Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-08
CRISP In ATLANTA.
The Speaker Of the House on the P0liti.
cal Situation.
WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE.
Reforms Wrought In the Tariff Matter
REHABILITATION Law Repeal
Crazinoss OF Popuiism,

ATLANTA, GA. September 7.-Speaker
Crisp and Secretary Hoke Smith were
the star orators at Democratic mass
meeting here tonight. This was Judge
Crisp's first speech in the campaign and
his first public utterance since Congress
adjourned. Prominent Democrats came
from all over the state to attend the
meeting.
The Popullsts are making a thorough
canvass Of Georgia, and the Democrats
are enNsting all their best men in the
campaign.
De Gives opera House, where the meet
ing was held. was crowded, and 20"
pcorle were turned away steve cay
chairman OF the Democratic Executive
Committee of Georgia. presided at the
meeting and introduced the speakers
Great enthusiasm prevailed. speaker
| Crisp was greeted with TREMENDOUS aP'
plause when he was presented. lie sa'u'
MIR. CRIsP'S REMARKS.
When the Fifty-third Congress iir1.ntad me- -
| August Of last year II va WaD3,,,ed almost
| wirh difficulties which sesIh.u roiv1ed
| insurmountable. Trade was paral; ~
| n,anufacturing had almost ceaseu, iaDC1 r,
was Idle. our banking ihs' ihs iiee and soul
| falling and confidence, the ne % %anH '
| of commerce. was utterly u,SllOS 'r'',f,tor
| Jneofar as this deplOrable conpIti9h
was attributable TO legi'latiy,n' w To- more
| lcan party was responsiDle. ho1 ,odc
| tLan thirty years that party hdu 49, i.u
! our financial and economic Ia"S. 49, '',i
! IN. meeting Of the Fifty-thiId CoHhttTSt ~,
| the Democrats were "l'hou, milo not
| condition which confronted US, WIN Iii
| U.bnlIv was very largely due 10 cNif
| legislation. In 1915 the tfee Coln93sI Ill
| silver had been diScOnunued any t-t
| b.carna the standard OF value in l1,o
| ,,.rtisl silver coinage was resuineu' IN
| $50 This law was repealed, ana soon ,t,ni,,, tei,
| after the coirage OF SILVER pldNtt,iii"t'3S
| csased These acts Of the rep ui
| 1,rf, resulted in 50 lessening the Noiuilc
! Of money of final redemption as 10 uc-
| crease the price OF all comihou'u.I' i,I
| crease the burden OF all deutgla' "uu .t IL
| pair the confidence Of the people IN thc
! - 1I,t.ar Of the government and of banking
| Institutions to redeem their outstanding
| obligations ,.o,, o,,,,.s q
| 4 law and a practice when alo"S iii,' - a
| citizen to pay his obligations 10 the GOV
| erument in silver, and at the same 'lllc
| permits him TO demand from the s0EtLh-
| meut gold in redemption or rs o3'iSa
| lust. and In the nature OF the case Hlust
! imuair confidence and tend to produce
f''''''' TARIFF "PROTECT1ON.'
For thirty years the Republicans, had iaa
! baon building up tariff walls AROUND the
| c,nrtrv and in 1880 passed what they
| termed a perfect prOtectiNe-lailH law. y
| protective tariff restricts ldpe anu 'Vln-
| m,rce. il limits the market III WhCH w.
| must buy and Cepressts the WaIhcl III
| which we must sell. IT is tax upon
| foreign products, which the consumer mere
| must pay by taxing his foreign com
| petitor you enable the domr5uc H''iI tis
| facturer to iucreas- the price OF ms
! l.ares fo the extent of the tax, ana this'
| too. the consumer here must pay. ,,o,.
| When you buy foreign Eools anu I"E T.
the duty. il goes into the Treasury ana is
called a tax; when you buy the uo7
mesuc product ana pay the lhcIs s"s, ,.d
price. il goes into the POCKET oI ~
| American manufacturer, ana rs cdll,u
, "protcctlon." The location of the manu-
| factory determines the name. Dut lhe
rate Of duty determines ihe price t.
Under such tariH you ihu't tps,I,,,,a6 puI II,
and where scarcity l. created by ltN'
You must sell at prices hXed III ulaI
ket where free trade and the law oi sup
| DIV and demand prevail Trade ana com
| rueroe are tn. exchange OF conInolll4e@'
| \ protective tariff prevents US from ex-
| changing our surplus OF cotton. corn
| wheat. meat, and other iaIin pIoIuC'fs
| for the surplus Of manufactured goods
| abroad. We fre ~ export our pIouucl'
but that for which we exchange IL IS so
| heavily taxed as TO make the eXchanse
Improbable. Commerce ceases WHsh
| pain is gone: one cannot buy unless ne
can sell, nor can he sell unless ne can
Commerce and agriculture go hand in
hand. when one ceases the other IAN
cuisines The laws which destroy the one
make the other unprohtable. IaXed
crude materials injurc and depress manu-
| featuring II wants the markets OF he
world but under the protective tatiu ~
has not been able 10 enter them. pro
| tectiVe tariff fosters ana builds up trusts
| and mOnOpoles. 1t creates no Wcalth tt
| only prcVcnts IT'S natural ana Just dls-
| trihuiiOn. Thirty years OF such a system
| ala much to produce the conditions cN-
istlng when the Fifty-;hird Congress mel
WHAT HAS CONGRESS DONE?
What has that Democratic Congress so
| far done for the people?
The first matter considered was 'ne
financial question. What should or could
| be done ON the silver question! we mo
| pledged ourselves against the lnakesili !
| sherman law and in favor OF bolh Bo'ii
| and silver as the standard money OF
! the country by an agreement aiilN.d
| al between Democrats We Determined 10
take the sense Of tn House on the free
| and unlimited coinage of silver ai SrNe-
raj ratios. After fun debate separate,
vote was had on each. ami on the pear
| of the purchasing clause OF the SHERMAN
act. The results you know.
| While not protesting TO understand the
| question fully, IN All its bearings, ] nave
| always be. n In favor Of the free coinage
OF silver. am in favor Of 1t now.
believe the fears of our friends who OPP
pose il are largely imaginary, and ! be-,
| ucye the tnactu mt of such law Wouiu
. | afford great relief to the people or the
| country. 50 feeling, | need not say that
| TO mc. personally. the result OF the Note
on the free coinage of silver was a great
disappointment. rhis qu ston Is not set
Win our great struggle for tariff re-
form YOU are familiar. Thirty years oi
Cla-s legislation had built up IN thls
| country large trusts. large mOnopOlieS $,
! Inn Hail Ff. a q
| these interests were alrayei AGAINST us
and in the bitter contest through which
| we passed were earnestly and actively
| aided bV "A compact Republican minority.
An that wealth. all that energy. and all
that great intelligence ana capacity cOull
| DO was daily and hourly done to defeat
the cause Of the people. inder lhese con
dltions our progress was slow. The Hons
framed and passed tariff bill rms
went to the Senate. After a long and
tedious struggle the Senate passed this
this bill, with amendments. The House
was not satisfied with the amendments
, | the bill went TO conference For more
| than a month, with daily meetings. the
| conferreas failed 10 reach an agreement
| Finally toe question was presented III
| such fashion that We must either accept
| the Senate amendments or have no bill
! thus permitting the odious Mckinley law
| to remain upon tnc statute-bOoks. When
} true situation, We did not hesitate mo-
2 | meut; We accepted ths Senate amend.
ments. and 20 the bill became u law.
{ THE TARIFF LAW.
5 This bill is not all We hoped for j
| contains provisions we depl0re: prOvis
| ions which the House by separate bill
| Immediately repealed. And yet, taker
F., | as a whole. il goes further In the direc-
/, ton Of relief to a taX-ridden people thar
! any bill that has been considered in ans
, Congress rincc the war. It's reduction Is
} | greater than that proposed in either the
f Morrison bill or the Mills biz, II places
, | twine. bags and bagging. agricultural i'm
! | Elements and many other articles on th'
| | free list In nearly every schedule there
81 are large reductions. In the iron. steel
. | and woollen schedules there are many
| reductions exceeding 70 per cent. On tn
basis of the imp0rtations OF 1929. OF
woollen manufactures alone there IS Z
2 reduction to the consumer Of more thar
$l63. .OoO Geo. On cotton, on felts, on com