The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-04
NEWS In SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Resume Of Important Events at Home and
Abroad Chronicled in the Issue of April 3.

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hunters
The rebellion in Venezuela is growing In
strength.
A mother ard five children were killed in
q hre at Posen.
General debate on the tariff in the House
closed Saturday.
A woman at Chicago died under the
Christian science cure.
Burglars at Quincy. ILL.,, got away with
$4,000 worth of jeweiry.
Grover Cleveland made an address to the
Democracy of Rhode Island.
Pennsylvania moonshiners beat an aged
witness to death with q rock.
The Iroqrois Club banqueted at Chicago
IN honor of Thomas Jefferson's birthday.
The daughter-in-law of Lord Montague.
at Dublin, was indicted for killing her
child.
Eighty fr%ee.eolnage men are said to AVE
formed a hlibustering combine in the
House.
Cinnamon in America petitioned their
country for retaliation against the United
States.
Fifer and Harrison carried most of the
Illinois Republican county primaries Sat-
uTday.
..Eyerything is ready for q grand rush into
on April IL or Is.
A substitute for the Hatch anti-option
bill will be reported. 1t taxes. but does
not prohibit the business.
Tin is reported to have been found near
Chattanooga, Tenn. where o company has
been formed TO work the mine.
From the Second Edition Of The Sunday Journal.
Speeches by Reed and Mckinley.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 2-There was a
very large Republican gathering at Music
Hall tonight. those present including q
nnmh1r of woman Ar S.q) fhara was n
blaze of red fire in front of the hall. and g
few minutes later the Garfield Club, of
Pawtucket, which had escorted, ex-Speaker
Reed and others to the hall. entered. Fol-
lowing Mr.. Reed came Governor Ladd.
Lieutenant-governor Stearns. the Hon.
Boswell Horr. Isaac L. Cot and other prom
inent Republicans. The meeting was
sented Governor Ladd as chairman. Gov.
Ladd introduced Mr.. Reed. The ex-Speaker
was received with tremendous applause,
and, led by the Hon. Isaac K. Williams, OF
Bristol. he was given three rousing cheers
part:
ITO think that we have to fight for
Rhode Island seems to be something gro
tesque. Here is a State. small in area. but
fact that its manufacturer have secured
by protection the markets of the United
States. Yet some people are simple enough
to listen TO this wandering collection of
NCSbCInd anu h6utuCky SOuRIcSoIuou WIZ
are trying to persuade you that the best
thing for Rhode Island is to give up its
manufactures and let England have her mar
ket. Here you are, built up by the system of
protection, and yet it is coolly disputed
whether you are going for your interests or
against them. The Democratic orators
from the West and South in Congress q
week ago were speaking for free silver.
But while here they tell you nothing on
that point. For the past thirty-two years
the Democratic party has simply been
turning over things. Two years ago every
one of their leaders was shouting like mad
for free silver.
The people. as q general thing. know
what they want. and in 1890 did not wish
anything done. so they elected q Demo-
cratic House. The people were right; moth,
seventy-cent dollar and then they marched
back. temporarily. They were going to
reduce the tariff. why didn't they do itf
They want to catch the Rhode Island manu-.
They say it will be better to have wool
cheaper. In the same breath they turn
ar round to the farmer and say wool will be
higher. Democratic legislation always
works both ways. 1t catches the people
both going and coming. That's why it
never becomes a law. They want to take
the tax of binding-twine on the great prin-
on the free list to catch the
lumbermen's vote. When they have
got these things they will abolish
duties all over the United States and crush
ont high wages. Great Britain is on the
same footing with Us on all matters save
wages. liz is surprising that those most in
terested IN the contest cannot see the tariff
has an influence IN lettering wages. L
make this assertion and defy contradiction.
The laboring man to-day has higher wages
than he had in 1860 by so per cent. Every
thing the working man buys to-day he can
get % per cent. cheaper on an average than
thirty-twO years ago"
Mr. Read said If he was comnetinu with
q man In Nova Scotia he wOuld temporarily
drop prices and drive him out of business.
Great Britain has always done this. When
you have a tariff she canno do
this. He proceeded to quote fig
ures showing that. under protection.
eur iron product has been multiplied by
twelve. while the population has multi
piled only by two. Taper bandsaw files in
1866 cost S1.54 Der dozen. In 1891 their price
was Al cents per dozen. In 1866 the fles
cost thirteen cents apiece: IL 1881. S2 cents
apiece. The protective tariff has robbed
the file of three-fourths or its price. The
material of which these files were made
in 1886 cost I713 cents o pound.
while to-day the cost is under AZ cents q
pound. In other words. the protected raw
material has been robbed of it's price too.
The great principle that cuts down the
prices is competition. Competition also
develops. Henry Graham. in New
s n1Ee' the sn M aRPoEssr b, II passed pssai 1 Si1s0n It's
tariff on pearl buttons, has already reduced
the prlce OF protected pearl buttons. Such
buttons as are sold for Sl25 q gross have
been reduced to $50 q gross. Congressman
Reed concluded his remarks amid great ap-
plause.
Governor Mckinley. of Ohio. was the last
speaker and was greeted with prolonged
applause. He said: II have seen this
single day three meetings of this character.
If Rhode Island does not roll
up a handsome Republican majority
all signs have failed. i am here
to express to you the interest In your cleo
tion felt in the whole country. which will
be disappointed if you do not choose o Leg
i%slature to return Senator Aldrich;
We want IN this country good
money. good wages and steady
employment. Many Democrats are
opposed to the coinage of silver In the East,
but the majority in the country are not
with them. If a man IS in favor of sound
currency there is but one ticket for him to
vote-that of the Republican party. You
have seen within three weeksin the House of
Representatives more than three-iifths of
the Democrats voting for O dollar worth
but 30 cents In the markets of the world.
The Republican party has made gold. silver
and paper equally legal tender We want
no false dollars to cheat the world. After
good money we want good markets. We
cannot draw wages unless We Ito work.
And we cannot do work unless there is q
market for our product. Without q pro-
tective tariff. if we continue to
hold the American market. we
must reduce our wages to the
level of those paid in Europe. You cannot
have Chinese prices unless you have
Chinese methods. We can have free trade