The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28
THE BATTLEFIELD OF OHIO.

coinage plank by passing it by in
silence, they are to be sorrowfully dis
appointed. On this important cues
tion as well as on the tariff feature of
the campaign, Mr.. Mckinley proposes
to force the issue and make the cam
paign precisely what the Democrats
have all along been contending for
one of highly educational character.
1t will not be educa tional in name
alone. The Republican candidate for
Governor is man fully equipped for
just such a contest as an intelligent
people want at this time, and he will
proceed to enlighten them to the best
of his ability.
The Democratic platform of Ohio
declare for the free. and unlimited
coinage of the silver of the
world, while the Republican platform
stands in opposition toanything short
of full and complete dollar and ap-
proves of the legislation, of the last
congress, which is mighty bulwork
for the protection of silver. On this
question Mr.. Mckinley said:
The free coinage demanded blythe Democratic
platform means that all thesitVer OF the world
can be brought to the mintsg of the United
States and coined at the expense of the govern
ment; that the United States daintS must receive
41215 grains of silver worth so cents the world
over, and coin these for silver dollar which, by
the fat of the government, is to circulate among
the people as full dollar. 1t does not take
very wise man to see that this Short dollar will
become in time the exclusive circulating medium
OF the country The gold dollar viii be taken
from the circulating medium of the country and
boarded, and the effect will be that the circulate
ing medium will be reduced to the extent of the
gold now circulating, and we viii be compelled
to do the business of the country with a silver
dollar exclusively. 81
We have not been able to secure an information
al ratio which all the nations OF the world could
adopt, and with free coinage the United States
would be still further removed from an interna-
tional agreement. Nations which are on silver
basis alone are the poorest nalions of the world
and are in constant financial disturbance and
monetary disorder - No
class of people would suffer so much from the 80
cent dollar as the wage Garner and agriculturist.
l am in favor of the double standard, but l am
not in favor of free and unlimited coinage until
the nations of the world join us in guaranteeing
to silver status which their laws now accord
to gold.
After citing statistics to show the
per capita circulation of the country
is greater now than ever before, Maj.
Mckinley turned his attention to the
tariff, and treating that subject at
great length, he said:
The revenue tariff, such as the Democraticparty
of Ohio advocates, is well conceived to benefit
ev cry other nation but our own. 1t has more
than once in our history failed to supply the
revenue wants of the government. 1t has found
our country prosperous and our treasury well
supplied and few under its operation has left
the treasury bankrupt and the business of the
country in deplorable condition. The protec-
tive tariff has never failed in time of peace, no
matter how great were our expenditures, to
supply the revenue required and has never
failed but three times, and then in war, to pro-
vide the enormous revenue needed tor the pubic
service. 1t has proven an infallbe agent in
raising public revenues, and while doing this has
served that other important Office of adjusting
the duties upon foreign goods so as to give the
largest protection to our own industries, the
widest field of employment TO our own labor
and the most generous encouragement to our
own people 1t builds up our industries and in
industrial activity in our midst furnishes
employment for labor and at better wages than
could be secured elsewhere or under any other
system. A revenue tariff breaks down and des-
troys at home and builds up and encourages
abroad. You may try this
system of protection, by which ever test you
WILL 1 care not what it is, andit meets every
emergency and answers every demand. More
than that, it has never been against the coun-
try in peace or war. 1t believessin America for
Americans, native and naturahzed. Itlegislates
for them and nobody else. 1t has never sus-
tanned any flag in the United, States but the
American flag and that cannot be said of the
revenue tariff, for it was the ally of enemies in
war.
On free sugar Maj. Mckinley took
the wind out of the sails of the Dem
ocratic claim of having, always advo-
Gated the removal of thetariff on this
commodity. He said:lo1
The Democrats are now claiming
that free trade in sugar is in the d.
rect line of their economic theory of
principle. They would have the coun-
try believe that they have always ad-
vocated free sugar, but this is most
remote from the truth. Every tariff
bill which the Democrats have form
ulated has placed a duty upon sugar,
raw and refined. Every Democrat in
the house voted for the retention of
the tax and in the senate united
Democratic vote opposed free sugar:
justifying their opposition because it
was the revenue duty and in strict &C
cord with the economic principles adj
vocated by the Democratic party. So
we have free sugar under protective
tariff which has been impossible I'M
der free trade or revenue tariff. By
this one section, $50, 600, 900 of taxes
are removed from the shoulders Of the
people. The bounty, which has been
called more burdensome than the tax,
will encourage and stimulate the pro-
duction of sugar if anything will, and
will cost the government this year less
than 81, 100000 an annual saving of
s44, 000, 900.
From now on until the ballots shall
decide the contest Ohio will be the OBJ
served of all. The contest there has