The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-10-18
rKrSLxY on ruHrARITr.

BRYAN, Ohio, Oct. 10.-MsjoF
Mckinley discussed the tariff ques-
ton before an immense audience In
this city last night. His speech was
without dispute one Of the greatest
ever made upon this question, and
the Majors brilliant, logical, and
practical presentation Of this sub
feet completely captured his audi
ence, many Of whom were Demo-
Gratis, while he left no peg upon
which q free trader could hang an
idea. He said that President Cleve-
land in his message and In his letter
Of acceptAnce SAYS that the con-
sumner must pay the duty. There
was never = greater faIlacy, never q
more absurd statement promulgated.
IL President Cleveland had been
acquainted with the history Of his
own country he would neyeP have
made such a statement; II he had
been acquainted With the history Of
his own state he could not have pro-
pounded such a fallacy. The Major
then instauced the soda ash manu-
factory In the city of Syracuse, y.
", showing the results Of protection
i'm that industry alone ia New York.
Thus, with illustration after Illus
trAtiOn, he convinced the Democrats
81 the absurdity Of the proposition
Of the Executive. Then he added:
'.Supposing I admitted that project
i've tariffs are paid 10y the consumer,
wherein, I ask, il q revenue tariff
RnY better: u revenue duty IL always
paid by the consumer, the latter has
the advantage Of the consumer, the
latter has the advantage OF the
former in that Il protects home
labor: but the Democratic party say
that the people are burdened toy war
taxes. Let III see, there have been
three general tariff revisiOnE since
the WARM $50, 1872 and 1883. II
our revenue from customs in lSSG
had been collected upon the war
tariff II would have been ~ peT cent
greater than the amount collected
under the present law or over 81 No.
iHII. lED greater. Between 1879 and
ISss, twenty-five years, the Demo
cratic psTtv has been in control of
the Lower House Of Congress eleven
years, aud the Republican party
eleven years. The House alone has
constitutional authority tn intro
dure bills to reduce taxes, During
eleven years Of Rspubliran control
we reduced the taxes $:aB, 90, 800
annually. During eleven years of
Democratic control they have been
reduced 10y $G,OD,Bn. Who made
the Mills bill2 Mills did not make
il. Who did" Nobody knows. Its
maternity has never been revealed.
hut who are the gentlemen who
comIOse the majority Of the Ways
and means Committee: Mills, Of
Texas. MrMilIen, Of Kentucky:
breckenridge, Of Arkansas; Breck-
enridge, Of Kentucky; Turner, Of
Georgia, and Wilson, Of Virginia.
These six men control the action of
the committee, the other two Demo-
Gratis from the North being la the
minority. The six districts which
these gentlemen represent together
do not equal in manufacturing in
tsrest, wages paid labor, and capital
invested, my own Congressional
district. Out of the l63 votes east
for the Mills hill in the House, IOI
votes were from sixteen Southern
States and the total manufacturing
interest Of these sixteen States rep
resented by these lOl votes il only
-. per cent Of the entire manufar-
turing Interests of the Ountry. Vet
these men representing the W. per
cent Of manufacturers Of the North:
We are going Ia pull down the bull
wark Of your strength and open up
our markets to foreign l8bOrers and
foreign manufacturers. Ii IL for
the lAbOrOrs of the whole country 20
veto this theory by their votes on
the 6th Of November"