Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-15
McCULLOCH FOR CLEVELAND.
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The Venerable EN-secretary IT, Ac-


cora With the Democratic Policy
Hon. Hugh McCulloch, secretary of
the treasury. under Lincoln, Johnson aud
Arthur tells the Washington correspond
cut OF the New York Commercial Adger
tiser thatif bis health will permit him to
90 t,e pu Is on November 6, he will
vote toy Cleveland and Thurman. Mr.
McCuloch will be eighty years old in
December AMI nn never voted for any
presidential candldgGe who was not
wing or republican.
Said the venerable secretary: II have
ALWAYS been wing and republican. but
this ampagn seems to be turning Cd the
20 Question OF tariff reform, aud upon that
subject | nave alive Lad very positive
convictions. My sympsthies are natur
ally with tariff rrformers. never be
lieved that the high war tariff ought TO
have been continued sitter the necessity
for raising enormous revenue had passed
twas not intended by anybody at that
time that the high duties should be main
tanned, but it was generally understood
that they should be lowered considerably
in time of peace don't believe any
body could act as secretary of the treas
ury without becoming convinced of the
necessity OF tariff revision. | have
watched Mr.. Cleveland's administration
very carefully, and l consider it to have
been marked with signal ability and up
righ,ness'
What effect in your opinion, would
the adoption of the presidents sugges-
tions in legislation have upon our indus
tries2
"a very beneficial effect One thingis
certain; we can never extend our market
beyond our own shores and improve the
condition Of our laboring classes under
the present combination of high tariff and
ireelsbor We cannot allow emigrants to
pour i'll upon US at the present rate and not
iDjure our stand ard OF labor and wages. We
ought to be a great commercial nation. We
have all the natural advantages. But we
must free trade from its restrictions
We really have no International trade
now. Most of our exports now are food
stuffs, and most OF them 90 to England
Other nations buy Of Us only what they
canD7t get anywhere else. There is all
the South American trade, of which we
get only 2 sma, share; we ought to have
great deal more OF il. But we can
never expect to have any international
trade OF any Importance so long a. we
maintain high protective tariff both on
manufactured and on raw materials We
always must have a tariff, and a pretty
high one, too, for our government is, so
TO speak, welded to indirect TAXATION
and, although do not believe it is a
wise or just system, it will probably
continue to exist, and by just so much
will hamper our foreign commerce; but
our object should be to reduce this re-
striction to the minimum so as to give as
free scope as is possible to commerce
without impsiring the revenues neces>
sary to the maintenance of the govern
meut.'
mr.. McCulloch said -he thought the
Mills bill was good one, and the CRY
that 1t would iniure our manufacturing
Industries was, in hi. opinion, all "bosh
When asked if the wage workers of the
country had anything to fear from The
adoption of It's principles he replied thai
they had not
Continuing. he said: The issue i:
made up by the party platforms. Each
party convention has taken It's position
on the question and must await the re
suit. My convictions lead me to TAX,
sizes with the platform which favor
tariff reform"
DO you believe that the Chicago
platform offers any hope of tariff re
form2"
"On the contrary, it offers just the re-
verse"
shall you vote for Cleveland anC
Thurman if you are able to 90 to tn,
polls?'
II could no, help it, in justice to my
conscience ard convictions
The correspondent asked the ex -secre
isry OF the treasury what he thought OF
MI Harrison's and Mr.. Blaiue's sugges
tons that Secretary Farcnild should nave
used the surplus in purchasing bonds anC
should not have distributed part of i
among the national banks without inter
est. Mr.. McCulloch smiled and said EN-,
phatcallY that he should have hrsitateC
long while before consenting to pay
such high premiums for bonds. especially
when the price was appreciated solely be
cause OF the governments purchases
Inc purchases, too. would be made most
ly from large bondhoders, and would moi
tend to put the money in active circula.
ton among the people, "As to the de,
posts Of public moneys in national
banks, be said, "tha; was the only thing
the secretary could do if be did not pur-
chase bonds. Sherman did the same
thing If Mr. Fairchild had kept the
money locked up in the treasury there
would have been great outcry. 1t was
a perfectly legal act to distribute the
money among the national repositories
II was justitiable under the circumstances
and In my opinion perfectly proper"
The venerable tx secretary lives at his
summer home most of the year, coming
In TO his house in town only for few
months in the winter season. He shows
no signs OF the approach of his sOth year
In appearance. One would take him 10
be % or 20. His face is full, rnddy and
unwrinkled, his eye keen and his voice
clear. Yet he complains of not being in
tne best OF health, and has not been able
OF late to 60 far from his home.
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