The herald., 1894-09-26

list was higher than was sugar at q aU
per cent duty. All this Notwithstanding
the old Democratic doctrine that the
duty WAS always added to the cost oi
the domestic article"
General Harrieon then made q neat
speech, presenting Governor Mckinley.
Governor Mckinley opened bis speech
with eulogistc reference to the admin
istration of President Harrison, uncer
which, he said, the country prospereo as
it had never proapsred before or since.
His address was devoted almost wholiy
TO discussion of the tariff, especially
the effect OF the Democratic tariff law.
The governor presented O phase OF the
law recently passed which was start
ling surprise to the audience. The sugar
schedule, schedule +. he said, Ia enect.
provides for the continuation OF the
treaty OF 1875 made with the king OF the
Hawaiian Islands, under which all sugar
from those islands wac admitted Tree.
This provision was inserted by the SEN
ate.
st gives the sugar trust" said Gov
ernor Mckinley, IAN advantage wnlch
has not heretofore been suspected.
Sugar production in the Hawaiian
islands is under the control OF the sugar
trust; that country ia the field OF its
primary operations. The Democratic
party toak away from the sugar raisers
OF the United States q bounty OF SlO-
900 900 year and bestowed bounty OF
So. .000, 600 a year on the sugar producers
of the Hawaiian islands, giving them an
advantage over not only the sugar pro-
ducers OF the United States, but OF the
whole world outside the islands,"
NJ Il + 4 .,s.. n q y q
against the party which had emitten
them so heavily, was referred to. Gov
ernor Mckinley pointed out it was the
Republican party. so freely accused OF
secsionalism, whsn had conferred the
benefits upon them which had been OPP
posed by Democratic statesmen and re-
moved as soon as they had an opportu
nifty to do 80.
"When we made the tariff law oi
| 1890 and took away all the tariff from
sugar, we gave to the cane producers q
bounty equivalent to the tariff. and we
said in that law that bounty shouie
stand Is wears. This ia all wiped out bJ
the law OF 1894. What is there mer'
sacred than O solemn contract made
with our own citizens?'
Touching on the question OF money
Governor Mckinley said:
"Our money is all good; whether it b'
in silver, national bank notes or green
backs, or treasury or gold or silver Ger.
titicates, every dollar is good. To gel
the money out among the people 10 th'
serious problem today. To do this W,
must not only have something to sell
but be able to find somebody to buy
If we are compelled to keep it. we suffs
the loss in whole or III part OF what l
costs US to produce it.
BANKS are filed with money; none,
paay s nc A.ntiiplI ID nS bsssass tssS s1a
is not employed that we have the stse
nation in bueiness which distreeses th
country, and the reason it ia not EN-
ployed is because the invitation to sai
and profitable investment is not pre-
sented. 1t Ia not the lack of money no
the kind of money that is the trouble
1t is the lack OF prosperous msnufsctur
ing and the absence OF confidence in tn
party managing the government, an,
we want faith in the future. Whel
confidence and hope are everywher
manifeated manufacturers are busy an,
labor is employed. and when both ar
engaged therein with a fair profit an,
with fair wages, then agriculture i
prosperous and money has free en-,
healthy circulation"