Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-13

he reinposc the duty on binding twire and ON
salt. would like particularly to know-if 10
ever concludes to answer these questions
whether ne really proposes &c destroy the pro-
lection Of the Louisiana sugar planters have
noticed that thc senator says that he finds it
scry difficult to make speeches thrcughous the
state because he does not have anything new
TO say and does not like to say old things over
again Twas trying to assist hin when asked
him TO answer NY previous questions. and il IL
partly TO give him something to talk about as
well as TO have him define the policy Of the re-
publican party on the tariff that I ask these
further questions now. Loud cheers-l
At Joliet.
AT Joliet Mr.. MacVeagh discussed the
tariff to a large audience Of working
zen. He said:
Ecre n this manufacturing town wan; you
70 consider with me FOR few minutes calmly
what the effect of pro,cc. ion Is on III. nuiactures
You know the claim is that iaarufcctures arc
heifed b. it-that is. the protected manufac-
turer. II Is my honest belief that. while pro-
lection 10 longer prctcC.ss TO Re OF service to
anybody but the projected manufacturers. IL Is
hot OF any advantage to then The whole c.
feet Of protection to-day Is TO restric. these
manufacturers That was not aI,gars true.
There was a time when the demand fo- our
manufactures exceeded tic output. but that
tine has passed and now you must all rccos-
that the output Is IN excess OF the demand.
The consequence Is tina. these manufacturers
restrict VOL. and limit the production Tint
In What causes trusts
Protection Causes Trusts.
Now VIVA: is trust II is simply an or!,aa-
fzation that grows out OF O state OF aiai-s sucA
as have described Take the steel trust fcr
example, which was formed simply because
there wc-c more steel Hills than could be l;ep
going without decreasing prices: therefore
they formed q trust end closed the r.tes OF
some CT tho mills TIA. procc-s has become a
permanent one; under the protective system &:
cannot change. There is no way TO set "a larger
E.arilct except 10 get q nc| one. You cannot
&C: larger market here. for. as / have said.
oar facilities exceed onr demand. wat docs
this steel trust do TO affect you in this COM
raunity: II closes up enough of tie factories
CT tic country to reduce the output 20 the de-
u2a:.d- Row Go they do that, The steel mills
which run ray the steel mills which arc kept
Idle.
co not know how many mills are kept idle
In this way Oy the steel trust. but l know Of
one il is the great Srlrrnv Point company
at Baltimore, which afro has treat plant al
Stecltoa. in PENNSYLVANIA. rear Harrisburg
This company receives 81 900 day for keeping
the works at Sparrow Point closed and So. 90
year for keeping tie WORKS ~ Stcel;on Idle
or more than s45o 600 year. Ihave ocon told
sy member OF his CON pery Tia; :: ihc United
States government would permit lin to bring
his iron ore from Cuba free OF DUTY he would
be enabled 20 sell steel rails in Liverpool.
loud chee-a This IS wha: will occur unGer
tar.a reform All need Is free II. - aterial
ICheers.l With II the thousands Of working
men thrown out Of enplo- .noat {, Sparrow
Point and other mills closed by the steel trust
would find work az remuaerative wages.
loud checrs.l