The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-11-03


idcnt OF the United states characterized ~
an act OF party pcrndy and party dishonor anu
which he said n II became a INV the dcmoofhV-
ic party never could look the people OF the
country In the face. and which AFTER It's pas
sage he declared In y letter 20 CONGRESSMAN
Catchlngs was the very communism OF pen
whatever that may mean llaughterli law
which the president OF the United states TO
fused 70 sign and the only reason ne retaseo "
sign Il was because n was not Dad ehousn
great applause and laughter; law Wn'on
Congressman Wilson declared was the prouuos
OF the most monstrOus trust In the thieo1
states which held congress by the throat alaW
which senator Mills. OF Texas. proclaimed IN
the open senate aid not have the approNh ot
1000 people IN the United states. Applause
And the people OF the country arc ASKED 10 up
prove OF that law But. my fellow-eitlzens'
after the country had waited for nineteen
months waited for some settlement OF the
question anything. they said. was better shsn
nothing hs some certain tarln IN" so
that we may adjust our business 20 it-tha'
was the cry OF the business men or the eouh-
try; and after they had passed law then they
announced that la. was no settlement OF the
tariff. question at all flAughterl, that ~ was
only the beginning llaughterl, that y was the
entering wedge 20 tariff reform that II was ou.
the first step towards free trade. MT CleNeluhu
himself declaned the war had only JUS begun
and he called all the friends of tarin reform
10 close up their ranks, touch elbow with.
elbow and prepare FOR a fresh assault upon
the Industries OF the United States lie talleo
every democratic senator and every demo
cratic representative "A traitor VINO stoou'l Ms
place anai begged the democratic congress 70
stAy us DESTROYING hand and let some ~, line
industries OF the country live. lApplause.l
Traitors they nhy have been but II traitors 70
anything they we're traitors 20 their party ui,u
| tens OF thousands, ave, hundreds OF thousAhus
OF democrats this year viii be traitors 20 tne,l
party. Great applause And ~ - ihhlt.es
better 70 be traitor 70 your party thhn trAlsoF
| 10 the sacred interests OF D,WOOO.ot peo-
pie fGreat applausel Mr. Cleveland 'tnlks
| about war and treason-new words To ms
vocabulary. lLaughterl they are sahsuin
airy and martial phrases hitherto unknown 70
| him [hughterl, FOR he was peace man ~
| war and Is a war man In peace
Three senators Declared Guilty.
"But my follow-citzens. who madY that
law Three senators made H. II never hnd
| the dell beratc consideration of the cominlttee
on ways and means or or the iinanco caJhl!ntttes
OF the senate or OF the conference comihltt@
| bet Neen the two houses. Three days 0oiOsh
It's passage a united democratic mEorry IN
the house voted against Il and publicly pro-
claimed they would never permit u 20 pass,
ami before seventy-tWo hours bad rolled
around every one OF them had voted TO pass y,
under the threat ~ the agents OF the sugar
| trust that IL was that or nothing and In all
/ ANhNff.nt
| Thirty-seVen democratic senator's met IN ecu
Gus and turned over their sacred trust 70 three
| senators They said 10 three senator's we VII
vote for any Law you can get forty hro'
democratic senators 10 vote tort ina
! belng an exact majority OF the senate. Ana e
they went trading around 20 get these demo
| cratic votes Ia the senate. and ~ last they go'
them Who were these three men that mad'
this great tarlif law for the people 81 TN
United Statesf Harris ~ Tennessee, Vest
Missouri and Jones OF Arkansas. Laughter
Ana those three senator's from those three
groat Misunderstanding ana industrial state
lnughtcrl enacted law for 5000 900 people
WHY YOU have as much manufacturing IN IN
st4te OF Illinois as every one OF the states @
the south have combined. l6reat applause
New York and Pennsylvania have mTe \
each OF those states than all OF the south com
I hined fApplnuSe1 And yet that law wa
made by the minority voice of the country 10
YOU were never consulted, and the voice OF IN
, law thus made cannot endure tCries g
! Good y
"Ah. my fellow-citizcns, they say they how
/, | reduced the duties under, this hw. 7.o~tne
I, have They say they have reduced thc'dunt
4 To remove the burdens from the peopl
= TIaughter1 But wo have mol had any fQc
! burden IN nifty years as the democratic pari
y has been to this country. Laughter ana 81
y plause And yet SEQ democratic orators "
! Ing about the country saying We made wo
, tree and no sooner had wool been made IRE
! than the price " wool went up. lLaughter
Well now II that bo true. then the tnrlu IN ~
a a tax Then free trade IS tax lLapght'
u and applause Aud they say they put du'
a or sugar. and sugar went down. Taught
:. | ana applansel i DO not know whether that
To- true OF not but II II bo true II only proves IN
! a tariff Is not a tax and that the more tarih y,
= nut on a thing the cheaper II becomes. lisapg
70 per and applause
N I1tiablo Lack of Revenue.
IS "But they say they have reduced the tar
no so as 10 inore tse the revenue, Wen, we hef
,s needed reyenue worse In our ives thah We
a. now lLaughterl We mover were 30 bad
~ on for revenue for the government ana
OF badly on for incomes fdrthe people as we a
in now. srhecnhve reduced the tariff 70 ipcrea
at the revenue Now, nced'not toll tfas sintcl
A. gent audience that II you reduce the tnrlH y
NJ on a foreign product that completes with ~
~ and expect TO increase the revenue therefr'
he YOU must u3ultipAv import2tisns. For eNai@p
re SurNSse the farm on n given product was
'e per cont, under our law and they reduc
he ID 10 Is per cent now. Y they want TO IA
"a as much revenue from the 10 per cent ta
m as from the ~ pcr cent tarin they wot
u- have 20 iDp}n twice as much, would
en- thew Applause and cries OF "Yds'l W.
es- now the more we import into this country
proaticts which we make the less we will ma
wont we Applause Take for example
ais tumhler. The protectyetarin on that was
~ Il democrafi, revenue tariff OF 1894 reduces
! a about one-hali Now II you want 70 collect
OF much revenue from 70 per cent on this tnmo
40 az you do from 90 per cent you have got
Nv import Just twice "a many tumOlers. haV'
see youf And aid II ever occur 70 you that every q
,ad YOU import "a adfltional tumDler like this y
, az diminish the production OF tumblors IN I
tho coanIry lust 20 that extent, and when you n
10 diminished the production OF the tumbler'
ion this country you have diminished the dem'
inc for labor 70 make them, haven't your
rty plauseI And when you have diminished
as demand Tor labor you have diminished
end wages paid labor, haven't your
the plause.l for tho less work. there Is
W less Wages u thste are three boz
&C looking after enc man and wanting him no
,lie yet better paw than though three men
an looking after one boss for the same job
mo- piause1 II thore Is one days work ana
I'm. men TO do Il neither Of them Will get as :
.hat nav a. though there were two days work
,ter only one 10 ho.it. Free trade gives one q
crit work 10 Europe protection keeps both q /.
the az home. fAppiauso.l We cannot my fei
rod. | citizens We cannot buy our goods abroad