The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
LAFE YOUNG's GREAT SREECH
Full Text Of Mastery Effort of Iowas New
Policy OF Preserving America for American Products

manufactured products we're supplied
from Europe. Farmers lived the SIM
pie life, with loom in every home.
Farmers shod their own horses. 1t is
to this condition the Massachusetts
manufacturers are trying to restore
the country by giving notice of dis
solution OF the old Iowa-Nassachu-
setts combination, organized by James
G. Blaine. Living on the prairies, I'M
der Democratic administration,
there We're few ioys-no rural deliv-
cry Of mails; no trolley cars; no daily
newspapers. The outside world was a
Iclosed book.
Then came lie Lincoln era and the
protective tariff. Factories began TO
come nearer the farm. Trade with
Europe decreased. Trade with A,ncri-
ca increased. The factory and the
farm began TO reciprocate The farm
er quit burning corn Thus WAS init o.
duced the greatest reciprocal trade re-
lations ever known. Towns aud VII
lagos began ~ grow Churches were
built, and in every community were
THRIFT and good cheer. No parcels post
or other scheme ought to widen the
distance between the farm and the
factory. The protective tariff has
given to the Americans their own.
Hence farm lands are advanced, mort
cages are paid, and the farmer has
grown into an independence never
dreamed of in any other land. He has
mad TIME Tor eduaction. He has had
use for his library. If the carrying of
Daby wagons or wheelbarrows by
mail shall disturb these conditions OF
peace and prosperity, that enterprise
should not be undertaken.
II | have read the proceedings of
congress right, every senator and eY-
cry Representative has voted TO pro-
tect the products of his own people.
There may be places where that
passes for morality ard the square
deal. but | do not now recall any
such locality. Every farmer is familiar
with That system OF morality, when
ne sees 1t Illustrated by a pig with
both feet In the trough, fighting his
associates away The pig is lighting
to preserve his own protection and
iflghting to prevent his associates
from having it. selfishness might
make scientific revision impossible.
But ! have no doubt the President
suggests it to satisfy or appease the
dissatisfied element. He reads the
newspapers, and possibly the maya
zines. He finds them knocking on the
tariff; and inasmueh as the editors
are running the country, they must re-
Iceive attention
The President demands scientific
schedules. | agree with that demand.
But what are we going to do in the
farming states If the first scientific
schedule shall put agricultural pro-
ducts on the free list MY colleague
then would not agree to such SEIZED.
ules. Every test in congress has dem
onstrated that every Senator wiz
stand my the protective interest OF
his state. The work of ali the scienti-
tic men in making schedules win not
change this condition. / am only rails.
ing my voice here for things which
seem to me, as a looker-on. to have
been neglected.
II ! have read the proceedings of
this body Alright in past years.
voice has been raised for every man
in the United States except the right
one. Every voice has been raised for
the consumer. Chase him down. will
you! ! would like to see a real, plain
consumer. There is not one who is not
at the same time producer. You
can not find him Men were elected
70 the new congress on the doctrine
OF helping the Consumer" A man
said to me as | was taking the train,
DO something for us consumers, 4
said The other Senators are takins
care of that side OF the case. j am %
ing TO stand in the Senate to repre-
sent the producer and the consumer
as well, because the men employed
IN any factory are the consumers OF
the products of some other mans
iacaory' You can not 90 this
This man in Massachusetts has
come nearer separating the whole
proposition than any other man. but
II may be only temporary, as he is
elected for only year
read the other day about this
good manand ] thought We were
done with that sort of business in
this ReDublic-ad addressing large aud
fence from raised platform, and he
said, 7 must come down little near
or TO the people, because am one Of
the people | supposed snch by-pIavg
mad been done away with in American
public life; that this demagosuery
had been driven out by the common
intelligence Of the people. But 1t
seems to work in Massachusetts. II
you ever find man Ike that you viii
ind he is millionaire, and he is only
playing the game. II he had been real. 1
iy one OF the people he would have
said nothing about it.
IL D..AC "a II