Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-03
e.,,rpor Mckinley Argues for lis
Couslituilonaliiy In the
United States.
,.rs prmoeRATle FREE TRADE
PLATFORM.
-, nstc,d. TITS rar,d Law Figures
quoted.

.,unr said VA the. beginning thN' WV
,.,sst National Democratic platform Is
haldef recognition Of free trade than
n, liz predecessors, and aualy zrd
~ length, quoting points reported by
~ sonmittee and stricken out before
~ slaliorm was finally adopted. As
\, he charge that a protective tnrili 10
unconstitutional, the governoreaid'
,,Its conptilutiounlity has not been
..,ionsiy questioned in more than
r,nJtei ycara. Tho policy was recog-
s,,sd IN tho tucond act ever passed by
sTongrcsl OF the United States. III a
.,o,eGilye policy II n violation 81 any
Ir.titntion II n not that Of the United
s,siss. IL Ia n manifest violation OF tho
Intuition Of the Confederate States.
posslbly that Ia what they moan. Hap.
,nv how,yer, We do not recognize thht
in,inlment, aud never did, aud we are
-, nnerating under II. We cannot
nave mo trade In this country without
having free trade conditions.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
demands Il upon these conditions, and
isb'dlud 10 have It Mt any coat. The
rnfli knows what these conditions are.
The farmer. and worklngmen Of Eng.
i,pd know what they nre. ThOusanis
N men who work both sides OF tho
sesau and under both systems know
ibe-p conditions. To Introduce thom
bsfr will hging widespread discontcnt
spd teyolulioniZe values. IL would 10
tclidesttuctlOn.
Cleveland Joined the choiroi cslami.
~ In his speech Of acceptance. 81
iSar.D said the speaker, "ihht he has
mol consulted the markets since lh0D,
He had in miau the campaign prices
then provailing, and seems 10 have
besn lnadvisrd Of what has occurred
since, He has not then read the re.
p,ft Of the Senate committee appointed
10 Investigate the effect Of tho new
tariff law upon tho consumer and pro-
iuutf, aud the wages OF labor"
The upOTt was unanimous, anu Nc.
kihiey asserted, showed
nnLiSE ISllrE RETAIL PRICE
Gai select tticlcs Of comfort and
ItNssity. - report shows In every
1sn, he said, the constant Tendency 10
bseF the price Of the neoessaries Of
lie and It's comforts. Tho report also
shows while tue c0st OF living has de-
ceased hero, II has during thu sane
period In England increased. AZ to
wages, II appears wages in special In
dustrlps selected, averaged In the
United States Il per cent. greater than
IN Great Britain, which IA under n
Democratic ftee trade revenue tariff.
CAS- to the farmers, TO whom ClBve.
land 10 plalntively reters," said Mo-
kinley, ",his report says the average
piico Of all agricultural products, ox-
cept lax seed, when put ut n proper
relative Importance, were 1857 peg
cent. higher In September, 1891, than
June, 1853. MAY / not, Ia tho HIGHT Of
thls report and the incta every where
obaeTyable, remind Cleveland that in
theyclr 1902 we are confronted by
conditions aud not u theory The truth
u, u protective tariff has cheApsned
every manufactured product, anu not
by uhtapening labor but by Its high
rewards, securing from labor its hign-
eat efficiency. Substantially every
thing that protection effects has beef
reduced In price except labor.
UNDER THE NEW TARIFF
old industries have been stimulated
aud many new industries started which
are now estimated IN be giving employ.
ment to from 100000 to 2Ji,00O per.
tlns, and II Is u fnct well established
by reports from all countries that at
this time while depression and anxiety
exist In their Industries, there 10 pros
rority In tho United States alone.
Notwithstanding the cry that
undefa protective tariff We cannot soil
abroad II we DO not buy abroad, yet
uufiua9 Tho laat A-,aI sf.uR xaa aaII
abroad nearly S9O8, 900, 600 more than
We bought abroad. This was an ex.
eeialn our favor which foreigners pail
lousInd which We have circulating
among our people. The report OF the
treasury shows that dutiable meT-
ehanIse decreased under the opera.
toa Of the now law from Si7S, 17i,Sii
lef The fiscal year ending June ~, 1891,
msSla 300, 1870 for the hscal year Just
passed, a decrease OF SlO0, ga 200. rho
zee list In the same time increased s0l =
py1IS. More than half the value OF
ai our productions arc absolutely
liee. The value OF our export mer-
ehandise during tho last fiscal year
Nas l,030, 8Sb, 620, au Increase OF
Nioisbi,SlB over the previous year.
A wonderful Increase Ia our foreign
uaue under the law which was To
close foreign markets 10 uB. Our OK
po'ls never before reached that point
'la given yenr In all our history"
hcllSLEy QUOTED FIGURES
10 show that under thu free trade
isvenue hriil from 1917 10 1861 the
uAlanee Of trade against VA was moIo
wan si3l,0O0,Ol0. In fifteen years
nom 1916 to 1891 with protection the
VNtnce OF trade In cur favor was
tluis. ii5, 2i6. Mckinley argued at
Mnsll In reiu,aiion Of the Democratic
ati'i,lon that the farmer would be
gehenled by u revenue tariG md said
protection was positive tonoGt to
m,hers OF this country; that no class OF
slutsls were more certainly ndvan.
mgel by II. What farmers want Il
s'h'umers, more consumers and fewer
ohletilon. He wants those con.
,uu,eis steady and regular, ana has
ssh IN Bb,OO0,0O0 OF consumers In
lh country who are tho bust and
"vst proillaole consumers on the globe,
The Democratic party Of today"
nu tue governor, "serm to think there
s "solne PECULIAR sensity about foreign
s,usomer that doesn't attach to 10.