The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-10
McKinIey's Last.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean
No man can say anything new concerning
b Ugh tariff, low tariff, or no tariff; the phi
losophies and practicsliiies Of tariff legisla-
ton ofan sorts, at home and abroad, have
been expOunded in thousands of speeches
and essays. and exemplifed in tens Of thou
sands OF statistical documents. But to Gov
ernor Mckinley belongs the happy knack Of
arranging old arguments and statistics in
new and striking forms, Of giving the charm
Of vitality TO philosOphic distractions and 10
dull figures. If we were 10 assign 4 cause
for this peculiar attribute we should say
that the Governor Of Ohio, more clearly
than any one else, peroeives The humanity
Of protection, and more forcible than any
one else expresses IL
When Mckinley talks tariff his hearers
feel that it is an American question, and
that protection is the American policy. 9th
er speakers demonstrate clearly enough that
under protection this country has passed
from the condition Of poorest 10 that Of rich
est among civilized nations Bat McKinley
makes US feel that in this passage each citi-
zen, be who digs sewers and be who en-
ploys a thousand Workmen, has become bet
ter equipped for citizenship The poorest
has become less poor, his wages have in
creased and what be buys with them has
been cheapened he has gained more time
to read and to observe, and he has gained
a.
servaiion. Ia c word, the labOrer Of Ameri-
q Is more independent thar he Of any 9TH
er country. Nor this only; the American
laboTer Of 1s92 is far more independent than
the American laborer OF 1882, or even Of
lSS2, and the measure Of bis independence
increases.
On the other hand, the American capital
ist yearly becomes more and more conscious
Of his dependence upon the condition and
temper Of labor. Omitting any allasiou to
labor as a factor in politics, the monetary
condition Of labor effects, ifit does not de-
;ermine, the condition Of capital When Ia
Dor is vel paid and constantly employed
the railways are crowded with freight and
passengers, the retail stores are busy, the
newspapers fall OF ofadTertisements, the facto-
ries az work. and thousand borrowers sup
plicaie capital for loans for new enterprises
or for extensions Of old ones. Bat when Ia
Dor is depressed the retail trade languishes.
the factories run on short time, travel IS
sesnty, the advertisers diminish in number
and in the space that they occupy. All IS
dull, and capital Is forced to live upon itself
Because the home market Is the best mar
ket everywhere, and because protection has
made the American home market the best
in the world, capital in America is indissol-
ubly joined in interest TO labor. In Ameri-
ca political economy, IS evoked by proiec-
tionists, is not "the dismal science" that
England's greatest thinker said the free
traders Of England had made it.
The humanitarian influence Of protection
upon American life IS thus descauted upon
BY Governor Mckinley in his latest speech /:
II has made the lives OF the masses of our
countrymen sWeeter and brighter, and has
entered the homes Of America carrying com
fort and cheer and courage. Il gives a pre-
mium 70 human energy and aEakens the
noblest aspirations in the breasts Of men.
Our own experience shows that il IS the
best for our cit.z snship and our ciTiliz ltiou.
and opens up higher and better destiny for
our people.
Mr.. Gladstone has not dared to say 50
much to his British constituents in defense
Of free trade.