Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
A TALK ON THE TARIFF.

worcester - Ihe Hall Not Large
 Enough to Hold the Audience-The
 Tin Plate Industry - our Treaty
 With Brazil.
 WORCESTER, Mass, March 23.-E1- Con- gressman Mckinley of Ohio was accorded a great reception at Mechanics hall this evening. The hall was not large enough to hold the audience that came together. Among those present on the platform were Senator George F. Hoar, Mayor F. A. Harrington, e1-Governor J. Q. A. Bracket, Police Commissioner Osborne of Boston, ex-Congressman William Whiting of Holyoke, Colonel Albert Clark, secre- tary of the Home Market club of Boston, Captain J. E. B. Adams, sergeant-at-arms of the Massachusetts house, Hon. Frank L. Allen of Lynn, United States District Attorney J. L. Shipley, jr., of Spring field, Elisha Morgan, L. P Briggs, Freder- ick H. Gillette, Dr. D. O. Mears and Hon. w. w. Rice. Hon. J. H. Walker presided at the meeting and introduced the speaker who said
 ''Fellow citizens of Worcester: I am grateful for this most generous greeting and would tend, if anything, to relieve the fatigue of my long journey. l feel it as a reception to the republican party. I have come to speak earnest words on great public question which effects every citi- zen of the country in his earnings and his investments and has to do with the happis ness of American homes. I have to talk about federal taxation. The theme has affected American statesmen from the be- ginning of the government and it will probably vex them as long as the govern ment lasts. The first question that con- fronts any government is how shall the money be raised to meet it's necessary e1- penses. To carry on our government it takes one million every twenty-four hours. It is purely business question, and it is to be done by direct or indirect taxa tion. The government cannot create money. Its only assets are public lands. Its only way to revenue is to get cangress to lay taxes. Congress may tax you di- profession, or it can raise it by tax or duty on foreign products. It can tax its people by what is called internal taxation or it can tax other people seeking a market in this country. Both political parties are agreed that internal taxation will not do. It is inquisitorial and today remains only in force on spirits and tobacco. The di- vergence between the parties begin just be- yond their agreement-that their money must be raised by what is known as tariff | There are two plans. The first is that | which looks for revenue and for revenue | only; the other while looking for revenue | is at the same time protective, with due i regard to the occupation and industries of our people. The one is a tariff exclusively | for revenue, is without regard for our en- terprises, the other has a thought for the l interests and business of our people and their protection.
 Major Mckinley illustrated this point of his speech by an allusion to the manufac- ture of glass in this country. "The ob- 1 ject of revenue tariff is realized when it has the lowest rate that will call out the greatest importation of products. It imposes it's duty upon goods which cannot be produced at home. The protective tariff, the burden or d uty on foreign goods, encouraging our own people in their own industries and employment by laying it on articles that enter into competition with home manu- factures. A revenue tariff is always paid by the consumer; they forget that revenue tariffs are never paid by anyone else. An, but the say: Why isn't free trade a good thing! It is, if you are finished and com pleted; if you have stopped growing. But free trade between the states with 62,- 100000 of people. Why not with all the worlds They forget we live under different government from every other government in the world. It is because we did not want any Europe
 an in it that years ago our fathers broke
 from British tyranny and set up for them
 selves on a plan different in every way.
 We are different from every other nation.
 It is this that makes up the greatest nation
 of the world. Why should we have free
 trade with other nations! We cannot
 rsach any other nation. The foreigner if
 exempt from all duties of government
 Tell me why he should enjoy the privi- leges of citizenship in the United States
 and it's markets. Our population is five
 per cent. or one-twentieth the population
 of the globe. We consume in many
 products third of all produced. We
 propose from this time forth to manufac
 ture most of what we consume. Refer
 ence to tin production brought out pro
 digious applause. The tin industry is du,
 to the protective tariff in its youth ant
 manhood. Major Mckinley spoke of tn
 accomplishment of the Fifty first congress
 saying that no democratic majority in con
 years will be able to repeal it. [Tremend ous applause The treaty with Brazi gives foreign market. We have prac tically got free raw material, for privat
 citizen can buy his raw material abroad pay tax on it at the custom house, man : ufacture it in his factory, and the govern } ment will refund 99 per cent. on tho man ufactured article, keeping 1 per cent. a it's percentage for handling goodi Protective tariffs do not build
 Chinese wall around the countr . for in single years since 1875 we have e1 ported more than in Il years from 1S7( ', | s1 4IoAI Ila -s6 ko1- from the. many to pay the few There is n :, country in the world where wealth . more widely diffused, or there are mol o homes paid for than in our own. W
 are to work for the best destiny for or
 nation. We permit every nation to nal