The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11


ever occur to you that every u ,lisio;nal3
tumbler you import you 'liminish Just that MT
much production n honles Do you, see zee
that? tApp!aUsc.J And when, YOU .liInlnlsh |
production ut home youl diminish the labor
employed at home, dom yons And When 4
on Eon ms @ af tic D1
that is employed, for where there IS one
days work and two men to do # nelfher. OF
them will get as much as though there We're 4
two days work and only one man to do IT..
daughter and applause-l When you dlmin-
ish the tariff you do 1t Ter only one put
THAT is what 1t is done for. That is the
objection they make to the law OF 1890, that
we discouraged importation Well, we dld.
daughter and applause9
Home Industries Encouraged.
We discouraged the importation of every
K roduct that we could produce at nome
slApplalse.) And we did it that we might
home, that we might find employment for
III labor at home, and give to the farmers
of the 4UIited States &C nsumers of the
They reduced the duty ON tin plute, as I
Al but they say we get things lh; little
who wants things any cheaper than, they
are now? uaughter.) Does the falaner
want less price for his wheat, OF bis eorn
Are not prices low enough, farmers of Min
nesota? Does the merchant want the prices
of the articles he sells reduced in price?
Who wants these cheap things? daughter
Ny fellow citizens. nothing is cheap
nothing is cheap that comes from abroad
to the American people if it enforces idle
ress among the American people. ZAP
| plause.) Nc product of agriculture is cheap
uct to rot in the ground No manufactured
article is cheap to this country if it takes
from the workingmeu Of this. country
the old men in this audience, if they will
let memory sweep back, will recall that
wher things are the cheapest men are the
Of articles are lowest they are the .haraest
to get and that is the trouble now, as my
friend .suggests. But there are a g 900
people living now Who da not i've I've
trade tariff prior to the war. The old men
had the. experience. and the young men
have to have it. and-are now enjoying It!
perience, my fellow citizens, after all; is a
form of instruction the most efficient and
PousR the eet o aysrs have to have
all been attending that school for the past
eighteen months. Q1aughter) The tuition
has been free Qaughter), but the ultimate
e cost has been very great. 1t has been q
sort of compulsory education: Naughter(
But believe Its lessons will be practical
and permanent.
me give you just a few of them. cannot
stop to go through the entire bill. NOW,
they are reducing duties not alone 10 IN
crease the revenue, but to. lift the burdens
from the shoulders Of the poor peop;e Of
the country. That is another one. Now,
let US see how they have done it. They
Havana cigars 81, 434. OOO-articles of neces-
eity that 60 into the homes st the pl2
age r Gt 5ns t%e tariff on aos and
Frer 81, brandies ST ,1s2. 900. They have re-
drced the tariff from $3.50 4 gallon, as we
it r t1s law Gf lseo sp TO- si@e
1 men and the farmers of the country
a chance. daughter and applause.) They
h ort sagSs ne t cn silk TX dfess h GOODS
bushes and velvets. worn by the masses,
s. 20 900. Now, this will be cheering news:
Boons for the Hungry.
They have reduced the duty on artificial
s stafnargs 4$6oo: on pearl Buttons s2
on plate and s4t aSs
fort this Will 'bringi dlaughterJ \,
Well n2W OF what does t. the to free lls
lions; what does their free list consist Of
They put on the free list articles which, &c
cording to the a1 n OF the fhe
! OOO 900 of this was the farmers wool, o.
nearly on me 5000 ooo Of + it was lum
it was paintings and statuary. Your statu
.. airy is now free. Q4aughter) An article Of
: necessity! But your sugar, an article Of
: This IS not ali, my fellow. citizens The,
have destroyed the splendid commercial
treaties made by the administration adm Q!
Central states. made under the provisions Of
the law of 1890, which opened up that mar
ket to the re- -four and = the re- bacon and tn
, trade with Cuba that increased $4,000
, 600 in single year, principally agricultural
{ products; and with Brazil that increased
nearly Sc, 100000 in a single year principal
ly agricultural products All these are Gu
off. but they We're very careful to put
t provision in their law that the treaty will
= the Sandwich islands was to be kept sacred
l I suppose after the failure of the admins
i trat1on in the Sandwich islands in anothe
5 generous in this other-the matter Of sugar
q CApplause) We had treaty with the Sand
witch islands made in 1867, and under tina
: treaty their sugars were admitted free il
i consideration that they admitted certain O
our products Free and that treaty stoo,
r without modification until the tariff Law
= to and including No. 16 Dutch standard, W
+ made sugar free from all the countries, 81
+ that the Sandwich islands had no advantag
q the world. And the treaty went on. Whel
}, the democratic party put tariff of q
d per cent on sugar they made an exception
!; coming from the Sandwich islands. And tn
4 result of that Is that the 40 per cent tari1
e from which they are exempted, paymen
+ goes into the pockets of the sugar producer
+ of those islands as direct bounty, be
= cause the sugar coming from the Sandwich
!; islands is no cheaper to the American con
!, sumner than the sugar coming from Cuba
4 The people Of the Pacific states pay jus
v as much for the free sugar from the Sand
mich s9 ma mas as we pa pay Mnnes0t
Il comes from Cuba. a
= Now, l am not questioning, my felloy
:. citztns, tie propriety or the Justice of pre-
!, serving sacredly the treaties Of the govern
r n,ent l only speak Of this to siloY hu1
= Inconsistent The Democratic pacty is i
4 keeping its obligations with the people
+ When the Republican party took the tari1
+ off sugar, it said we will not break dow
: the sugar industry in the United States
Z and SO we will give to the cane producer
o and the sorghum producers and the bee
d producers, we will give them bounty equiv
q alent to the tariff. And we did it. Th
. tariff cost the people SJ5, 600 600; the bount
d cost $11,tDO. 600 And we thclght it wa
q a good contract aud we promised i'll tn
i law Of 1880 that that bounty should stan
for fifteen years. and the people accapte
:. that as a solemn obligation of the govern
e meDt, invested their money, built grea
n plants for the manufacture of sugar an
r in some 0f tha Western SIC s Thof