The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
Congressman Littlefeld
Also Spoke to Them.
The Town Hall Was Crowded to
Hear Distinguished Men.
HrKcIAL TO TIE rRksAI

New Gloucester, Octobsr E.-A iargs
and enth usiastio me- citing was held In this
Town hall here this afternoon and wes
addressed BY Hon. Amos l.. Allen Of
Alfred. and Congressman Charles E.. Lit
tieflald OF Rockland. II was Repuhli-
can rally, but 1t was noticeable that many
Democrats were In the audience. The
hall was completely Allsd, potw ishstand-
ing the rain which prevented many from
coming from distance. Had the day
teen fair, IL would have been necessary
10 hold the meeting In the opsn air. The
meeting was arranged by the Republican
town committee, Messrs. S. r. Swse.slr,
J. l. Sturgis, A. J. Haskell, L. F.wells.
H. h. Jordan and s. A. Woodbury.. Mu-
sic was furnished by the Presum psoot
band Of Wsstbrook. Chairman Sweet
sir presided In graceful way, introduo
ing MIR, Allen as the first speaker.
MR.. ALIENS SPEECH.
Mr. Allen was warmly received. He
devoted the major poi tion Of his address
to q discussion Of tho tariff question.
Particularly interesting were his refer
| ences to the growth Of the thriving York
county town Of Sanford under the infiu-
enoe of the protective tariff which made
possible the establishment of the great
Goodali mills there. Mr.. Allen. in tbs
course OF his remarks resd > report Of
speech recently made by Mr.. Mckinney
Mt Saco, q statement that under the pro-
tective tariff the tin plate industry had
been sstaniishsd In this country. II. said
regard to these industries. how can he
deny that the same ID true Of otherss We
wvre In Q position In this cou ntry to
man ufacturs tin plate II the Industry was
| encouraged. for We had here many Of the
materials. We were sending abroad t35, :
600, COZ annually for this commodity.
and our Legislators at Washington
thought that this sum could be saved. 1t
was done in the Mckinley law. Well.
there was quite howl about 1t at the
time from those who used tin in canning
and other industries and who thought
that prices would 60 mp. Time has shown
the wisdom OF the protection accorded
the manufacturer. and now tin plate Ia
cheaper in this country than 1t was when
the law was passed and we have not only
supplied the home market, but are send
Ing some abroad. Nov. submit to you.
vas 1t a good thing, to build up this in
| dustry and give employment to our own
peopleP Iapprehend what your answer
VIII be.
| MIR. Allen described tie wonderful
growth of the iron and steel industry.
especially as sesn at Pitssburs and point
| cd out that it had all come about during
the supremacy of ths Republican party.
| Continuing, he said, In substance: Now
| / will tell you of case with which ]
am per sonally familiar as 1t happened In
my own county. Thirty three years. ago
the town Of Sanford, tive nilss from my
home, had but rs houses. There were
ing enterprises here and the farmers Nv
ing nearby had to 60 TO Biddeford for a
market. Then q man came and bought
the water pri vileges ut Sanford. He was
enabled by the protective tariff to start u
new industry. Eeginning by making
carriage and lap robes he has brapched
ous into other lines of manufacture until
all mills, thu village OF Sanford has grown
from a5 houses to 700 houses. and its pros
perity Is good thing for the farmers
who find there o market for their surplus
products.
This picture of Santord's prosperity
Mr.. Allen contrasted with the situation
of the town in 1924 under the Wilson
law, when wages haG fallen from s44i,
900 paid in the year 1889 by the 6oodails
| to $3.50, 90 paid in 1894. Now. under the
| Mckinley law. the town Is again pros
porous and this year the pay roll OF the
mills will be over half q million dollars
and the goods are marketed not only in
this country, but In far on japan. Isn't
it q good thing that the farmers again
have a market In Sanfordf What's San
ford doing now9 Why it's growing. The
| very next year these enbsrpr.sing men
have got new industry they are TO es
tabiish, the manufacture Of something
similar to lsAtherboard. They will build
| a mill 80 fest hong and will employ 200
or 800 more hands. Beside that they h ave
taken an old mill at Sanford and propose
| 30 manufacture hring goods there.
Turning from the question Of the tariff.
Mr.. Allan briefly discussed the silver
question, referring at the outset to the
fact that MIR. Mckinney stands on the
Chicago platform though he is careful NOS
to say that he believes in it and ones
wrote a letter denounoing the financial
policy which 1t upholds.
Mr.. Allen then referred to the p hip
pine question. saying; stand In sup
port OF she President of the Unitsd States
In p,fHr Z his bouhtcn duty In
enforci5g the laws; IL necsssary--and
10 Ia necessary now-with the aid Of the