Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-10-12
F.F. DAVIS FIRES THE FIRST GUN
A Forcible and Convincing Argument
Showing Why ALI Should Vote
the Republican Ticket.

enemy and keep these men in EN-
plOyment.
The theory of free trade is to al
init all articles of foreign manufact
ure free. While the theory OF pro
lection is to place upon these com
peting products duty equal to the
difference between American and
foreign labor. If you can keep out
the product Of pauper labor the
American labOrer is certainly not in.
jurcd. America is no place for a
man who wants to he an equal Of
the paupers of Europe. This is the
first step in the crusade say Wilson
and Cleveland. Which will you fcl'
low, the party who places you in
competition with pauper labor, OF
the party OF Harrison, Blaine and
Mckinley?
He then referred to Mr.. Wilson be-
ing entertained by the commercial
club of London, but he had not
heard of any of the commercial clubs
Of the large cities of the United
States banquetting him. At the Lon
don banquet they said to Mr.. Will
son, ave congratulate you on the
effort you are making in America to
reform trade. Since it's passage
the fires in the furnaces in
Wales have been again
lighted" The speaker had no in
vestments in Wales and what he
wantedsto see was the fires lighted
ut Pittsburgh, Chicago, Minneapolis,
and all other manufacturing cities In
America. but the bill had not doneit.
In order to do it our labOrers must
work for the wages of the pauper
laborer, and it would be more honor
able to tramp with Coxey.. England
has been our commercial enemy
since the seventeenth century and it
has been the rule that when Eng
land rejoices, America muurns. He
saw them breaking down the walls
and American workingmen degraded
with the English laborer. The voter
he thought would stand that only
till he could get to the ballot box
and vote against the fellows in the
withdrawing business.
He then. spoke OF the reciprocity
treaty with nine Latin-American
and Germany and Austria
Hungary, and how from 81 to '93
our trade had increased seventeen
millions of dollars. This was open
ing ports, but the Wilson bill was to
open them wider yet? He then went
on to show how it was doing it.
Brazil had abrogated the reciprocity
treaty since the Wilson bill went
into effect, the other countries are
falling In line. Cuba had increased
the duty on flour from 81 to $4.75per
barrel, which shut out that product.
Where we had heretofore sold that
country 100000 barrels of flour we
would not sell them one. Anyone
can see the result. Yet Cleveland
says this is the first step. He then re-
ferred to figures to show how the bill
would effect the Northwestern pro-
ducts, wheat, lumber, meat, bread
stuffs, butter, cheese, eggs, wool, bar
ley, hay, onions, hops. He compared
the duty under the Mckinley and
Wilson bills wing facts and figures
which cannot be successfully dis
puted, showing that it was paralyz-
ing business.
He then turned his attention to
the duty on sugar under the Wilson
bill, and showed thescandalous man
ner in which congress had been
ruled by the sugar trust. With
whisky it was thesame. They killed
the beet sugar industry in Nebraska
and the sugar industry in Louisiana.
Agricultural implements were free,
but this would ruin the manufacture
ing of them In America and throw
10000 men out Of employment.
Where would the farmer get
a market for his products
which amount now to fourteen
billions of of dollars. ninety-five per
cent Of which is consumed at home.
He thought it better for the farmer
to pay a small duty on his imple'
ments than to have all the men in
the in factories out Of work
and have no market for his goods
When our workshops are closed
what guarantee have we that the
prices will not 60 up as they did on