Show S STEVENSON T E V I 1 I 1 ans an A AT T 1 HOME der democratic CANDIDATE fon fofi VICE PRESIDENT MAKES A SPEECH issue of the iho C forcibly DIK cuel anti and ufa ul acord c P Preal dent tariff eruths 1 if ga V slatted Sulf fl alt aurer Burd burdan tn at the grat democratic mccuing it in glooming n ills ilia on oil alls alt 27 mr steven N son non on d t the lie I issue imes mes of the campaign ct at nirl and with ith it rich force speaking ol 01 ie e last he be said aid the four Ys yi ars ad rat ion of pre I tent dent cleveland was an boast none of the ibn predicted c e ill of which democratic triumph was to kiethe liethe be the forerunner followed liis tion in lie he campaign of ia ili ibe were toll told by republican publican Ile speakers that thai democratic success would firing bring bright blight rail ami ruin upon the interests rt r c t the country those who predicted evil front from 11 mr r cle Clev lands elands election proved false prophets rho democratic administration ending march 4 issa ISS aws ha gone into history as da an economical and able administration of the government no attached to any of its appointments appoint in cuts thomm to glicr Li cr it the rights right of nil ali property of all sect sections ions ofal of all I 1 tile the people were recognized cd and enforced under it tile tic bonded debt of tire gohei re ment was paid at maturity trust were not used urald to avoid a it treasury deficit arid tile the gold re reserve erve v was AS not dot menaced by threats of 0 invasion to meet the current expenses of thi government under that no additional burdens burden vt were ere laid upon the people AL ac the close of president Clev elands admi administration nitration the surplus in tho the treasury liea sury exclusive of the sold gold reset resolve ve was in round numbers isa M what Is tho the condition that now ion fronts us at the end of years of re lie publican administration ou on the basis bais of revenues to tho the government as estimated by the secretary of the treasury for tile the present fiscal year nud and of tile the liabilities of the government on account of the annual and permanent appropriations for the period thero there will be u of 52 upon the assum assumption eption that t the lie liv lav requiring 4 1800 for the llie Linz fund will lie be campli 41 with there is no escaping tile I 1 have mentioned and this too notwithstanding the fact that t the be rid nd ministration made default in pi pio 0 iding for the sinking fund to nn an exceeding S II during the lust fiscal the bankruptcy which now threatens the treasury s is the result first of tho the enactment of the mckinley nIcy tariff law anti anil secondly of the lavish appropriations appropriation of the fifty first r ion ori Kress gress mr stevenson devoted a large part of his speech to the disc discussion of the tariff tann is sue which he be said is the nil all important cues tiou jOrr of the campaign the issue su sue he said is squarely presented upon t lie ono one side are the advocates of a bagh protective tc or prohibitory policy pol icya a policy that enriches the few at the expense of the many mady on the other the advocates advocate of such reduction of tariff duties as will give to our manufacturers the benefit of cheap raw material mata rial anti and lessen to the consumer con anmer the cost coat of the necessaries Decess aries of life the argument advanced advance by the early of a protective was the neves necessity sity of our infant industries after ftera a brief bricf of we the main facts in our tariff histo history io which he pointed out the great prosperity of the tha country under the low tariff of ISM anti called call d attention to tho the internal int ernil revenue taxes and the increased tariff taxes made necessary by the war mr stevenson continued where are the lie su statutes atutes imposing impo fing these int internal croal revenue war tabet tuxes with but fow few exceptions swept front from the fatute statute ta tute books while the nation was yet groaning under the burden of enormous debt one of the re esons given at that time lime for the high protection to madru manufacturers aers wits friis the percentage they wei a required try pay out of their earnings as war taxes wit with it thu the war closed it a republican congress relie ell cd tire the manufacturers from this taxation and added to their profits and to tile burdens of tire the people by iti creased duties I 1 grant tho the os repealing e internal war taxes when tile exigencies of v war ar do long dodrer er demp demanded demand tidd td their continuance aut why did not the congress repeat repeal the war taxes tariff taxes which here bore bo heavily upon the farmer fanner upon the tha mechanic upon tipon the laborer upon the greit great masa of our people why eliy was not th war var tax i deduced educed upon the of life why wholly remove the tux tax upon ir corporations an ind allow dallow it to remain upon the tools tool 4 of the mechanic the implements of tile the farmer upon the tood food and r of the t why remove front from the manufacturer f fac tho the tax of less than 5 per lent cent anti leave eave him man tire the to tax lax file lie consumer 47 GO 60 per cent upon hats upon bli bohocs cles upon blankets u upon poll clothing but this is riot not all the protected classes growing year by year byronc er anti and more powerful with tile protection afforded them demanded of the fifty first congress yet higher duties A As infant industries they hall been for or the time lime content with tho the moderate pi given by mr clay later they had bad dt demanded alanda t the lie higher ea imposed by tile the morrill t tariff ariff and that of later cong remsey in during t the it e first firs t session essieu of the llie fifty 13 firlit ir s t co agre h t it air le do illel wr vve s in bub substance stance for a aroh prohibitory i bit 0 r y tariff the response to all it wit was i the arf by a republican con lOD longress gr gress CS 9 0 of f the ahu mckin ley lill tile avowed object of this bill was to cleck importation Us its purpose to so t o 1 to rate of duties duta 4 I 1 ili as in many insza instances oce to exclude absolutely foreign goods from our markets and thus thun by cutting olt torn petition enible the loins manufacturer without let or hilt drance to fix tho the price of his wares in a vord tho the McKi mckimley uley law baits prohibitory hibi tory fea titrus gave its beneficiaries a practical monopoly end enabled them in fact to levy mi at additional tax upon tile consumer to lio ilia extent that tile duty hail had been was abi this legislation demanded banded d by the people was it in their in nas ast s it not dot class legislation legisla tiou of tile ol odious lous char teter legislation as enric ben th few at the expense of 0 the lauy tho the merican ine rican people unmistakably set their seal ot of condemnation upon this bill ly L but ut surely they lime become I 1 thit talt aror protection does docs nut protect them it is worse than edlu to s dyeak eak of its benefits to abi american farmr what wa at he demands is ia both bolli li a furt lin and a hume market for thi products of ili his farm faria it is tell hiru him he is ii protected against tho the corn and wheat products of the old world heis he is compelled to acell la in the open ms klets of the world lie ho krould I be allowed te t is poor privilege of buying what his bis hect bilics n quire require without pay lug ing high gribi e to the protect eil blasses ot of hl own loui comiry iry ry to the tha mechanic and auti laborer no leathan to the farmer protection has 1 a dela delusion and nd a la in no Jub tano hs ahls it opened up to the tta tamer additional ia arket tor for a pound of 0 meat or a bust tl cl of graan 0 HM 11 as it in a fingl instance given to tha mechanic or laborer increased wages the high tariff adds largely to tho the cost of 0 articles ary sary to to the cori ort of i tho the wage earner how lias has lie be been bine lit n cad uns hns it ft increased his ilasin idaa it in any manner benefited lis bis condition recent events connected with the most highly protected establishments of this country badly attest the fact that a high pr protective 0 tariff affords tie no protection to those who is bo earn cart their bread by daily toll toil it was as never intended to benefit them enough ila lias the wage carrier been deluded by the try cry that ligh high tariff means high wages wage c 3 have no effect upon wn wages va excerpt except to dil ninish their s edg aug power tit Tin higher the tariff the ibo less lesa the the wage bagua 4 are governed by the great law of supply anti and demand if 1 the claim of the protectionist Is well kvell founded why not lave wages increased increase as tariffs have increased I 1 why constant reduction of 0 waca in the most highly protected establishments 1 in 11 the land t to the toiler the Mt mckonley Kinley bill has hai kept the word of promise to tho the tar ear but booken it to the alie hope the democratic bouse of odthe of alie present congress lon gresa las pained abill a bill removing ing the inari indrea aad ed duty alu ty imposed by the mckinley bill upon tin and providing that within it a few years it t shall go upon the tree free list it has also pissed the trie wool and cheap clothie clothing bill by which woo wool I 1 11 ili admitted fre of d duty uty and a large i iou sought to bo effected effect Ld in ili the tariff upon u pod woolen roods goods of if all debaci lations it lias las also removed the tariff upon binding it twine hiie but for the hostility boti lity of a re pub licau senate these measures meis urea so justson juet so to the people would now he be upon our books our 0 r present tariff laws died careful levision jellision levi jel ision hion their glaring inconsistencies should ab be corrected it is to the interest in of manufacturer and rid consumer alike that in ili the main raw material be admitted free of duty working the raw material into the finished product would give employment to our skilled workman the reduction of tariff taxes tales to the minimum upon the necessaries of life is important to ill of our people it would provo prove of inestimable value to the millions s ullo w lio earu their bread by daily toll toil my follow fellow citizens to you the tariff ii theall the all important ion the question is riot not how bow or of your earn earnings ill 3 S hall lie 11 e g gen ell to the of the govern government men but how holy shall under tle the forms of it law be seized by the favored the protected classes when the tariff bill billot of isel in incila cicalo ini the average of tariff taxes from ia 19 to M per cent was under consideration M mr r ll Nl errill the republican publican Ile author of tho the bill taid bald it was not aebig designed D e d as a permanent teni system lint but only ns as a temporary measure As shon n this war tax instead of jf beiji being reduced when the war had closed was by buccie sive republican contress congram cons ress s increased toan to an ri 47 per percent cent tire the republican party responded to tire le de mand of the people for reduced taxation by tile lie passage of the mckinley tariff bill ot of t thus has heavily increasing hiir vl it taxes upon the people twenty five years after the war hall had 1011 loll closed lo LL are our interests safe sare in tho the hands of a party controlled by tile tho protected protect eAl mancip of this country this is the imbor tant question for your determination atalic at hie polls the democratic party wages no warfare on any business interest it favors no legislation hostile to the krnc interest interests I 1 te of any bu business hiess aate enterprise we believe I 1 1001 that tire t e burdens of 17 taxation should I 1 1 I 1 tic be equally distributed NV we oppose all lei isolation that enriches the few by the many the costet upon which we have now en entered terell is ia of deep signi fica to the licater american people shall high ta tariff ric iff continually y increasing inc reisin Nith tho the dc demands mands of the protected cassas cass rs be tile the settled policy of our government or shall hall there be relief relict to I 1 the he p ople from the burdens of unjust t taxation mj |