St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-18

OF America To. cnafge' WnaC tile same
goods would cost in the markets of the
world, with the amount of tax added on.
He emphasized the fact that in the
reip hborbo0d of 100000 day is col
lected from the consuming toilers of the
land; yet every article on McKinley's
list, with the possible eXcep-
lion of dozen, might be adj
mitted absolutely free and still enough
money and to spare would be raised
for the expenses OF the government eco
nomicallv administered. Nine-tenths OF
all articles used in America, he said, are
made at home. and the tax levied by the
government simply gave to the home
manufacturers and dealers the power
and privilege to add TO the cost of
every article sold the amount of the i'm
port duty. thus swelling their profits at
the expense of fellow citizens, who are
powerless to resist. The limit of the
tax fixed by the government is the only
limit of the rise in price of commodities
of trade.
Paying his respects to the trusts, Mr..
barrow poured forth hot shot at the
treacherous Legislators who, by their
selfish actions. had made possible these
outrageous combinations 10 levy tribute
Oh all who are compelled 10 buy, sitting
competition to the end that they shall
their reach by the policy of the Repnb-
lican party. The latest in this line
the coffin truSt-waS Sarcastically f1ayed
by the orator, its formation at this time,
in the face Of the cholera scare, being
characterized in scathing language.
On the question of the alleged benefits
of protection to farmers and working
men. the speaker outlined several eX-
ampleS of the failure of this beautiful
theory to work. While the agricuitur
ist can get for his grain only the price
fixed in the Liverpool market, after
paying the cost of getting it there, if he
attempts to buy clothing or blankets
and bring them home in return for his
wheat he is met on the Amer
lean shore by officers who COM
pei him to pay tribute before
he can enjoy the fruits of his long.
weary hours of toll. American robbery
takes from 80 cents for every dollars
worth, but American legislation does
not add one cent to the value of his
wheat Or his pork. Republicans. said
Mr.. barrow, claim that the price of wool
is raised by tax, but the price of tin is
not, and In few incisive sentences he
clinched the point of his argument in a
way that greatly pleased his hearers.
After considering the impoverishing
effect of indirect taxation on the work
ing classes OF cities. the orator SAID there
were other and higher reasons why Nc
Kinleyism should be condemned at the
ballot box once and forever. The word
liberty should shine brighter than the
hollow idol protection; the eternal war
of right against wrong should be
waged relentlessly: moral principles
should govern the intercourse of
nations rather than the wicked, un-
christian idea of establishing hatred
between nations by unjuS Giscrimina-
ton; the misery of fellow beings should
not be source of rejoicing to a great
! and proud nation; treachery reacts in
morals and IN economy; the people that
would allow grasping men to grow rich
and arrogant Oh the distress and misery
of other human beings must perish of
their own vileneSs.
1t would be difficult to summarize
| MI. Darrow's peroratiOn or 10 describe
its effect on the audience. He depicted
farmer of the Western plains answer
| ing on the judgment day-telling how
the snow and cold of winter had brought
misery to his loved ones; how he had
waited the coming of spring to SOW his
seed, tended and cared for the tender
sprouts, saw the green turn to gold,
reaped the harvest ana threshed the
gram; how he went into the markets
and found no one to buy. sick at
heart wandered on the sea, took
snip and crossed the ocean: there
found many ready and willing to
exchange what his loved ones needed
for his grain, started home with buoy
ant heart, but at the shores of his own
land was met by an officer who insisted
| on taking from him great part of the
prices of his grain: how he had hidden
,ilis treasures from sight and went home
to those so anXiously awaiting him
branded a criminal by the laws of his
| country. The effect was electric when
the orator spoke of tine righteous judg-
ment rendered, and retired. Cheers
were given such as Market hall has
seldom heard, and many eyes were
moist. Truly, as one man remarked,
''it was great educational speech"