, 1896-10-30

have. n~gurattvely speaking. been ca
ing hay ever since. daughter IN
l~a applause.)
Well, we rtformed the tarin-ndt VI
because thete isn't anyone here VII
would admit that he Indirectly helpe
Mr.. Cleveland into the White House b
voting for Mr. Weaver. daughter.
The great state OF Colorado is nc,
mourning because Wyoming ia not fol
lowing in the footsteps of her siste
State; and she has such a sisterly afec
ton for us, and wishes to tell us how
to vote; and yet four yeais ago she ad'
vocated the election of a man whose
name she would not mention today
without a blush of shame. U1cud ap.
pfause.) -Four years ago we were feel.
ing badly because we were not follow
ing her leadership toward the election
Of Mr.. Weaver. now unknown to fame.
Laughter.) Well, this year they tell
us we must follow them under the
leadership OF a new Moses. but II 1
knew the people of Wyoming at all
well. am inclined to think they will
not take the advice OF friends. in Colo
RADIO any more this year than they did
in 1892.
But we did reform the tariff. The
democratic party said that tariff for
protection vase unconstitutional, and
then they proceeded to do an unconsti-
tutfoDal thing, for they passed a pro-
tective tariff act; not one which did any
good, for it lett great rents and gaps In
the wall Of protection through which
flowed all the fruits Of OF our labo:
and extra produce OF the United States;
for they said that the reason why we
want to tear down the tariff wall is be-
caCse we want to open u markets to
the foreign producers. They said the
American farmer was cooped up in the
Chinese wall Of protection. and all they
need to tear down this wall, and i'm
mediately the price Of wheat and wool,
and the produce Of all the nation would
advance on account Of the greater
market for American produce. Well,
what was the effect of the tariff reform
Of the democratic party? We have
been living since September, 1894, un-
der that law, and what do we find the
present condition of the United States?
In the year 1892. this nation export
ed $2O2. 900, 900 worth Of manufactured
products more than it import
ed. This year of grace we ex-
ported $75, 200, 900 worth Of produce
more than we imported. a nat. loss .h3
change of tariff Of ~911U.0eo,O00 to the
American people in one year. They
said that the farmer, and the ranch
man and the cattle raiser and the sheep
raiser wanted the markets Of the
world; and still, by the employment Of
that legislation. they took from the
farmer, and the ranchman, a market
for $125, 00O, 900 worth of produce. We
exported Is, 1000. 900 bushels OF wheat
less in 1895 than WI did in 1892; we
exported 50, 1000, 900 less beef in 1896
than we did in 1892, for in 1895 there
came across the Mexican border into
our country the long-horned. Tank,
peon-tended steer of Mexico In compe-
tTtion with the steers Of your ranches
to the tune Of about SO, 00O. 900 worth,
and that amount was taken from the
cattle raisers by a law that promised
him the markets OF the world. ZAP
planse.) We lost a market for $780,
900, 900 worth OF wheat by the repeal
OF the reciprocity clause with Brasil
and Cuba; and by the repeal Of that
law. the democracy added to the bur-.
dens of the American poole $40, 900, 900
in one year, by an added duty of 2 cents
a pound on sugar. And by tho Same
law shat taxed the American people
40, 000, 900 on sugar. we lost a market
to the American raiser Of meats to the
amount OF : 5000. 900. or 36,ooo.0 900
annually with Germany and France.
By the repeal Of the reciprocity clause
Of the Mckinley bill, our markets were
closed to the South American republics