The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-04
LIVING ISSUES.
Gov. Mckinley Talks to Illinois Repub-
licanS.

LIVING ISSUES.
| Gov. Mckinley Talks to Illinois Repub-
licsns.
In the course of his campaign tour
Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio, paused at
Danville, Ill, October 26, where he
was given an enthusiastic greeting by
tremendous crowd of admirers and
fellow republicans. to whom he spoke
in glowing terms upon the principle is
sues of the campaign. He said:
81 am here to-day to discuss with you the
past or to relate to you the gories Of the repub-
hcan party. am not here to speak to you OF
the democratic party of the past. am here to
address you upon living present issues that af-
feet every mans calling and occupation, and
every mans wages, and every mans invest
ments. The past is behind us, and whatever OF
good has been accomplished, either by the re-
publican party or the democratic party, Is Sc
cure to the American people, and to all the
American people The republican party is the
only national party in this country to-day. 1t
knows no sections, il knows no geographical di-
visions, il knows no north and south, and EN-
braces all the interests of every section, and IN
all of its legislation, no matter whether any
section voted against the party or for it, the re-
publican national party took care of all the in
terests Of the people. The only sectional party
party. The great body OF the democratic party
is in the south. The courage, the brains. the
craftsmanship OF the vast majority that gives
to the democratic president the majority OF the
electoral votes all in the south. and yet the
democratic leaders of the north render ineligi-
bic to high places on the national ticket any
man who lives in the south. They are good
enough 10 vote the democratic ticket they are
good enough 10 help achieve victories in the
elections, but when it comes TO entering the
sanctuin sanctorum. they are not permitted to
enter, because twenty-five or thirty years ago
they were engaged in an effort TO destroy the
union. And il is the leaders Of the democratic
party that perpetuate the memories OF the war
and make those memories render ineligible the
great leaders of the democratic party Of the
south for either the oStice OF president or vice
president OF the United States. For twenty
five years they have got been able TO get place
on the national ticle., Mark my prediction that
for twenty years TO come they will he denied
full fellowship with the little remnant OF the
democratic party OF the north, which is only
party in name, and iSlt for its southern allies
would not be designated a national party.
"The democratic platform makes another dec
laration for British ;ree trade. No party wa:
ever so brave before Mr.. Democrat, do you
say you are not for free trade: Then YOU are
not democrat this year. You say you are for
a tariff for revenue only. That is the way Eng
land raises S1O0O00,000 every twelve months.
The speaker illustrated the difference between
protective tariff and tariff for revenue only
by taking pitcher from the table There is
IS per cent tariff on that pitcher. know, for 1
helped TO put it there, and make no apology TO
anybody at home or abroad for doing it Every
dollars worth OF these goods coming from
Europe puts 55 cents in Uncle Sans treasury
Every slO0 worth SIS: every $1,000 worth $50
But it is levied not alone for the revenue. 1t il
to encourage our own home factories. To-day
We manufacture 60 per cent OF those goods
used here, and the consumer gets the pitcher
for less than ever before II we levy ii for rev.
enue alone, 81 per cent is too high, because that
discourages foreign inpOr tation. Mr.. Stevenson
said in his Bloomington speech that - per cent
is sufficient for revenue Yes, for revenue only
But put il at that and shipload after shipload
comes over We raise more revenue at 20 per
cent than 50 per cent, but with the result that
you put more money in the treasury, but you
put out the furnace fires in the country
II wish you could all study the tariff act OF
1s46, which put out the fires the whig tariff
of 1912 had lighted. l wish you could read Web
ster's speech in Fanuil hall, Boston iSiS Fill
more's message OF 1852, and Buchanan's of 1855
You would rise from that reading protec-
zionist
But they say that it keeps us out OF for
eign market The tariff of 1880 has been N OPP
Grafton two years. We never had such for
eign trade as the last twelve months. The Eu-
rorean trade balance in our favor was $3.50, ,0OJ,-
600. We've got it and they have rot
Gov. Mckinley used the argument in
his treatment of the constitutionality
of the tariff, showing how the men
who made the constitution viewed it,
and said:
1T violates but one constitution-that Of the
confederate states-and that was shot TO death
by the union soldiers. But they say we can't
make tin in this country. We've got thirty-one
establishments at it. They said we couldn't
make steel rails glass, silk, china, watches, but
we do Every American watch is ticking out
the tune Of Hail Columbia Why, 81 per cent
OF sheet tin is sheet steel. and we've been max
ing that for years. / have seen them making
American tin in a dozen places. But they say
we want free raw materials. We never had
anything but raw materials under democratic
rule. The rawest OF raw materials in our
mountains and hills slept the sleep Of death
Protection has developed them But again they
say protection hurts the farmer. You wouldn't
know If they didn't tell you.
What does the farmer want? First, good
crops; second. somebody to eat them. The
| nearer the farmer gets TO the markets the bet
ter his prices. What you want is men who eat
and co not produce. The farmers and planters
who made our first tariff bill understood this.
They said we have land enough; what we want
is factories. And they said so distinctly. Sup
posing free trade or tariff for revenue comes to
this country what is the inevitable result:
Either wages must go down or the industries
must shut down Suppose the wages of the
working man are reduced one-half, his capacity
| to buy your bread and meat is decreased one
| half. Suppose the industries are broken down
| The labOrer goes 10 the soil, and when he
raises his own bread and meat he don't
eat yours. He is your consumer to-day:
| he may be your competitor tomorrow. II it
were put to vote whether you
would have another farm factory by the
! side OF your farm you would vote for the fac
tory. Even were you a democrat lCries OF
| That's sol Protection builds up home mar
liets. We consume 81 per cent OF what we
raise. The per cent goes abroad. We are
| looking after the 90 per cent, the democrats
! are looking after-the per cent What won'
| derful people we are. Only per cent Of the
worlds population, yet we consume &c per cent
Of all the cotton, - per cent OF all the wool, %
per cent Of all the sugar and coffee, 30 per cent.
OF all the iron and STEEL and 80 per cent. OF all
| the tin of the worlds entire product. Yet the
| democrats propose to share this splendid mar
ket with foreigner, though the federal arm
| is not long enough 20 reach him and
make him pay part Of our burdens. Never
| viii the republican party consent Not until
the European wage scale is on a par with phe
| American wage scale. and then We will meet
| them here and the httest will survive"
rs The democrats are preaching truly
when they say ''the tariff is tax" but
they do not correctly state on what it
| Is n tax They falsely allepe il to be a