The herald., 1894-10-21
M'KINLEY IN THE SOUTH.
He Administers TaHy 60 the LouIsinna
Sugar Planters.

He Administers TafYy 60 the LouIsinna
Sugar Planters.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20.-Governor Nc
Kiney addressed an audience of no less
than $4,000 people tonight in the big
auditorium. There was a comparatively
small proportion of negroes, the audi
ence being composed in the main of
business men of this city and neignbor-
Ing parishes, and was conspicuously an
inte lligent and appreoiative gathering,
which was entirely liberal with it's APP
plause and discriminating in its be-
etowal. The platform was profnsely dec
GRATED with sugarcane. Hon. J. T. BEN
ham, chairman of the Republican state
committee, presided and introduced
Governor Mckinley, who Hpoke at much
length. The substance of his address
wac:
II come here at the invitation OF the
Republ committee of this state 20
address you on a question of great ma
tional Importance, which concerns alike
not only the prosperity OF your section,
state or locality, but all sections of your
common country.
From 1890 to 1892. a period OF 103
years, there have been AZ years. when q
Democratic revenue tariff policy pre-.
vailed aud 56 under the protective police,
and noteworthy fact is that the most
progressive and prosperous periods of
our history were during the years when
the protective party was in control and
protective tariffs were maintained, and
the most disastrous years were during
the free trade or revenue tariff years Of
our history.
thIha f1rGiOn rlo rI at fnr
produc.sis one of the delusions OF free
trade. II it ever had any real substance
as against good home market that has
long since disappeared. We have free
trade among ourselves throughout our
45 states and territories. That is because
we are only one family, one country.
We are one nation, have one standard
OF citizenship, one flag, one constitution,
one destiny. That is why we have free
trade among ourselves. Our relations
with foreign statee are necessarily differ
ent from our relations with one an
other. They are our commercial rivals.
We deny to those foreign states trade
with us upon the same terms we enjoy
ourselves.
Here in the south your people have
been offering immunity from taxation
for TO- l5 or 20 years to those who would
bring their capital here and invest it in
productive enterprises. With ell this
work going on the leaders OF the Demo-
cratic party are proposing TO tear down
our protective tariff and inundate this
country with foreign products to dis
place those which thess very manufac,
turers propose to make and which the
people were willing to tax themselveg
to establish.
Call the roll OF the nations which are
for protection-Germany, France. Italy,
Spain, Mexico. Canada. Portugal Dem
mark, Australia, Switzerland, Austria
and HunEa Russia, Sweden and Nor
way and the United States of America.
Which are against protection? England,
New South Wales and New Zealand.
How stand the people OF the world or
this question? At least 4S0 000, 900 are
in favor of protection; $4,000, ,o00 oi
Britons are against it, to whom must be
added those Americans whose NUMBER
are not known, who, while living undei
our flag. seem to follow another. This
is how the worlds jury stands.
"The tariff law of 1894 ia not like any
OF the early measures, but is one in
which the changed conditions of the
country and its marvellous growth and
development are utterly ignored and
or appreciate the manly Independence
and dignity OF American laborers, and
cannot understand that the business
policy OF the country under which we
have had such splendid prosperity, iG
not to be determined on the lines OF
sectional prejudice which appeals TO the
hatred OF the past and not the hopes OF
the future. The law is narrow and
provincial measure, unworthy OF the
great party in whose name it was en-
acted. and wholly unsuited to the neodh
OF the country. Nor are the mssaes OF
the Democratic party ali satisfied With
what has been done. Congress has dis.
appointed the people, trifled with rhe
sacred trust confded to it, excited die.
trust among the constituents OF its mem
be.s. and impaired their enterprises and
Investments.
'The country has not failed to OBJ
serve that great change in public sem
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