Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-08-18
MCKINLEY IN NEBRASKA.
Clear Statement of the Republican Doc
trine of Protection.

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LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. Ex-Governor
Mckinley addressed an enthusiastic
audience of several thousand people
on the State Capitolgrounis tonight.
He said: This magnificent assem-
blage is a magnificent tribute to a
magnificent cause Whenever any
thing has to be done in this country
the Republican party has to do.it.
'The Republican party occupies the
most advanced position OF any politi-
cal party in the world. That no evil
has come to the country by reason OF
the accidental Democratic occupancy
OF the legislative and executive
branches of the government was be-
cause Democratic house and presi-
dent could not overthrow the laws es-
tablished by the Republicans.
There is not page in the history
of the Republican party that we would
want blotted out. The Democratic
party is a party of opposition and n
party of critics and grumblers. The
Democratic party has constructed
nothing in thirty years.
81 am here to address you upon an
issue that affects every interest and
condition in life, the question OF the
tariff How shall we raise the more
than 81 1000 every day that is
necessary to carry on the government?
There are two ways. One is by direct
taxation. You can raise it by Henry
Georges idea, taxing the land, or you
can raise it by tariff taxation.
''lou can raise it by taxing yourself
or taking other people who have pro-
ducts to sell in this country. That Is
the Republican idea. We do not be-
lieve in taxing ourselves while there
are other people whom we can tax.
The Democratic platform believes in a
tariff on non-competing products and
accepts the English system.
1--WE Republicans let in tree every
article that is needed in this country
and which we cannot produce in this
country. The tariff for revenue only,
such as the Democratic party Is advo-
eating to-day, is paid by the consumer,
protective tariff may be paid by the
consumer, and is so paid, perhaps, un-
til competition among our producers
lowers the price.
every article you wear or use has
been cheapened under the protective
tariff. This has been done by compe-
tition at home and by American in
genuity and enterprise. Free trade
cheapens the article, but cheapens the
artisan also.
"Protection encourages skill and
genius and instills hope and strength
into the land and heart OF the work
ingnan. Protection builds up and free
trade tears down. The Democratic
free traders consult maxims, we con-
suit markets; they follow the shadows,
we pursue the substance.
prices of manufactured products
were never so low in our history as
they are to-day. The Senate report
shows that agricultural products have
advanced 8 per cent. since the pas
sage of the new tariff act. The bal
ance of trade in our favor for the last
twelve months was over two hundred
million dollars, yet the Democratic
party tell us we cannot trade with
foreign countries ii we put a tariff on
their products. We export of wheat
i'm one year more than we did i'm fifteen
al low tdTllI.
ave have 65,OOO,OOO people that
consume more than any other 50 ,OOO,-
900 people in the world, because we
have more money. because OF the pro-
tective tariff enabling us to make more
money than any other 65,OOO,OOO
people. The best consumer IN the
world is the nearby consumer.
ave are told that If we had raw
material free in this country we could
90 out and capture the markets OF the
world. We have the finest material
in the world, and under the Democrat
ic tariff we had nothing but raw ma
terial.
"Protection encourages the Ameri-
can shop, tree trade the foreign shop.
We can have free trade in this country
only when the nations of the old world
lift up the condition OF the laboring
man until it is equal to ours. Then
we will compete with them anywhere
in the world and take our chances for
supremacy.
.'Foreign nations want us to adopt
free trade because under that system
they could come in and take our home
market from us unless we would bring
the condition of our laboring men
down to the level OF theirs. This we
will never do"