Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19

lions of dollars. The special session
was given some attention and he
quoted the words of Cleveland in
calling the special session: "In the
midst OF bounteous crops, and pros
pect for an abundant harvest, sud
denly financial distrusts and fear
has sprung up on every side" We
have seen how it was produced.
Men must know their market in or
der to do business, but for 342 days
everything was uncertain. Nc
Donald's paper atSt. Cloud publishes
lists of factories starting up, but in
every case where they have been
started lower wages have been paid
the working men. He then ex-
planned the tariff policy and how it
protects the American workmen
against that of the old world. .s
AS to the repeal of the Sherman
silver bill the Republicans helped to
do it. On account of the Democratic
policy there was Il suspension OF
business, and the gold went out and
none was coming in. This it was
which caused the apprehension,
Had business continued as it was in
'92 such u thing would not have
happened. But the repeal could not
bring back confidence. 1t wasn.
the silver policy the nation was sui
fering from, but an attack of Demo-
cracy.
The Wilson bill was then spoken
Of, and how after the six hum
dred and thirty-four amendments
were tackled onto it it's lineaments
were obscured and it was not
framed according to any platform or
system, how congress surrendered
to the sugar trust, how the tariff on
forty articles were placed higher
than by the Mckinley hill. He also
referred to how the lumber and wool
markets were exposed to Canada by
their bill. 1t gives US no new ray OF
hope. but encourages othercountries.
In 1890 after the passage Of
his bill Mckinley was !" burned
in effigv in Sheffield, England,
but in 1894 Wilson was banqueted in
London. The speaker also referred
to the remarks made at that time
by the English gentleman in cOmpli-
menting Mr.. Wilson on what his bill
was. doing for England. He also
made comparison of how in 1892
our business increased and that of
Leeds and other manufacturing
towns in England decreased pro-
pOrtionately. He told as an illus
tration of a point. In Abraham Lin
coins rail story in which he said IF
1 buy $20 worth of rails in England,
I will have the rails but England
will have thu 800, but if buy rails in
America we will have both the rails
and 500 at home"
A protective tariff takes hold of
the wage schedule. 1t is CONCERNED
with the main tenance OF free indus
tries. A protective tariff is the only
safe guard for the maintenance of a
free country. He then spoke OF the
great advantages of the United
States. He spoke of slavery and
how that stain had been wiped out
by the Republican party.
We are the government, and the
government depends upon us voting
onr Judgment. A man who is not
contented is liable to be an anar-
chist. and certainly man who does
not get living wages is not con-
tented, therefore, we must have a
protective tariff in order to preserve
our free country. The wages should
not get below the standard for the
An.Nrican citizen. = s,<s.
Ninety per cent OF labor enters in
to nearly EVERY manufactured arti-
Gle. If you have competition you
must sell under it. The article man
ufactured by cheap labor can GER
tainly be sold the cheapest. Hence
if foreign articles made bypauper la
Dor are shipped in here free Of duty,
they will take the place OF those
manufactured by our workrnen, or
Eelse our laborers must work for
| wages as low as are paid thelaborer
OF Europe. Now we have the great
est market in the world. Will we
keep it for ourselves or let outsiders
| in? Let us have Americans compet-
ing with Americans, but if you in
! troduce free trade you drive rs out
! of our own market, ... -. 4