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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1904)
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Reavis took T .in extend d ride into the country " much to the delight of the visitors - ors who were charmed as well as astounded at the wonderful coun- try which met their view. r When the orators stepped on , thc stage at the Gchling' Friday I c\'cning' .rhcy found a magnifi- cent audience which not only filled every portion of ( he house but had about one hundred and fifty men crowded on the stage as well Speaker Cannon was introduced by C. -F. Rcavis and " ' , ' _ spoke in part as follows. , 'Mr. Chairman and Fellow citi- , , ' , _ 't.- " Itcn-J com to take council with ' 'T the good people of this commun- ity touching the proper policies for the Republic for thc coming four ycars. The Master said , almost - , - . - most two thousand 'year ago : . I.yc shall know them by their fruits. Do men g'ether grapes of . "thorns or figs of thistles ? " The . human race , through all its his- " " . tory has walked in the present and prophesied as to the future " in the light of experience. Dreamers - : ers may dream , and prophets may prophecy from the standpoint of romance and sentimentalism , but . practical men who move the A , world , who make the hearthstbtlC ; P : who promote the civilization , . walk : in the light of their best judgemcnt and formed by experi- euce and taking counsel with the people. I know of no way to tell whether I can trust man , policy , . . or party , except by hc character P , . of the man , the fruits of the rf policy and the record of the pariy. . . From that statidpiint I shall talk A to you , and if J mention the past it is not , o boast , but merely to hold up the light to illuminate our paths as we walk in the pres- en t. . ent.In In this campaign while there , arc many issues that our friends , . - the enemy hint at , there is but \ . " ' t one great issue between the two , parties , and that is that protect- ion , first obtained by a majority . . . of the people under Abrham Lincoln - coIn , and continued practically . \ for forty-four 'carsis the proper - . policy sti11. Our friends the o enemy say that protection is . . robbery and unconstitutional. . 'rime " Republican Party stands . for protection. What is it ? In brief , the Republican Party from 1' . its foundation under the leadership - ship of Lincoln to the present time stood for that policy ; why ? Because we believed that God had so disturbed natural riches upon this continent , and in our bound- arics. that Wi could diversifYing our industries , live substantially by exchanging our products amongst each other. And wc had another reason , wicIerdeeper and stronger than that. \Ve had a Republic which the people were and arc , thank Godcompet- cnt to govern themselvcs. Sovereignty rests in them , and one individual , however humble , is as great as any other however strong. In other countries substantially - stantially this is not thc condit- ion. One man or two men may govern , but" the Sovereign must first be patriotic , he must be wise intelligent and he must perform his function properly if the country iR worth anything. Sovereignty resides among our pcople. \Ve speak at the ballot box. \Ve had thc patriotism , and it was necessary that we should have the inte11igence. As I say thc Republican party stands for protection , a cardinal doctrine I want to argue from the standpoint of what protection - ion has accomplished , that it is a good policy , that it is wise to continue it. Now I will go back a little. When we came into power under Lincoln wc needed l money. Our Government threatened , half our people had stepped out and taken everything with them. Our treasury was empty , wc need- cd money , and under the lead of our party and its representatives we wrote upon the statute books a taxing law called a t riff.Ve said that the people elsewhere shall not come in and enjoy our markets with their products made by cheap labor without bearing , in a measure , our burdens with- out paying a tax for that privilege - lege that was equal to the diffcr- erlce between the wage of labor there and. what ought- to be the wage of labor here. The , law went upon the statute book , and thc money we needed began to come in , . _ ' Now I want to call attention to another fact. Time confederate states drafted a constitution , into which they placed a clause stating - ing that their congress should not , at any time " have the power to enact a law that would act as a protection to American indus- try. The south did not want it , under their system of labor , and - . " they ' so arranged their ' constitution - tion 'as to absolut IYtpre\'ci1t it at any time. 'l'his fact should not be lost sight of. Before that time our nation was fifth or sixth amotgst those of the earth in mal1ufactun's , 'and at the time Lincoln ] was elected ' we were however first in agricul- culture. 'Ne then manufactured eighteen hundred million dollars worth of products all told. It was considered large then.Ve fought the war , press reed the Union and Hag , ' eating up and shooting away as the cost of that struggle seven thousand mill ons. of dollars : worth of property It ha > all been substantially paid. Tothty , or I will say in the year 11)00 , the time of our last census , we are what in manufactures in the world ? First , and still first in agriculture. Did the policy of the Southern brethren prevail ? No. ' Did time policy of the repub- lican party prevail ; yes , and under - der it absolutely we have reached this stage. The platform of the Democracy in 1S60 said that pro- tee liun was uncon stitu tion a1. In 1892 Mr Cleveland was elected upon such a declaration In I S % and in )00 the democratic plat- form said the same , and this year in their platform just adopted they say that protection is rob- bery. . Now the manufactured product of this nation in the --"ear 11)00 was enormity of that without fig- uring , but the amount is more than seven times as great as the value of the product when the tariff law was first enacted in 1860. Our industries grew and grew and grew until the number of mouths to be fed who were engaged - gaged in and directly connected with cur great industrial progress was enormons. That is the great markct. Our manufactured product now is' greater than'tltat of Great Britan , Germany and France com- bined , and almost as great as all the rest of the world. Think of it. The manfactured product of our eighty millions of f people nearly as great as all the other fifteen hundred millions ofjnhab- itants of the rest of the earth. In 1882 we were at a high tide of prosperity , and our democratic - ic friends nominated Grover Clev- eland upon a platform and by pledges that everything was too hig-h. "Ghc us power , and we will see that the prices of prod- ucts shall be less , " . they said. They went to the workers of our large centers of population and said : IIYes , you are fairly well employed and receive a fairly good wage , but , my gracious , see what you have to pity the farmer for flour and meat ; see what 3ou have to pay the grocer , see what you have to pay for clothing , for everything. " Then the ' \ventto \ the farmer and said : IIYes you are getting a pretty fair price for your produce , but there ! is a tar- , - - - . iff of fifty per cent on all you wear and all that you uFe , and if YOU win give tis power we will change it , , so , the products of foreign labor cats : : ; colic in which will enable you'tci'buy all things for f less. Protection is robbery ; and it is unconstitutional" Berm- jamin IIarrision , : ' was : ; turned down the gretit'leader of the republican partics. . I have never been able to understand why it was done. It is true , we had been in power for a long time , and the young mcn growing up could 1npt remember to a majority saidVe will . " ' ' : try it. The dcm- ocrats came into full Bower l . con- trolling both house and senate. ' \V ell , but sOllle one says , 'Can- non it was eighteen months after Cleveland ] was elected before any change was made in our tariff. " 'rrue , but , we discount , things in the United States. , 'It was seen that there WitH going to be a" _ , change of Ijolicy , .fnd the farmer who is enG third of our people said : "L ok here , 'we will go slow ' \Ve will , gel along \"ith less clothing , \\'e : : will abandon any building ; we will , get along with the old , wagon and the old plows , for there is to be a change of policy and every one is begin- mug to e"uitcertain : about the outcome : " Tlic'ntb'iuent that the farmer contracted lmi ! ? , purchasing power bj' twenty-five per cent or more , the production of the balance . ilnce of'our people depending up that market was affected just that much. Time manufacturer said : " 'l' te farmer is not' buying , ) and others are not buying. There hasDeen a change of pol- icy and we must look out 'Ve cannot manufacture for our fu- , tore market , so we will manufacture - cture only ] on orders. The banks . . do not want to loan or carry mc , and I will have to place my men on half tiine. " 'rhcn the laborer was forced to curtail his pu.rcha&- ing-and the result was the miserable - erable history of that period. The democra kept the pledge ] that things would be chcaper. Under Cleveland we barely kept house. There is such a thing as having barely enough to get along with , barely enough clothing , barely etfough fuel to keep from suffering. Ii you want to be efficient , if you want to bc capable , you must have enough bread and meat to satisfy the demands - mands of the body and thc mind. Now , I said we discounted things in this cOll11 ry. McKinley was elected. It was six months after his election before the tar- iff was again changed , but it was known that such a measure would be enacted if the l : epub1i- cans kept their promises. So the manufacturer said it himself that he would clean up tJte shop a little , and prepare for hetteI things. Time farmer began to put out t lOre corn , more wheat more oats , more of other grains , ( Continued eli last page , ) / 1
