Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-02-15
ON THE TARIFF.
speech by Hon. Champ Clark or the
Ninth Congressional Distriet
Of Missouri.


ingthey meant to revise it downward.
But the Republican chieftains said
they needed more tariff and proceed
ed to give them a heroic dose. ! am
in favor Of this bill because it is the
best ! can get at present and because
it is a long step'in the right direc-
ton.
Its free trade portion is its saving
grace.
Rome was not built in a day, but
Rome was built nevertheless. Zap
plause.)
We are getting part of what We
want and we will keep on getting
parts of what we want till we get all
we want. (Applause.)
With ali the faults which gentle
men have pointed out, the Wilson
bill is the best revenue measure since
the days Of Robert J. Walker.
The Republicans offer the Amer.
lean people a continuation of the
Mckinley bill with all the miseries
which it entails.
On the other hand, we offer them
cheaper clothing, cheaper fuel,
cheaper homes, cheaper medicine,
cheaper furniture and cheaper nee
essaries of life. To them We offer
steadier employment at more remun-
erative wages. To them we restore
the empire of the sea, abdieated
through vicious Republican legisla-
ton, and open to their thrift energy,
ingenuity and industry all the
markets Of the wide, wide world.
(Applause.) To them we give all
the wages which they may earn
with which to purchase articles for
themselves, their wives and little
ones, and forever relieve them Of the
necessity of pinching themselves
and those dear to them that they
may contribute .one-half their earn
ings under duress to favorites of the
national Government. To them we
offer once more in its integrity the
good old Democratic gospel enunci-
ated by Jefferson and preached by a
shining host of Democratic states.
men-"Equal rights to all and ex.
elusive privileges to none''-a doc
trine which constitutes the founda.
ton stone of our fabric of free
government. (Applause.)
am not one of those who assume
to be wiser than all the Democrats
on the Ways and Means Committee
l appreciate their labors, which have
been long and arduous.
[ am in favor of the Wilson bill
because it places lumber, coal, iron
salt, wool, binder Irvine, cotton ties
agricultural implements, and hun
dreds Of other necessities of life upor
the free list, and because it cut
down the tariff on carpets, steel
wooden goods, cotton goods, collars
cuffs, shirts, shoes, boots, hats caps
medicines and divers other articles
of prime necessity. (Applause.)
Some Of these cuts are not as deel
as they ought to be, and l shall sup
port, heart and soul, every amend
ment TO make them deeper, and t.
remove the tariff entirely, We hav'
tried to help the Committee of Way
and Means to make this bill better
and l think we have succeeded il
improving it in one or two particu
lars. (Laughter.)
l am in favor of the Wilson bill
because it will carry increased com
fort and Joy into 10 ,000,0 900 home
and ameliorate the condition O
65 ,O00, 900 American citizens
(Applause.)
am in favor of the Wilson bill
because it will unseal the fountain
of our prosperity, unfetter the wheel
of our factories, rekindle the fires il
our furnaces, lift a heavy load iron
agriculture, set the woodman's ak +
ringing, start the pillow in fields nov
lying fallow, revive the music of th
mechanics hammer and unfurl tn
sails of our commerce. Applause.
l am in favor of the Wilson bill
because it will render our laborer
independent freemen and eager pa
irons Of our merchants and GU
farmers, which God intended then
to be, and not the ragged habitues o
souphouses, to which pitia BILE con
dition a protective tariff has reduced
them.
Tennyson says:
Better fifty years of Europe
Than q cycle of Cathay;n
I say: Better for the American
workmen is steady employment a
fair wages than all the charity which
Andrew Carnegie could dispens'
from his Scottish castlein a thousand
years. (Applause.)
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