Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-08-29

the duty Of So per cent and 60 per cent
were given as recommended by the bh
then pending in less than five years
the quality of American ware would ne
improved. the quantity increased #ho
the price to the consumer diminished.
"Fhat prophecy has been more than
! verified. In 1882 an assorted crate OF
ware sold for $57, and the same-only
better ware-is sold for less than $40
! In 1864 we paid for the same crate OF
ware $2lO. on decorated ware the i'm
! mense benefit to the consumer is oven
more apparent. The selling price Of all
decorated ware was from 80 to 100 per
cent higher in 1882 than in 1890. In 1852
with the low revenue, the tariff duty Of
a per cent, and no domestic manu-
features, an assorted crate of white
ware sold at sos; in 1890, with the 50
per cent duty and domestic cOmpeti-
ton, with large potteries which are the
pride of the country, employing labor
and capital at home, buying our own
raw material, the same assorted crate
is selling for $40
What the state of business has been
in the past three years you know bet
ter than l can tell you. Without any
actual knowledge about it, l think |
can safely say that you have not been
so prosperous as you were prior to
1898, and that the past three years
have been years Of unsteady and lrreg-
ular employment, reduced wages, less
work and less pay.
MY fellow citizens, the people in 1892
Wer busy at work, and gave little at
tention to politics, They viii not be
so Indifferent again. They have more
time this year than they had four years
ago. and are giving earnest attention
and active work to the national con-
test which is engaging the country We
are growing more and more to recog-
nize the great necessity of every citi-
zen giving personal and serious thought
to his political duties Business men,
Workingmen and the people generally
are coming to realize that business and
politics are closely related, and that
bad politics means bad business, and
that politics can not be neglected with
out enGangeriHg our occupations, our
earnings and our labor.
I'VE have had some distressing eX-
perience in this direction, which has
taught us that if we do not keep our
business, our business will not keep
us (Applause) And that if somebody
also does our work. we will have no
work to do at home. The people are
settled in one purpose this year-theV
win not tolerate the surrender Of any
more Of their business, and will as
quickly as possible recover what they
nave already lost. They know how
they lost it, they know how to get it
back and they mean to do it. (Ap-
plause)
'AnOther growing sentiment among
the people is that, much as they are
attached to old party associations, and
hard as it is to leave their old rela-
tons, they would rather break with
their party than to break up their bus
mess; that parties are not as strong as
business ties, and the good of the coun-
try IS more to be desired than the sue
cess of any political party. Men viii
no longer follow their party when il
leads away from business success and
prosperity; when its policies cripple
our industries and the earning power
Of labor They will not follow a party
whose policies imperil our financial in
tegrity and the honor of the country.
We are learning another thing, my fell
low citizens; indeed, we know it al
ready-that no matter what kind of
money we have, we can not get it un-
less we have work.
whether it is poor money or wheth-
er it is good money, whether it is gold
or whether it is silver, we can not get
one dollar of it unless we have employ
ment for our hands and heads And
we know another thing, that when we
have work we would rather have our
pay in good, honest dollars with the