The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-29

States diminished tnelr nearly lb per
cent. 1t is said by our opponents that the
protective system enricheS the few and
lmpOyeriSheS the many. The wealth in
England has been concentrated i'll the
hands of a few to a far greater extent than
in the nited States.
lou may Try this system of protection
by whatever test you will 1 care not what
it is-and it meets every emergency and
answers every demand. More than that,
it has never been against this country,
either in peace or IN war. 1t believes III
America for Americans. native and nat
uralized. 1t legislateS for them and no.
body else. 1t has never sustained any flag
in the United States but the American
flag. and that cannot be said of the reve-
nue. tariff, for it was The ally OF our cue
mics i'll war.
Coy. Campbell. in his Cleveland speech.
said much about the low price of wool,
and the Inference would be that the in
pressed prices. If this be SO then the
tariff is not tax; but this was not Demo
cratic doctrine in SO and 81. when they
declared great outrage hai been COM
mitted on the wool grower by the II per
cent. reduction in duty. The wrong Of
SS was Ilghted at the very first moment
the Republican party secured control of
Congress. and was not riGhted in all the
years the Democrats were IN control.
Mai. Mckinley cited statistics to
show that the new tariff law has in
creased our trade. During the nine
months IL was IN operation up to June
80, 1891, the value of imports was S3l,
1876, 100 more than IN the corresponding
period of 80 under the old law. Under
the new act 46 $40 per cent. of the i'm
ports We're free, compared with 81 $40
per cent. under he old. He continued;
Such a showing of free imports cannot
be found in any tariff law since the be
ginning of the government. Our foreign
commerce for the fiscal year ending june
80 was greater than ever before. the value
or our imports exceeding those of the pre-
ylOuS year by sos, ,5950S2. And Yet. with
this unprecedented Importation, our cX-
ports exceeded our imports by S39.5I9.4lf.
The predictions made by the enemies Of the
law have been shown to be mere aSSump
ton. utterly without foundation. They
served a political purpose and worked Il
positive injury To the manufacturer. mcr-
chant and consumer.
Speaking of sugar, Maj. Mckinley
said the Democrats are now claiming
that free trade in sugar is in the direct
line of their economic theory and
principle They would have the coun-
try believe they have always advocated
free sugar, but this is most remote from
tho truth. Every tariff bill which the
democrats have formulated has placed
a duty upon sugar, raw and refined.
Every Democrat in the House voted for
the retention of the tax, and in the
posed free sugar, lustifying their opposi-
ton because it was revenue duty and
in strict accord with the economic
principles advocated by the Democratic
party. SO we have free sugar under a
protective tariff, which has been impOs-
sible under free trade or a revenue
tariff By this one section $50, ,000, 900
of taxes are removed from the shoul-
ders of the people. The bounty, which
has been called more burdensome than
the tax, will encourage and stimulate
the production Of sugar if anything will
and will cost the government this year
less than Sll 600 900, an annual saving
of Si4, 600 600.
Major Mckinley touched briefly on
reciprocity which, he said, is provision
that in no way encrOaches upon the pro-
tecliye principle. AS regards tin plate,
there has been as much misreprcsenta-
ton as criticism. 1t is, he said absurd
to say that We cannot make tin plate, for
we are already making it, and it will not
be long until we shall make the largest
part of the consumption. He devoted
some space to IA review of British con-
demnatIons of the protective tariff and
the delight of certain English newspa-
pers over the Republican defeat last fall
and in closing said:
Much as the Republican Earty has
done 1t has great things yet to
do 1t VIII be a mighty force in
the future as it has been mighty
force in the past. Its glories will continue
to blaze on the heights, a light to the
world, pointing to a higher destiny for
mankind and the upholdlng and uplifting
of nation approved Of God. 1t will not
tarry in its march and achievements until
the tiag-the flag Of the Stars-Shall be
the unqueStioned symbol of sovereignty
at home and of American rights
abroad: until American labor shall be Sc
Curely shielded from the degrading com
petition of the old World and our entire
citizenship from the vicious and criminal
classes who are cr0wdmg our shores;
never while the advocates of a debaSed dol
lar threaten the country with their tinan-
clal hereSleS. ana never until the free
night 10 vote In every corner of the country
shall he protected under the law and for
the law, and the American ballot-boX be
held as sacred as the American home.