Daily Republican., 1888-09-12
HARRI!OVs ACCEPTANCE,
PROTECTION The KEY
NOTE.
Less Work and Lower Wages
viii be the Result Of
Free Trade.
The Paupers and Chinese,

The tolloWtnR 10 General dAIfiaon q
letter accepting tho Republican Presi-
Dental nomination:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind Sept IL Hon.
n. n. Este and others Of the Commit
tee-Gentlemon: When youe commit
tee visited me on the fourth Of July
LAST and presented the offioiAl announce
meut OF my nomination for the Presi-
dsney OF the United States BY the Be.
soon NJ practicable TO communicate to
you more formal acceptance Of the
nominE ton. Since that Time the work
Of receiving and addressing almost
daily large delegations Of my fellow
cltiEsns has not only occupied all OF my
time, but has In some manner rendered
It unnecessary for nae % use this letter
as q medium Of communicating 10 the
public my views upon the questions In
volved In the campaign. appreciate
very highly the confidence aud respect
manifested by the Convention, and go
ospt this nomluasion with . feeling Of
gratitude and full sense Of the EespoD-
Gibillties which accompany n II is .
meter of oopgFAtulaSion that the de
clarAtienB OF the Chicago Convention
upon the questions thAt now AttrAot the
interest Of our people are 90 clear 81 d
emphatic. There ts farther cause OF
oongratulAtion In tho fact thAt the Con
vention utterAnoss OF the Damooratio
party, II In any degree uncertain or
contra iiotory, can now be judged ~ d
interpEaeed BY Executive acts and mes
sases, and By dehulte propositions in
LEGISLATION. This ls esDeCtAlly true OF
what is popularity known as the tariff
question. The issuo cannot now be
obscured. 1t is not costsst betN sen
schedules, but bet Eeen wids-Apart prin.
oiples. Tha foreign competitors OF oar
market have with quick instinct seen
how one Issue Of this contest may bring
them advantage, aud our own people
are not 90 dull as 10 miss or neglect the
grave interests that are involved fol
thems The assault upon our protective
system is open and defiant,
MILLS BILL But THE FIRST STEP.
Protection Is GsBAiled as uDoonEtltu'
tIonRl in law, or 90 vicious 10 principle
and those wEo hold such views sincere
ly cannot stop short Of an absolute
elIminRllon from our tariff laws OF the
principle of protection. The Mills bill
10 only . step, but 1t ia toward mn OBJ
jeot that the leaders Of Democratic
thought and legislation have clearly II
mind. The important question is mo-
30 much the length Of the Atap ~ the
direction OF lt. Judged by the HKeou-
tive message OF Deot ber last, by thu
Mills bill, by the debates In Congress
and by the st. Louis platform, the
Democratic party will, II supported By
the country, place the tariff laws upoi
q purely revenue basis. This lB praoti
cal free trade-fres trade in the Englisl
sense. The legend upon that bRnne
mey not be "Free Trade" It may b.
the more obscure motto, Tariff Re
form; !" bat neither the banner nor tn
inscription 10 conclusive or, indeed
very important. The assault itselt Il
the important fact.
Those who teach that the import dut!
upon foyeiRn goods sod in our marke
10 paid by the consumer, and thai tn
price OF the domestic competing aEtic'
10 enhanced to the amount Of the dut.
on imported articles, that every millio
OF dollAEs collected for customs dutie
represents many millions more Whio
do not reach the Treasury, but ara pat
by our eitiztns Rs the increased cost G
domestic prOduotlopB resulting froI
the tariff laws, mag not intend to oil
credit In the minds Of others our systeE
of leVyiDR duties on competing foreiR
prod uets, but 1t is clearly already di
credited In their own. We oAnnt
doubt, without impuRning their intel
rity, that IL free TO act upon their con
viotions they would SO revise our Law
as to lay the burden Of the custom
revenue upon articles that are not prI
duosd In this couLtry, and to plaoe al
on the free list al competing toreiR
products.