Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-22
Mckinley GopsSouth
A Protection Speech In the Free
Trade Stronghold.
SALIENT POINTS OF THE GRAFTON.

SALIENT POINTS OF THE GRAFTON.
len. Harrison En- Voyage to n Retreat from
the Maddins Crowd Incidents of His I
Trip-Judge Thurman boards a Yacht ;
and Braves the Terrors Of the Unsalted
STRAIGHTFORWARD by observation-disclosures
at Crosse Point-rort Huron Full of
Enthusiastic Democrats.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug 22-Gesterday was
I great day at the Chautauqua assembly at
Piedmont The grounds were filled with
oeoJle the majority OF them representing
agricultural interests. The event was the
speech of Representative Mckinley, who had
come from Washington City to address the
people on the advantages of protective pol
icy. Among the large audience were some
of the most distinguished citizens OF Georgia,
Maj Mckinley was introduced by Judge |
Howard Van EpIs, and was warmly re-
reiyed
Muj Mckinley. having thanked the Pied |
mont society for the courtesy of ITS invita- |
tion, said that he had come to address them
upon public question of great national i'm |
port, which concerns not only the prosperity
Of one section, but of all sections of our com
mon country, and which is of commanding
interest to our 90, OO0, 600 of people
Mckinley then said that all We're agreed
that large share OF the revenue of this
country must be raised bg taxes on imports,
and proceeded To define the two systems upon
which it is proposed to raise ii. Free
traders or the advocates of revenue tariff,
he said, insist that duties shall be levied upon
that class OF foreign products which are not
produced in the United States, the principle
baing that revenue is the sole and only oh
iect Of taxation. and that duty levied upon
such foreign products as have little or 10
home competition will secure the largest
revenue with the smallest rate of duty II
duties are levied upon foreign competing
products it is made 81 low that hottie compe-
ttion is destroyed To prove this statement
h. quoted J Randolph Tucker as follows:
Therefore, as no higher duty ought 10 be
laid than IS needed t. raise the requisite rev
enue ON any particular article it follows
that the true revenue duty is the lowest duty
which Will bring the required revenue"
He next defined tin. other theory of taxa
ton. which the Republicans advocate, say =
ing it was based upon exactly the opposite
principle from that OF revenue tariff 1t per-
mitS all articles Of foreign production,
whether OF the field. the factory, or the mine
| except luxuri-s only, which We cannot pro
| dure in tin. United States. 10 enter our ports
| fraa and unhurden.d hv custom house ax-
| actions The duty is 10 he imposed upon the
| foreign competing product: that is, the
| product. which. if brought into this country,
| would contend with the products of our own
| soil our own labor and our own factories
in our own markets
This mode OF evying answers double
purpose. 4 protective tariff brings revenue
to the American treasury and dt>crminates
in favor of The American citizen. A
revenue tariff invites the product Of foreign
labor and foreign capital 10 occupy our
markets free and unrestrainei in compet.-
ton with the product of our own labor and
capital A protective tariff saws to the
world OF producers: III YOU want To share
with the citizens of the United States their
home market you must pay for the privilege
Of doing it
1t is alleged as serious objection TO pro
tective duties that the tax, whatever 1t may
| he, increase the cost OF the foreign ~ well
as the domestic product 10 the extent Of suct
tax or duty, and that 1t is wholly paid by tbs
consumer Tins objection would be worthy
Of consideration II 1t we're true There Is not
IN the long line OF staple products consumed
by the people. single one which has no
been cheapened by competition at home
made possible by protective duties EXactil
the opposite Is true OF revenue tariffs. They
are always raid By the consumer Suppos
ing, for instance, there was tax upon tel
and coffee There beng no production o
fore no connection, the cost tn the Amer
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