The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-18
Sank CENTRE HERALD.
THURSDAY. JANUARY To- io'.'
mcYrNLEYTsM.

MChINk1A<St
In not the best, at least q couipe - s.
sn.bority upon the principal OF pro'ee
ton which its tree trade opponents 81
s,sa..d TO call McKinleyism, is Governor
MCKINLEY OF Ohio, the accredited iasnel
:. ~. nr.sent tariff law-the best ane
most beueficent to labor when was
ever spread upon the federal staeu',
hooks This bin is not an ili-diges's.
and Heterogeneous aggregation OF mrs.
rates making an arbitrary scneou's ~
-. control of lot Of custom omes
clerk. but a consistent and inter-ue,
nendent measure made for the purpos'
- protecting labor upon logical basis
II i, recent interview printed in the
louisville Commercial, Gov. Mckinney
olive, his views upon the tariff quss'i0"
with direct reference to its eneee upon
the south. he says:
,.,.,,. vn,,on bin," said the governor rs
thu assertion Of the policy Oh tue oio 49, :,
and an utter disregard OF the wno.e po :, e
the new South with Its new cosoisous'
ratnrniug to what Buchanan len US
aon,t believe any Southern wants 20 90 80
IN that, do you? The same lhuu'" -
ros,hods that answered thirty yeAts
viii notserve now, just as the legisiSs
thirty years ago does not meet the 'eaU'-~
ments OF the South to-day
URnt." continued the governor WIN sie"'
oarnestnexS. 'tthis Is not u sectional q"es
49,, :, "a NOT n question of North and sou'u
3 =, a. a question of patriotism-and ques
TO-, ~ enlightened self-interest, OF nauonai
"a Individual prosperity. The South neeus
-.o,n.,,or inst A. the north needs IL, out "
t..van more important to the south. JUS
.,h.r IN other ssctious because Oh tue
netural conditions existing there. is
,,.,,,-ol resources are not beginning 70 &c 10
yaloped and need the encouragement % ia
sora nrotectiye system that has stimu'sSeo
the growth OF Northern and Eastern s.Ases.
.Tbere were people who said: Let the
Touisiana sugar industry go out VIC S",u
mo we will take on the duty, but we VIII
Owe them n bounty that will be eq ulV"ieh'
a the nrotection Of the duty We nao 10 III
troduce. practically, new feature III oa.
IevIs,ation-a tounty-and we did 1t for the
protectlon of the sugar industry OF LouisiAn"
and ether states"
Governor the reporter said, ten INC "A'
you took the tariff on sugar and SUBSTITUTE"
the bounty"
"Rscause the sugar bouRty was revenue
duty, :" was the prompt response, "and In
revenue duty the consumer pays the TAX
Asmall part of the sugar consumed In tnls
country was produced here; we were paying
in the added cost of our sugar $50 900 900 Q
year that we did not need in our revenues
and we thought IL better to save this to the
consumers, give the producer bounty OF
nine. ten, eleven or twelve millions year
and realize net saving of, say 100000 t"
our people, It is claimed that the low tariff
period OF 1s46 to 1850 was one Of prosperity.
II is only necessary TO- keep the facts in
mind. Show the artificial stimulus to
values Of war, famine abroad, and the dis
eovery OF gold, aud then look at the course
of values when normal conditions were re-
stored under the same low tariff. This is
no time for the discussion Of this question
from q partisan standpoint. It isnot q time
for theories, but for work and wages. The
people OF this country are face to face with
the problem of preserving their property
OF having work that will furnish them the
means of support. Onsphase of the ques-
ton is that Of the interests OF American
labor"
Are the laboring men Of country too we'll
paid?"
II don't think that the condition of Ameri-
can labor is toe high::for the natural condi.
tions Of the country. 1 know 1t is not. The
better paid the labor. the better our
civilization. The best American citizen Is
the man who is getting a good days wages
for a good dayF work; who has. the comforts
and refnements Of life. do not believe
that the best results are TO be obtained from
starving men. I do not believe that the
wages Of American labor are too high, and
I ansAsainst any policy which proposes to
xednce them. There is nothing in the free
Trade promise that the increased importa-
ton Of foreign made goods will increase the
demands for American labor or give stead Ter
employment to our people; You can't buy
abroad and still make the same articles in
the same quantity at home, and If you don't
make them at home you won't employ labor
at home. /. am intensely interested in the
settlement ofthe question by these men Of
the New South, among themselves and for
themselves. They have the power to stop
this legislation, which is, unfrIendly to their
section. Isincerely hope they will do it. for
their own sake and that OF the whole coun-
try"