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medium for conveying the petition to

a medium for conveying the petition TO
the house. The major replied:
IL really don't know, but | am very
glad he did not, because so Ominous Il
document entrusted to the hands of so
oracular messenger would probably
have diSarmed my taritf-for-revenue-
only Democracy. 1t would have
stunned me, if it had not produced alb
solute concession of the brain. Oh,
certainly, l would have cheerfully
presented the petition, accompanied,
probably, with a few remarks as to the
political status of the signers.
Il would have told the house that the
petition was principally in the interest
OF ten very excellent constituents of
mine who own iron mines; of 100 others
not so excellent who want to own iron
mines and are not at all particular as to
the means they may take to get them
spectators. curb-StOne brokers, and
ali-arUund fly SchemerS. Then [ would
have said that the remainder of the pc
titionerS were honest laborers in the
mines, who signed the petition at the
command of their employers and their
bosses; merchants who have the IRON
trade, supplemented by the general
brigade Of riff-ratf who are ready to sign
anything at the request of anybody.
Il would probably have told the house
that we had about 100000 people i'll
the state of Minnesota, and that the
final result of the most strenuous eXer-
tionS OIL the part of the protectionistS
had only succeeded in getting $500 of
those people to sign this petition. l
would have said that every one of the
people of my state were interested in
IN aI,n 4
to accomplish that result it was neceS-
sary to have free iron ore.
Then would have stated my positive
conviction that the future prosperity of
the Sixth congressional district in Min
neSOta depended upon absolute freedom
of trade with the Canadian province
lying directly north of it. l should have
taken the house into my confidence, and
told them that every material interest |
possessed on earth was centered, held
and bound up in the city of Duluth.
That | was now, and had been for
years, laboring TO build up that city,
and that | was entirely possessed with
the conviction that it was at some time
to be one of the greatest industrial CELL
tiers OF America. AS all honest man, |
would have said that [ believed one OF
the first conditions Of that growth was
i'll free trade between Canada and the
United States. This condition would
give Duluth field for the iron indus
try SURPRISING Pittsburg. 1t would
make US the greatest lumber
manufacturing center in the world.
We are already on the high.
way toward becoming the -four center
Of the Northwest, and are rapidly de-
yelopiug into one of the great shipping
points of the continent.
Il am exceedingly obliged to Mr.
Woodbridge, who very ably and very
piouSly represents the gambling inter
ests OF my district, for putting the bur
den of the petition upon the shoulders
of my friend. MIR. 1awney. Of the First
district. Mr.. Tawney is elected by the
votes Uf farmers. Just what interest
the farmers of the First district can
have III free lion ore their representa-
tive will doubtless explain. But how
he will explain it TO their satisfaction
on the stump next fall remains to be
seen. 1t really seems 10 me the char
acter of protection that a tax on iron
ore gives to the farmers partakes of the
peculiarities and Singularities of the
protection extended TO the lamb by the
hungry wolf, or the hawks supervising
care of the nescient but tender and sue
culent spring chicken. But probably
Mr.. Tawney and Mr.. Woodbridge know
their own business. L think / know
mine."