The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-24
Hear the Truth.

Hear the Truth.
Governor Mckinley of Ohio, deliy-
cred q speech at Vermillion on Satur-
day last, in which he gave the people
a great deal OF sound and good advice
respecting the financial crisis. Along
with this, the Governor, of course,
took care to express himself respect
ing the changes that are to be made
in the tariff as a result OF Democratic
legislation. According to the report
of our esteemed contemporary, the
Cleveland Leader, he declared that
the present low value OF wool in Ohio
"was due to the fact that buyers would
not pay protection prices for Aeeces
that are likely to be brought into com.
petition with free wool before they
are manufactured into cloth"
This opinion in itself contains moth
ing that is surprising as coming from
Governor Mckinley; yet it is most
interesting circumstance that it
evinces total misconception of the
doctrine proclaimed by the Democrats
at Chicago and we are not astonish-
ed to read, little further on, that
"the Governor told the farmers Of
Ohio that the menace of free trade
had given them an idea of what radi-
cal tariff revision on Democratic fines
would be like"
Now, we invite the attention OF
Governor Mckinley and the farmers
of Ohio especially to the fact that the
Chicago platform, which forms the
only present standard of Democratic
doctrine, and the only basis on which
Democratic legislation can be expect
ed, says nothing about free trade,
does not contemplate free trade, is not
addressed to the promotion of free
trade, and, If carried out in full and
logical realization, will form com.
plete, frank, and uncompromising
opposition to any theory of free trade
that has ever been conceived or pro
mulgated. Moreover, under the
Democratic doctrine, as declared at
Chicago, the free admission OF foreign
wool through the Custom Houses Of
the United States would be as great
an absurdity as the free and unre
strained exercise of highway robbery
burglary, larceny, and arson would be
under the provisions Of the mcra
law.
| The Chicago platform declares thai
the only constitutional tariffs tariff
for revenue only. In other words, ev
cry single duty that it requires anC
admits is levied for revenue only; anC
accordingly neither wool nor any 9TH
err article can be allowed to come into
this country from any foreign country
without contributing its equal anc
proper share to the revenue OF thC
Treasury. There IAN be no free wool
there can be no free iron there car
| he no free clothing there can b
nothing free. Everything must pay
| and, moreover, everything must pay
its equal and just part of the total i'm
port that is levied for revenue only
| that is to say, for revenue without re
gard to any other consideration what
ever.
Is this free trade? No! Govern
ernor Mckinley misunderstands th,
Chicago platform. Therefore as sool
as the more pressing subject of tn,
Silver law is disposed of, let Congress
proceed at once to reassure him ant
to reassure the farmers of Ohio and al
the rest Of mankind concerning thi
important subject. A tariff for rev
enue only without any free Iist or an,
favoritism Of any sort, is something
that will be found to be infinitely les;
Of bugbear than they appear to hav,
imagined.-N. Y. Sun.
i, The Girl With The Sailor Hat.
The girl with the sal or hat