The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-10
Hear the TRUTH!

Governor MCKINLEY OF Ohio delivered a
speech at Nermilinn on Saturday last. in
which lie gavo the people n great deal OF
sound and good ndvicc respecting the
financial crisis. Along with this the Gov
srnor, u course. took caro- to express HIM
self respecting the changes that are to lie
made in the tariff as a result of Democratic
legislation. According to the report OF
our esteemed contemporary. the Clcreland
Lead"r he declared that tho present low
value of wool in Ohio was due to the fact
that buyers would not pay protection
prices for ,ieeces that are likely to be
brought into competition with free wool
before they are manufactured into cloth"
This opiuion in itself contains nothing
that is surprising as coming from Governor
MCKINLEY: yet it is n most interesting cir
cumstance that it cvinces q total mscon-
ception Of the doctrine proclaimed by the
Democrats at Chicago: and we are not as
tonished 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 radical tariff revision
ON Democratic lines would be like"
Now. We invite the attention Of Governor
MCKINLEY and the farmers OF Ohio espe-
cially to the fact that the Chicago plat
form. which forms the only present stand
ord OF Democratic doctrine, and the only
basis on which Democratic legislation can
Do expected. snys nothing about free trade.
does not contemplate free trade. Is not adj
dressed to the promotion OF free trade. and.
II carried out in full and logical realization,
will form a complete. frank. and uncompro-
missing opposition to my theory Of free trade
that has ever been conceived or promul-
gated. Moreover. under tho Democratic
doctrine. as declared at Chicago. the
free admission Of foreign wool through tho
Custom Houses Of the United States would
DO as great an absurdity as the free and I'M
restrained exercise OF highway robbery.
burglary. larceny. and arson would he I'M
dor the provisions Of the moral law.
Tho Chicago platform declares that the
only constitutional tl-i II is a tariff for rev.
snuo only. In other words. every single
duty that it requires and admits is levied
for revenue only: and accordingly neither
wool nor any other article can DO allowed
to come into this country from any foreign
country without cOntribntln " itS enuaI md
proper share TO the revenue OF the Treas
ury. There can be no free wool: there can
b. no FREQ iron: there can be no free cloth
Ing: there can be nothing free. Every
thing must pay. and. moreover. everything
must pay its equal and just part OF the
total impost that Is levied for revenue only:
that Is to say for revenue without regard
TO any other consideration whatever
Is this free trade Mol Can there be
any free wool or free anything else whom
revenue is the only object No! Governor
MCKINLEY misunderstands the Chicago
platform. Therefore. as soon as the more
pressing subject Of the Silver law is disposed
of. let Congress proceed at once to reassure
him and to reassure the farmers OF Ohio
and all tho rest of mankind concerning this
important subject A tariff for revenue
only, without any free list or any favorit-
Ism OF any sort. Is something that will be
found to he infinitely less OF a bugbear than
they appear to have imagined.