The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-10-04
M'RINLEY's SPEECH,
He Rounds Up Chairman Wilson Ator.
That British BANQUET.


He Rounds Up Chairman Wilson Atous
That British Banquet.
GALLIPoLIs, o., Sept. 2S.-Here in
a beautiful park on the bank of the
Ohio river, On whose opposite shores
rose the hills of West Virginia, the
author of the Mckinley tariff law
paid his compliments to the author of
the Wilson tariff law. 1t was
notable occasion. There was @ good
sized audience present, composed in
part of West Virginians who Joined as
heartily as their Ohio neighbors in
applauding the sitirical references to
the famous West Virginian who 10
the head of the ways and means COM
mittee, Mr.. Wilson. In the course of
his long address Governor Mckinley
inquired what industries tho
tariff law of 1894 created and
what the existing industries ii
had stimulated and said: 81 find an
swer to my question in the newspaper
furnishing particulars of o banquet
given by the Chamber of Commerce
OF London to Mr.. Wilson, member of
congress from the state OF West Vir-
glnia, whose rugged hillsides / see,
JUS over the river. Sir Albert Kaye
Rollett, who presided at the banquet,
said that Mr.. Wilson's name has
become honored and familiar in En-
gland, and that London, in hOuoring
him, honored itself; that the new tariff
law, while it might not have realized
the aspirations of its promoters, had
already benefited England. Furnaces
have been re0pened in Wales and
Yorkshire, and an impulse has been
given to the textile industries.
"rhis will be cheering news to the
people of the United States and will
bring comfort to the idle men who
have been waiting for the American
mills to re- open. You have not heard
of any commercial body Of the United
States, through its Spokesman, de-.
claring that any industries in America
have been stimulated by this law,
whatever benefits have gone to ether
countries. While the banquet at Lon-
don was proceeding, the board Of
trade Of Edinburg sent it's congratula-
tions. There was singular absence,
of any American dispatches. Pro
loDged applause Here are words O.
encouragement which Mr.. Wilson
himself gave to the gentlemen of Lon-
don. He said: Our protectionists have
been building defenses to keep you
and other nations from competing with
us In our home markets. The tariff
reiormers are breaking down these
defenses.' That" continued Gov>
ernor Mckinley, SIS what we object
to. If we do not defend our home
markets against the products of the
cheaper labor of other countries who
will? IL II any wonder that the gen
commerce applauded Mr.. Wilson
when he uttered such sentiment?
"Mr. Wilson says that we are being
rapidly sobered though unappalled
by the truth forced upon us, that OF
all human governments free
government Is the most complex
and difficult, and judging from
the worlds experience the most
uncertain and short lived. | beg to
assure Mr.. Wilson of West Vioginia
that the government of the United
States, resting as 1t does upon the will
of free people, is safe and secure,
quite as secure, as the governments
that are conducted by the titled few,
and that free people like ours, gov
erning themselves and having so
demonstrated for more than 100 years,
VIII be alert enough to see to II that
no industrial policy shall long con-
tinue in this county that will lowex
the conditions of its people to the level
of Europe rivals aud rob them of their
dignity and independence"