The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-12
.IeKINIaY.s wArs Asp MEANs.
4 Few Ax.oas Prem tie Prohfbisory
Tariff Greed

ne aNlomS OF -MchtnleyiSm are
feariuiiy aud wonderfully made. a:
/ for instance:
The way to enrich nation is ts
tax il The more taxssion the NOR,
wealth.
The way to impovorish nation
4 is 10 reduce taxation; the less take.
the more poverty
! The wsly to increase the profits
of labor is TO increase the cost o.
living.
The way to raise wages is to
reduce thcir purchasing valuc.
Tho way to protect labor is to
make it tile serf OF monopoly.
The way TO diversity Industry Is
protect and promote shoddy pro.
dnciion.
The way 70 make things cheap is
TO uiake them dearer by taxation.
The way to insure better prices
for what the people produce is 10
mako things cheap by prohibitory
tariff.
The way to promote commerce il
to strangle it.
The way to promote international
trade is TO prohibit it.
The way TO punish foreigners for
not trading with US, or for taxing
our exports, is TO lay additional bur
dens on our own people. This is
reciprocity.
The way 10 encourage foreigners
to buy our meat. grain and cotton i
10 refuse to buy anything they may
haze to sell.
The way TO build up our MGR
ciant marine is to cnslave and
destroy commerce.
The way 10 get ''c.u.ry ing trade
is TO hire ships 30 much 81 mile to
carry the \ mcric.n flag This helps
% increase xaion, and thcrcb,
promotes prosperity. i; also graft
iirs American pride-inimenFeiy.
The way. 20 get the Mexican and
Central Amcfiran trade away fron
tie Grrnans Is Ia le as !; lie German,
s"n't do, hy sui,si,liziag ships
Tire VA, 10 ru.i>h E,,g!a,.d "a,
rrressipg ireland Is 10 PUT higl
l'tiics on Irish iincfS, aud To ta.
irish A"eriear.s wiiI.in an incll
heir lives.
The way 10 give tic wool grove,
better lniec 10, his wool is ostin,
md destroy the wool manufacturing
interest. (See present WOOL quota
'ions When yea have gces.
'shic!, lays golden eggs, the quick
$ way to gc; the 4: g is TO kill tic
loose.
The Mckinley act cr,,;e~a hone
market by shutting our oxu coun
ly ia. Ii creates . foreign n.ar,cr
" shutting other countries out. /.
's equally goed for sore eyes, rhcu
a.a;isn o.; Il Eatnieut coni ion ci
lie bowels Tie ,rue markrl ioi
lie American people i tl,e tail ga,
o: farm wagon. (Sce iiarr;son'>
swing around s!ccclios
We cannot compete Will, foreig
;'rodnccrs -i,i the home market. IL
%: South Amcr'icn Is It much he,
ter country to trade in than The
United States.
The rnahulac;urer wants higl.
tariff because it gives han dear In
Dor The laboring main wants
high tariff because by aboIisI.ing ii
he gets cheap sugar
~ proiiibitcry tariff makes every
,hing-inciudins !abor-cl,eaper to
the consumer Ills is true glory
Of McKinleyism.
Cheapness is a great evil. "A
cheap coat makes "a cheap man.
Everything slion!d be made dear
er by taxa;ion. THIS will make
dear men aud women-especialIy
women, and the dearer womc u are OF
course the bettor.
A prohibitory tariff increases the
luxuries ofii:e. A prohibitory tariff
aims to put luxuries ont OF our reach.
1t makes Iuxuries evcn of nceessa
ries.
Free trade is an abOmination, ut
teily, hni it is one OF the finest
points of the Mckinley act that ii
gives US more free trade than we
ever had belorc. (Scc Mckinlcy's
-pceches)
The Mckinley act is a free trade
measure. 1t raised the war duties
on nearly eight hundred articles.
Tic foreigner producer, not the
home consumer, pays the duty.
For this reason we took the dnfy
OF of sugar so as 10 relieve the poor
foi.eisrner ri tho frot,hfa o,f ,,o.-;,,,.