The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-09-25

Gems from Mckinley.
Major Mckinley is pouring hot shot into
the ranks of the Democracy in Ohio by the
solid and convincing speeches he is making.
We copy few of the points made in one of
these speeches:
Special attention was drawn to the fact
that the free and unlimited coinage of silver
did not limit the issue, and any or all of this
worlds product could be brought to the
United States, the government undertaking
to pay full dollar for every 412X grains,
which is only worth i'm the market of the
world rs cents.
The present dollar is not worth less than
dollar. 1t represents 100 cents, and not so
cents. The very law itself declared that its
purpose was to maintain gold and silver at
parity.
Major Mckinley said: az would rather go
down carrying the Republican flag of hon
esty than to capituate to demagogy."
lie did not believe that the rank and file of
the Democracy followed their leaders in the
proposition to establish the free and unimit-
ed coinage of silver
Addressing himself particularly to the old
soldiers, Mr.. Mckinley declared that the
free unlimited coinage of silver would mean
taking S27,O00,000 from the pension rolls
every year. The Republican party repre-
scented the American factory; the Democratic
party represented the foreign factory.
The editors of the local Democratic organs
propounded number of questions to Mr..
Mckinley. The first question asked was:
us it not true that the duties paid OIL an
article imported into our country and called
tariff is a tax to be paid by the person that
consumes or uses the article?"
Major McKinley's answer was: "a reye-
nue. tariff such as the party of this editor adj
vocates is always paid by the consumer, be-
cause II you put a tariff on a non-competing
foreign product, a product we can not pro-
duce in this country, then the price Of that
product to us is the foreign price with the
American tariff added, and that is paid by
the American consumer
lin the case of protective tariff it may
for time be paid by the consumer while we
are building up an industry; but when we
have reached the successful manufacture of
any product in the United States under a
protecting tariff, competition at home fixes
and regulates the price, and the American
consumer does not pay the tax"
Mr.. Mckinley gave illustrations of this
argument The second question was:
us it not true that the founders Of our
Federal Government regarded the tariff as a
means for raising revenue for the support of
the Federal Government, i'm other words, a
method of Federal taxation?"
Mr. McKinley's answer was: ''The fathers
of our country expressly declared that the
object of the first tariff law ever passed was
to raise revenue for the government and to
encourage and promote manufacturing in
terests in the United States.
That first tariff law was not for revenue
only, but it was for revenue and to promo
domestic manufactures. That was the law
signed by George Washington and approved
by the fathers of the Republic"
Another question was: SIS it not true
that the tax paying powers of the govern
ment are exhausted when it has raised an
amount of money sufficient for the admins
tration of the government"
Major Mckinley said: "My answer to
that is that under the Democratic revenue
policy from 1916 to 1860, the taxing powers
of the government were exhausted before
money enough was raised to pay the ordi-
nary expenses of the government"
Another question was: "If, by protec-
tive tariff, you compel citizen of CoshOc-
ton County to pay $50 for suit of clothes
that he could buy for $50 but for such tar
if, who is protected and who pays the eX-
penses of such protectiOnp
Mr.. Mckinley replied: "The advertising
columns of the Standard itself, which an
nOunces that suits of mems clothing can
now be bought in COshOcton at from So. so
to 1885," Mr.. Mckinley also read advertise
ments from number of daily papers of to-
days issue which declared that clothing was
never so cheap i'm the United States as it is
to-day. He also added that bushel of
wheat would never buy so much since the
days of Washington as it does now.
Now, il protection is a burden upon the
people, we should find some manifestation
Of it somewhere. We have been living
under it for thirty years. Where does the
burden rest? The great mass of the people
of our country were never so well off as they
are to-day. They are better off than the
rest of mankind. There were never so
many men in this country who own their
own homes as there are to-day There were
never so many workmen who had accumu-
latiOns in the savings banks of the country
as there are to-day. There were never so
many comforts, refinements, and educated
homes as there are in this country t-day.
No nation of the world can present such a
picture OF progress, prosperity and plenty.
Much as the Republican party has done,
it has great things yet to do. 1t will be a
mighty force in the future as it has been a
mighty force in the past. Its glOries will
continue to blaze OH the heights a light to
the world, pointing to higher destiny for
mankind, and the upholding and uplifting
of a nation apl roved of God. 1t will not
pause in its march and achievements until
the flag of the stars shall be the unques-
toned symbol of sovereignty at home and of
American rights abroad; until American
labor shall be securely shielded from the de-
grading competition of the Old World, and
our entire citizenship from the vicious and
criminal classes who are crowding our
shores; never while the advocates of a de-
based dollar threaten the country with its
financial hereses, and never until the free
right to vote in every corner of the country
shall be protected under the law, by the
law and for the law, and the American bal
lot-bOx held as sacred as the American
home.