The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-15
AN ABLE SPEECH.
BY Our Fellow Townsman Hon.
L. L. Bridges.

Cfuts anu Tci'uricdH> Hike Resembling
to listen to their fellow townsmen, the
Hon. l.. l.. Bridges, of Washington.
ID. {. Short addresses were made by
Mr.. Lamm and MIR. Hoffman, after
which Mr.. Bridges was introduced
and held the close attention of the
vast audience for over an hour.
He congratulated Setlalia upon its
rapid growth and ascribed it, wonder
full progress to the near approach of
VIM. Warner to the governors chair
There had also been some crime in
the city, which he a-cribed To his own
absence from it.
Four years ago he had canvassed
Missouri and been most cordially re-
ceived by the democrats. This year
his reception had been equally pleas
ant but he had been panied To learn
that while the body of the democratic
party was disposed to fair campaign,
its leader had been trying to stir up
the worst of feelings, to go back a
quarter of Il century and raise
up dead issues. Half of those
who made the constitution
which Stone made his campaign
issue are now democrats. Warner was
not here then. Yet it is urged that
to elect him would bring back the evils
of that war measure. 1t seems that
the democracy is afraid to discuss the
real issues of the day.
They say tariff is crushing you, but
do not tell YOU how it is doing it.
Are YOU crushed, There never was an
era of greater prosperity than the
present.
What is the effect of the tariff on
the price of labor Four wears ago
Carlisle said: 1.-The tariff has no more
effect upon the price OF labor than it
has upon the yield of corn This
was in the face OF the fact that the
democratic platforms have always ac-
knowled that tariff does have a direct
effect upon labor. In that same year
the plank on tarff recommended re-
form in the tariff guided by ''due re-
gard for the difference in the price of
labor" In 1882 the first national
platform was made and in it Is pro-
vided adequate protection necessary
for the country" and on this platform
no less distinguished democrat than
Andrew jackson rolled into the pres
idential chair
The democrat objects that tariff
raises the price of goods. 1t is
true that if England sells us "a
plow at the lowest price she can
afford and we put a tariff rate of 81
on it; then we must pay that extra
dollar.
Soon after Andrew jackson went
into office Calhoun went south and
preached free trade. When it was
told to jackson he said, "By the eter-
nal | will hang him if he does.
An era of low tariff came. The
tariff on manufactured articles was
taken off, and England undersold our
own. What was the result Fac
tories were closed and the working
men turned out. Buchanan said,
''low tariff has ruined our business
and filled the country with tramps.
Then when our factories were closed
England raised the price of her articles
as high As she wished because We had
nothing by which to compete with
her.
England, France and Germany pay
this country l50,000.00O annually
for the privilege of trading with Us.
How can they do it?
What constitutes the value of an
article, The iron ore of Il stove is
worth about 80 cents, but the stove is
worth $50. What makes the rest of
the value? The labor expended in
digging the ore and making the stove.
If labor costs only one half As much
in England then she can sell that
stove for SIS. J.
Ii YOU want to keep up the price of
! labor you must tax the product OF
European cheap labor.
Free trade will lower the price of
certain articles but it will also lower
the price of labor. and poverty will
follow.
Democracy objects to European
paupers coming to this country, yet
they would open the ports to the pro-
duet of that pauper labor.
When we had low tariff man
would work tor soc day and then
spend his days wages for two yards OF
calico.
Coming to State affairs. Why do
we want Warner elected? Is it because
he is better man than Stone. i
think not.
There are no better people in Gods
world than the democrats of Missouri
but cannot make eastern people be