Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
HORR ON WAGES and MONEY
The Michigander's Argu-
ments Monday Night.
THE OPERA HOUSE AUDIENCE
Very Well Pleased With the
Speakers Explanations.
The Intricacics of Protection and High
Tariff Discursively Treated--Iliustrated
with Laughabie Acknowledgment Is
the Point of Attack--rhe Silver Here
sizes Well Handled by the Lecturer,
Who Is Continuously Applauded.

A fairly good house, probably about 700
people in all. was present to listen to the
Hon. Roswell G.. Horr's talk at the Opera
House Monday night on the topic Of
Wages and Money"
The lecturer came here under the
auspices of the Republican campaign com
mittee. He was introduced to the audience
by Washington Hastings.
After inviting those in the rear seats to
come forward and fill the vacant chairs,
Mr.. Horr said his intention was to discuss
II question about which the people of the
United States are divided. He would dis
cuss the question from business stand
point and avoid as far rs he could partisan
politics. The speaker continued in effect
i cannot help in talking on the subject
of building up the work and wages of this
country hurting my Democratic friends.
can't help talking sense on this subject
without talking Republicanism.
In building up the industries and fur
nishing labor for the people Of this coun-
try belong to that class Of politicians who
have determined to do so by laying a tax
on the imports from foreign lands.
ENGLAND NOT PURELY FREE TRADE.
There is no such thing on the face of the
earth as purely free trade country. Eng
land levies tax of 800, 900, 900 for tariff
alone; 500, 900, 900 on tea; $500, 900 on coffee;
S47, 900, 900 ON tobacco. But England leyies
all her duties on the free trade theory,
which is entirely opposed to the United
States system.
England levies duty on articles she can
your fingers her list of dutiable articles.
This is the exact opposite of our protective
system. We put all necessaries of life on
the free list. On articles of luxury we lay
duty. Consequently tea and coffee are
on the free list. 1t you lay a duty on an
article that cannot be produced in your
own country that kind of duty is tax and
il increases prices. If we levied duty on
tea, tea would go up. For we can't do
anything here to produce it nor anything
to cheaper it. That increases the price
and the tax always comes out OF the
pockets of those who consume the article.
That duty on the necessaries of life is ex-
acted from the consumers-the masses.
For instance, the laboring people of Eng
land paid that S23,000,000. We lay our
duties on the article we can produce.
Tariff reformers meet us by saying that
duty also is tax and that thereby we
enrich lot OF manufacturers who rob the
people.
Now | concede that if we lay duty on
an article we can produce and that 1t is q
tax. the free traders are right. But !
claim if it does not under those circum-
stances turn ont tax but that il eventu-
$500
free trader is wrong.
THE FOUR THESES.
When you levy duty on things pro-
ducible in this country four results follow
First. We build up new industries i'll
this country.
Second. we invariably enable people of
the United States to pay better wages for
work than anywhere else on the face of
| the earth.
Here the speaker depressed to discuss the
| contrasted wages in this country and Eng
land-if they are better there why on
earth do they come over here in droves
and stay here2 Why don't they go back
Third. We keep a large amount of
money in the United States which other.
wise would be sent abroad.
| When duty is levied on an article that
can be produced here American industry
| is Immediately engaged. which, us soon as
| it has had fair opportunity for manufac-
turing it, always cheapens the article for
sale in the United States.
! The speaker then offered his proofs for
the assertion by quoting various items.
In 1861 the duty tariff was GA cents per
barrel, at that time the cost was $3.50 pc,
barrel. In 1872 it was S1.10 per barrel
| Last year in my state we produced
1000, 600 barrels. The cost is so cents pei
barrel, The barrel itself cost 20 cents
The tax is 80 cents. Now I'll leave it te
any free trader whether that. duty of 8.
cents is tax.
Wire nails cost Sc keg and the duty
was 81. Nails, according to the free trader
should have gone up to $40 per keg. They
didn't Yesterday ] saw report of last
manufactured here and sold at s .65per key
Axes that used to cost 81 by our protective
| system cost only 80 cents. and one of the
latter made now is worth four of the 81
| article. The same is true as regards crockery
There is no duty on raw silk, but there
is on the manufactured article, and that is
| expressly to allow opportunity for build
ing up n silk industry in this country. Ha.
protection done that2 Yes. Last year Their
was $40 100000 worth of the article manu-
featured hcre-labor for 10000 American
citizens, giving shelter, food and clothing
for 10000 people and furnishing sill
goods for half its former cost and ribbon
for onethird.
From 80 to go used to pay ITO 10 cent
per yard for cotton goods. To-day yol
can get an article fit to be married in fol
from ; to q cents. Applause.
In 1857, when teaching school i'll ILL
nois, paid S22 for suit of clothes. / car
get better suit of wooden goods for 81
now than in those low tariff years.
But, the free trader says protection di,
not do this. II was good machinery an,
arising. But, in order to have good ma
chinery you must have them American
and the machine together. II wont do T.
have the machine away off in England
We must try it here in America to bull,
mp the industry here and then you'll &c
goods cheaper.
The free trader whnes and says cal
go to England and buy $40 suit for 81
and why should be prevented from goin
| to the cheaper market?
THE CLIMAX OF THE ARGUMENT.
1t is better to pay $40 for this reason {
don't know myself whether you really ca
buy in England for 81 what costs $40 her
but whatever you can or cannot don
care) I'd rather pay $40 for an article j
my own country, where my own peopl
did the work and all that enters into th
making OF that article, where men ca
live decently thereby and cat meat once
week at least.
If you can produce or buy an article o
the other side of the ocean for less tina
! here it is because they take the ditferenc
} III price out of the bone aud ainew of th
people who do the work.
| THE TEMPLATE GHOST.
The free trader asks why did you pt
/ that duty on tin? There is no duty o
> tin. Tin is on the free list. See the NJ
kinley act
We do put duty on tin-plate. of tn
, tin-plate manufactured 9jl per cent is iro
or some manufactured form of iron. TIL,
is where the tax Is in order to aid our il
dustry and protect our iron goods mani
facture. | was recently in factory
t Pennsylvania when the whole process {
i tin-plate manufacturing was going on b
{ fore my eyes. In three months 5000
/ pounds Of tin-plate were made. The r
5 turns of manufacture are all sworn to
d | the Washington department records. ~
! day % factories are producing tin-plate an
i II are starting it.
| The speaker then gave his attention
n | rniIs mi I,lnEl .rlnss In Low thrift finn