Evening journal., 1892-10-08
FRYE ON HIGH TARIFF.
The Maine Man Knows it All
and Tells All He Knows.
TWO THOUSAND HEARD HIM SPEAK

Mayne MaoYeagh Accused of Being
DenseIy Ignorant of TariG Matters.
senator Frye Says the .Pennsylvanian
Has Been Democrat for Ten Years.
Two thousand persons heard Senator
Frye, of Maine, discuss the tariff and
Force bill issues of the campaign at the
Republican mass injecting held in the
Grand Opera House last evening. The
audience was a fairly representative one
and was distinguished by the presence of
large number of women
Senator Frye arrived in the city
early in the evening. He was met at
the station by Senator Higgins, General
Wilson and one or two other Republican
leading local lights.
At715 o'clock the First Voters club.
headed by Hyatt Military band march ed
from Republican headquarters on Mar
ket street, TO King. and down King to
Fourth street, where the Republican
lnvincibles joined them. The process
sion, willie small, presented a good ap-
pearance as il proceeded from Republican
| lnyincibles' headquarters up Market
street TO the Grand Opera House
When they reached the Grand Opera
House they proceeded TO reserved seats in
the lobby, the First Voters sitting on the
north side and the lnvincibles upon the
south side. The clubs were greeted
with applause as they entered
The stage Of the Opera House was
decorated with potted plants, small flags
and portraits of President Harrison and
! Whitelaw Reid.
Upon the stage were large number
of well known local leaders, among whom
were Representatives Walton and Day,
Levy Court Commissioner Jolls, Secretary
| Hugh G. Browne, Of the state central
committee; Chairman Martin Burris, of
the county executive committee George
A. Elliott, J. Francis Bacon, chairman of
the Sussex county executive committee ;
Henry G.. Morse. ex-COuncilman Franklin
b. Cotton, eX Congressional Candidate
! Henry p. Cannon, John V. Aspril, of
Port Penn, William c. Spruance, Bank
Examiner George w. Stone, Mayor
Stansbury J. Wiley, H. c. Conrad, candi-
date for comptroller; Francis H. Walker,
candidate for the general assembly, and
Lewis r. Armstrong.
At sos o'clock Senator Frye was
escorted TO the stage by Senator Higgins
and General James H.. Wilson, chairman
of the Republican state central commit
tee He was greeted with applause.
General Wilson introduced Colonel
Benjamin Nields as president of the
meeting When he arose there was
another burst of applause from the
galleries. AS soon as it subsidized he in
troduced the distinguished man from
Maine. This was the sign for more
stamping and yelling. The Maine man
evidently thought he had struck a rebel
yell He waited patiently until there
was lull and looking up at the gal.
leries said.
Perhaps you won't be so full Of ap
plause when / finish" Laughter
Voice in the gallery-"Well, wait
and seev Laughter.
The Senator's Speech.
The Maine man then entered upon his
subject He was interrupted by baby
cries. II created laugh which inter.
rupted him. The senator said
There is nothing sweeter than q
baby's cry except its smile. Laughter.
| thank the ladies' for coming here this
evening. They should understand tn,
issues of the day
He exemplifed the protection doctrin,
by making Maryland tree-trade England
and Delaware protected America, com
pairing the wages and conditions in each
Capital Its own Protector
Capital does not need protection. II
may invest itself and will take care OF
itself anywhere. What we want TO pro.
tect are the men and women who work
for capital. We raised duties to make al
equivalence between the wages there and
the wages here. We increased duties on
fine woollen goods and reduced them OF
the coarse. Last year we imported
$2l 900, 600 less foreign woollens thar
the year before We used more woollen.
and every woollen mill in the country is
running upon full time.
Take cotton goods. Year before
last we imported $3i 000 0OJ worth
Why didn't we make them free; becaus,
under the old tariff we could not com
pete. Under the new tariff we imported
$6OO0,0JO less and used $7,00O, 0Ol
more.
Year before last we imported SIS,
600 600 worth of manufactured iror
from Englasd and Germany. Under tn,
Mckinley bill we imported 50 500, 00l
less, and our own workmen made NOR
than that at home.
The importations have decrease,
fifty millions of dollars under the Nc
kinley bill.
Year before last we imported $44, 600,
600 worth of cotton ties. There wa
only a duty of $il ton. II was no
! sufficient. We made the duty S33, jus
three times greater, and last year we di,
not import a pound of cotton ties. w
paid our people for doing it. But 70
/ the Republican president and senate tn
b Democratic house, or mob. more properl,
speaking, would have taken the duty off
r Now, let us come to tin. Applause
Year before last we used 600, 600 pound
of tin year and bought il all Of Eng
land. Why2 Because the wages in tn
] United States were $50 per cent. highe
- than in Wales, where the tin was made
r and the duty did not begin TO be equiva
S lent to the wages. There were two pre-
D viOus attempts to establish the tin indus
r try here, but the English lowered tn,
price of tin over 90 per cent. and shu
4 down our factories. The Mckinley BIZ
D on this item alone gives $50, 600, 900 I,
our wage.earners; gives employment 4