Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-10-25
SENATOR SPEASLEY'S SPEECH.


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fep"oHe"h party oU' WAS '''l'eF que 10
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oy Ihe oemoefaue party 10 oo 'h'S
he nllSs'"'eo 'he l"e'S ol HISTORY ana
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ditions which existed during the
former low tariff periods. Upon this
oronnd bo took bis et,ud onl tn show
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destroy the force and effects OF his
remarks. We will therefore submit
soma nvi5annn ~ oh,u, th,t Nr
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Hon. David \. Wells is Il man Of
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"u"'ice anu l'Aalio!'' "A" Ncl! l''l""4e
with regard 70 matters OF history. lie
was appointed commissioner Of rev
.pnne win President inrnrn,, r,n
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ton; during the whole OF President
.Johnson's. and under President Grant
rroro is eo,oa rolov,,. tostinor,. from,
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MI ems
From 1911 to 1860 the Democratic
party had fun control OF every branch
OF the Federal Government, and dur
ing all this time it never gave the
country free trade for one year, 1t
enacted tariff in 1916, which inn
posed an average rate of duty of
about - per cent 1t was Il tariff
passed amid the most doleful predic
tions of the ruin it was TO bring to
business. 1t succeeded higher tariff
than had been known for several years
and it was a lower tariff than tariff
reformers now ask. The change was
so great that even some conservative
people of low tariff views were in
clined to be doubtful of its effect. In
point of fact, it led the nation into
the most prosperous era it has ever
known. The American mercantile
marine touched its highest point of
prosperity, nearly equaling in point Of
tonnage that of Great Britain, and be-
ing nearly as large as the entire ton
mage of all the nations Of the world,
with the exception of Great Britain.
There was also an increase in nearly
everything else pertaining 10 business.
These were the years in which nearly
all of our great cotton factories of
New England sprang into eXistance
the mills Of Lewiston, Biddeford, and
Augusta, of Maine; of Manchester,
Dover, and Nashua, in New Hamp-
shire; of Lawrence, Chicopee, and
largely Of Lowell, in Massachusetts,;
of nearly all the mills existing today
upon the Shetucket and Quinabaug
Rivers, in Connecticut Between 1850
and 1860 the farm value OF the coun-
try increased l0l per cent, while dur
ing the high-tariff period, between
1870 and 1880, they increased but 9
ner cent. though population increased