The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11


nominated him for it's governor, a law, my
fellow citizens which is sectional in every
part. 1t has some protection anu some Tree
ern section as Of sG the eountry it has GOOD
deal of free trade for the northern section
of the country, 1t gives to. the cotton plant-
ers of the South free cotton bagging; 1T
gives to the farmers Of the North tariff
bagging for their products. 1t gives to the
Southern planter hoop-iron free which goes
about his bale of cotton; and It puts tar .,l 4
barrel and the bucket and on the wagon bed
OF farmers of the North. 1t makes wool
free, and puts a tariff on sugar: Wool Is
Northern product, sugar is q Southern prod
uct. That law was made, not in answer to
any demand from the American people, not
in response to any public sentiment, not
vast interests Of this country; but 1t was I
made by three senators-one from Arkan-&
sas, one from Missouri and the other from
Tennessee. Thirty Democratic sena-
tors in caucus agreed to vote for any bal
that that committee might prepare.
Dickering on the Tariff Bill.
Then only six more votes were required
to secure forty-three, i bare majOrlty CT
the senate; and Mr.. Jones himself tells
that he Went from senator to senator and
vote for this biI?'' Not what the people
want; not what the state wants, not What
is best for the industries OF the country,
not what is best for the farmers OF tue
country, not what will subserve the best
interests OF the wage earnerS of the cuuu-
try; but what must you have by way Of
concessions to secure your vote for this
great tariff bill?" And so it was passed
the public not taken into, the conference.
the public not taken into the confidence OF
| the senators who had the management OF
tie bill.
An, but they say. bad d, as The !, biz Is.
| than the lay Of $780, Better than the law
Of 1880: Better. for what? Better il what
particular! Better for whom! Better for
| A iii
American interest at all it was the sugar
trust and the whisky trust. (Appla4se)
Has is opened up any new faGtor a q =, Hd Is
it given an additional days. work to the
working men of the United States? Has it
who were employed in 1892, are idle to-day!
How many men are receiving to-day the
ing men of Minnesota, how many of you
who were employed at remuneratlVe, wages,
Another voice: more than that" And,
my fellow countrymen, whether it be one
third or whether it be two,thirds let me me
| submit another question:: How many OF
Wages s Sea g sts se'5
per cent of the Working men Of Minnesota,
or of the cities of st. Paul or Minneapolis
are getting as good wages in 1894 as they
got in 1892 Voices: You're right" APP
I remember. when the great, national con
vention was held in the city Of Minneapolis,
resentatives of the laboring people. Of the
country, asking that that convention put
into its platform a declaration In favor OF
| eight hours for days work. The working
men We're then discussing the wisdom of
shorter hours You haven't heard any sug-
gestion about eight hours gay since INC no No.
plause.) It is not shorter hours they want
now, it is longer (renewed laughter and ap,
keep the wolf from the door. Better than
the law Of 1890? Why, under the operation
of that law every industry in this country
only was every industry working. at its
fullest capacity. but every man in TINS coun
try who wanted work could get work at re-
d i1s ;i' We're b1ilded up under that law
and they were built up in the United States
(Applause) New Industries We're sfa i',ai
, law. Under the stimulus Of the law of 1894
,, if the representative Of the ComlherIla
Club Of London thar pdnqu a af Nc MOI bae
stimulated English industries. .(Applause)
) The workingmnn's Tin Pail.
While on this stand workingman brough
me this tin pail-this bucket He told nj
it was American tin applause), made from
American Steel and that steel made by al
| American nottingham, and this tin pal
r made by an American citizen here, In tn
: city of. st. Paul One. week ago to-da
I | every tin-plate factory in the United State
j closed down. Why? Because the tariff Law
: Of 1894 had SO reduced the duty upon tn
foreign product as to make it impossibl
e for those manufactures to produce and pa
e the scale Of wages they had been paying IN
: der the law Of 1892, and ten thousand mel
n last Saturday night We're put out on II tn
: streets as the result of the law of 1894
= (Applause9 Not only the ten thousand me-
n engaged in the immediate industry, but tn
Il ten thousand more men that, were maxim
y the steel ingots and rolling them into tn
j. sheet steel to dip them for tin-plate wer
e reduced in their employment by reason 0
i the shutting down Of those mills.
e When l was in the city OF Lincoln, Neb
I day before yesterday, i'll the great stree
0 parade there was the representative of wha
l. was said to be the largest brick compan
e in that state and the head of that fir
C was a Democrat-not now daughter an
J. applause), and printed across the banne
;. carried by the idle workingmen was thi
e inscription: ''Twenty-two million brick i
: 1s92-not one in 1893 or 1894" (Applause
s. And that is the story of every city Of thi
|, country, and in some line Of industry Q
e another. " ss
d Better than the law of 1890? Why, unde
J. the law of 1890 we collected from custom
$ and from internal revenue enough none
n every day of the two years and a half
It was in operation to pay the expenses G
n the government. the interest on the publ
II debt and pensions to the soldiers Of tn
q country. Great applause) And since 1S9.
when the new administration went in, an
the decree had gone forth that the polic
> that had been in operation for thirty year:
IS up and to which every delicate fabric {
I. enterprise had been adjusted, from ths
II time down to this hour, the government {
: the United States has not collected an
S. day of any week Of those nineteen months
4 enough money to pay the every day e:
II penses of the government. (Applause.) An
a. It has been compelled to go out and borro
y 100000 600 and issue the bonds of the go
II ernment-which has not been dor
4 since the days Of resumption. N
D. only been compelled to go 0,
L and borrow fifty millions Of none,
;. but it has drawn upon the gold reserve
the treasury-that has been sacred eve
= since John Sherman established it down |
t! the Inauguration of President Cleyelan
le great applause) and fifty millions of tn:
', gold reserve has gone. to meet the curreI
II expenses OF the federal government
4 But it is only history repeating itsel
4 The last Democratic administration befo,
" the war was an administration of loans an
Il deficits and distress in business, and tt
c first full Democratic administration sine
n the war is administration of loans ar
"a deficits and of universal distress to tt
iie country.
10 Republican Mistakes Arc PatrfOti
e. Better than the law Of 1890? There wel
II mistakes in the law--no great bill wit
1000 items could be. passed without l.yiI
. 1 niiStakeS--h my conn nv non ycho