Evening journal., 1892-10-26
Mckinley must regard that period with
peculiar favor
Take Care of the Government.

1--WE believe this government was
made to be taken care of by the people.
If there was absolute free trade do you
suppose people would sit down and suck
their thumbs? Don't you think free
competition would stimulate their
efforts2 But we can't have free trade
AS President Garfield said 4 am for
protection which will lead to free trade
"fhe fallacy that because one thing
follows another 1t is the result Of its
predecessor has worn out 1t will not
apply to American protection and Ameri-
can prosperity.
We must take down this protection
fabric gradually as we would a tall
chimney on the Brandywine
Don't you believe that the free trade
between states has been most import
ant factor in the prosperity of the
country If it is a good thing for the
states what is there in the principle of
protection to the country at large which
can receive the support Of any American
citzen9 III IL were not so 10 would be
good thing for Delaware TO have a
custOm-house at ClaymOnt and make all
shoppers pay toll ON everything bought
outside the state. 1t would create in our
midst a class of men who would
get the Legislature TO pass law giving
them power to make all the commodities
Of certain kinds and make the people pay
tax upon these products to enrich the
manufacturers; and perhaps the political
machine which is running the protection
theory here in Delaware today would
have marshals and deputy marshals to
intimidate the people who protest. Ap-
plause
Republicans as Dodgers.
Republicans say they are not in favor
of wildcat money-neither are we; so
let us 60 back to the tariff Mr.. McKin-
ley says the people are now suffering
from low prizes and that they will not
be satisfied with lower prices Let the
food of low prices camel We can all
swim. Applause. Mr.. Mckinley said
that cheap and nasty went together, but
he has changed this remark wonderful y
since 1890.
McKinley's Change of Base.
MANY man wears cheap clothes in
order that he may give nice things to
his wife and children. He is no more a
cheap man than Mr. Mckinley, who says:
Cheap merchandise means cheap men
and cheap men means a cheap country.
That was him in 1890 and yet he said in
1892, after the election of 1890 and after
he found how many cheap men came to
the polls in November, that under pro-
lection living had been reduced and the
scales ofwages had been maintained, and
that nasty condition of things be so dep
recnted in 1890, he actually claimed as
a beneficial result of the bill in 1892. A
man who refutes himself does not need
refulatiOn from anyone else
1.-THE rich members of the Manufact-
urers club, who contribute so largely to
the Republican campaign fund may sit
in their costly club houses, surrounded
by everything that is nice, and slipping
their costly wines, say that cheap and
nasty go together.
"Mr. Sherman wants Canada to be ad-
mitted to the union. Under Mckinley
theory that would rob Canada of the ben
efts of protection and detract just that
much from the benefits of the system in
the United States, by bringing into this
country competition. But we say
no. We know Canada will not
be injured if she comes within the
! United States and that the United
States will not be injured by such al
acquisition of territory.
The United States was never more
prosperous than under the low tariff
/ from 1916 to 1860. Mr. James q. Blaine
the historian and not the politician says
in his Twenty Years in Congress. thai
the tariff of 1886 yielded abundant reve
nues, that the business of the country
was in a hourishing condition, money
was abundant and that the prosperity
was general and genuine.
The Countrv In ,Jeopardv
"The condition Of things today canno
exist without ieopardizing the country
If there are to be two classes, one whicl
pays the taxes and the other which gets
them. give the latter titles and let II.
know where we stand. l beg of you t,
consider in a fair spirit whether a sys
tenn such as this can exist in this cOun
try without causing poverty, heartburn
ings and discomfort among laborinl
classes. Robin Hood robbed the ricl
and gave to the poor These men rol
the poor and give to the rich. Thes
tariff laws bear more hardly upon thI
poor than upon the rich. Jay GoulC
cannot consume much more of tn
necessaries of life than you.
GO to the polls in November an
record your votes against this system o
things. By so doing you will have dis
charged a duty to yourself, your countr
and those who are dearer to you tina
life or country, either.
Three rousing cheers were given 70
the speaker and the meeting adjourned