Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-30
HIGH TARIFFITEs
Hold Love Feast at Madison Square Gar
den Last Night.

New YORK, April 29.-There was not
a vacant seat at the banquet of the
American Protective Tariff League,
held in Madison Square Garden Assem-
bly, room tonight. The dining room
was handsomely decorated with flags
and flowers. Everything about the
affair was emblematic Of American in
dustries. The dishes, cutlery, table
cloths, napkins, wines and cigars. aud
even the tin menu cards were all Of
American manufacture. AT the fifteen
tables there sat 500 guests.
At the speakers table on either
side Of the Chairman. c. y. Bliss, sat
Vice-President Morton on the right,
and Hon. VIM. Mckinley on the left.
Others at this table were Secretary
Noble, Senator Hiscock, J. =. DOlliyer,
OF Iowa: Nelson w. Aldrich, OF Rhode
Island; Joseph \. Dolph, OF Oregon; j.
5. Clarkson. Murat Halstead, j. NJ
Farquhar, George A. Sheridan, VIM. L,
Curtis.
Among others present were Robert p
Porter, Richard Smith, Jr., Col. f.
+. Shepard, VIM. Penn Nixon
OF the Chicago Mter-Oceon; Hon
Clement Studebaker, Il. c. Platt.
The list OF toasts as provided was a
lengthy one, as follows:
"The Presdent"-Secretary John w
Noble.
"Protectlon OF Our True National
Policy'-IIon. William Mckinley, Jr.
"The Maintenance OF the Protective
System indispensable to a Profitable
Foreign Commerce-Hon. Nelson w.
Aldrich, OF Rhode Island.
- he Empire State and the Tariff OF
1s9O"-Hon. Frank HiScOck, OF New
York.
abundance vs.. Cheapness j..
2. Dolliver. OF Iowa.
"PrOtectiOn as IL Affects the Prosper
ity Of the People and Development Of
the. Pacific Coast"-Ion. Joseph y.
Dolph.
"Reciprocal Trade Between the
United States and Her Sister American
Republics"-Wm. +. Curtis.
The wage earuerS' interest in pro-
lection. ."-George Gunter, Of New York.
american Commerce and Shipping"
Hon. John NJ. Farquhar- Of New
York.
Free raw materials and foreign
Gen. George A. Sheridan, OF
New York.
The New South, the product, and
now the buwark OF protection. So
Hon. j. +. Harrison. OF Georgia.
"The fruits Of protection as shown by
the eleventh censuS"-Hon. Robert p.
Porter.
"Our mining resources, their develop
nent under protection, the basis OF our
nduStaial growth"-Hon. John 7.
Tones, of Nevada,
agriculture and the Tariff, the
American protective system, farmers
policy. Hon. J. II. Walker, Of Massa
,husetts.
Secretary Noble closed his speech as
'ollows:
My expressions here tonight are my
,wn. This iSan auspicious time for the
members Of the Republican party to as
emble. Take counsel together. The
protection Of our industries are uniting |
,ur countrymen everywhere. We re-
oice tonight with exceeding JOY.
There Is indeed a President Of the Uni |
ed States, aud you will all agree with |
ne in saying that he is a good Presi- |
lent Let Us maintain peace with |
lonor, looking not abroad for direc-
ions or approval. Let us depend upon
he judgment of our people for our own
interests"
Major Mckinley, the next speaker. !
'aid in part: The party to which ! be-
ong has declared that the tariff should |
De so levied as to give employment to
American labor A tariff levied for |
-evenue. and revenue only, is always |
Jaid by the consumer. But this ceases |
20 be so the very instant we are able TO |
among ourselves. COmpe- |
.ition regulates the price.
| am impatient To see the tariff bill OF |
he next Congress with a two-thirds |
Democratic majority in the House Of
Representatives, What will ii be like? |
The next Democratic tariff bill will be a
regular crazy quilt. Cheers and laugh
-er.)
The country was prOSperng. Now
what they wanted was to 20 on prosper
ng and mo monkeying" with the tariff.
In closing, the speaker said: II pre-
iict that the tariff law will not be
in the next ten years unless
changed by the Republican party on
protection lines
The other speakers were heard until
4 late hour.