Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-27
IN M'KINLEY,s BEHALF.
Blaine Speaks on Protection
and Reciprocity.

and Reciprocity.
Excursion trains were run from all directions
on Saturday to Canton, Ohio, where Secretary
Blaine was announced to speak on the politi-
cal issues Of the day. They brought nearly
$1,000 strangers 1t had been raining for two
days and the mud greatly interfered with the
parade. There was much enthusiasm. however.
and cheers for Mr.. Blaine and Maj Mckinley
were frequent. In the afternoon big meeting
was held in the Tabernacle. Every seat was
occupied and even the aisles were crowded.
thousands were unable to gain admission, as
the Tabernacle has room for only $500 people.
While Mr. Blaine was speaking there was a
crash in the gallery and panic followed A
rush was made for the door and one man
jumped out of the gallery. The audience
quoted down, however and no serious injury
resulted. The accident in the gallery was
merely the breaking OF a seat
THE CONTEST DEFINED.
''The contest that is now waging for men,
bership of the next Congress-" said Mr..
Blaine, sis not properly a contest between the
republican and democratic parties. 1t is q
contest between protectionists and free
traders. There are a few free traders among
the republicans and there are many protection
lists among the democrats. 1t is a contest that
prosperity, and on that issue We should settle
| the question in favor of home interests, good
wages and sound prosperity. 49,. .-..
LAS was coming out to this place found in
newspaper a speech Of Mr.. Carl Schurz.
made a week ago i'll Boston, and may say in
all candor an able speech on the free trade
| side. But like all free traders Mr.. Schurz
goes back for the golden era of American
prosperity to the tariff of le46-rather a dis
| tant view backward. If he had taken the posi-
! nf ha lat AlaronAar of
Georgia he might have gone back still further,
because Mr.. Stephens thought tho golden era
OF American prosperity was when the British
ships came over laden with goods, anchored in
! the savannah river and were laden with cotton
from the plantations for the return voyage.
THE TARIFF OF 1916.
81 have 80 often heard Of the great and gen-
eral prosperity under the tariff of 1915 that if
you will bear with mo shall say something
of that period Mr. Schurz quoted me as say
ing-and that is why make personal reply -
that the ten years between 1886 and 1856 under
that tariff were years of very great prospe Gritty
in this country. l frankly repeat that those
years were years of great prosperity. Now let
me say why those years were prosperous. That
tariff OF 1916 was approved just about the time
the Mexican war broke out, and within less
than a year more than 800. 600, 600 were dis
bursed by the government in all branches of
mechanism. We had just made that expendi-
every surplus barrel OF flour and bushel
of grain in the country. We had hardly
transported that grain to the other side and
sold 1t at high price until gold was
discovered in California, and the world was en-
riched with the vast output of the mines. We
hardly put that gold In circulation when the
great revolution that began in 1848 paralyzed
the industrial energies of all Europe and gave
the United States a market that was unparal-
leled. Europe had hardly quoted the rovolu-
tlonary disturbance when France and England
and Russia went into the Crimean war and for
two years and half those great nations we're
paralyzed in their industries. Now, there are
four or five of what you might call the acci-
dents or the incidents of history that would
have insured great prosperity to this country
If there had not been tariff of any kind what
ever. lApplause.l
EFFECT OF Low TARIFF.
"And in connection with the tariff of 1S4S
! call your attention historically to two other
tariffs in addition to that The only three
tariffs that the United States has ever had,
suddenly lowering duties, was the one made
after the war OF 1912, the compromise tariff of
1888. and the one of 1916. and every one of
them led to business prostration in this coun-
try, which lasted in greater or less degree until
there was protective tariff enacted. Zap
plause.
Mr.. Blaine defended his theory OF CONNER
cial reciprocity, and continued:
RECIPROCITY OF TRADE.
'Mr. Schurz condemns the effort of Congress
to secure reciprocity of trade with certain coun-
tries. Laughter The free traders have al
ways been telling US that if we would adopt
their theory We would have a new era in this
| country. On that form of statement will not
| differ from them. [Laughrer.l 1 think we
would have a new era. Congress at its last ses-
sion concluded to adopt a new policy. They
cd at Ap1a how h.,
| we were receiving from these people vast I'M
| ports and exporting little to them. The ques-
| ton was shall we repeal the duty sugar and
| give that to South America in addition to the
coffee and the hides and the dye woods and the
| rubber and other things from South America.
and shall we ask those men if we give you our
| markets for the pound to let us enter theirs for
| a few shillinSs. lApplause.l Oh, no, no; Mr..
| Schurz says tina. won't do at all; you must re-
sort to free trade. But l would like to ask Mr..
| SchurZ before this Ohio audience how free
trade is going to let us into their markets with
| our products. We have been giving Brazil a
| market for their nearly sixty millions OF
| products and they were taking from us seven
| or eight or nine Millions
FREE TRADE CONSIDERED.
"Now suppose we declared absolute free trade
How would that help us with Brazil? They
have not been buying anything, and they do not
| let anything i'll free. Thirty-six million dollars
/ worm OF cOuee fourteen 10 sixteen millions OF
rubber, several millions of hides. and great
many dye stutfs and wood Of that kind. al
| coming into the United States without shill
| Ing OF duty, but We want to send down there
some flour, some lumber, some corn and wheat
| the products Of the west as well as of the cast
and are not satisfied things were going
| Laughter Well, we went on and awakened
| them to the necessities of the situation and We
! found that they feel just as we DO that two
| nations dealing with each other must deal al
| two men do with each other-farly, hone silly
lberally-so that the advantage shall not al
ways be on the side of the one man or on the
side of the one nation. [Applause.] WelE thai
| was reciprocity" gUg !r22 rUgG
Mr.. Blaine concluded his adaress with {
strong appeal for Mr.. Mckinley After Mr.
Blaine had finished, Maj Mckinley spoke Ii,
| said he had driven forty miles to ge. there &c
meet Mr.. Blaine. After the meeting at the
Tabernacle Mr.. Blaine and Maj Mckinley wen
to the Opera House, where Congressman
Da!zel of Pennsylvania was addressing a large
audience. Mr.. Blaine spoke briefly there. Ii
the evening he started for Chicago.
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