The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-30
4 Tariff B1NQ"Er.
A Profusion OF Flowers. Abundance of Eat
ables and Long-Ninded Speeches.

ables and Long Winded Speeches.
New YORK. April 29.-There was not va
cant seat at the banquet Of the American
Protective Tariff League held in Madison
Square Garden assembly room tonight. The
dining room was handsomely decorated with
flags and flowers Everything about the
affair was emblematic of American industries.
The dishes. cutlery, table clothes, napkins,
wines and cigars. and even the menu cards,
were all of American manufacture. Consplcu-
Gus among the decorations was an immense
bank of palms behind the speakers table, in
the centre of which was the banner OF the
American Protective Tariff League The
tables ana room were luxuriant with flowers
and foliage plants.
At the fifteen tables there sat FIVE hundred
guests Cornelius \. Bliss presided At the
speakers table at either side of the chairman
sat Vice-President Morton on the right aud the
Hon William Mckinley on the lett. ms
at the table were Secretary Noble era or
Hscock. J. =. Dolliver. of Iowa }. =
hardt j. n Holph If Oregon. J. = Clan -, 81,
C. f. Hansen. Alurat Halstead and Geneial
George A. Sheridan. Among others present
were Robert L. Porter. William Penn Nixon,
Of the Chicago Inter-Ocean. J.. IA. Grail, of
the st. Paul Pioneer Press and Senator
Platt, As the time drew near for the speech
making the galleries began TO fll with ladies.
THE LIST or ToAsTs.
The list Of toasts provided was lengthy
one and was rs follows: The Presdent"-
Secretary John w. Noble. Protection the
True National Policy'-Ion. William Nc
Kinley Jr. The Maintenance of Protective
system indispensable to Profitable Foreign
Commerce Nelson W. Aldrich. The
Empire state and the Tariff Of ls'V'- Hon.
Frank lisc0ck. Of New York. Abundance
versus ChCapness"- John DOlhver, Of
Iowa Protection as 1t Affects the Pros
perity Of the People and DEVELOPMENT
of the Pacific Coast"-Hon. Joseph
y. Dolph. "Reciprocical Trade Between
the United States and her Sister
American Republics William r. Curtis.
THE Wage-earners Interest in Protection"-
George Gunton. Of New York. American
Commerce and Shipping HonJohn NJ Far
quhar. Of New York Free Materials and
Foreign Markets General George A. Sheri-
dan. Of New York THE New South: The
Product now the Bulwark of Protection
Hon j. T. Hansen of Georgia. The Fruits
Of Protection, as Shown heiEleyenth Cen
sus"-Hon. Robert T. Porter, of Washington.
Our Mining Resources: Their Development
under Protection the Basis Of our Industrial
Growth"-Ion John +. Jones, Of Nevada.
Agriculture and the Tariff The American
Protective System a Farmers Policy"-Hon.
j. II. Walker of Massachusetts,.
In the absence Of President Ammidown.
who had been called away 10y the serious Ill
ness Of his son. Cornelius Bliss extended tue
greeting 10 the friends of the members Of the
American Protective Tariff League. The
officers Of the League, be said. congratulated
| the members on the enactment by the FIFTY
first Congress of legislation that will confirm
the policy Of protection and reciprocity. IL
was o'clock when Mr.. Bliss began TO speak.
SECRETARY NOBLE.
At the close Of bis remarks he introduced
Secretary Noble, who said, in part My ex-
pressions here tonight are my own. This IS
an auspicous time for the members Of the
Republican party 10 assemble and take coun-
sci together. The protection Of our indus
tries are uniting our cOuntrymen once more
We rejoice tonight with exceeding JOY
! There is indeed a President of the United
safes and YOU will allRgree with hme ii saying
-. ho i3 god President. Let Us maintain
peace with honor looking not abroad Tor d.
rection or approval" Mr.. Noble was loudly
| applauded.
Mr. Bliss then proposed the health Of Vice
President Morton, who briefly thanked the
assemblage, saying he was there as member
of the Protective Tariff League. He was loud
ly applauded.
HERO OF HIGH TARIFF.
Major Mckinley was then introduced In
the introduction he was spoken of as the next
Governor Of Ohio and cheers lasting fully hye
minutes followed this sally. The speaker
in bret said: II am hardly able to speak
tonight. If | ever regretted that |
was protectionist, that regret does not ex-
ist tonight am glad 10 belong TO a party
advocated by such mem as Webster, Clay,
Lincoln. Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Harri-
son. lCheers. No man should feel inse-
cure in the efficiency Of a great principle
when every President has been on the
same side We will have tariff So
long as we have government. All
of us will agree, whether Democrat or
Republican. that the tariff is the wisest and
best mode OF raising the great bulk of revenue
required TO conduct our government; The
question is. shall IT, be levied alone for the pur-
pose OF revenue OF 10 add 70 the development
of our industries and to give employment TO
our wOrkmen. A tariff levied for revenue and
for revenue only is always paid by the con-
sumers But this ceases to be 80 the very in
slant we are able 10 manufacture among our
selves. Competition regulates the price. Ma
jor Mckinley then referred at length TO the
tariff law of 1924
The Hon John p. Jones Of Nevada, who
was TO have responded 10 the toast our
Mining Resources-Th Development I'm
der Protection the Basis Of our Industrial
Growth" wrote 4 letter Of regret to the chair
man.
pTfTR nv MIS- NAY TO CHINA.