The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-01-19
THE TaRlFrsouSsr,oN.

to the Duluth Tribune hy Hln. q. I.
AIscinnls and appeared in that pape.
last Thursday-in reply to one from
robert S. Mckay sgiving the other
side Of the case. 1t is worthy oil
careful study by all western people.
is being a clear and pointed discus
sion in, concise fern of.this mo'neI-
tous subject. the tariff. This IS
y. hat Mr.. Maginnis SAYS:
EDITOR TTIBCNE: IN your issue
.f tie 5th Instant Mr.. Robert y. Mc-
Kay asks Judge John l.. Mcdonald
whu. he terms few pertinent cues
ton, in connection with an interview
recently reported in the Chicago
Herald. Mr., Nckay's lette', the
Tribune ,thlnks, is full of solid meat
On the tariff question. Assuming
that it is impossible that Judge Nc
Donald's eye will fall uron this news
paper item or, if otherwise, that our
congressman is too much absorbed at
this time in looking aa'.fter the IN
terests of his constituents to he able
20 answer the objections set forth in
the letter, /. rs personal friend OF
NeDorall and as an advocate OF reve- |
nue. reform. deem it not ont OF place
to take lnotice of Mr.. Mcksy's CON- |
munication.
low with reference to the asser-
tion of one of Judge McDanald's con-
s.ituents that he lought an American
fork for 60 cents in Christiania that
costs him 81 in Minnesota, Mr.. Me-
Kay says "we have only the word OF
this Norwegian for that statement.
AS far as the word OF this Norwe-
gan is concerned, do not doubt that
he spoke: the truth. and it can he
fairly presumed. think. that he was
republican fully imbued with the
spirit of protection caught from his
party teachings, until this accident
opened his eyes to the false and IN
iaui,ous workings ofstl,at doctrine.
Mr.. Mckay asks if it is at all likely
tha. american manufacturers would
shin forks to Norway, ray ocean
charges. and then cut thei price 30
cents with ready homesEmarket for
I'll they can make at 40 cents addi-
tional profit"
Here.that gentleman shows lam
entahle ignorance Of facts. Does he
not know that in the greed for enor-
NOUS and unreasonable profits our
manufacturers rush..headlong into a
general oyer-production of their
goods until they,fndsit necessary to
shut down their works. thus causing
idleness upon their under-raid ope-
ratives. Can he not find parallel In
the sale OF Minneapolis flour at
1,wer figure Ing america than in Eng
land!
And is it not true'sthat in much
protected Pennsylvania miners, who
receive about IS cents per day when
ut work, have beenareduced to con-
dition bordering upon servitnde
while countless millionairesRre com
bined to further Cypress and. degrade
.abnr-all in the ~.ame of protection
] Unsophlsticated Mr.. Mackay. how
ever, caps the climax when he tells
ans that 1.-THE eastern cotton and lror
mills have passed their dividends
and he brings tear to every sympa
ihizing eye.
But when he ventures the assertion
that opposition, etc.. lac clearly
demonstrates the fact that he is no
ga man of thoroughly practical views
On public AFFAIRS as you claim.
How much better to have declared
that the barons. the trusts and com
binations have effectually crushed
out all competitions!
How much more honest to say tina
these manufactures demand prom
bitory rather than a protective tariff
II Mr.. Nackay is "a democrat o
the Randall stamp let him remem
her that the audaci.y of that gentle
man in his advocacy of an outrageou
tax upon tbs people is based upon hi
knowledge that he could not for
moment retain his scat in congress
he pursued different attitude.
lie says that our home trade !
seven times greater than our foreig7
trade, which. it would sser. is goo
reason why we should not fear foreig1
competition, and well informed Anne
ricans do not. Assuredly Mcka
appears to lose his argument when h
calls attention to the fact that gu
domestic trade is fifteen times large
than our export trade.
This is the very thing that Judg
Mcdonald and all the thinking me-
would avoid. We would like to Sc
our export trade far larger than on
home consumption mall things.a nd a
soon as the wall of protection !
thrown down and we can secure fire.
and unrestricted. commerce with tn
outside world, protection Will D
stored away like our old slave trad
never to be resurrected.
Mr.. Mckay appeals to the farmer
of Minnesota not to be deceived, bu
Ills appeal will fail to move our intel
ligent people Of both parties. VIII
have caught the key note sounded b
eur leyel-heaced president, and ar
now alive. to IN awak sning sense 0
aErnng and injury. Verify it VII
hereafter require an eloquent speake
or cogent writer to convince our har
working, lily compensated farmer
that the greatest blessing on earth j