The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-10-22
A YEAR OF M'KINLEYISM.
WHAT THE TARIFF OF 1890 HAS
ACCOMPLISHED.

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Increased Demand-tireater Prosperity
Than Ever Before Known-The Bill
Fully vindicated.
Most of the provisions of the 80 called
Mckinley tariff law have now been in
force for year. The principal excep-
tions are the transfer Of raw sugars to
the free list, in force April 1, and the in
crease of duty on tin plates, in force
July /, 1901. Short as has been the life
Of this measure, and temporary as its in
fuence must necessarily have been, it
has already secured niche in the coun-
try's history vouchsafed to few congress
sional enactments.
Under mortgage to faction of politi-
cal theorists demanding as the price of
their support removal of all protective
duties, or failing this, the nearest pos
sible approach thereto that could com
mand the necessary votes for its passage,
the representatives of what some delight
to call "the party of the people" yielded
to the lash in the hand of King Caucus,
and voted solidly against every provision
of the bill-against free sugar, as well as
against lowering the tariff on steel rails,
and every suggested provision for the
effective collection of import duties.
Passed in the face of such opposition,
the law went into effect under an ava
lanche Of invective and Misrepresentation
calculated and designed to blind public
sentiment to the wisdom of its provis-
ions, and to embarrass those officials
charged with its enforcement. Yet with
in the short period of its existence-in
face of all impediments-the law has
wrought out a vindication that at once
brings confusion to its opponents and
confirmation for the strongest predictions
of its supporters.
None of the necessaries Of life affected
by tariff are higher now than one year
ago. More men can now find employ
ment at wages as high as were then
paid. No industry has been impaired,
unless it be that Of the importer of for
eign goods, while number of foreign
capitalists, recognizing the futility of
further efforts at revenue reform" in
the direction of free foreign trade, are
moving their plants to this country,
! where employees will be of our own peo-
pie, supplying all their varied wants
from the stores of this country, instead
of the one-tenth now sent abroad to
feed those who make foreign goods.
Under the fostering provisions of the
tin plate clause-though only three
months in effect-that important in
dustry has already made such progress
that invoices Of homemade plates, in
which all labor and materials are Amer
ican, are now on the market. And bet
| ter still, prices have not been so appre-
ciably advanced as to affect retail buyers.
The good housewife now saves more on
her sugar bill in month than will be
added to her bill for tinware in year,
and with stated sum buys more goods
for the comfort and adornment of home
than at any previous date in the worlds
history.
This is the condition of affairs that
has SO overwhelmed the theories of those
who all along have prated about the
"blighting influence Of a protective pol
ICY" For the thousandth time, and
never more forcibly. has tariff framed
with the avowed object Of fostering
domestic industries, while providing
revenue for support Of government,
worked its vindication by securing at
the same time home competition that
minimizes the prices Of products, pro-
vides steady employment for every man
who is willing to work and thus insures
the happiness and independence of all
deserving citizens.