St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23

out of the well YETI" The little fellow
says, Father, did you say .ou!?'" He
says, Eyes. that is what you promised
to do. and that is the sum | gave YOU;
have you got that cat out Of the well
yet?" He says. Father, figures don't
lie; that CATS halfway to hell by
this time" [Great laughter and APP
plause. Now, my friends, that is
lust the copdition of the people of the
United States. fApplause.l They are
travelling the same course that that cat
travelled. Some of them seem to like
it. Laughter They continue to vote
for the preservation of that policy that
continues to push them still farther
down instead of one that would aid
them in coming towards the top and
getting out of the we'll. Why is it that
we continue to pursue this policy? This
government was founded by our faith
ers on the presumption that the people
of the United States would have intelli-
gence and common sense enough to
know what was best for their welfare.
and virtue enough in their hearts
when they knew what was for
the best to do what was best.
They thought we had. and all the world
knows that the people of the United
States have, more information diffused
among them than any other people i'll
the world. There may be an exception
in the case of some brainy philosophers
in some parts of the world, but .tDe ell
tire population of
No Country Compares
in intelligence with tie population of
the United States. Applause. 1t is
land of universities, of colleges. of free
schools. We live in the shade of edu-
cation all the time. We know that this
policy is wrong. Now the question
arises. knowing that it is wrong. have
we the virtue to tear the abuse
out by the root. or would we
rather follow our predecessors, would
we rather follow our party affiliations,
would we rather nurse that inSidious
our own interests-and continue blindly
to vote for own enslavement?L Applause.
1t is question of virtue. 1t is ques-
ton, not of the head, my friends-you
cannot plead ignorance-it is question
of the heart. If you want to emancipate
yourselves and your fellows from this
condition of things, there is but one way
yOu can do it. and that one way is to
begin now and work, and on the Sth
day of November vote the straight Dem
ocratic ticket from top to bottom.
Applause. But this policy of
protection claims that it is in
the interest of the American work.
ingman, not in the interest of the manu-
facturer, but the workman the poor
man. 1t is the patriotic policy, it is the
philanthropic policy, it is the human
itarian policy! The men who are pro-
pounding it and forcing it upon the
country are the manufacturers. bounding
tha dDnrs nf fha oOnUrpSC Of tbp limited
States, and demanding these high du
ties, and every time in the interest of
the workingman! They never claim it
is for themselves. Applause and laugh
teri Why, in 1883, Mr.. Blaine an
nounced the policy of The Republican
party OH this question, in a speech de-
livered in New York, when he said:
"CapEtal Can Take Care of ItselE.'
1t is not the capitalists. Wealth can
always take care of itself. But 1t is the
poor workingman that we want to take
care of. he said, ''lt is not a question
of capital, it is question of labor, from
skin to core, and from core back to skin
again." Applause. Yes, my friends.
it is question of labor from skin to
core. The manufacturer gets the core.
the workman gets the skiIf. Applause
and laughter. 1t is the plundering of
the pocketbook of the workman. 1t is
a question of labor. He cannot possibly
be benefited by any lariff. You cannot
conceive of tariff that will raise the
wages of workman, high or low, little
Or much. Every tariff. whatever its
amount, is injurious to the man who has
to consume the products upon which 1T
is imposed
| will demonstrate it to you right now.
| do not intend to let you go away from
here in doubt upon this question. Now
/ will say that there are two men here;
one is manufacturer of WOODEN goods,
the other is his workman. l will say
that we are in state of nature, with no
law but Gods law of equality among his
children-the Old Democratic law, equal
and exact Justice to all [applauSel; no
class privileges, no class burdens, every
one standing upon the fundamental and
inalienable principle of free govern
ment, equal rights to all, exclusive priv
ileges tonone [Great applause L vii
say that that manufacturer has to work
six days in the week. He gets six yards of
cloth, worth in the market 81 yard.
Well. after he has got as much as he
wants for himself aud his family. the
rest of his cloth is for sale or exchange :;
he has to sell it to get means to pay for
his labor. He goes to the laborer and
he says, You need some cloth for your
self and your family. ! will give you
six yards of my cloth, of my making, for
six days of your labor, you labOring at
81 day.
The Trade Is Made
The manufacturer gives one yard OF
cloth, worth 81, one days labor, for one
days work of the laborer worth 81.
Here is equal trade; here is fair trade /;
here is a rlghtful exchange; each one
exchanges one day of toll for the salts
faction on one days worth of cloth.
Now the tariff comes in. This thing is
for the benefit of the workman. Let
us see how it affects the workman. The
manufacturer goes to congress and says
l want a tariff to protect me against
cheap pauper labor of Europe; cannot
continue this business in competition
with these cheap Worllmen over in Eu-
rope; want 100 per cent duty on my
cloth. One hundred per cent duty
means 81 per yard tax put oh it. Then
when yard of cloth like min9 is made
in Europe and brought to the custom
house in New York, or any other custom
house, it has got to pay another dollar
Oh the way; that is 81 a yard. The goods
have got to he sold in this market for SO
ydru 10 cover dll cOSI, llldI likes the
price of all goods of that kind, and the
yard of goods made in this country is
protected to that extent, and it sells,
too. for 81 a yard. Now. what is the
condition of the workman? He has got
to work twelve days to get S12 10 buy
the very same six yards of goods that
he got before for six days labor. ZAP
plause.] He was working at 81 day
before the tariff came to bless him with
its beneticence. He now works at so
cents day. For if it takes him twelve
days work to get the So worth of goods.
he is certainly working at so cents a
day. How is it with the manufacturer?
They tell us that capital can take care
of itself, and railways does. Laughter
and applause.] Aud it does a good deal
of it
Through Acts Of Congress.
too. [Laughter.l And acts of Repub,
lican congresses. [Great applause.
That manufacturer before was working
six days at dollar a day to get Sc to
pay for six days work of this laborer.