The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-05-12

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The first public pc ;''r s.i .z "a
the campaign in son H. -
Thursday evening la-t TO -
and VA well attended by "a
gentlemen oi >lsnW hogan
speech By Hon. sell l.. Nil go .,4l
the larin. the ouc i->un' thai IN .. -
ly diride- political parlic- than '. -
day
Mr.. Nillk"n WI. warmly greeted q >
h" stepped upon tin platform acrol -
nird by Dr. :. \. Paitcn WHO prc-id
and also whcn he WI introduced ia II.
audience.
Dr Pnlen made hricf remarks -tat-
ing eoncisrly the position oi the Two
leading parties on this ISSUE and intro
duced the speaker a. our honorcd. r.
,pceted aud very able Representative in
Congress.
Mr.. Millikcn'S speech occupied about
one hour and ID minutes and the best
attention was given thereto by the large
audience throughout. and many of the
good points received hearty applause.
The speech was Il comprehensive one
and We give an abstract of that portion
only relating to the proposed free wool
item of the House bill
What is most significant OF the inSll-
ccrity of the Democracy is that the first
victim of their attack is the farmer. lie
who has stood through four Con-
gresses and heard the lamentations of
our Democratic friends, louder than the
lamentations of saul. on account of the
hard lot of the farmer, would be ;tstound-
ed if he did not know they were sham.
ming.
They propose to reduce the revenues OF
the Government in the amount of S27 :.
OO0,0W by repeating the duty on wool
| What object is achieved by il: Why
| You say, you reduce the price on manu-
| featured wo0lens. You can not redue,
the price of manufactured woolcns BY
taking twenty-seven millions of duty of
Of wool. unless you take that s27 900.
0oD out of the pocket of the farmers
| Oh they say in return they are going t,
|
amount equal to twenty-seven millions
New. suppose for the sake of argll
Incl this i correct. suppose you do it
What then are they doing for the far
mrr? They are taking the twenty-Seve,
millions out of his pocket and di~tribu
ting it amongst III" whole people of thi,
country. for everybody uSe- wooden ia
bric,. thry are not going Ia give bacl
To the farmers a onr in the reduction q
duties ON Woolrns the 81 .0OOOOJ tina
! YOU take from their poche :. but voi
give Them back only hat proportion q
the 81 .O09.OO which h. Woalen- hr;l
to all the WOODEN "ood> used in III" cuil /
try. That Is The friendship they hay,
i for the farmer. But they say lie far
mrr will receive molc tor his Nool undo
the lrce-lrrr y stem than under the pro
| IrctiNe system.
Now. You can not make both of rhu>,
propose ions 90. Either oneor HE olo
i false. II the farmers wool Will b,
worth in-t ~ much ro linn after vol
lrNr taken So 1000 nf protection
from il H. it was before. then The mann
iacturer who buy it of linn must PAY
| him iusl a> much for il. and ii yml 1t,
I ll't li'All'' W. Ii ~ 'l W iiHl Won cal
/ raw material. by taking he duty OH
how do Hou reduce HE price Of the good
| which are manufactured From the raw
material:
1 Why it i MOI necessary lof me /,
argue This question. The incnn>i>lrlic,
and absrlcilN ol The position of the De
mocracH are too patent Ia need oNplaml
tiou and the men " llo ur@r HE pl>>a",
ui bill which would take s27.0oD.0a
ul dulic- from Woal and at The same Tim
pretend That they are friends al he lar
ncrs Who raise lie wool. ,nlel lo ElN
/ ( ices ml,lc ul brass and ron>ci ncr
ma IL ol iron.
Will orr Democratic friends haNt
/ h .,u Willing that ia" farmer Saoul par
Z; duly al Is per eent nu his >u9ar and
still higher duty on his rice. tlc, hay
attempted to ,lo nothing nore Favorable
| tor him diam 10 put him in op"n and I'M
restricted competition With the Wool
grower, of foreign countries, where boll
land aud labor are much cheaper than
hey are here
Tile Mckinney bill on the contrary
protects the farmer all along the line
There j. nothing h. produces that come
in competition with the product OF III
foreign farmer ia our markets ON Whic
the Mckinley bill does not provide Al
anpl" duty.
But this bill. while ii puts HE farmer,
wool on the free list. leaves II duty u
80 per cent upon manufactured WoolrnS
The purpose is plain. This bill hold
out bribr To the manufacturer to ioi
his forces with the ir,'c-lr;,tle Democrat
to deprive the farmer of the duty ON hi
| NI,,I