New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-22
MCKINLEY IN THE SOUTH.
A STRONG SPEECH FOR PROTECTION.

TELLING THE PEOPLE or GEORGIA WHAT THh'H
INDUSTRIAL POLICY SHOULD DE.
Atlanta August FLA heavy rainstorm de-
serred many people from going to the Georg's
Chautauoua to-day to hear Congressman William
McKinlev sneak upon the subject OF fro'ecuoh'
consequently the assemblage was not as iarso %
A otherwise would have been. MI Mckinney WIS
introduced by Judge Howard Van Epps- ne
said In part, .u.,.,.s
Free Traders, or to DO more exact, the .oVooa'o.
Of revenue tariff, insist that duties snaii "o 49,.
WON that class Of foreign products wnicn arc no 49,
duced In the United states. the prihcip' JOINS ,
revenue is the sole and only ooec. oi 'u'n 49,
and that duty levied upon such ioreisn P'o
have little or no home competition VIII secure mo
r.rga.t r~venue with the smallest rate OF outs' an
illustration familiar 70 all OF you Is inc pfo"u0 "
"a. And coffee Neither OF these great s'spie ero'o
a, ed in the United States The demands OIL ouu
p.on,e for these products. and they eAtoho ~ go
home and Preside In the land are suppiou a
.hroad Now, any tax thereon, however sigh' anu
tns,gnifcant would produce very con'uo' "'r 10
anne TO the Government and THIS ILLUSTRATES /
commonly understood as revenue terin' IL
aver the duty is levied upon the foreign eompe'ns
nroduet IL is made so low, having revenue o'i' ~
s,.,v tia, the effect is TO destroy home comP'"No
and increase the revenue therefrom by ncreas'ie Ut"
variations A revenue tariff Is therefore, su -
as will produce the largest revenue lo" ~ -,
S,tv The lowest rate OF duty VIII onNoe'"eN
rort.,,ons. diminish home production ana hcs"ap'
p ~. ro,erus. 4, win of necessity check COM
-..,.,o, O, homo and send merchants soroa" W
~. "a Affords no protection not even inc'aen'a o'
the very instant you discover thst suen u''' 90. I'm,
home producer, that instant you osoo'0, NC. -
variations and revenue are cnccheu' a"N -.
own producers are able to controi fn' noaN
-, - var, ~ H. Then at once the advocate
Of revenue tariff reduces the duty brnss so" over
the true STANDARD Tor IL mu maxim where
Sroeccn begins ends and the Iar.mIp D =.
always eoDrons intended tiSSi for s" wholly
Serent purpose loses It's force and character D
genuine revenue tslie wher u eecO"es II can have
n ape esctthat OF opening up our markets 70 tne
foreign producer-impoverehing Inc uoins S'
and enrching his foreign rival
GLANCE AT THE BRITISH SYSTEM
ENGLAND is moro nearly a free-trade country 'nan
any other and her system OF taxation iuIh'sno' 81
upujstakable example Of the practice ana pr'noip.
of a revenue tariff. Hen import duties arc a'pos'N
almost exclusively upon articles which cahno. 70 pr
duced BY her own people upon her own SOL i'uaoeo'
snun cigars chcory cocoa, cumants bgs rS Ss ay.
s,u hIandy wine tea and conee,-these are me VI
tscies rom which her customs revenue - nv br,
articles IN the snpped from sbroad Will. pract
ealiy all competing products OF foregn honsas Ire.
Suciion are admitted thru ugh her custom houses oc
~ dmtv The al valorem equivalent of the DUTY .l
tobacco Is nearly 1000 per cent CsAe. pu S,G Owe,
% 600 oSo 81 dues are collected annually The
Snty on tea is ~ cents a pound How YOU'D IN,
American s SE psynE s se' any cosecd from h
source Is over sisoooo0c annually There are ao e
ninety or hundred other s' che, medc,nes which
are dutiable al 81 SO per gallon More than sVoooU,
600 or nearly onofcnrh OF the British revenues a''
You %il note the character of taxation to Tsic
re for nSS' table ss sd tie c
are made to bear large part OF Inc ouIGeh sSna
capre thai the nearer we approach this system IN
more generous tie bestowa Of British commentator
Ms .Sf 81 s he free list Of competing foreign products
every reduction OF duty upon s1ch ptohe rsscsnns
Snsb v ntsrss II IN vain British =, state:
man to assure us that their system nHr commercis
,iyals for disnterested favors at Is folly sal
washington IN his aYors ron another that
pay TH sceeST nnds Of that s
an 6s no greater error than to expect or eacuat
anon real iavors from nation to nation: a
% ss o wS't to discard We are not Mr. Presden
sensIbe to the good opinion o OF II Il 70 be had on
II the expense Of industrial independe9es al az 4,
The dignity and %. TI us spT pegs
.uS %!y' Of sn9 sSs iHi the
The o theory Of taxation and d the S9s %nC an
believe to be Is based 20 upon an Exactly opp
principle II al articles ec, % i0 or ibd min
sG D Tf isass Of o aaS H' @
the tinted states, 10 enter our ports free ana
b. De @p S Spon the foreign competing pOdo
that is. the product which If brought into this eonntr
sops md HA s N our
Under this system the foreign PRODUCER would en1
s1f bu %ar son. Sn for he pss hs
enjoy and ssars N is to
ms1 and asS a ana ca Gsr sc RrU'f ike O
product
TT HAS DOUBLE USEFULNESS
This mode Of levyng due. answers double pu
pose 1t produces revenue to ths Government ana
tbe same time fosters and encourages the occupato
of our own people promotes indus'r
development opens up new niues' uu
nav factories, and snstains those alrea
ss,oh,,shed which In turn furnish empC
ment TO labor at fair and rcmunerahve wages
revenue tariff sccompishes but single purpose-u
of raising revenue It has no other mission "hle
tective tariff sccOmplshes this and more-lt Drii
revenue TO the American Treasury ana dscrlmina
In favor OF the American Citizen. revenue "a
Invites the product OF foreign labor and foreign ca
petition with the product Of our own ia0or ana ca
tai protective tariff invites the produces Oh lore s
labor and foreign capital which are necessary 10
wants of our people (which We cannot produce IN
United States to occupy our markets ys ana sD
which Is produced at home, or can be suoceici1
in quantities capable OF supplying the domestic
able rewards TO our labor, bear duty which shaii
high to prohibit e1S a. snd
The same Time not destroy but encourage Ameri
production. ., T.. o....
IL is alleged as a serious objection TO protect
duties that the tax whatever IL may be. increases
cost of tho foreign well as the domestic prOduct
the extent Of such tax duty, and that II Is VINO
paid by the consumer. This oo)ecnon wouid
Worthy of serious consideration II II we're true,
A has been demonstrated over and over again, II
without foundation In fact Wherever the TO- eign pi
net has successful competition al home the duty
sa,a,v MAID nv the consumer. IL Is paid from
nroafs of the manufacturer, or divided between
md the merchant, or the Importer ana dnln snes !.
rroats 10 that extent. Duty or no duty, without IN
Eompetition The consumer would fare worse than
isres now There Is mol in the long line OF staple p
ncts consumed by the people a single one which has
boon chespencd by comPetion a. bone ms sr pos
snter. into the everyday uses OF the family wnlci
urod,Iced In the United States that has moi Doon ID
cheaper and more accessible as the rcsuit OF noie
dr.ttnn and development. which was 10 Dc secl