The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-10
THE GREATEST ISSUES.
From the Atchison Champion.
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From the Atchison Champion.
To the question, "What are the great
qustions of the hour" the Minneapolis
Journal received from Editor Medill, of
the Chicago Tribune, the following
reply:
]. Repeal the so-caled Mckinley tariff act increas-
ing war duties on hundreds OF articles.
! ? Revise the tariff downward to The point where
| II viii cease 10 promote and foster & usts.
! 3 Let it remain high enough on European com
! American products and thereby breaking down the
! workman's scale of wages
f. NegOate reciprocal free trade treaties with all
American countries, II possible.
ufacfuring cheap money be Issued directly the
people" and all OTHER wildcat projects OF cranks,
! and thereby avoid overwhelming national bank
4 ruptcy and ruin.
/ The Champion is prepared 10 accept in
! full the second and fourth paragraphs as
| given above; to amend the first to the
extent of wiping the Mckinley law en-
! tirely fro \ our statute books; to re-
iect in toto the til and likewise the
fifth.
The Countrywide people Of the west.
at least, pretty emphatically expressed
their opinion on the Mckinley outrage
at the polls in November last. by making
the Fifty-second congress Democratic. y
large number Of anti-tariff Republicans
cheerfully assisted to secure this result
as Iebuke to that form of political and
commercial despotism known as McKin-
leyism, and they are more determined
than ever to remit no effort until that
law is repealed from top to bottom, and
until ala who favor that kind of imposi-
ton are regulated to deserved political
obscurity and helplessnesS. They viii be
the issue in 1892 unless congress takes
time by the forelock and repeats it. And
in this opposition 70 Mckinleyism Kan
sas may be relied upon to do its full
share. No sophistrv, no demagOgueTy
of any sort will avail TO turn the people
Of Kansas aside from this great purpose
Having disposed of this iniquitous law,
the people of the west will insist upon
the adoption of reciprocal trade relations
not only with all American countries,
but with every other country with which
we have or may have commercial rela-
lions; and they viii do this upon the
sensible theory and the perfectly logical
theory that, if reciprocity of trade is de-
sirable between the United States and
the south and Central American states,
1t IS much more desirable with all the
commercial nations of the world.
As TO the sitting down on all federal
hat schemes Tor manufacturing cheap
money, all the Champion has to say
about that is, that the people will insist.
as they do now, upon an increase Of
money-a circulating medium adequate
to do the business of the country. And
they will not be deferred from urging
the government to supply this adequate
ways and means by any charge that
money made plenty tends to financial
disaster. They know better than that
They know that an adequate money sup
ply means prosperity for the common
people, and knowing this they Will act
accordingly, 10 matter what capitalists,
spectators, money boarders and pluto
Gratis may think or say to the contrary.
If the Republican party leaders have
any regard for the perpetuity OF the
party they will align themselves with
the people on these issues and thus avert
utter party destruction.