The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-25
THE M,KINLEY BILL.
The Good Work 1t Is Doing In All Parts
of the Country.
To the Editor Of the Eagle.

Tot the Editor OF the Eagle.
The New York World, a Democratic
organ that mas persistently opposed the
Mckinley bill from first to last in a
recent issue published the following
from a correspondent which shows
clearly the good work the Mckinley bill
is doing, not only in New Jersey, but in
every state in the Union. The loss of
confidence which was fastened upon the
country by four years of Cleveland's
Democratic tariff reform has disappeared
and new business enterprises are spring
Ing up all over the country, while prices
are advancing for all farm products.
Manufactured products are as cheap and
most of them cheaper than ever before.
There have been more farms sold in
Kansas this year than took place during
ClevelandS entire administration. There
are good times ahead for the farmers of
Kansas if they will stick to the COM
pulsOry coinage of silver and the Nc
Kinley law, and will repeal that OBJ
noxious state law which makes stock
holders in any manufacturing industry.
! liable for twice the amount of their
stock. If that is done new factories
will be started all over the state, and no
state will derive more benefit from the
Mckinley bill than will sunny Kansas.
l.. 7. MILLER.
To the Editor Of the World
The actual effect of the Mckinley bill
cannot, at this time, be fully determined.
The new tariff has not been in force
long enough to Justify the denunciations
of its enemies, or to realize all the hopes
of its friends Observations and inquiry,
| however, carefully and persistently
made, determine the fact that the gen.
eral effect of the bill has been beneficial
| in this, that it has given to the business
men of New Jersey a renewed confidence
! in the continued prosperity of the coun-
! try. This feeling of confidence is uni
versal, and as confidence is the main
stay of the business transactions of the
! country, and as the Mckinley bill has
stimulated confidence, SO | insist that up
| to the present moment the bill has been
a perfect success. Every industry in the
state of New jersey feels safer today by
reason of this tariff act. Manufacturer,
farmer and workman have alike recov
cred from the senseless scare which our
free trade friends succeeded
in creating during the last
political campaign, and all with
one accord now condemn them
selves for not taking counsel of their
Judgment and knowledge of the country,
rather than have fed in dismay before
the old and oft-exploded theory Of the
enemies of our industrial system. The
actual effects of the bill are difficult to
discover excepting as I have indicated.
10 G tnHnO
she is purchasing all that she requires at
as low prices as she paid year ago;
household expenses have not been in
creased by reason of the Mckinley bill;
food is no dearer. 2. No man i'll this
state is growing because the new tariff
has increased his usual expenses. 3. His
tobacco and cigars are not costing him
any more than they did, his clothing is
Just as cheap; he does not find that any
of the necessarieS of life-or the lux
uries either-are more expensive by
reason of the Mckinley bill. 4. He
does find however, that the employment !
continues steady, at good wages, which |
are generally maintained at old figures. |
1t is quite true that wages in some of our |
industries have declined slightly, while !
in others they have increased. While |
the potters of Trenton have accepted
reduction of 10 per cent, the idle pearl
button makers Of Newark have gone to
work and the carpenters and builders
throughout the state have secured
shorter hours 5. IL is a fact beyond
all question that the food, the clothing
and shelter of the people of New Jersey
have not been increased in price by
reason of the new tariff act. 6. 1t is
tl,af nd in hn |
state feels safer for the present, and
greater confidence in the future by
reason of the same tariff act. If these
are allowed to continue the
future will give TO the policy of proteC-
ton another great victory.
The Mckinley bill has, of course, had
nothing to do with the size of the crops.
1t has, however, had everything to do
terested in tin. Within her borders are
a number of canning factories. Her
long stretch of sea front, which is rapidly
filing up with cottages, makes her peo-
pie interested in roofing tin. Within the
state, it has been said. there is idle ma
chinery enough to roll all the tin plate
which the country can consume. The
IRON industry of the state has fled to
/ SilLSN anna anu JlJe IIcW SOuLn. IL |
the Mckinley bill is allowed to stand,
New Jerseys close proximity to the entry
ports of block tin. palm oil, etc, will
make her most desirable place in which
to make tin plates.
The immediate effect of the bill on the
industry has been to increase
he cost of three pound cans 5 cents per
iozen-less than a cent each--but this
Increase in the cost of the can will be
more than eQualized IN the reduced
price of sugar, so that canned goods of
Ill kinds will sell lower next winter Z
han ever before in the history of the
business. OF course, the reduced price
If sugar will not affect tomatoes, which |
ire packed very largely in this state, but !
already canned tomatoes, for future de- I
livery, have been sold at lower figures }
han last year.
The industrial prosperity of New Jer-
ey was never greater than at this time
The rewards of labor were never more
certain in this state than at the present
moment. The future IS full of hope, a {
nope that the policy of protection-a c
,olicy of which the Mckinley bill is the e
continue.
JOHN L. WHEELER. J
Red Bank, y. j., July %.
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