Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-31
THE CAMPAIGN BOOMING
Mckinley Talks Tariff to a Big
Audience in Vermont.
STEVENSON ON HIS SOUTHERN TOUR

He Takes the Federal Elections Bill as
His Text for Discourse in Missouri.
Henry Cabot Lodge wants to Succeed
Dawes-Tllman Ahead in Carolina.
BURLINGTON, Vt, Aug 3l-The rally
here under the auspices Of the Republican
league was an unqualified success. From
1900 to 1900 people heard or tried TO hear
the speakers. Republican clubs were pres
emit from all parts of the state Governor
Mckinley, Of Ohio, and Secretary Of State
j. j. Griffith, OF Indiana, were the speak
ers. Congressman II. Powers was the pres
ident Of the day. Governor Mckinley dis
cussed the tariff, answering General Steven
sons Bloomington Glls) speech, and re-
ferred to the report of State Labor Com
missioner Peck Of New York, as a vindica-
ton Of the policy Of protection.
Governor Mckinley was warmly received
as he came to the front Of the platform,
and for fully an .hour and half he spoke
on the tariff issue. He said in opening:
Mckinley ON the Tarin.
am glad TO be able to participate even in
the smallest degree ia the campaign, which
closes one week from today, in this state The
vice presidency has made a speech. IL was
made two or three days ago in the city OF
bloomington, in the state of illinois, ard "a
presumably the keynote OF the campaign upon
the part Of the Democratic party. have read
10 this morning with the greatest care and
was glad 20 know that the distinguished gentle
man declares that the tariff question is the ali
important one in the national contest Of 1892.
Governor Mckinley then proceeded to
discuss the different tariff systems which
had been in operation in this country.
There are two kinds of tariff in the United
States" he said; zone is the British tariff,
which is advocated by the Democratic
party, and the other is the American tariff,
advocated by the Republican party.n He
concisely stated the difference between the
two systems and showed the great benefits
growing out of a protective policy. Refer
ring to the Democratic demand for foreign
market, he said;
It is a foreign market they want. Woll why
! don't they get iti lLaughterl Why, General
Stevenson says that what they propose is TO
| give the people Of this country cheap raw ma
terials, free raw materials and If they only had
free raw materials they could go out and cap
/ ture the foreign market Why, they have got
! free raw materials for the foreign market and
/ they don't know IL. Laughter and applause
Under this new tariff law of 1879 any citizen
world aud buy any raw material or product he
wants. bring it into the United States, pay the
| tariff fixed 10y law, take the product out into
| his workshop and make il up into the finished
/ product, take it back 10 the custom house and
enter il for foreign trade and the government
refunds him 90 per cent. Of the tariff he paid
| upon his raw material-within per cont. of
/ free trade. The Democratic leader can capture
| the worlds market, for he has got free raw
| material on this bill.
Ask the Canadian Farmer.
But they say. my fellow citizens that this
| new tariff law has made it impossible to send
| anything out of the country; made it impos-
sible for anything TO come in, and made It inn
| possible for anything to go out, and they made
| that statement Ia the light of the treasury Of
| fetal report that shows that i'm the last year
| we bought more goods on the other side than
we have bought I'm any twelve months Of our
history, and we sold more American products
% Europe in the same time than we ever sold
in any year since the beginning Of the federal
government
There is no agricultural product in the United
States that is not defended by tho tariff law OF
1890. If anybody wants to know who pays the
tnria let him go over on tho north side Of the
| Canadian line and ask the Canadian farmer. IL
anybody wants TO know whether this tariff Is
burdensome upon the American farmer, let
him ask a farmer OF Vermont that lives on tho
south side OF the Canadian line.
There Is not one OF you who has not been
blessed by this law, and you know it. IA voice:
mot one. Every one Of us."l You feel It in
your pocketbooks, in your property IN your
investments; and it is purely business ques
tion, and want Vermont people next Tuesday
90 vote whether they want this tariff continued
or whether they want it repealed. Vermont
ought TO give Benjamin Harrison 1000 maior
ity, and elect q legislature that would unan
imously send back to the senate Of the United
States Redheld Proctor. Yes, you will do boti
for you arc capable Of doing both.