The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
FEWER sTEERs AND HOE.


II have taken occasion TO look this mat
ter up since reading Of these resolutions.
and I think I can find reason. for the pres
ent price of meat other than the protective
tariff I find that there were received at
the stockyards In Chicago in the month Of
July. 1902. 5000 less beeves and 10000 less
hogs than IN the same month one year ago
That means 1000 less animals per day. The
q road alone, during the entire month,
brought from the Southwest, where the
corn crop was a failure last year, 1,0O0 less
fat steers per day this year than last.
Let no one understand this TO be de-
fense Of the packers or an eXtenuation or
against them. and If the allegations OF the
petition are sustained (and that seems prob
II viii take very much more acute form
than il would TO say TO the farmers or the
United States that their industry snaIi De
opened to competition from the unlimited
ranges Of South America.
THE senior Phil Armour told me that
he got rich while a young man by watching
the iron and coal miners. He said: 'When-
ever these men were al work / used TO pack
every ham 1 could get my hands on, and
my old partner would say. Phil, you will
break us up" ] would answer, mo, those
and iron workers were idle l used TO sell
everything / could dispose Of. The secret
OF American prosperity. gentlemen, can be
cOuChed in four wOrds-'They are working
now And They means eVerybOdy-farm-
er and artisan, mechanic and merchant,
the man at the forge and the man in the
feld-and they are all interdependent.
Away back in 1916 Daniel Webster. in the
course of a three days speech against that
most unfortunate bill which repealed the
protective tariff act which bore the sigma
ture OF Old Ttppecanoe, uttered this max
i'm: When there is work for the hands
there will be bread for the teeth
so | appeal to you. gentlemen. to see to
il that the next Congress is Republican by
a large majority-so large that there shall
be ample courage to do that which is
representatives of the people from the man.
ufacturing districts of New England. from
the coal regions of Pennsylvania, Indiana
and Ohio, and the iron-producing regions
of Michigan, and the irOn-producing dis
tricts Of Ohio and Pennsylvania. the agri-
cultural districts Of the middle West the
stock ranges of the mountain States and
Territories, the rice and cotton States OF
the South, and the fruit and lumber dis
tricts of the Pacific coast get together. and
If they can agree upon one or a dozen items
in the present tariff schedule that can be
reduced let il be done, and done without
three months acrimonious debate. Ger
tainly no man will contract for the con-
struction of any great building while Con-
gress is considering a bin that has for its
object the cheapening of iron and steel and
granite and marble and glass and lumber.
No factory will lay in a very large supply
of material pending a three months debate
on a bill proposing a reduction of the
tariff on hides and wool. When l was a
boy we could always tell when the old
miller was picking his burrs. because the
mill was shut down. | anticipate there
will be found those who will not favor shut
ting down the mill while we are turning
out as good a quality of flour as at pres
ent; especially If il is likely TO take very
long TO repair conditions.