The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-30
M'k.NLEY m INDiANA
n Tiu lndustry In America Formally
Dedicated.

Dedicated.
Al n grand opening Of the tin works
at Elwood on September 10, Gov. Me-
kinlev, of Ohio, was present and made
the dcdicatory address to q large CON
course of peo, " from all over the
state. In his remarks the champion of
protection practically illustrated the
benefits of the system and delivered
some telling shEts ut the free trade
Democrats The following Is the gist
Ut the speech:
All agree that the issue which is commanding
the most attention and which Ia most upon thu
minds OF the people Is the question OF the tar.
IN. II requires in this country "A little more
than siOOluCO,OD every year to meet the current
obligations OF the government. a million OF
dollars must be raised every twenty.four hours.
Now there are two kinds Of 'arin, the ono u
protective tariff, advocated by the republican
party. This other IL the tarin for revenue only,
advocated BY the democratic party. Either the
protective or the revenue tariu will provide the
money requisite for public purposes Nut u rev.
CuuC tariff will do nothing else hut raise rev.
emu. IL Is n tarM which excludes every other
considCrat ion bus revenue. IL turns n deaf ear
to the labor and TN wages and industries ~ the
country. A protective tnrir performs the
further service I protecting and defending and
encouraging, and stimulating the industries and
energies Of our own people.
The tariff on that pitcher N a. per cent II
was put there not alone for revenue, but also 4,
build up and protect the great Industry OF pot
tory Ia the United Stutcs. I am happy to say
II has successfully done IT. We have got under
the tara OF "a per cent. the most splendid
pottery industries that can he found anywhere
III the world. and We are supplying u large
Sharr of the American market today and Civ.
Ing employment 10 thousands OF American
wurkingmcu, and We are giving TO the American
fnnaurtar eb.un,r npfiprv and grpplprN than
hc ever had before. Sixty per cent encourages
the homo production OF II. That Is what It vas
put there for, | put IL there myself.
There II not an article Of hardware. there II
not an article OF wool or cotton, there Is not an
article OF iron, there II not an article Of glass or
pottery thai has not been chcalcned 10 the
American consumer by domestic manufacture,
maze possible by n protective tariff.
Hut. my fellow-ritiacns, they say this pro,cc.
tive tariff Is u burden upon the American poo
pie. There Is not n man IN Indiana who knows
there IL any such thing rs n protective .nriii
law from any personal experience Of his own OF
The burdens Of u protective tarir-not one
Therc Is not a man or woman In Indiana who does
not know there Is u protective tarin from III,
blessings that he experiences under that system
We'll, n man is not very much hurt " he has 4
be told about II. II II the business OF the demo
cratic leaders this year to point out how yot
are suffering. We have been undcru protccttv,
tnrin for more than thirty.onc years. In tina
time we have fought one Of the miphticst rebel
lions In history, spent millions aud billions o.
dollars making one enormous debt, and yei
since 1870 VIC have paid OF more than two thou
sand millions of that debt and less than u thou
sand millions remain. Has II burdcncd thu
statess In less than twenty years the taxation
In this state has been reduced twenty per cent
Hast II burdoned the counties and municipalities
In twenty years tho taxation has been dimin
ishcd forty-tive per cent, the debts OF the stat
and debts OF the municipalities and tho debts o
the counties have fallen from fifteen 10 twent'
per cent in less than twenty years, and 40 fn
as the individual r. concerned we were never ~
prosperous IN all our his tory Us we are to-day
As I understand II, II Is the purpose OF thi
meeting here to-day and the object lesson whicl
you are 10 secis to convince that what they hav'
J hitherto believed was not true Is In fact true
The democrats say we cannot make this, W.
|, cannot make that, they say We cannot make III
pla,el Why, they said = few years ago VI
could not make steel rails. They said we coul,
not make silk, they said we could not make pc,
terry and glass. They said we could not max
|, watches, and yet wo are making every one q
them, and to-day under protective tariffs we or
the first manufacturing nation OF the world
! Why should not the democrats as we'll as IN
: republicans want o tin.platc factory In thi
, country! Would you not rath.r have q tin.plat
tory In your midst tina. gives employment {
, 80 men than to have all democratic ofices Il
l the state OF Indiana What Ia tin plate? 1t
! % piece Of sheet iron or sheet steel coated wit
I tin-you know more about 1t than l do, II 20
live here where It Is made, and those who d
not have soon 1t to-day, and II IL n demonstra
: tlon that the democratic leaders are wrong
Why should they be opposed 10 half a doze
9 great lin industries In the state OF Indiana
, There Ii no reason In the world unless IL Is be
cause you will reduce the democratic majorit
v in the state. Every other consideration Dc
I mands IT,
The democratic party is the party OF predi,
1 ttN, aud tf asul AtAp't nxsnrtula thn renll
. ton II would be the greatest party In the world
y And IL facts didn't outrun these predictions
4 would be the most successful party In tn
world. The last twelve months we sold NOR
than u billion dollars Of American production
TO Europe, u point never reached before in o.
i our history, and we bought more products fror
Q abroad than We ever did In any twelve month
Q OF our history, and when Europe settled IN
= balance Of trade with us she paid into our con
merce thirty million dollars In gold 20 express
. the excess of what we sold TO them over whu
We bought OF them