New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-12

VIA malice toward sose with charity for an Win urn
ness IN the rrht God to SEQ tho right lot ms
.rr, ON TO finish tho work We are bind the Nations
wouuds; t. care him who shAu have b~rne ts os1e
and for his widow and orphansi TO do all when may
achieve ajus aud lasting peace among
and with all nationa' lL.ong continued appianssl
MIR. MKINLEY ON THE TARIFF.
Then came the address on the vexed question
OF the hour, The Tariff Congressman MO
Kinley delivered it and everybody. OF course was
in accord with his views on the suDJece. iiiS
principal points were as follows
The real interest which the people OF New-fork as wen
people Of other sections have In this question: -
not narrow or sectional merely, but general and Hsoha
II any other system will better promote Industrial GROWTH
con erve National ends reward individual EFFORT ana tho
Just aspirations people, hen Il should DO adopted o.
once Tn the discussion this question It assunco
either through wful Intention inst tne wv
Secured from ta,n Are wholly unnecessary ana
INDUCED in largely, solely for tho pnrposs OF en-
rchng tho manufacturer forgetting ignarns the facs
that Government be administered without xaton
and income and that It Is part OF tho CITIZENS duv !"
contribute for the support OF the Gove
which gives protection TO his properly ana Pc's'
and security to his enterprises and investments
IL requires over three hundred millions OF dollars every
year which mus. and in some
way expenditures and obligations Of tho GOV
eminent This be provided for 50 log as the
current demands remain undmnishsd This income must
ports The former system has never met with hvor
people and has boon resoed TO- except IN
OF necessity and during all preceding perods
has been speedily abandoned when the necessity
had passed II has mover been hold as pernahen
system for raising revenue. (Applause.)
It has been regarded always merely temporary, to
meet Immediate exieenclss which the prevailing system
OF taxation for the time found INADEQUATE 1t has
been the accepted National policy from the beginning VI
tho current and necessary reve
huffaa
repealed such part thereof as might be safeiy
spared the question OF the surplus which now faces Us
would longer. and the requisite revenues 70
meet the demands Of tina Government would easily ana
with little upon citizens be provided from
customs sources.
REVENUE RAISED FROM IMPORT DUTIES.
Having agreed mat the settled policy OF the Govern
ment Is to raise IL. revenue import duties the simple
question OF of these duties upon what ar
cles they shall be placed Is tho essential consdera
tion The would raise this revenue by Imposing
duty upon the foreign articles imported here
which do compete with those produced here Th'S
is the group OF inn )rted articles those
viii ch are necessary OF people, and for
which must rely upon the foreign supply and upon such
articles place the tax duty and let the articles which
come from abroad In competition with our domestic pro-
ducon enter Custom free practically So This
Is the exact position Of the revenue reorner and Is fr
statement constitutes revenue Tariff Appause)
On the other hand the Republican party insists that the
ar cles which cannot produce In this country, ana
which import from ABROAD. save ana ekcepe
shall duty free, and those things which are
made and produced abroad which sent here TO
compete with what and produce here shall Bear
the burden OF duty Shall the former or the latter
line OF thought be adopted National policy Is tho
question upon US for consideration and judgment
The President has emphaz issue and marked ths
line OF contest We accept his challenge Applause, and
appeal from him the people, the only sovereign We
tolerate recognize in the United Stats Now genemen
is the tariff policy so-caled or the protective
PROTECTION HAS A CARE FOR ALL.
The occupants OF nth story Mr. Chairman are not
safe II the jewellers beneath them are endangered and all
imperiled II tho foundation shattered or removed
manufacturers have free wool that IL may be
cheaper inquire whose expense1 or course at
expense Of producer who Is scarcely able TO live
to-day present OF duty the foreign product
II material Will chcden the product OF the factory
and the MILL OF by the same logic the products OF
the mill will be cheapened II competing products are al
mitted free OF duty The products OF the New-York
mills, the NewJesey potteres and the Pennsylvania fur
higher claim the fostering care OF
the Government and the eonsderate concern OF congress
than iron OF Northwest the wool producers
OF Ohio Virginia coal OF Maryland the clay
OF Missouri, the salt OF Michigan and New-York, the
marble Of Vermont and Connecticut, and no uaselhSh
Iatr thinks
assure you there Is no waysde station In the work
OF cutting down duties when once entered upon. NO
reason will be found surely VIII be accepted why we
should stop half In our so-caled mission Tor the
burdened Protection VIII respond 10
the beck and deaf to the earnest
calls another (Appiause and three-quarters
millions OF farmers. than one-eighth or our entire
populat will tolerate Discrimination against their
products and that might well be understood now Our
farming population has firmly resisted the seductive voice
free-tradcr (appause has stood faithfully by tho
system OF projection because 10 right as broad policy
looking u indu tr al ind pendence They only aim equa
benefits with all others-mre they have never asked and
less they Will advantage their fellow
r. zOrg in
unjust unequal drawbacks determinations upon
them viii be tolerated. (Applause)
MANUFACTURERS REQUIRE TARIFF.
The manufacturers OF the country. and more especially
the skilled labor employed By them need protective tariff
and require It. It Is mperatvely demanded not only
here but 10 every section OF the Union II the present price
OF labor to be continued and main Aimed Your Indus
compete successfully In this market even wi
the Industries OF England, France Belgium and Germany
without tariff long the labor paid here exceeds the
labor paid there from 80 to rs cent This inequality
only be by tariff upon the products OF cheap labor
high enough compensate for the difference Tou cannot
equal conditions and with Ike cost OF
the competing product
would not have an idle man or an idle mill or an idle
spindle in this country by holding exclusively the
American market could keep them employed and run
ming cloud applause) Every yard OF cloth imported
here yard less OF Amer fabri
cation Every Of steel imported dimnishes that much
OF home production Every blow struck the other side
upon an article which comes here In competition with Ike
articles produced makes the demand for blow less
at home Every days labor upon the foreign products
sent TO the United States taxes days labor from
American workngmen L would give tho days labor to
our own first last and all the time, and that policy which
fails in this opposed American interests (Heary
applause To this Is the great purpose OF pro-
tecve tariff. Free trade give It 20 the foreign
workman II will not perform It at the same price and
accept the same the woIkngmen no and Justly
and ind gnlnty this attempted degradation OF their
labor, this blow their independence and manhood ZAP
plause long continued.)
Every concession made is interpreted as confession OF
excessive tariff bnchts plea OF guilty TO the indictment
OF the free traders every inch OF ground surrendered
weakens line and impars mercal and business
independence I welcome allies In this great
from all political parties but look with dstrust
upon socsled friends who In order TO maintain their
party relations demanding ons and COM
promises which will gran cd be followed " tho comp 10