The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-01-20
TARIFF At THE SOUTH.


An Interview on the Subject with 20.
s aohiniey-Secas .. me S,Sna,. U,a ,h., An
s~.ra-, rss,,s x.s,s a~o WIN Not Serve
now, and Lrcisl.tion Is Needed to Meet
New Conditions
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan-15.IIThe Louis
vile Commercial. to-day publishes
the following interview with Gov. Nc
Kinley, given a reporter who went to
Columbus to ask the governors's views
on the tariff question as affecting the
south:
"Goy. Mckinley, will you tell me
what the Wilson bill means to the
southp" asked the Commercials repre-
sentative.
s.rha xv;,son hill, -sa;d the governor.
.;. ,ba .ssor,;o, of the nolicv of the
ola so,th ord On rtter disregard of
the nolicv of the new south, with its
new conditions Il is returning to
what Buchanan left US / don't be-
lieye auv southeruer wants to go back
to that do Won?
..Th. .,ms industrial, methods that
.,.,ra.aS ,h;rtn yaars ago will not
80. 80, .,d ;r:, 90 tbe Iao;slation
~ th;r,v go, ooo does NOT meet the
ra,u;raysn,s ~ ths south ~ TO-DAY.
r., " said ,ha oovsr,or With oreat
..-r.st.ass ..,h;s ;s ,o, sact;onaI
suo..;on 7, Il no, = question 81 north
and sonth. - i orestion of natr;ot.
Ism and a onest;on Of enl;ebtened
seIf.interest of national and Individual
nro.n.r;tv The soutb needs nrotec-
t;on inst az the north needs IL. but II is
even more ;,nnortant 20 the soutb. inst
now than 10 anv other section. be-
capsa Of the natural conditions existing
there Jts natural resources are inst
beo;nn;no 70 he developed and need
The nconr,oau,ent of th. same pro-
tectiye system that has stimulated the
growth of our northern and eastern
states.
"Tbe act of $500 was lust to ths
south. 1t was n recognition of the in
dustrial activity of the preceding ten
wears in the south, and the results in
this section under the operation of the
protective tariff of this act, have justi-
ied the hopes of the trainers of the
3ill. The southern states did not help
to make the majority in congress that
passed that bill, but the protective
system is founded upon a national
policy and the interests of the south
were as carefully protected as those of
any northern republican state.
There were people who said: Let
the Louisiana sugar industry go.' But
we said: No; we will take off the
duty, but we will give them q bounty
that will be equivalent to the protec-
ton of the DUTY We had to intro
duce, practically, a new feature in our
Legislation, a bounty, and we did it for
the protection of the sugar industry of
Louisiana and other states"
Governor" the reporter said, tell
me wbv Won took the tariff off supar.
and substituted the bountvp"
ssp..,r.. ,ba sro,r dr,r ,v,. .
r.u.n,,o 5,,,,,n &c a. r.o,,,, ~
sr,onsa. .sanJ :, roran,a 5rtT ,ha
consumer nays the tax A small mart
of the sugar consumed in this country
was nroduced here. we were having
in the added cost of opr sppnr s56, ooo'-
Ooo a year that we did no. need over
revenues and we tbouobt IL better to
save this 10 the consumers. give the
producer n bounty of nine. ten eleye,
or twelve millions a wear. and realize a
net saving of saw. s54. 900 600 to our
people.
"There ere some points, continued
the governor "that have been covered
time and again. but which, cannot be
kent too nrominentlv before the peo-
nile now. when thew are all thinking
with such terrible earnestness on this
subject of the tariff. 1t is claimed
that the low tariff period of 1876 to
1860, was ore of prosperity. It is only
necessary to keep the facts in mind.
Show the artificial stimulus to values
of war, famine abroad. and the dis
covery of gold, and then look at the
course of values when normal condi-
tions were restored under this same
law tariff.
This is no time for the discussion of
this question from n partisan stand
point. 1t is not n time for theories.
but for work and wages. The people
Of this country are face to face with
the problem of preserving their prop
erty, of having work that will furnish
them the means of support.
Zone phase of the question is that Of
the interests of American labor.
"Are the laboring men of this coun-
try too well paid?
81 do not think that the condition of
American labor is too high for the nat
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