Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-22
Ma. M'klN,.3Y On PROTECTION.
Some of the Eoints the Ohio Statesman
 Makes Against Free Trade.


 ATLANTA, Aug. 21.-Among the large audience at the Chautauqua Assembly to hear MT. Mckinley speak upon the subject of protection, were some of tue mc dis tins uished cIL!zal., ot GeorSiu Mr Nc kiniay wa ln:ro4ncod by Jutgc Howard Nua Epps. Il" ,,1Ko ill part as follows:
 "The reven.4 tauff periods of our his tory have beer periods of3Createst imam cal revulslonS and industrial decadence c, vate enterprises checked, and public works retarded. From 1853 to 1S42, under the low tariff !EGislation then prevailing, business Ws., q; a stand still, and our merchants unu traders were bankrupted; our industries were paralyZ Zed, our labor idle, and our capital was unemployed,
 From lS4S t) lS6O during the low tariff period, there vas but n sngle year in which We expo ted in excess of what we imported. Iho balance of trade during the twelve e the thirteen years was against us. Our people were draIncd Of their money to pay for foreign purchases. During tho last thirteen years, under protective tar'f, tEe-o was but one year that the balance O. trade was against us. For twelve ycI,rs we sold to ou" foreign customers m excess -of what we bought from them the sum of S1. 612, ,659, 155.
 'Ono Of the strlkiug differences between a revenue tarlf and d prorectlvc tariff IS that the former sends the money of It's people abroad for foreign supplies aEd a |. keeps the money at home among our own people, circulating through tue urtcrlcS of trade, ast creates d market at home, Wnlc h Is always the best, because the most re.l- able.
 "Thc markets of the world in our pres ent condition arc q snare and q deluslon. We will reach thcm whenever we can uu- dersell COIA0Cting nations, and not sooner. Tariffs do u0t zcep Us out and free trade will not nlak ko 1t easier to enter them.
 Upon what terms cau We adopt reVe- nue tariff system III this Country3 In one way only, by GccCpIug European Condi- tionS, and sub hitting to the dlscomforts and disadvantages of our commmerclal rlv ais. The chlcz obstruction in the way of revr"uo tAriE are the wages puld Aneri- can Wu".luglnon, and any return To that policy involves reduction Ill the cost Of labor We cannot afford to have cheap labor in the United States. Cheap laOo: means cheap men and dear money.
 'NoNJ to the laborer, the farmer IS the immediate beneficiary of the American system. It brings to his plantation Il clty of consumers. The farmer and the factor are brought into close proximity. The problem o1 transportation is largely cl mnated. He finds n ll!Ur.:ct not only for stap, products which would bear trans pOrttt on, but iur malH products which but for q hUm" market would waste and decay Ill the uatdS.
 ''lhe fathers of the republic apprecluted the necessity for home market. They were all farmers and planters. They could not sell to eacn other for each supplied h own wants This was their stuatlou They recognized the importance of dlvers.- lying the occupations Of tho people. They must promote other pursuits than the cul tivut!nn of the soil. They must have, If they would prosper, CuusumerS, wnO would absorb tho surplus products of the farm. The result was protective tariff and under 1t the wisdom and foresight oi the founders of the republic have beer more than VndiCated.
 Il may be true that tho Now England manufacturer has reached that rank anC that degree oH perfection when protcrtio~ to him is not so essential as it once was but the West and the South Hro i'll exactly tha same condition that New England Was twenty years ago, ana nin sure will insist |u;t the same fostering Legislation shall Ut accorded for 1Eeir devc4 opment that h Is been so long enjoyed by their moro pro g!rssivc fellow citizens on the EdeterI coast. The truth is, perfection must be universal in it's applications; equally within the reach of all sections aud all industries, or it should be abandoned altogether"