Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-02
David Downs thu Republican Goliah.

David Downs thu Republican Goliah.
senator DAVID +. Hill, at Water
town, y. y, last week, addressed 1000
people in the opera house. He spoke
at length on the provisions OF the new
tariff law, and referring to Mckinley's
remarks in speech at Albany, said ::
" have challenged Mr.. Nc kinlcy TO
point out where there was single
manufactured article in the i. mo-
cratic tariff bill on which the duty
was reduced, where there was not left
Il sufficient, and more than sufficient,
tariff to represent the difference in
wages entering into the manufacture
OF such article, between this and other
countries. He knew that | referred
to manufactured articles upon which
the duties had been reduced, and not
to articles which, for good and sufii-
Gent reasons, were placed upon the
free list. He says | evidently want to
get up joint tariff debate with him.
He says can appeal to the people in
this State to have joint debate with
me. He ought to know that never
had any difficulty in appealing to the
people of this State, either in joint
debate or otherwise.
asked him to name one manu-
featured article in the Democratic
tariff upon which the tariff was re-
duccd where sufficient duty was not
allowed to remain to represent the
difference in wages paid in this and
other countries. He knew was not
referring to articles placed upon the
free list. He mentions wool as one of
the articles Think OF it; mentions
wool as manufactured article. You
all know that wool in its raw state
comes in free as one OF the necessar-
les of life, the same as tea and coffee.
Wool comes in free under Democratic
tariff because it is necessity of life
and enters SO much into the manu-
facture of clothing and other wearing
apparel so necessary to the uses of the
masses OF the people.
Mr.. Mckinley next m entions
agricultural products. What have
agricultural products got to do with
manufactured articles? The Mckinley
law placed tariff on wheat, and yet
there are not thousand bushels Of
wheat imported into the United States
in any one year. You export your
own wheat to Liverpool and London,
where you enter into competition with
the world. / say to Mr.. Mckinley
that there was not single agricul
tural product upon which a duty was
placed in the Mckinley bill which is
of any substantial value to the farmers
of the country.
He mentions glassware as another
manufactured article as not being
properly protected by our new tariff:
This is subject / am familiar with
There was new glass works started
in my own home in Elmira. l had
interviews with glass manufactures
and / know positively that there was
sufficient duty left upon glassware to
more than represent the difference in
wages between this and other countries.
The real difficulty with Mr. Mckinley is
he wants this country to he ruined
and the country refuses to be, and
prosperous times have been returning
for many weeks past. The calamity
howlers are let loose on the stump
and Mr.. Mckinley is leading them.
He does not want the country to sue
coed under Democratic tariff, but it
will. The commercial travellers, and
there are no better judges, report that
business is picking up all over the
country"
Senator Hill then referred to the re-
peal of the Sherman silver law and
the federal election law and charged
that last years panic was due to vicious
Republican legislation. In closing he
referred to his acceptance OF the
nomination and said he was going to
win.