River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-10-18

that on the Saturday before 700 men had been
working In the tin plate factory Of Messrs.
streets. Why7 Because the Democratic con
gress had reduced the tariff on tin plate 81 low
that they could longer control any part OF
this market without 4 reduction in wages Nv
fellow citizens have got everything we had
got the same dinner pail that we carried then,
but not much dinner ~ II, daughterJ All.
but they say that their hlii = better than ours
because il reduces tariffs Wen it does reduce
duties 1t does cut down the tariff nearly
everything that import. That is true But
what does II do il fori Il tells you what 1t does
ii for IL says il is done 10 Increase the revenue.
Well we need ii badly enough. Ianghterl But
how can you increase the revenue by reducing
dutiesf Did you ask yourself that question?
Why, yes. in one way. and that Is 10y Increasing
p-oduce more revenue with lower duties you
must import more foreign goods. mustn't you1
Take that tumbler for example Htxhbitiug
that was 60 per cent for example. Every 500
worth Of that kind Of ware that came from Eu-
Democratic tariff is 30 per cent. Suppose you
want to put $50 Of revenue into the public treas
gry under 10 per cent , duty how many OF
''You will have 10 import 500 worth. won't
cent; it makes $50. Two hundred dollars
worth under 30 per cent duty makes 500. 50
under 30 per cent tariff as You do under go
per cent. you have got to import just twice as
many Of these tunhlers. haven't you: ana every
tumbler you import into this country displaces
tumhler which ought to be made and Is now
made by an American workman lApplausel
For every additional shipload Of this kind OF
ware you bring from Europe you displace Just
that quantity that Is made in the United
States, don't you? And when you dispace that
quantity you displace the number Of American
workmen who are required TO Inake II, don't
Won? And You put Ihore money into The rnhhc
treasury. but you do it at the expense OF your
into the public treasury. because you employ
foreign labor to make your glassware: hut while
you are doing that your own workmen are idle
upon the streets.
Il am against that policy. Great applause.)
II is neither patriotic nor American. But they
say In will give you things a little cheaper.
d4aughter) Aren't things cheap enough now
sells over his counter reduced still lower? Does
duced in price sin lowerf'
mo. they are quite low enough. You know
they promised in 1892 that If the farmers would
vote the Democratic ticket they would have
dollar wheat q.aughter,l They now say they
meant two bushels for dollar.
do you want the price Of wool any lower,
wool growers of Wisconsin? A Democratic wool
free wool in 1892 and he said he had come
for cents not long before danghter) DO you
want the wages of labor any lowerf
well. theu. vote that way on the sixth Of
Voices: I'VE VIII"
Must Have Good Wages.
Things cheaper My fellow citizens. nothing
is cheap to the American people which comes
from abroad that makes an idle man at home.
tApplause.l No agricultural product that comes
from Cam la, no matter how low In price, is
cheap to the American people. IL il leaves the
American product to rot in the fields. ZAP
plause.) No product that comes from Europe is
heap II it means the loss Of a days work 10
American workman tApplause1 The deaie
thing In this wide, wide world is poverty. The
old men in this audience will remember that
when things the cheapest men We're the
poorest when the price Of products was the
lowest they were the hardest to get, because we