Warren sheaf., 1897-07-29
THE I ARlFF BILL.

i of better times to the American work
man. The sunstreaks of prosperity
can be seen on the horizon, which will
continue to increase until the coun-
TRY is agloW with happiness and con-
tentment.
The croakers and kickers, and poll
ticians who personally decry hard
times, and that prosperity cannot
come through protection are doomed
to see their prophecies fall to the
ground as birds OF i'll omen.
! The history Of the American Re
public is that prosperity has never
existed only when our people were
enjoying protective laws; on the 9th
er hand, the people nave never failed
to he depressed under the rule OF free
trade or quasi free trade ideas.
The Republican House deserves an
limited credit for the manly, deter
mined, and persistent course
it has taken in pushing this bill to
completion.
Some may complain that Mr.. Reed
has delayed other legislation during
the extra session, but had he pur-
sued any other course and appointed
the Committees Of the Honse, open
| ing the foodgates Of interminable
legislation, the tariff bill would have.
been delayed and possibly defeated.
The people of the country will soon
see the wisdom-as many of them do
now-of the course adopted by the
House and indorsed by the President.
The bill, rs passed, is a thoroughly
protective measure. It places Amer
lea and American industries to the
forefront, and insures to the Ameri-
can workman the right to manufac-
ture the goods consumed in this
country by our people. Protection
will not only help the manufactures,
Ibut i'll help ~ men III
the factory. It viii enable him to sup
port his family upon better scale,
and will consume more of the prod
ucts of the farm than heretofore. 1t
will give us<a home market for the
products of our farms, which the
country has not enjoyed for many
years; in other words tile American
farmer, and the American laborer
has the right Of way as against fore
ign pauper competition. L. .~.'.s i
! The bill, in all of its details, is even
better than when it left the Senate.
It gives additional protection to the
sugar interests, which will enable and
encourage the manufacture of sugar
from the beet, thus encouraging that
industry which is one Of vital impor-
tance to the peopleof the entire coun-
try. Take the bill along its entire
lines, it is one Of patriotism from start
to finish. It is one which will insure
prosperity in every avenue of indus
trial life. It is one whose every line
is filled with patriotism. The birds
Of i'll omen, both il the House and
the Senate, in the public press and on
the corners Of the village streets, who
have been decrying and denouncing
protection, shouting trusts, and all
such absurd and nonsensical trash,
will have chance to have the truth
crammed down their threats by the
actual and beneficial results Of this
bill and within six months or year
Ievery one of those same birds will be
denying their present position, and
claiming that they were in favor of
the bill.
The most disgusting specimen of
/ humanity on the face Of Gods earth
is the fellow who IS always crying,
''you are sick, = and crying that times
are hard and cannot be helped, these
and all such will receive their con-
demnation IN the actual, practical
workings of this great bill.
It is the nearest perfection Of any
tariff bill passed BY the American
4 Congress, and this rot and trash that
/ has been heralded around the coun-
TRY, sugar trust, I, wool, trust, =
leather trust and other trusts are