Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-10-02

worth 2,666, 464s IN 1SVVs nOtWltn-
standing the unparalleled increase In
the consumption Of steel and Iron, We
imported them to the value Of but
$50 .727.
In 1870 our exports Of manufactured
steel and iron amounted to III, 002 ,902,
while In 1900 they amounted to @12l,-
9lS ,548--an increase OF 1,06S per cent.
In 1870 our exports of all manufac-
lures amounted to SOS ,279, 764, while in
1900 they amounted tot $433, 1854, So.
an increase Of 536 per cent.
Our total exports In 1870 amounted
to $392.77 ,768; and In 1900 to 81, 294,-
483, O82--an increase Of 256 per cent.
Z The amount OF money in circulation
in the United States In 1870 was $685.
212,794, while In 1900 1t was 81. 113,
294,983.
Fascinating as these statistics are,
can quote no more. From every field
Of industry they can be parAlleled, and
they are open to the Investigation OF
every man or woman who cares to
pursue the inquiry. Is there vet a man
in this presence who believes that pro-
lection destroys and that free trade
builds up? II there be, I de-
spair OF lighting up the chamber Of
his prejudice. He is fortunate, how
ever, for IL he cannot be convinced, he
shall still be protected, and the repub-
lean party will see to It that he is
saved from the peril Of his unbelief.,
You will carefully observe that what
l have said relates to the merits Of
the controversy between the policy OF
protection and the policy Of free trade,
and there is still before me the duty
Of examining the application Of the
policy Of protection to conditions as
they from time to time exist, and it
will be my pleasure to consider that
part of our platform which points out
in the clearcst and most emphatic
phrase how this policy IL to be ap-
piled to the business Of our country.
Before / do so. however. II Is. I
think courteous and appropriate FOR
me to give some attention to the
opening speech delivered by the dem.
ocratic candidate for governor Mt Den.
ison. on tha 10Th instant III have road
1t with care and delight. with care.
because / wanted to know how good
man could defend moor Cause. with
delight. because soon discovered how
feebly even Renius attacks the citadel
OF truth. His speech has two main
divisions. In the hrst. he takes the
tariff. the corporations the trusts ana
the rich. and In the caldron az his 81.
oauence he hollis them together until
it Ia impossible tn distin1ntsh the ono
from the other: and with slowing n.
dignation he pours ont hia wrath nnon
the cornposita for wh.tever ha nnds
=
has not adopted yicarioua nunishmant
and therefore he must allow nae to sep.
arate his victim into ita comnonent
parts and deal with each according 10
its deserts. In the second division. he
quotes some things have said ~
many things that have not said &,
prove that / believe in competition
that some OF the duties now levied
mon ir,nnrts are too bivh GA he ~.
la.ans with ali the golicitude ef a ron.t
citizen. nv inconsistency in helnins ia
formulate the platform upon which I
am now candidate. n 777
My first thought upon reading Mr..
Sullivan's speech was one 81 admira.
ton fer the courage he displayed--I
say nothing Of the discretion IN ven
turing to charge the republican mn rtv
Z in this state or myself with sidesten-
ping, receeiing. or inconsigtencv in
the heat OF his enthusiasm he over
looked the fact. SO obyious ia all
others, that he issat the present time
living in a house built of the finest
gossamer glass that ever came from
the hand OF an artist. 1t has not been
many years since Mr.. Sullivan was
waking the echoes all over the plains
Of Iowa, in his frantic demand for the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver al
the ratio of Is to 1 without the aid or
consent of any other nation. i looked
carefully over his keynote to discover
how firmly he is now welded to this
financial doctrine, and | found faint
whisper in paragraph relating to as
set currency, running something like
this:
Personally and independently OF
party, | am an old fashioned demo
"crat, believing in the use of gold and
Silver, as the money Of our country.
and SO believing, i cannot bring nv
mind to the Thought that the bank
"'has the power, or is more secure
"than the government ITSELF
What a diminuendo after the crash
of his eloGue2ce III 1896 and in 1905.
Nor can I forget, as look upon the
horrid picture which he paints of the
dismal effects Of the tariff. and when