Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-05
IT'S RIGHT In LINE
Two Famous Tariff Champions
Ably Argue
FOR HOME AND PROSPERITY
Democracy Held Up % The Light q
Trush-Prosection Has Deveaopsd
Our Matchless Resources

&<@&-&t ~ ~%k@" 49, -
was . rally ~ Murrs hall 6Atur.
day evening. At $50 o'clock ths
Garfield club of Pawsucket escorted
ex-Speaker Reed and others 10 the hall.
The ex-spesker Was received with trs-
mendons applause. and said;
To think that We have TO fight for
Rhode Island seems 10 be something
grotesque. Here 10 q state ANAL u
area, but full OF success aad prosper
ity, owing 10 the tact that her manu-
facturers have secured nv protectloH
the markets of the United States. lel
some people are simple enough to lister
10 this wandering collection OF western
and Kentucky congressman who are
trying 10 persuade you that The besl
thing for Rhode Island 10 90 give up ia
manufactures and let England nave
her market.
Here you are, built up by the system
OF protection. aud yet Il is cooliy dls-
puted whstber you are going Tor yoai
interests or against tl.Sni. The demo
cratic orators from the west aud south
IN congress week ago were speaking
Tor free silver. But while here they
tell you nothing OF that point.
For the last thlTty-two years tht
democratic party has simply been turn.
ing over Things. Two years ago every
one of their leaders were shouting ike
mad Tor free silver. The people, as
general thing, know what they want,
and IN 1890 did noi wish anything done
so they elected \ democratic house.
The people were right. Nothing has
been done. They marched up 70 the
seventy-cent dollar and then they
marched back temporarily. They were
gong 10 reduce The tariff. Why dio
not they? They went 10 catch the
Rhode Island manufacturer vote by
giving him free wool. They say Il will
be better 10 have wool cheaper. In the
same breath they turn around 10 the
farmer and say wool will be higher.
Democratic legislation always works
both ways Ii catches the people both
gong and coming. That's why II
never becomes u law. They want 10
take the tax of binding twlne. on the
great principle of yote-cstchinc. They
want lumber on the free hst TO catch
the iumbermen's vote. When they
have got these things they will abolish
duties all over the United States ara
crush out high wages.
Great Britain is on the same footins
with us on all matters save wages. II
is surprising that those most interested
in the contest can not see that the tarId
has an influence in betierIug wages.
make this assertion and defy con-
tradicuon. The labofing man today
has higher wages than he had in 1850
by 90 per cent. Everything the work
ingman buys today he can get 25 per
cent cheaper on an average than thirty
years ago.
Drive Him From Businsss.
Mr.. Reed SAID IL be were competing
with a man in Nova Scotia he would
temporarily drop prices and drive him
out OF business. Great Britain has al
ways done this. When you have .
tariff she can't do this.
He proceeded TO quote figures show
ing that, under protection. our IRON
product has been multiplied by twelve,
while the population has multiplied
only by two. Taper hand-ssw files ia
1886 cost sl.5i per dozen, in 1891 the
price was Al cents a dozen. In 1866 the
files cost 13 cents apiece; in 1891, "A
cents apiece. The protective tar.tf has
robbed the file of three-fourths of iis
Iiftts tHt DtattAtnt va NntAH tittrr
files were made IN 1865 cost la cents
pound. while today the cost u under
AZ cents a pound. la other words.
tile protected raw material has been
robbed OF It's price too.
The great principle that cuts down
the price is competition. While Great
Britain, with 5000 makers OF an article
would compete comfortably among
a - -
here adds 60 many 10 the competing
ones in Great Britain. You say the
tariff thus prevents competition, but IL
not sufficient to cut OFF competition,
and the result is prices get down. In
ventive power and inventive results
depend on the number OF people inter-
ested. When n thousand people be-
come interested IA 81 invention soVse
man develops II more. Take up the
work and The final result u va a meas
ure with the interest developed. In
the same wav competition develops.
Henry Graham, in New York. an i'm
porter OF pearl buttons. since the Nc
kinney Slll passed with the tsrlf on
pearl buttons. mas already reduced the
price Of protected pearl buttons.
Congressman Reed concluded bic re-
marks amid great applause.
Three cheers for Grover Cleveland
came from the rear Of the hall. The
three cheers we're given, and then fol-
lowed nissee and cries.
The Hon. Roswell q. Horr OF Nichi-
gan was then introduced. and spoke
ihree.auarters of an hour on tsriff 10
SUES. Governor Mckinley OF Ohio WAS
the last speaker. He wss greeted with
prolonged applause.
MeEfnIey's Mastery speech
He said have seen the single dsy
three meetings Of this character. IN
Rhode Island does not roll up q hand
some republican majority ell signs
have failed. lam here 81 express to
You the interest m your election felt N
the whole country, wbich VII be dis-
appointed II you don't choose . ieeis-
lsture 20 return Senator Aidr1ch. We
vsnt IN this country good money, good
wages. and steady employment.
Many democrats are opposed 10 the
coinage Of slver in the esst. but the
majority IN the country are not with
them. " a man 10 IN favor Of sound
currency there r. bat one ticket for
him 70 vote--thst Of The republicsn
party.
You have seen within three weeks IN
the house Of representatives more than
1S5 Of the drFnocrsss voting for q dollar
worth but 20 cents ia The markets Of
the world. The republican party hss
nssde gold, silver and paper eqnsllv
legal telsder. We want nc false dollars
90 chest the world.
After good money ~e want good
markets. We can net draw vsees uD
less We 90 wcfk. And we con not da