The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-22
M'KINLEY ON THE TARIFF
A HEAVY RAIN STORM KEEPS
MANY PEOPLE AT HOME.

the Speaker-Text of the Ohio Lead
er's Argument in Favor of High
Tariff-Practically the Same as De
hvered on Other Occasions.
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 21.-The speech O
Congressman William Mckinley of Ohio
at the Piedmont Chautauqua this after
noon, upon tho Taxing Power Of the Gov
ernment,n was a magnificent presentation
of the tariff issue from the republican stand
point He spoke about an hour, and com
manded the most earnest attention of hi
audience which was unusually large and
critical His entire speech showed that il
had been well prepared, and in its delivery
Mr.. Mckinley was very effective. He was
frequently interrupted by applause, partic
ularly when he put himself on record a.
being in favor of the United States and her
citizens against any other country, or the
citizens of any other country.
STRIKING FEATURE.
A striking feature of the speech was that
while he discussed the great issue between
the two parties, he did not mention the
name of either. He followed the theme of
his subject closely, without giving express
sion to any bitterness or sectionalism. He
was loudly applauded when he referred to
the fact that the Issue was not one between
the north and south, but was an issue in
which ali of the states were
equally interested. At the conclusion Of
his address the speaker, in a most feeling
manner, referred to the cordial treatment
he had received while here. He was glad
that he had come, and that when he re-
turned home he would carry with him most
pleasant recollections of his visit to Geor
gia.
WARMLY CONGRATULATED.
When he had finished the applause that
followed woke up the old red hills about the
Chautauqua grounds, and there was q gen
eral rush to the platform by hundreds of his
audience who wished to congratulate him
upon his effort, to thank him for his speech,
and assure him that his visit to Georgia
would be appreciated. Tonight at the
fweetwater park hotel Mr. Mckinley
mixed with the peopk and by his quiet and
cosy manner made many friends. He will
return to Atlanta tomorrow and leave In
the evening for Washington The impress
sion of a majority of those who heard him
was that his speech was a remarkably
strong one.
AN UNUSUAL SPECTACLE.
In its makeup the audience was one of
the most remarkable ever gathered in
Georgia. Here was seen the spectacle of
one of the leading republicans of the nation
addressing vast audience, comprising the
leading democrats of Georgia and surround
ing states, and addressing them upon a sub
ject opposed to the tenets of their party
The audience was thoroughly representative.
There were white and colored republicans
and prominent democrats from Chatta-
nooga, Birmingham, Admission, Bessemer,
Rome, Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Carriers
vile and in indeed from all parts of Geor-
rrio Annfhar ciuf1iRnant foot ic hat InIsra
Van Eppps is a revenue tariff man-yet Eo
welcome could have been heartier
JUDGE VAN EPPs' SPEECH.
In the course of his remarks Judge Van
Epps said:
The truth is that intelligent men of the south
are ever growing more impatient of the sugges-
ton that 1t is political treason to listen TO ths
other side of the argument of the great
Industrial question so seriously affecting
their material interest and prosperity. and
when in the Chicago convention this honorable
gentleman (Mr. Mckinley put aside tempting
and brilliant chance to be President of the
United States and ruler of 6O0M,000 of people,
saying in substance: Il cannot accept q nomi-
nation without violating my own self-respect,
in abuse Of my sense OF personal loyalty and
friendship to Mr.. Sherman. He fixed public
opinion as to his lofty character and shed glory
round American citizenship.
NATIONAL PRIDE
Differ as we may on party questions, we
share the national pride in him, which is ire
spective of party affiliations the same which we
do not hesitate to avow of such men as Lincoln,
aud Grant, and Conkling and other kingly men
who have illustrated the dignity and glory of
American manhood,
These and other similar sentiments were
loudly applauded. A more attentive audi
ence was never gathered together. All his
points were heartily cheered, and when
toward the end, he urged that on this ques-
ton there be no south and no north, the
audience arose as one man and cheered to
the echo.
THE ADDRESS.
The speech was an argument in favor of
a high protective tariff, and was essentially
the same that Mr.. Mckinley has delivered
on other occasions. With reference to the
south he said:
From 1851 to 1860 the average yearly produc-
ton of pig iron throughout the United States
was less than 800, 900 tons In 1885 the states of
Alabama, Tennessee. Virginia, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Georgia, Maryland, Texas and North
Carolina produced 575 179 net tons. or 5000
more than the whole annual out put of the
United States under the free trade period
THE PROGRESS OF EIGHT YEARS.
The eight years last past have brought to the
south wonderful progress. You had in 1870
1895 miles of railroad; you have now So, 73f
miles, and this is increasing. You raised in 1880
5,755 $50 bales of cotton; in 1898 you raised
6,SO00oo bales In 1880 you raised 431074,6S0
busuctc VI Sidlu, anu III lccd you Tulheu OSD,-
sos, 900 bushels. In 1880 you had live stock
amounting in value to 1921 1919, 254; it is now
valued at S573, sos, $50 The value of your agri-
cultural products In 1890 was 1871 ,09S 454; in
1887 1t had reached S742, O66. 400 In 1880 You
produced 397,30l tons of pig iron; in
1887 you produced 929 1876 tons, and |
am assured upon the best authority
that it is upward of million now. You mined
in 1880, 6,049, All tons of COAL in 1887 49, 476 7S5
tons. You had in 1880, 179 cotton mills; YOU
have got to-day 300, and they are increasing.
The number of your spindles in 1880 was 7l3,-
$780, they are to-day ,495, las The number of
your looms in 1890 was 10, 2s2; there are over
$4,000 now. The value Of cotton goods in 1880
which you produced, was S21 900, 900; in 1887 il
was over SAB, 600 And yet, in the presence
of such progress, IL IL seriously proposed to
reverse the policy under which Il has been
made.
Surely new era of industrial development
has come to the south Nothing should DE per
mitted to check or retard il. To her nature has
been most prodigal with her gifts. Her hills
and valleys have been made the storehouses of
richest treasure. Coal and iron mines wait
impatiently the touch Of labor and capital and
tempt both with promise of lavish profit.
Raw materials are found at every turn TO
invite the skilled artisan 10 transform them into
the finished product for the highest use Of man
She possesses the 6bers in rich abundance: her
skilled labor should weave the fabric.
II is said that there is nothing grown in any
Of the states, except Florida. that Georgia can
not proftably produce. She has coal, lrou de
posits, marble and building stone, cotton and
the cereals Nothing but her own folly. nothing
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