Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
DAVE HILL TUMBLES
To Criticisms Made on His
First Campaign Speech,
and Names Grover
AS SOON AS HE GETS UP
At One of the Largest Political Meet
ings Ever Held in Buffalo.
CLEVELAND'S IDEAS OF TARIFF
Reproduced BY the Nan Who Missed the
Nomination at Chicago.
AS SOON AS HE GETS UP
CLEVELAND'S IDEAS OF TARIFF
THE DAVENPORT BILL ROUNDLY SCORED

tor Hill, Lieutenant Governor Sheehan and
John Temple Graves, of Georgia, reached
Buffalo at $40 P. NJ. They dined and re-
ceived callers at the Iroquois Hotel.
Promptly at P. NJ. they were escorted from
the hotel to the hall by the Cleveland
Democracy. State Committeeman Shey
called the meeting to order and Hon. d. n.
Lockwood was made Permanent Chairman.
ITr. Lockwood dwelt briefly on the issues
of the campaign and roundly denounced the
force bill and the Mckinley tariff. He then
introduced the principal speaker of the
evening, Senator David B. Hill, who said
in part:
lam here tonight to aid in the promotion
OF Democratic principles, and to advocate
the election of Grover Cleveland and Adlai
Stevenson. Tremendous Applause.l No
apology explanation is needed for my
course. For over ten years it has been my
custom at each annual election to appear
before my fellow citizens and contribute my
share toward the discussion of the political
questions OF the hour. You did not believe
that this campaign would prove an eXcep-
tiOn to the usual rule, and you are not dis
appointed Among honorable men the loyal
discharge of political duty outweighs all
minor considerations and in this crisis OF
our conntTy's history, and in this great
emergency, in our party affairs individual
disappointments or even alleged personal
injustice should be suburdinaied in the
faithful performance of political obligations
not as a mere matter of e1pediency, but
from high and stern sense of duty.
No Time for Petty JeaEousies.
Permit me to suggest that we have all of
Us now a mission to fulfill. Petty jealousies
must be dismissed, regular organizations
must be respected, party discipline must be
enforced, dissensions must be healed, and
apathy must give way to enthusiasm. in
order that the grand old party to which we
are proud to belong may secure the triumph
of right principles and work out the noble
destiny which ought surely to await it. The
control Of this Government for many years
to come. by one or the other of the TWO great
political parties, is the prize at hazard in the
pending contest, in which all other consid-
eratiOns should sink into insignifcance.
There can be no reasonable doubt that
tariff taxation Will continue to be the per-
nanent policy of the Government, notwith-
standing the opinions of sincere but imprac-
ticaOle theorists who advise its abandon
ment. The dispute between the two parties
arises over the extent, effect and objects OF
our taxation. The conclusive and sufficient
objection to a protective tariff is that it is
an abuse of the a1ing power of the Govern
ment: it compels the whole people to pay
tribute to a rew; it is a system based upon
injustice and unfair Determinations, and
tends TO build up monopolies
" mere I'LL W Quiz have the SURPLUS.
The Democratic position is so plain and
reasonable that be who reads may under
stand it. 1t believes that the true and con-
stitutional purpose of a tariff is the raising
OF necessary revenue for the support of the
Government, and that is all. Let the tariff
be highor low, as the needs of the Goovrn-
nlent may require. Let it not be so high or
low as TO create g surplus in the Treasury.
The place for surplus taxes is in the pockets
II the people, and not in the Federal Treas
The Republican position is that the Gov
eminent shOu d use its powers of taxation to
build up private industries by placing tariff
rates so his that they will absolutely pro-
hlbit orelgn importations or prevent any
serious competition with any such indust-
rles. Tie Republicans believe that the
question of revenue should be minor con-
slderatiOn in tie forming OF a tariff bill and
that the fostering of some industries should
he the primary one. They shut their eyes
to the fact that they are unneces sarily in
terfeTin- with the natural laws of
trade They ignore the falue OF foreign
trade, or assume to believe that foreign
countries Will trade with US, though we
purchase nothing from them. They forget
taat reciprocity cannot be onesided. They
appeal to the selfishness OF the pc ople
and to their natural jealousies of and ami
mosiIies against foreign countries
The Tariff a Conceded Benefit.
am willing to conceoe that the first or
immediate effect of high tariff upon a new
industry is usually to increase prices and
stimulate business; but this effect is gener-
ally followed by undue competition occa-
stoned by the very success incident to the
favOritism shown; then overproduction
results. then a stagnation in business ensues
and in the end there comes a reduction of
wages, a fall in prices and bankruptcy to
many industries. This is a faithful picture
OF the evils OF protection. drawn from the
business history OF this country for over 70
years Stimulants to business through tariff
1avor1tism are a. unsatisfactory as the con-
tinued and inordinate indulgence of intoxi-
eating liquors by men. The first effect is
pleasant enough, but the inevitable general
result is disastrous allure and utter ruin.
Why should the Government by the use or
abuse of the taxing power of the Govern
ment attempt to build up industries where
private enterprise and private capital are
not willing TO accept the risk? Why should
the whole people be unnecessarily taxed for
half their lives, and compelled to pay e1-
tlaVa%ant prices for certain manu- tactured
articles, in order to get them somewhat
cheaper during the other half of their lives? !
Why should the Government, at the expense ,
o! all the people, offer special Inducements
20 a few to embark upon particular bust
ness in a field where men of genius and en-
TerprIse have OF their own accord refused to |
enter?
Able to Compete With Any Country.
do not believe that our American manu-
factures require the protection which the |
Republican party seems so anxious to foist |
upon them, especially if they were provided |
with free raw materials. as the Democratic |
party proposes to do. We are already un- |
dersellinE foreign manufacturers in most or /
any OF the markets Of the world. and if wa
can compete with them abroad esnecially
IN their own markets, there would Sc EN- to |
be no real necessity of taxing our peopIe |
longer in order to enable our own mannfec-
Dete /
very doors. All that America needs is a |
free field and 4 fair fight in the race of life
ana she Will prove invincible in nearly |
every department of human activity
Public taxation cannot make a whole COM
mEnity rich: There must inevitably be in
cgualltIes. The game of poker was once
recommended to gentleman as a game I'm
which everybody won something He tried
it-and he knows more than ne did. He
found that ii anybody won anything some
one else had to lose. So in governmental
affairs. liza few men acquire wealth with
out earning it, but through the favor of a
peternal government, 1t must be at the ex-
pense o the great body of taxpayers
The great masses of the laboring people of
the country have nothing but their labor to
sell, and labor is upon the free list. Their
real interest lies in securing reasonable
wages and in purchasing everything which
they buy at the cheapest prices possible
and hence any kind of tariff is a burden
ana not a benefit to them.
Where the Farmer Doesn't Come In.
The farmer receives no benefit from this
protective system, because, from the natural
condition of things, he must sell his princi-
pal productions in the great European
where prices are fixed for the
world, while he must buy his supplies in
this country. where everything is taxed to
benefit some other occupation. In other
words, he sells in free trade market and |
buys in 6 protected one, and gets the worst |
1f the bargain in both instances
The last step which the Republican party |
COX in the direction or centraliz ed govern |