A Demo-
cratic revenue tariff never opened a
mine in the United States. A thousand
old men in this audience will remember
that the free trade tariff of 1916 put
out the fires that had been built by the
high tariff of lS42. Men who lived in
those DAYS know that, and could testify
- Il Eunfoau- Nnhnt'u az VI
And they say your protection tariff is
unconstitutional. [Laughter.[ That is
the last resort OF the Democratic party.
Thev tried every other objection and
gave them up, and at last raised the
constitutional objection. Unconstitu-
tionali | know Of but one constitution
it violates, and that is the constitution
OF the confederate states. prolonged
laughter and applause. 1t is in direct
violation OF that instrument But we
are not operating under that instru-
mont to-day, thank Godi Applause.
It went down to be revived
went down before the resistIess armies
OF Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. wild
cheeringl and the constitution OF Wash
inrton and Lincoln shall stand. GGreat
applause. And that is the constitution
we are living under to-day, and that
constitution gives Congress the power
to levy a duty for revenue and a duty
Tor the welfare Of all the people.
THEY EoReor.
fear the leaders of the Democratic
party who framed that resolution were
not familiar with the history OF their
" country. The first protection tariff
act that was passed was in 1883, and
was passed by the men who made the
constitution. james Madison reported
it. lie was a member OF the constitu-