| Show THE BATTLE OF THE GIANTS NOT since 1867 1857 when douglas and lincoln met in joint debate has the mississippi valley known such political excitement as in thes the present campaign in ohio olibo on the ath dinst the rival candidates for governor of ohio met at ada and debated the great issues of the hour governor campbell opened the contest in a speech which lasted over one hour and a half he dwelt mainly on the question of protection as opposed to free trade the former he characterized as an an over grown monster which pauperized the farmer destroyed american commerce built palaces for millionaires and substituted huns bohemians Bohem ians and It italians allans for american citizens tito the words of abraham Linc lincoln aln when he said that a money power would spring up in the united statis states which would ultimately bri bring dg the wealth of the country to the hands of a few were reproduced by governor campbell he said that the few now owned the wealth of the country and that the republic was thereby endangered the number of home homestead owners have fallen in twenty five years from live five eighths to three eighths eight hs when egypt fell two plot per cent of her people ae owned 97 per cent of her wealth when persia went down one per cent of her lation owned all the land an and d at the he fall of rome borne 1800 persons persone owned almost all the known world in 1 1860 85 61 the capitalists of the united states owned 87 per cent of the cout contrys cou rys wealth now said mr Cana they own more than 75 per cent of it the governor contended that the tariff was a tax on the consumer and that the importer adds th the duty edity to thi the price of goods FJ five ve tha thousand usand dollars dollar worth of english goods 3 under the present tariff would cost 80 00 in new york under free trade the value would be the same in Liver liverpool poo I 1 and boston during last year worth of plate glass was imported and duty paid on it england did not pay day this duty hence the american america n merchant had to pay it the appraised value of farm land depreciated in ten tea years while its wealth has increased in the same period all this was attributed to 6 a pro tariff the governor dwelt a 4 good deal 0 OB glass and said though protected ainoo 1789 it was considered a baby still and because of the tariff I 1 on oil it the glass trust was recently formed he w aou ou acio however prohibit the belgians OF who worked for the glum glass trust from entering this country major mckinley followed in a speech of an hour he dwelt with thi the free silver issue saying that until th tw great commercial nations have fixed a bimetallic ratio america can not safely adopt a siver coinage clinage schemer the cost of the silver in a dollar is in 80 cents but the government stamp makes it worth cents under the 1878 laws the difference between the commercial and coinage values of silver goes to the treasury in twelve this difference amounted to all of which went to benefit the people under free coinage a foreigner could bring 76 cents worth of silver got get it coined at the mint and then buy cents worth of with it both major mckinley and governor campbell in 1886 voted against free coinage of silver both of them WW also held at that time that unless there wax as an international bimetallic ratio adopted by 1889 silver silver coinage la in the united states should be suspended ar governor vernor camp campbell bell is now fighting on a free fre silver platform while mckinley ie opposed to it if on the question of tariff the next uttered he dwelt on the y gr philosophy I 1 10 dophy of protection as a stimulant to jo the industries of the people as an ad to the skill and genius of american citizens and as a factor in the development of our national re he contended that amerteen Amert Amer tein fan po consumers did not dot pay the tariff tax if so ao why do england france and ey germany cry 0 out ut so bitterly against IS protection laws he showed that un fc der f the com comparatively ively free trade I 1 regimes jimes of 1814 1833 and 1846 general Siro prostration of trade and industry pre u til protective laws were again IL adopted opted he quoted from the messages number of democratic presidents Y bf a A allowing howing that they recommended protection as a biescas means of promoting the greatness of the united states |
