Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-07-07

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republican should have the right to
c~riticse the action OF our party lead
ers, and went so far as to say that he
should not be ostracised or read ont OF
his party II for good reasons he could
not vote for his party candidate,
have been educated fors high protec-
ZIONIST, but have been engaged in bust
ness in some Of the leading lines OF
manufacture Of the country for a num-
Der of years, and during that time have
learned some things by experience
which have changed my views upon the
tariff question,
Gov. Mckinley is the leader Of our
party In Ohio. The correspondents
sending ont the news from u recent
state convention said that every plank
In tho platform was first submitted
to the governor for his approval. They
seek to commit the party to the In
dorsement OF the Mckinley bill for
1895. They also put another plank In
the platform straddling the silver
question. OF course, we car fairly and
Justly hold the governor RESPONSE BILE
for these two propositions as the plat
form upon which lie would stand In 1890.
80 far as the Mckinley bill is con-
cerned, we lost the campaign In 1892
upon that Issue, The republican party
Is for protection. The country has
prospered under It, but as we have
grown older we have needed less pro-
lection. We meant in our national
platform in lss0-or at least it was the
Interpretation put upon 1t by the
party-that we had now reached a
point in our history when we could at
ford to make reductions in the tariff.
This was so stated by our leaders on
the stump, and by the republican
press, but when we put forth the Nc
Kinley bill we violated the pledges Of
the party, increased duties, then went
forth to battle upon the proposition,
and were beaten. Now, 1t would
simply be political suicide to start out
upon that proposition in 1890.
1--WE will take, for instance, the sub.
ject OF binder Irvine. There are
three hundred millions Of capital In
vested in the manufacture Of agri.
cultural implements and farm ma,
chinery in this country, giving EN-
ployment directly and indirectly tc
more than 800, 900 Of Americas labor.
Ing men. Whatever Is good for the
American farmer and will advance his
interests Is good for the interests OF
the manufacturers Of agriculture
machinery and their employees. Their
prosperity must go hand In hand
Many of the leading manufacturers Of
agricultural implements were opposed
to a duty on binder Irvine.
by request | went before Maj. Nc
Kinley when he was framing his bill
and asked that no duty be put upor
binder Irvine, and explained to him the
reasons why it would be against the
interests of the republican party ant
the people to put a duty upon it, bu'
the duty went on. The binder trust
was manufacturing sisal Irvine, which
cost 4 cents a pound manufactured
and 1t was being sold to the farmer
at IA, IL and 10 cents, 800 OF 400 per
cent. above its cost. The trust, with
perhaps Sc, 1000, 900 or 3 1000 900 invest
ed, has been paying dividends on 4,
capital of over $50, 900, 900. Now, ther,
is not a farmer in the United States
II he understands his interests, wis
will vote for any bill which perpe
trates such an injustice upon him
There Is not a merchant, bushes
man or manufacturer outside of th,
trust in the United States who is In
terested in perpetrating such an In
justice. Our friends THE enemy
turned this matter against US in tn
last campaign.
Again, | am interested in manufat
turing in different lines. In lookin
over the pay rolls we find the wage
paid in the agricultural business, ri,
ing employment to a great army {
people, average S2.25 for skilled laboI
We pick up the pay rolls in another Ii
dustry and find in that line the M,
Kinley bill has raised the duty until
stands at $50 per cent. The wages Il
skilled labor on that pay roll averaP
Ave times what they are in the othe
Now, l know Of instances where skille
labor averages from $40 to sl5 and s
per day. This is un-American. II Il
laboring nan in the agricultural bus
ness wants to build a house he mu
, pay for the material that m fro
the other labor, upon a basis five or 5
/. times higher than that he is gettir
for his labor, and am opposed to u
. kind of protection that Discriminate
I this way-and that is what the McKi
ley bill does,
There r scores Of wrongs and 1
constituencies in the bill, and it IL /
wrong for Gov. Mckinley and \
friends to undertake to commit the /
:. publican party to a proposition til
will lead to sure defeat in 1895. 1t
= not u crime for republicans to diff
, upon these propositions, and sol
y Ans in ~ state should speak out |
The republican party, Personally,