Telegram-herald., 1891-08-23
.1HREW down 1HI GAGE
Mckinley Opens the Republican
Campaign In Ohio.
SPEECH OF Tue TARIFF BILL AUTHOR
A Monster Dsmo sstrstisa ~ Dscksye
R~psbiieass Gssets the Next 6sv-
srnor at Ohio-Nats for the
Democrats to Crack.

To-Day with STdnu urInohetFdilpii-
over thirty thousand strangers are
| In town Ex-president Hayes arrived
this morning and Coz. 4. l.. conger
came in from Akron at the head of a
strong delegation. President Il. r..
| Morgan. o. the Morgan Engineering
Company. brought "A delegation OF 500
| from Alliance, and another special
train loaded 20 the platforms came
| from Sharpesyiile, Pa. The city Is
| handsomely decorated.
This afternoon there was a great
parade and industrial display, after
! which the mass meeting was called
to order and Major Mckinley made
his first speech of the campaign. Fol-
| lowing arc the salient points al the
| famous high-tarin champions address:
The campaign in Ohio. formally
opened today on the part OF the Re
publican party, will be unusually in
terestlng because OF the Importance to
| the State and the country Of its re-
suits in November. 1t is fortunate
| that the issues are OF that character
which will excite no bitterness, but
are well calculated to invite calm and
nate, too, that the issues are so well
defined and clearly marked that no
Misunderstanding or evasion can arise.
| The platforms of the two parties,
| which constitute their Official declar-
at:ons, are singularly free from am
! biguity and confusion. The Demo
| cratic platform declares for the free
| and unlimited coinage Of the silver of
4. IL 20. Ix..
| gold is now, upon the same terms
and under existing ratio. The plat
| form OF the republican party stands
in opposition TO anything short of n
| full anu complete dollar. and approves
| OF the legislation OF the last Congress
| touching silver, which legislation en-
joins the monthly purchase OF silver
up to 100000 i ounces-an amount
| fully equal ii not in excess OF the en-
| tire silver product OF the United
| States"
Major Mckinley then quoted the let
! ter OF Ex-President Cleveland, written
in 1885. in which he presents the dam
gers OF unlimited silver coinage. Con-
| tinuing he said:
81 am iTs favor of the double stand
| ard, but l am not in favor OF the free
| and unlimited coinaga OF silver in the
| United States until the nations OF the
| world shall join us in guaranteeing to
silver a statuA which their laws now
accord to gold. The double standard
implies equality at a ratio, and that
equality can only be established by the
| concurrent law OF nations. IL WAS the
| concurrent law OF nations that made
| the double standard; it will require
! the concurrent law OF nations to rein
| state and sustain it. Until then for us
| to decree the free and unlimited coin
| age OF tho worlds silver would ordain
| that our silver dollars would surely
/ dcpreciate and gold would go to n
premium.
| "On the subject OF the tariff the issue
| is equally we'll defined. The Demo
cratic platform declares for purely
rev ,nue ta.iff and will not olseat that
| IL shall perform any other service.
| Duties must be levied with q view to
revenue, and upon those foreign pro-
| ducts which will yield the greatest rev.
| cnuc and which will not, inciaeurally
or otherwise. favor domestic industry
and domestic labor. It's one mission
and one mission only Is that OF raisins
revenue. As n means of raising rcve-
nue. n revenue tariff il not as certain
and reliable n n protective tariff.
| The latter has never failed in time OF
peace. no matter how great were oar
| expenditures. to supply the revcnue re-
| quired. and h1. failed but three times.
a.nd then in war. to provide the cnor-
nous revenue required for the public
service. A protectivr tariff Is rot only
| n surcr agent for raising revenue than
! n revenua tariff. but IL builds up our
own industries and incrcaseT industrial
activity In cu- own midst. II furni hes
employment for labor and at better
wages than can be secured anywhere
else Or unde,. onv other systcna \
! revenue tariff breaks down and de.
stroys at hom. and builds up and en-
courages abroad.
Now. II protection Is burden
upon tho people. we should find some
manifestation oi IL somewhere We
have been living under Il for thirty
F, years. Where does tho burden rest?
The great mass OF the people of our
country were never so well off as
shey are today. They are better off
than the rest Of mankind. There vcr
were so many men in this country
who owned their homes as there are
today. There never were so many
workmen who had accumulations in
| the savings banks of the country as
/ there are today. There never were
50 many comforts. refinemcnts and
educated homes IA there arc In this
/ country today. No nation IN the
world can present such a picture Of
progress. prosperity and plenty"
The speaker then reviewed the tariff
| legislation 81 the United states from
the foundation OF the government
down to the present time, aud con
tinued:
'.The new tariff law went into effect
| October q. 1890 II has been in opera
| ton. Their, fore. n few days short of
nine months on tho 3oth OF Junc last
| The last official report we have of
the foreign commerce. issued hy the
bureau ~ statistics of the Treasury
Department shows the total value
Of imports of merchandise during
| those nine months was Ss9o. EOS 900
During the corresponding period 81
lSaO tho total value ~ imports OF
merchandise was Ss9s .s6a.3o5. There
were, therefore. imported during the
nine months 81 1871. Hnaef the nev
tariff law S31 t3e. loo more than in
the corresponding period ~ 1870 On
der .he operation - the old lave. A.
showin the effcet of the operation of
the new Lave u II important 80 know
what proportion 81 these ifaForfs
we're Tree and what proportion we're
dufiahie, hota under the eid and new
iass. During the nine wontas ending
Jane 10, iSai. TIE foreign goods al
mifted free ~ dutx were vaiaea Al
Sea5 afs1 SOS. Dufias nine months
ending Jane 30 lsoo the vsiae ~
tree Imports was sos .9ss. sra. al