The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-24
THIS WAY. Mr.. HARRISON.
More Explanations Required During
Your Trip Friday.

Mr.. Benjamin Harrison, eX-president Of
the United States. recently al Evansville
in order to accentuate some of the sophis-
tries of his tariff he-esies, said:
Il saw the other day in one Of our
papers this dispatch from Logansport
dated Oct. S: The Uhls Of this city. ex-
tensive millers, have received notice that
10000 barrels of -four consigned To Cuba
have been refused at New York on ac-
count Of the abrogadon of the reciprocity
treaty and the consequent restoration of
prohibitive import duties. the members
OF the firm are all democrats and the
news has somewhat dampened democratic
enthusiasm in this vicinity "
Now, Mr. Harrison, here is what Mr..
Dennis Uhl says in referring TO the fore
going:
You may say" said Dennis. that
that is an inferanl lie. designed for poli--
zeal purposes and TO injure our business
There is not word Of truth i'm the whole
article. While We have had good trade
for years i'm the West India markets we
have never sold q barrel of flour in Cuba
We now have $500 barrels OF flour in
transit, 1000 barrels of which have been
sold 10 West India merchants al So per
barrel. This is 30 cents per barrel more
than we can get in the home market.
Inc repeal Of the reciprocity clause Of
the Mckinley bill has as we. injured our
trade in no way. We sell half the out
put of the Empire mills in foreign mar
kets. much Of which goes 10 the West
India islands. Just a { this time the mar
ketS are dun, because every exporter is
rushing flour TO the seabOard 10 get the
advantage Of cheap transportation. When
water transportation closes il will cost
more TO ship -four than it does now
hence everybody is rushing their goods
to the seab0ard cities?"
How We're V-orrr -a1as haforn thc
passage OF the Mckinley law?'
They We're better then than now. We
sold more of our flour abroad then than
we do now. The Mckinley law restricted
trade with our best foreign customers,
and this is one Of the reasons why wheat
is so low In this country today. The SIC-
kinley tariff hurt the American farmers
worse han anybody else. II lessened the
demand for their wheat, flour and pork
in the very best markets of the world
1t forced England, France and Germany
10 look TO other countries for their food
supples-countries with which they could
arrange an exchange Of commodities. IL
farmers were true to their own interests
they would be absolute free traders hcr
cause the price Of all their staple prOduc-
tons is fixed i'm a foreign market"
Was McKinleyism any benefit to the
milling business?'
Not at all. on the other hand it
proved a positive injury. The greater
loLtlBn uelldNQ lutEe IS TOT American
-four the better IL is for the milling in
dustry. Any man of common sense
knows that The milling industry is the
greatest manufacturing industry in this
country. More money is invested in the
business than i'm any other manufacturing
industry. The Touring mills are run on
an absolutely free trade basis and yet the
men they employ are. as d general rule.
paid higher wages than in any protected
industry. The Empire mills directly and
indirectly give thousands of men employ
ment The amount of money scattered
through our county through our mill is
immense. Think Of the men employed in
hauling wheat to the mill, Of the men
employed in grinding it into flour
and preparing il for transporta-
ton and Of the men employed
in transporting il TO the seaboard and
other places. And do You know that one
half the money that passes through our
mill Is foreign money? We sell one
half our -four abroad. What we sell
abroad is what makes the nation rich. and
any law that restricts our foreign COM
merce makes us poor. We raise twice as
much flour as our own people can con-
sumo. What if we wall ourselves in so
that nobody will buy Of us? What would
the farmers wheat, his pork and his beef
be worth them"
''Do you believe i'm reciprocity?"
Yes. 1 do. but with the great cOnSum-
ing nations Of the world. 1 do not want
reciprocity limited TO a few islands in the
sea. but with all the world. What does the
little trade with Cuba, the West India
islands and some Of the South American
states amount to when compared with the
wealthy, thickly-populated countries Of the
Old world. which. notwithstanding our
trade barrers-our tariff walls-buy ten
times as much as the puuy countries with
which Blaine established free trade.
Il want you TO say that we have never
had a barrel Of flour exported refused. !
want you to say that our foreign trade is
as good as ever. / want you to say that
the Empire mills and the mills at LigOnier,
Ind, are the only mills in this state that
export flour TO the West India islands. I
want you to say that the last shipment
we made for eXDort-2000 barrels-was
sold at SO per barrel. I want you to say
that the report that we lost any money
by reason of the repeal Of the reciprocity
clause Of the Mckinley tariff law is an
infamous lie"