Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-04
HOke Smith On Is- sues of Campaign

sues O1 Od1NpdABN
 Gave His Listeners One oi
 the Best Arguments Ever
 Heard I'm This City-HOn.
 John Seymour's Address.
 The democrats held very success ful rally in the Auditorium last night. There was a good crowd and every body was very much pleased with the program. Prior to the opening of the lecture the American band made a tour of the principal streets, including a trip through the south end, and also rendered several selections at the hall. Mir Seymour of New York read his ad- 2ress, but Hoke Smith of Georgia had
 is memoriZed and struck right from
 he shoulder. His speech was Il great
 fort, hsseG. considering it the most
 atriotic and logical address of the Campaign. He was cheered
 Attorney W. E. Thoms presided. He said the best chairman of meet ing of that character was the one who had the least to say, and taking this for his guide he thanked the commit tee for the honor copferred upon him and without further delay introduced the Hon MT Seymour who talked for about an, hour, in the. course of which he dealt with trusts, tariff, protection and the labor question both from a democratic and republican point of : view and showed very plainly that the so called protective tariff of the repub- Iican party works to the advantage of one set of men while it practically ruins others. At the present time over fifty steel factories in seaboard towns are idle on account of the duty on raw material. The trust companies evade the tariff duty by furnishing it's own raw material thereby making great savings, to themselves, every copper of which goes to the corporations whose stocks are pooled in the steel trust. The same thing is true, with reference to coal. It costs 60 cents to mine a ton of coal and put it on the cars in this country; the duty: on coal coming into our ports is 67 cents ton, seven cents more than it costs to mine 1t here.
 ssWaterbury,'' said MT Seymour. thas reason to render profound thanks to the democratic party for the meas ure, a democratic measure. which put copper on the free list. thus putting the brass manufacturers of this town and the Naugatuck valley in position to get raw material at a price which enables them tordo business at q profit The Wilson bill put copper on the free list, and the Dingley bill which was passed later. didn't disturb it.. Dur ing the ten years that copper has been on the free list the output in brass in yx1 Int co7 of nous rate and the whole community has felt the benefit of it. What would be the conditions in Waterbury if the manufacturers of your town had to pay price for copper which would give competitors who are nearer the mines an advantage over. them?'
 The speaker. using thA situation in Waterbury with reference to the brass industry as a comparison, cited vari- 1ous instances where the tariff Ihas crippled industries and thrown thou sands out of employment The tariff on lumber prompted many industries to leave New England and settle in the western states The carriage factories in New Haven have not kept up with tue procession, although they are. doing a good business, and tanneries are get ting farther west because the hides are there and they cannot afford to pay # for the incoming stock on account of # the tariff. As a consequence the cost se0f shoes is constantly on the increase with no increase in the wage scale. YMr Seymour cited an instance of a very noted conversion to democracy on account of the duty on hides. that of the big firm of the Endicotts i'll New York, who saw that the tariff was fast putting them out of business, and some time since declared for Parker MT Seymour explained Rooseyeltss shilly-shallying policy with reference to the trusts by asking why he made q & commencement on asrailrOad company that was not doing much harm, any < way, instead of aiming at the men who have cornered breadstuffs and put the price of things that enter into every day living at a figure which makes al most everything a luxury in the home of the working man. At the conclu- sion of Mir Seymour's remarks he was cheered Justify.
 Chairman Thoms then stepped for ward and made a few remarks. He wanted everybody to look at the tariff on coal. 67 cents a ton, and compare that with what it costs to mine the same quantity here. 60 cents ton. He reminded them of the price of flour at &tli0 pESSSuL liulC CUulIdIcu WILL tl0 figures of few years ago. MT Thoms wife was q republican when they were married, but he converted her to his way of thinking when he showed her that the republican party was respon- sible for the high price of four and other commodities which enter into be cost of living and she consented to have the hoy brought up in the demo- 1ratic faith. The chairman Introduced
 1Oke Smith, who was received with a
 reat outburst of applause.
 Mir Smith is over six feet tall, of powerful build and has Ia splendid ktage presence. The audience went wild over his remarks and when he got through 1t took him half an hour or pore before he could pull himself
 way from the army of men, women
 nd boys who came forward to con-
 ratulate. him. He explained in detail
 ome of the things referred to by MT seymour, notably how the tariff helps