St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-26
found the end of this disastrous condi-
ton. Cheers.

day declared that all these disasters Of
which we speak came upon the country
under the Mckinley bill. Well. to be
sure, the Mckinley bill was law until
that Goth day-was it?-Of August, when
the German bill was passed; but it was
| a law only in name. 1t had been ar
rested. We were listening from day to
| day to prUphe cies that in two weeks or
| three, or four it would be repealed. 1t
was not law in the sense that any
| merchant or manufacturer could act
| upon it. 1t was dead in business
sense, though alive OIL the statute books.
| Why, sir. it would be just about
as reasonable to complain of man who
had been seized, handcutfed and locked
up i'll cell for not supporting his fam
| tly as to complain that the Mckinley
bill did not give prosperity during this
| per od of suspense. And then we are
| told that under the Mckinley bill the
price OF wool went down-and that
| since it has been made free it is going
| up; that sugar on the free list was
! higher than sugar with 40 per cent
duty. And all this Notwithstanding the
| old Democratic doctrine that duty was
| always added to the cost of the domestic
| article. But. my friends, do not want
to detain you from that entertaining
feast to which you are invited. l am
glad that Indiana gives today so royal
reception to. Gov. Mckinley. He has
endeared himself to all by his record as
a gallant young soldier, battling for the
flag. He has honored himself in state
and the country bY conspicuous service
| in high legislative and executive places.
No man more than he is familiar with
these questions that now engage the
public thought. No man is more able
than he lucldly to set them before the
people. Applause. do not need to
invoke your attention to what he shall
| say. He will command it. l have now
| the pleasure of presenting him to you.
| Applause.
Mckinley Talks Trust.
Gov. Mckinley, in his speech here
| to-day upon public affairs. opened with
eulogistic reference to the administra-
ton of President Harrison, under
which the country prospered as it had
| never prospered before or since. More
manufactures made by American
| workingmen; more of the products of
I American farms were sent out 10 the
markets of the world during President
| HarriSOn'S administration than were
! ever before sent away in exchange for
foreign gold, or have since been eX-
! ported. Men found employment with
out difficulty, and wages were good.
ooco anu pioopciIIy Wcio III tue iahu,
| Since that day in November, 1892, when
President Harrison and the Republican
| party were voted out of the administra-
| tive and executive Offices of the
| national government, change has
occurred. Every one of the
conditions then existing has been
altered and the nation has learned
by bitter experience lesson in the
practical application of politics, which
the people have had an abundance of
time to ponder, for they Lave not had
much else to do. As an evidence that
! the people are not satisfied comparison
was made between the election returns
of 1892 and those of most recent date.
Instances being given of Republican
gains which Gov. Mcki inIey, said were
indiSputable proof that there was not
only a general regret that a change of
administration had been made, but also
a dissatisfaction with the course of
Democracy in its disposal of the public
questions vitality affecting the work
shops. the farms and the firesideS of
America.
The address was devoted almost
wholly to discussion of the tariff, es-
pecialiy of the effect OF the. Democratic
tariff law.
A decided sensation was sprung by
the governor. He presented phase of
the law recently passed which was
startling surprise to the audience.
The Sugar Schedule
of the law (Schedule E. in effect pro-
videS for the continuation of the treaty
with the king of the Hawaiian islands.
under which all sugar was and is under
the law of 1894, admitted free. The
language OF the schedule quoted is as
follows: provided nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to
abrOgate or in any manner impair the
treaty Of commercial reciprocity con.
Guided between the United States anu
the king of the said Islands on Jan. 80,
1875. or the provisions of any act of
| congress heretofore passed for the exc
cution of the same'
This provision was inserted In the
law by the senate. 1t gives to the great
sugar trust, said Gov. Mckinley, an
advantage which has not heretofore
been suspected. The sugar production
OF the Hawaiian islands Is under the
control Of the sugar trust: that country
is the field of Its primary operations.
The Democratic party took away from
the sugar raisers of the United States
bounty of Sl0.000,000 and bestowed a
bounty of S6,000,0O0 a year on the sugar
producers of the Hawaiian islands,
the sugar producers of the United
States. but the whole world outside of
those Islands.
Thesugar producer of the Sandwich
Islands profits by the tariff of 40 per cent,
while upon all other sugars that 40 per
cent goes into the treasury of the United
States. l do not question, my fellow
citizens, nor discuss the propriety of
maintaining that treaty inviolate. But
ft,e,ro Il
| government of the United States twice
as good. When we made the tariff law
Of 1890, and took away all the tariff from
sugar, we gave to the same producers
and the beet producers and the maple
| sugar producers bounty equivalent to
the tariff, aud we said in that law that
bounty should stand for fifteen years.
That is all wiped out by the law
OF 1894. Not even the bounty of this
year IS given to the crop that has
already been supervised by the govern.
menr of the United States. By this law
this is taken from the sugar producers
OF the country. What is there more
sacred in a reciprocity treaty with
foreign country than solemn contract
made with our citizens. Democracy
was criticised for increasing the SAL
aries of certain officials at time when
the revenues of the country fell below
the expenditures and the money ques-
tion was touched on. Gov. Mckinley
saying: t'Our money is all good,
whether it be gold or silver, whether it
be national bank notes or greenbacks,
or treasury notes, or gold or silver cer-
tificateS-eyery dollar is good"
To Get the Money Out
among the people is the serious problem
today. To do this we must not only
have something to sell, but be able to
find somebody 10 buy. No matter what
we have to sell, ifthere is nobody able
10 buy, who wants it. We must keep it.
If we are compelled to keep 1t, we suf-
fer the loss in whole or in part OF what
it costs us to pro duce ii.
money was never more plentiful or less