The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1896, Page 8

The more carefully the tariff question is studied in all its bearings the plainer and more forcible is the conclusion that one with strong protective characteristics is of benefit to the country at large and to the Pacific Coast in particular. In answer to the common cry that She tariff benefits the rich manufacturing classes alone it may be stated on good authority that it benefits the agricul- turists more extensively than any one class. When itis remembered that farm- ers constitute about half ot the business population of the country the significance | of this statement becomes clear. It was Bryan, the apostle of free trade and champion of the Wilson bill, who made the statement in his Chicago convention speech that the prosperity of the country at large depends primarily on the welfare of the farmers, yet his free-trade measures work grave harm on the country at large by striking the farmers a direct blow. “Speaking of one phase of the question Joseph Nimmo Jr., the statistician, has said: “In the entire list of agricultural prod- ucts there are none more exposed to Cana- dian competition than poultry and eggs. It is estimated that the total value of the poultry produced annually in the State of New York is about $2,100,000, and of eges $5,200,000, the total poultry and egg prod- uct amounting in value to $7,300,000. New York farmers from Buffalo to Montauk | Point, and especially farmers of Suffolk Couunty, through J. Eugene Parker of Shelter Island, asked for protection on thes oducts, and it was granted in the | McKinley bill. Eggs, before free, were | made dutiable at the rate of 5 cents per dozen, the exact duty mentioned by Mr. Parker, and the duties on poultry were | raised from 10 per centum (equal to about | 1 cent a pound), to 3 cents a pound on live | and 5 cents a pound on dressed poultry. | That conferred upon the farmers of the | State a benefit than which none other is | more bighly appreciated, especially on | Long Island. Now, I respectfully chal- | Bryan’s lenge the editors of the Democratic news- papers of the State of New York to come | out squarely and tell our farmers whether they, the editors referred to, are or are not in favor of abolishing these protective | duties on poultry and eggs. *‘There are several other important pro- tected products of agriculture in the State of New York, among them the pepper- mint industry of Wayne County, which affords an extensive employment to men, women, girls and boys. The total value | of the peppermint crop to the farmers is about $160,000 annually. The daty on peppermint oil was raised from 25 per cent—about 37 cents a pound—to 80 cents {a pound in the McKiniey act. This | proved beneficial to both farmer and manufacturer. It is, however, imprac- | ticable in this connection to present state- | ments similar to the foregoing in regard | to all the tariff-protected products of New | York agriculture. The facts already | stated clearly indicate the manner and | the extent to which New York agricul- tural interests are affected by foreign com- petition; also, the justice of adequate pro- tection to those interests. “The Democratic policy places wool on the iree lisc for the reason that it is re- garded as a ‘raw material.” Hay, beans, potatoes, hops, tobacco-leaf, poultry and eggs are also placed in the same category. ‘When this insulting and ruinous Demo- cratic policy shall have carved all the benefits of protection out of the agricul- tural interests of the State of New York those interests will be not only ‘raw,’ but bleeding.” If these are pecuiiar instances wherein the tariff has proved a benefit to New York there are, also, samples of its bene- Free-Trade to the American Fa,rming_ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1896. HOW THE WILSON BILL HURT AGRICULTURE. Panacea Classes. fits to the Pacific Coast. These have often been dwelt upon by writers and speakers, but they were recently made plain by Senator J. N. Dolph of Oregon, who said: *‘The people of the Pacific Coast have an object-lesson upon the tariff in the Chi- nese population. The characteristics of the Chinese race are such that Chinese la- borers in the United States, no matter how limited their numbers, necessarily come into serious competition with white labor. A Chinaman works for one-half the wages required to support an American laborer. He neither becomes a citizen identified with business enterprises, nor to any con- siderable extent a consumer of American products. He hoards his earnings to send them abroad, while he supplants white la- bor, the wages of which would go to de- velop and enrich this country. “Reasoning from the effect of the com- petition of a few Chinese laborers, whore- ceive for their services probably ten times the amount received at home for the same labor, it is easy to understand the effect of a policy which would cause many of our inrfustries to be transferred beyond the sea, and would open our ports to the free admission of the products of half-paid En- glish labor and the labor of India, China and Japan. “‘As a great section of the Union, the Pa- cific Coast shares in the general benefit of a tariff which protects home industries, stimulates enterprises, gives employment to labor and promotes national prosperity. Although, as manufacturing communities, the Pacific Coast States do not as yet fa- vorably compare with many of the older sections of the Union, their people have for that reason probably a keener appre- ciation of the value of manufacturing in- Was a Blight dustries, as is evidenced by their efforts to secure manufacturing establishments. They know that the removal of protection from manufacturing industries always makes their maintenance impossible, and they look to a restoration of the principles of protection as the one thing that will in- sure the future development of those vast manufacturing industries which, on ac- count of their commercial and geograph- ical situation, and the abundance of material and facilities for manu(acmrinF, they have every assurance to reanably expect. “The growth and prosperity of the com- merce of the Pacific Coast is dependent largely upon the protection policy. Itis protection which builds up commerce be- tween the States; which directs trade mto domestic channels; which creates a variety of industries within the Nation; promotes the rapid and constant interchange of services between persons employsd in different industries and the exchange of domestic products between the different sections of the Union. The most wonder- ful and valuable commerce of the world is that between 65,000,000 of people protected by the American tariff system. The in- crease of our foreign imports would mean not alone loss to our domestic industries and of labor to our workingmen, but ioss to our internal and 1interstate commerce as well, “The people of the Pacific Coast under- stand what is meant by a tariff for revenue only. The Mills bill, as an educational document was a success. They have been taught that a tariff for revenue only would put on the free list nearly everything they f)roduca, grain, vegetables, wool, fruit, umber, coal and lead, and that this leaves them at a great disadvantage with the world.” Tt is beginning to dawn on students of recent tariff leg&hfion more plainly each day that the predictions of Bryan wereall wrong as to the effects that would follow the adoption of the Wilson bill. His theories were all totally wrong, and his reasoning vicious; for he beheld general prosperity and everywhere foretold re- newed activity of factories and a general revival of business. The most casual study of the question disabuses the mind of the idea that there has been tne faintest ;e;’nblance of prosperity under the Wilson ill. Take wool as a striking instance. No one will pretend that the business did not meet its death blow in free trade. Another leading 1ndustry of the coast which the McKinley act protected was Iumber, a most important enterprise. It is said that there is invested in the lum- bering business of this country $300,000,- 000; that it gives employment to 1,000,000 people. In Washington, west of the Oas- ocade Mountains, there are 20,000,000 acres of timber lands, and there are also large ‘and valuable tracts, scarcely less in extent and value, in Western Oregon. The red- wood lumber of California is a valuable article of commerce. The Puget Sound milis have a capacity of over 900,000,000 feet of lumber annually, and the manu- facture of lumber upon_ the Sound in a single year has reached 800,000,000 feet. The Democratic party proposes free trade in lumber. Timber and labor are so much cheaper in British Columbia, and the manufac- turers are enabled to obtain so much cheaper machinery there, that when the duty was removed from lumber the in- dustry was greatly crippled upon the Pacific Coast and elsewhere in the United States. The farmers of the country have not heen slow to note the evi) effects of the ‘Wilson bill, nor are they unmindful of the benefits they have felt as a result of pro- tection in the past. It is not likely that so many deeply affected classes will forget the benefits of 2 thorough-going Republican policy or ignore the injuries that have accrued to them under a few years of what Mr. Bryan i called “‘a panacea for hard timos."' « PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY. IN THE WIGWAM THIS EVENING, Republican Mass - Meeting, With the Spellbinders on Deck. ALL CITIZENS INVITED. Each Speaker Will Treat of a| Special Subject of Wide ‘ Interest. i | UNIFORMS FOR CONTINENTALS, Preparations Made by the League for | a Lady’s Night Next Friday Evening. There is every indication that the big- | gest meeting of the campaign thus far will | be that to be held this eveuing at the | Wigwam, corner of Jones and Eddy streets, under the auspices of the Republi- can State Central Committee. Seats will be cpecially reserved for ladies and their escorts, and they, as well as the rest of the large audience, will be as com- fortably seated as the audiences in the theaters of this City, because the Wigwam | asuditorium is furnished with elegant opera chairs. The committee intrusted with the prep- arations for the meeting have beén more than successful in getting up a good pro- gramme. The speeches will not be long and rambling and covering the same ground, but each speaker has a special | subject assigned him, and the speakers | selected are the best .on the Pacific Coast. | At 8 o'clock sharp Major Frank M Laughlin of the State Central Committee will introduce George A. Knight, the chair- man of the meeting. Mr. Knight will deliver a brief address, | after which the glee club will sing | “‘America.” Judge R. B. Carpenter will speak on | “That Crime of 1873 and 16 to 1.” Hon. John P. Jackson’s topic will be “Attitude of the Republican party toward | silver at the present time.” United States Senator George C. Perkins | will show that “the Democratic party is not to be relied upon to restore pros- perity.” Hon. Samuel M. Shortridge will discuss *‘the record of the Republican party, and reasons why it can be trusted to carry out its promises.” Tirey. L. Ford will pay a tribute to “William MecKinley, soldier, statesman, man and leader.” Rey. Anna Shaw will talk on politics, and Chairman Knight will pronounce the ‘“su revoir.” The speeches will be interspersed with music by the glee club and by the Cali- fornia Quartet. A o O CONTINENTAL LEAGUE. | A Well-Attended and Enjovable Meeting in Saratoga Hall. The Continenta! League held one of the | most largely attended meetings in its his- | tory last eveninig. Frank D. Worth was in the chair and Maurice L. Asher acted as | secretary. Amos Currier, chairman of the execu- | tive committee, reported that the com- | mittee had about perfected the arrange- ments for the open meeting and ladies’ | night to be held under the auspices of the | léague next Friday evening at Saratoga | Hall. The committee had succeded in s curing Benator George C. Perkins,Congre: man Loud, Robert Tibbetts and H. C. Dib- ble as speakers. An entertaining musical and literary programme had been arranged. In addition to those interesting features dancing would be begun at 10:30 o’clock. George Lewis of the brigade committee reported that two battalions of the league had been organized into a drill corps. e asked what the league proposed to do about uniforming the battalions. The subject was deferred until a later stage of the proceedings. | action of the Republican Count; 1 llva H. P. Goldstein of the committee on campaign buttons received 348 buttons from the factory. They are of brass, gilded, and on each is embossed the three figures constituting the vignette of the league—the old Revolutionary fifer and the two drummer boys, copied from the celebrated oil painting. The buttons cost 10 cents each for the first 500, and when the question of price came to be consid- ered an animated debate ensued. Will E. Fisher moved that the buttons be sold to members at 15 cents each. Amos Currier moved that they be sold for 15 cents each or two for 25 cents. Another member moved that they be distributed without any charge. After a spirited discussion the price was fixed at 15 cents each. Under the head of new business Frank | Roney moved that the members of the Municipal Reform League be invited to | address the league on the proposed new charter, M. Rosenthal suggested that as the Con- tinental League was a National body, and not a local one, it would be highly im- proper for the league to dabble in munici- pal politics. Chairman Worth said thaton a former occasion the league had listened to an ad- | | dress from R. Freud on the same subject, | and it would be no more than justice to allow the other side to speak. Mr. Roney’s motion was laid on the table. Will E. Fisher made-a little speech in which he regretted that any one should | oppose the new charter. George Lewis, on behalf of the brigade committee, reported that the committee had selected a uniform, and he wanted to know how the unitorms were to be paid | for. The selection of the uniforms was approved and the brigade committee was given full power to act with regard to the purchase of aniforms. Professor Sichel played a piano solo very acceptably, and the Mohr brothers sang several camp: ;fn quartets. Captain W. H. Batchelder sang a comi- cal topical song which brought on an encore. Professor P. P. Ritter dis: voice in “I Love But Thee. core he sang *In Old Madrid.” 8. P. Balinsky recited “Dorkins’ Night.” The meeting then adjourned. SEER s IN THE WEST END. Phyed a fine * TFor anen- Enthuslastic Meeting of the Thirty- Seventh Assembly District Republicans. The West End Republican Club of the Thirty-seventh Assembly District met last evening in their new hail at the cor- ner of Haight and Stanyan sireets, with B. L Solomon, the president, in the chair. The other newly elected officers, which were all present, are as follows: First vice-president, John R. Aitkens; second vice-president, W. G. Long; secre- tary, John Bennett; treasurer, James Cairnes; sergeant-at-arms, John Sparks. President Solomon_announced that he had appointed C. O. Burton, M. M. Stern, James Alva Watt, Lyman I. Mowry, Charles D. McGown, A. B. Maynard and E. A. Tuttle an executive committee. By a unanimous vote of the club the Com- mittee in appointing Lyman 1. WIy as president ana Joseph Goddard as secre- tary of the new central club recently organized under the auspices of the com- | mittee was indorsed. Prominent speakers present were called upon for short addresses and among those who responded was Judge W. W. Allen. The Judge began with a ‘‘few remarks” and ended with a rousing Republican speech. “I began to labor in the ranks of the grand old party forty years ago,” said he, “and I hope to work on in that illustrions { company for many. even forty years more. That party bas made the greatest country on the face of the earth. Its whole object is to learn the wants of the people and then meet those wants and the people have prospered until the cold, chilly hand of Democracy has been laid upon them. Unaer the dominion of the Republican party our National credit was d and our checks were casbed all over the globe. But it is not so how. “When Harrison turned over the ad- ministration to the Democrats we had just concluded an appropriation of $33,- 000,000 for a World’s Fair. Now we could not give 33 cents for such an object. Itis hard to convince people who won’tinvesti- gate. The Democratic leaders say, ‘Vote your party ticket; never mind facts and figures.” That is excellent advice for their followers when facts and figures are con- demning. They want silver. Why, down in the Mint there are millions of it, and yet you cannot get a dollar of that heap till you have earned it. “1f it were freely given to you it would have no value. To earn 1t the Repub- lican party provides 2 way by protecting labor. Itiseasy to coin money, butifit has nothing behind it it has no value. Down on Townsend street there has been for three years wool stored away. We bave no factories and the raw material lies in the warehouse valneless. Wool that we bought in Australia has been sent back to that country and sold. . *‘The most foolish thing on earth is the fight against the aggregation of capital. What could we do without capitai? Whence would comé our factories, our shipping, our railroads and every great moneyed thing that has been a prime fac- Secretary Asher reported twenty-two rew members on the roll. | tor in the development of the country ? *I must refurn to the money question again, for that is the issue of thecam- paign. I have had experience with fiat money — Democratic money; have re- ceived it for my iabor when a young man in the Western States—a dollar of it worth 50 cents to-morrow and 25 cents the day aiter—and I want no more of it. I-want only the sound money of the Republican party.” Upon motion of General Salomon a sys- tem of ‘“‘missionary work’ was adopted. One man was detailed to canvass each block of the district for new club mem- bers. The idea was received enthusias- tically, and all present promised to labor in the good cause. The club adjourned, with three cheers for the Republican nom- inees, to meet next Tuesday evening. SR T MR. LOUD SPOKE. New Republican Wigwam on Pre- sidio Heights Warmed With Eloquence. Congressman Loud and Colonel John H. Robinson addressed a political meeting last night on the summit of Presidio Heights in the new Republican wigwam on M yrtle street near Washington. Judge Dibbie, who was present as an auditor, was called vpon to speak, but| apologized and promised to avail him- self of another opportunity should one be offered, when he would be prepared to say something thoughtful and calculated to aid in rolling up what he predicted will be the greatest Republican vote ever polled in the district. Chairman George R. Sandersen ap- pointed the following committee to ar- range the dates of future meetings in the wigwam and to engage speakers: Oscar Lewis, Wallace Bradford, O. D. Baldwin, H. C. Firebaugh and B. Severus. The fallacy of the free coinage of silver furnished Mr. Loud with a theme, during the discussion of which he contradicted many Democratic campaign statements, and went further back than the so-called *‘crime of '73” to show that the Populist- Democratic party is not telling the whole truth in regard to demonetization and prices of staplg products. Colonel Robinson discussed the tariff, the money question, the party candidates, political history and statistics and struck a responsive chord when he remarked, “Come and take our silver coated paper pills; all your pockets it wili fill, If per- chance it should kill, the Republicans wil foot the bill, for they alone have the skill.”" He also told a story of one man after another buying a lot at an inereasing and fancy price, paying a little cash and giv- ing & mortgage for the rest. Asthesale Erogreuud each man got his money back y the cash paid on account, and each time the price and the mortgage increased, Finally the last man was “stuck.”” He couldn’t find a purchaser. Then he com- plained that there wasn’t enough monéey in circulation—more ought to be coined. Some one asked him why, and he replied, “Why, to make more fools, of course.”" R Colored. McKinley Club, The Colored McKinley Club held a well- attended meeting in California Hall last night, Chairman Saunders and Secretary Butler being in their places. Speeches were made by Rev. J. C. Pegram, Rev, J. Callas and Rev. G. H. W. Smith. Mr. Smith made a telling speech on the evils brought about by the nnwise re- vision of the tariff. In the course of his remarks he said: ‘What a rosy picture we had painted for us in 1892; what millions we were to expect. We were to sell dearestand buy in the cheapest merkets. We took their word for it and here we are now. The least credible part of these same gentlemen smearing the canvass with an- other picture for which they want us to pay another four years or perhaps ten of this fi‘a- tion’s life. Men deceived once are human; men deceived twice by the same men are fools. Iam bound to say that the evil which hascome to us by an unwise revision of the tariff has been greatly .fg“"wu by one of its consequences our loss of revenue. Whenever gold and silver have stood to- gether it has been at the market value. When we tried to make gold and silver circulate to- gether we have married them according (o the market value. To-day we find them not 16 to 1, but 30 10 1,8nd we are going, they say, to lift silver to twice its value—not by the univer- sel sensc of meankind which alone makes value, but by the statutes of the United States, single-nanded against the civilizad world. Italian-Americans. Ata meeting of the Italian-American Republican Club, corner of Powell and Union streets, Jast night a uniform corps was formed. It will be known as the Italian Cadet Club of the Forty-fourth As- sembly District. One hundred uniforms were ordered. The club will give a picnic at Harbor View Park, Presidio, as soon as the uniforms are ready. The following were the officors elected: Joseph Merani, captain; Leo Ratto, first lieutenant; Eugene Cadenasso, second lieutenant; Joseph Demartini, third lien- tenant. A vote of thanks was tendered the president, Ex-Senator E. C. Palmieri, for | his generous assistance. Mrs. Coleman’s Estate. The inventory and appraisement of the estate of Carrie M. P. Coleman, widow qf Wil- liam T. Coleman of old-time Vigilance Com- mittee fame, was yesterday filed in the Pro- bate Court. Mrs. Coleman left ty valued at $302,- = 88, most !at whle" “eu'n‘xluqi real estate, er personal proper lued at $137,- 599 38, consisting of money in bank, ltoexi, bonds and notes. 3 TO) 2 1S OPPOSED 0 FREE SILVER, A. B. Wood, the Founder of Leadville, Says That It Would Cause Ruin. IS TOO MUCH TO COIN. The Dollar Would Be Debased to the Value of the Bullion. MICHIGAN SAFE FOR M'KINLEY Pingree’s Interesting Campaign—A Copper King on the Mines of Superior. A. B. Wood of Michigan, the world- famous mining man, who discovered the first silver and lead carbonates at Lead- ' The gentleman has been on a visit to the Biack Hills, Colorado, Arizona and Or- egon, in all of which he has been examin- ing mines. “i have long since quit managing mines,” said he, ‘‘as I do not care for the responsibi . I think twenty years ex- perience in that way is enough. But if I could find a mine that I want I would buy it. This has been the canse of my trip. | But [ want to be careful what I get, for | while a good mine is the nicest thing a man can own, & poor one is the very worst. It is said that it costs $500,000 on the aver- age to make a good miner; thatis, it takes that much in the way of failures to make him a good judge. “‘As a rule I have found that good mines declare their intentions very early in their history. Relative to Leadville, while J could not foresee the entire importance of that place I Fnew it wasgoing to be a great lead camp. I named the town and wrote myself an application to Washington dur- ing Grant’s administration in the seven- ties, asking for a postoffice and the ap- pointment of H. A, W. Tabor as post- master. “The great copper mines of Lake Supe- rior, from which I have come oy easy stages, are in a prosperous condition. | There is 118 miles along the portage that is devoted to mining. “The Calumet and Hecla last year pro- duced about 42,000 tons of ore. The Quincy, which is next in importance to 1t, pro- dGuced from 800 to 1000 tons a month. These are the two principal mines. ‘‘We have gone through the period of working unprofitable mines there, and have settled down to the good ones. In fact I don’t think there is as much pros- pecting as there ought to be, for there is {e! a large amount of country that has not een properly tested. “Lake copper is worth about 11 cents now, the price still being high. “The sapphire and ruby mines at Hel- ena, Mont., of which I for a time had the management, are not being worked now. We got out a lot of the stones, and then as A.B. Wood, the Leadville, and Who 1s [Sketched from life ville, named tbat celebrated camp, and got the first postoffice established there, is at the Palace. Mr. Wood discovered the pay chute of the renowned Iron Silver mine, and for a number of years was the managerand a large owner in that and other properties. He had much to do with the development of the wonderful ore deposits in the Rob- ert E. Lee mine, and was a pathfnder in that great camp in hitting on ways and means of treating the ores. Since Mr. Wood left Leadville he has become heavily iuterested in silver and gold mining elsewhere. He is also ex- tensively interested in copper mining. For years he has been a large owner in the Calumet and Hecla, adjudged for a long time to be the greatest copper mine on the St greatest coppe: Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Famous Mining Man, Who Discovered the Carbonate Ores at reo Silver. artist.] Opposed to. by a “Call the market was well supplied it was cong cluded best to hold off awhile. It wae right after the Baring failure, and thery Was not as much of a demand as io jewels. ‘‘The sapphires at Helena are what are known as fancy sapphires. They are not exactly the cornflower blue. The rubies are pinks and reds, while, as in most mines, few were of a really pizeon-blood color. These mines are, as you know, iargely bwned by English capitalists. ““As to silver, which is now an issue in the campaign, with the proposition to coin it without restriction, I must say I think it would be a bad thing for the country. In place of its helping business and making times prosperous it would, in my judgment, cause very hard times. _“Iam in favor of gold and of the finan- cial policy adopted r‘y toe Republicans in thewr National platiorm, because it is the only course that is destined to bring pros- perity here +If we coin all the silver that comes to our n.nnt:gon will sim.gly see the value of the silver dollar reduced "to its bullion value. That is the ultimate end. Nothing can prevent it. ‘‘At the same time the gold will dis- appear. If you have gold and silverin your pocket and have a bill to pay you won't pay the bill with gold. You will hold on to that. But you will pay the bill with the silver. The gold will dis- appear from the country as it has in Mex- ico. They have, indeed, had both kinds of money there, but you can go from one end of the country now to the other and you won’t see any gold. “I confidently hope for the election of Mr. McKinley, for that will bring good | times, while the election of Mr. Bryan | would undoubtedly make times infinitely | worse. As to Michigan, my own State, I will say I do not consider there is any doubt about that going Republican. Itis| a certain Republican State. “The nomination of Mayor Pingree of | Detroit for Governor has materially added to the strength of the Republican cause. Mayor Pingree has hitherto interested himself a great deal in the cause of the people and they believe in him. He fought the gas company and the streetcar com- pany and beat tiem, and he also, as will be remembered, planted the vacant lots in the citv in potatoes to aid the poor. He will poll a heavy majority. “The Lake Superior basin last year pro- duced over 9,000,000 tons of 6 per cent stan - dard iron. A great deal of salt, lumber and similar interests are at siake there. Michigan is & tariff State. “Now, in Colorado if you oppose free sil- ver they hoot you, but that isn’t argument. | As a man whose life has been devoted to | the study of the precious metals I must say I can see only far worse times by throwing open our mints to the white metal.”’ DIED NEAR HIS HOUSE. ‘William Scott, an Aged Merchant, Sud- denly Expires. William Scott, 72 years of age, residing at 1339 Pine street, was found dead ina vacant lot on Bush and Martin streets at 1:30 o’clock Thursday morning. He left home at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, and his relatives hunted for him since noon, as he was in feebie health and not accustomed to being away from the house long at a time. Scott’s body was sent to the Receiving Hospital in the patrol wagon. The doctor said he had been dead several hours. Mr. Scott was a merchandise broker. gel;va‘%u member of Hercules Lodge, A. 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