The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-10-13
Large and Enthusiastic Audience at East Side
Turner Hall, Where He Opens the
Campaign.
He Speaks For Progress, Civilization and
Justice and Arraigns the Trusts
and Tariff.

because the interests of all these peo&.
pie are Identical. They have a com-
mon interest to protect themselves
against eXtortion being continually
practiced upon them by the monopolies
and trusts of this country
Against All Duties.
On the subject OF the tariff, Mr..
Larabec covered the ground from the
Democratic standpoint. with particu-
lar emphasis or the stand-pat ideas
of his opponents. He could see little to
commend in raising government funds
by duties levied on imports. arguing
that in the final analysis it is the con.
sumer, the common people, that pay
the price. "Ihe absurdity and the in-
justice OF the tariff as a. system Of
taxation he declared, must become
apparent to the most stupid by these
simple reflections" The Republican
doctrine of a protective tariff ap.
peared especially rcpugnant to Mr..
Larabce. because it tends to foster
trusts and renders the efforts of the
common people to make a. living hard-
er than they should be under natural
conditions.
Personally deny the Justice of any
law that helps one class of people at
the expense Of other classes of people.
1t does injustice instead OF. justice. 1t
creates inequality instead of equals
ty.
But IL any law were to be passed bN
the United States government to help
ono class OF people at the expense OF
another class OF people, and the SUBJ
ject were Il new one for you to consid-
er, what class of people do you think
you would decide that most needed
help at the expense OF other classes?
Would you help those who had at the
expense OF those who had not or would
you help those who have not at the
expense of those who have? Would
you help the producers or the consum-
ers? 10 go into detail, would you help
those who have the coal mines in this
country. at the expense OF everybody
who heats q. home, or would you help
those who heat their homes at the exl
pense of those who have the coal
mines? Do tho people who own the
coal fields of Pennsylvania need help
at the expense of every man, woman
and child in the United States? If you
had a deed to those fields in Pennsyl-
vania would you have the nerve to ask
the United States government to pass
a law which would prohibit the i'm
portation of coal from Nova Scotia
that you might charge all of the people
of the Unite,l States more for your
coal? If the people in Pennsylvania
would offer 10 give you d warranty
deed of these hard coal fields would
you refuse to accept it as gift unless
che United States government would
continue the law which prohibits the
importation Of coal from elsewhere at
the natural price?
Protected Lumber.
Lumber has ever been upon the tariff
schedule. Would you refuse to take q
deed as q gift of a large lot of fine pine
timber land situated in northern Wis
consin, Michigan or Minnesota, unless
the United States government would
continue tariff Of 50 thousand to
prohibit the importation Of lumber from
Canada or elsewhere? Would you not
accept a deed as. a stft Of all theeiron
mines in the United States. including
the properties Of the, billion dollar
steel trust unless the United. States
government would agree to continue to
maintain the tariff upon steel? Would
you refuse to accept deed, as q gift.
from the Standard OIL company Of
the land containing all Of its oil wells,
unless the United States government
would agree to maintain its pressntG