Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-27
PROTECTION 10 CRUEL.
The Terrible Straits Into Which Mohin-
leyism Has Brought the Country.

leyism Has Brought the Country.
Bradstreet furnishes the crushing In
formation that there are eight million
Of our fellow citizens out Of employ
ment and that nearly two million de
pendent upon them are subsistint
upon the precarious supply afforded b,
public charity. This Is the result o
three years of MeKinleyism preceded
by a long-extended era of high protec
ton. The radical partisan organs Of
the opposition declare that the Wilson
bill has already closed scores OF facto
ries. The falsity of this claim is ap
parent to oil who give the question Sc
much as passing attention. Since the
bill was reported there has been a re-
sumption OF work in hundreds OF man
ufacturing Establishments and that the
country is headed In the direction OF
restored prosperity is assured by the
best fnanciers and business men OF
the country, With the promise of re
lief from the republican tax on Its
materials, industry sees q brighter out
look.
Such relief is at hand II the people
will only reach out and secure 1t before
the inevitable and most rulnous results
of MoKinleyism are upon them. 1t Is
not q time for delay or ~vacillation.
There Is too much at stake for the peo'
pie TO walt patiently while politicians
In the temporary role of statesmen
talk for buncome or for mere sectional
interests. What the people should In
sist upon at the hands Of their repre-
sentatives is q prompt passage Of the
Wilson bill Discriminate action upon
the matters which 1t places i'll contro,
versy is necessary that the great indus
trial interests may know their exact
status In the world Of trade and with
out uncertainty as TO the future condi-
lions which they must encounter.
Mills that were forced to shut down
during the era of over-production in
duced by McKinleyism would prompt
~ resume when relieved Of the crush
ing burden Of war taxation, Scores OF
others would spring into existence to
meet the demands OF an open market
and the great boon Of steady employ
mont would be assured to the working
men Of the country, The special priv
ileges secured to such states as Ohio
and Indiana will be withdrawn and
the resources of every section of the
country will be made available. The
manufacturers Of New England say
that they stand ready to give employ
ment to thousands of men as soon as
the tax on coal and crude iron is re-
moved, and In the south and west rs
well the very interests IN which the
ultra protectionists are making their
plea stand ready 10 commence active
operations SO soon as q new tariff law
is given effect.
But the republicans propose to delay
this measure OF relief. They cannot
but see into what terrible straits Nc
kinleyism has brought the country,
They realize, despite their assertions
TO the contrary, that in the brief space
OF three years the republican war
tariff has reduced the wages Of labor,
closed mills, factories and furnaces and
brought about a depression more ter
rible than has been known in this
country Of munificent resources for
many a year. Yet they say that the
present tariff system must be main
tained and that there must be no
change In the conditions II they can
prevent it by obstruction and flibus-
tering In congress-. Never was there
an example Of more heartless or cruel
hostility to the interests of hungry and
suffering labor, even on the part OF
the party which Is pledged body and
soul to monopoly, Detroit Free Press.