Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-14
TARIFF FOR THE TREASURY
Mckinley Speaks to Visitors from the An
thracite Coal Region.
SECOND DELEGATION FROM SANDuSKY
sound Money Nominee Insists thnt
when the world Realizes the
Honesty of This Country Con-
ldcncc VIII Return.

CANION, u, OCt. ia speClal Tram
OF six coaches arriyed this morning, being
en- route since 3 o'clock last evening, bear
ing miners, mechanics and other citizens
OF the Lehigh valley of Pennsylvania, Tho
inclement weather of yesterday still con-
tnues, and the visitors were taken to tho
tabernacle, where Major Mckinley went to
receive their greetings. They gave him n
most enthusiastic reception and applauded
his address to the echo. The visitors were
introduced by ex-Congressman Charles n.
Brumm, and MIR. Mckinley responded AZ
follows:
Mr. Brumm and My Fellow Citizens: You
have greatly honored me IN having jour
ncyed such long distance TO bring assur-
anCc OF your good Will. | do not take this
call as in any sense personal to myself,
hut rather as tribute to the cause for
which for the moment I stand and tho
great principles the republican party up
| holds in the pending political contest 1t
gives me pleasure to meet my old friend.
your spokesman with whom | served for
years In the national house OF representa-
lives. 1t also gives me pleasure to meet
and welcome you to my home and to say
that ] appreciate most highly your visit
and the encouraging message which you
1t was scarcely necessary to advise me
that the people of the anthracite regions
are IN favor of Il protective tartn. have
| long known and appreciated that fact and
sympathi2c with you in that sentiment. I
believe in that great American doctrine
!
Of this government to encourage It's own
the workngmen the largest opportunities
! TO improve their condition. the highest scale
of wages and the greatest encouragement
to their skill and their labor.
We have in this country more free trade
1t is free trade among ourselves; tAp-
p.ause) With forty-nve states and 10000
GOO people we are constantly wing with
country for the promotion of the highest
interests of our respective populations. We
in S't the same "a % sense set that al we we believe in the
equal and reciprocal obligations which be-
long to every family We ore only great
national family. We trade with each other
with absolute freedom and without restraint
and engage in free and unrescntful rivalry
in all the occupations. cmp,oyments and
Industries of our people. The triumphs OF
one section, the triumphs OF thG Other all
TARIFF FOR TWO PURPOSES.
When we have free trade with other
countries II should be In those products
which we cannot produce ourselves, and
which we must have and I'm exchange for
which those countries will take the prod
ucts that we make and grow, and we
should put duty upon those forelgn prod
ucts that compete with American products
revenue revenue Tor the the uses uses OF the rs1o government.
but sufficient to protect the american
products OF the ,chennper and and 1nderpaid
S9 Of hs wSra % SsS g e TO
ana il is ceriainiy ono OF the great fundn-
mental doctrines of the republican party.
citizens? We are ono nation, we have one
constitution, one flag; we have common
destiny. The other nations Of the world
lcal Organization for the purpose of work.
ing out for themselves the. highest destiny
possible. They owe no allegiance TO this
government; they contribute nothing to
its support, either In war or In peace; and
il they want to come into this country and
zgA
you can do 1t upon condition that n tariff
shall be put upon your products and a
tariff Will go towards sustaining this
government, and at the same time will
be "A defense to our own labor and pro-
dgSSrs TSr Tems1dSgs a@Pis%se2, ,,o ,rr
If we ever needed IL we need IL now. We
need it for the federal treasury, for that Is
the people of this country, for they like
the treasury, are generally In condition
of deficiency %,; MGW whatever WI WI put
debts and deficiencies and bonds. take II
everybody would say would he wise
cal party they have belonged to In the
past. / take II that whatever policy will
encourage our own people to dig coal TO
is the policy that ought to commend It
self to every patriotic citizen, and II a
tariff will do those things the tariff surely
Is what, by our votes three weeks from
today, we ought TO sustain. Applause)
Pennsylvania has always been n protec-
when he was president of the United
States, gave some very good advice which
is applicable to the present situation. He
said: mo statesman would advise that
we should go on increasing the national
debt to meet the ordinary expenses of the
government. This would be a ruinous
policy. In of war our credit must be
our chief resource. mt least for the first
year, and this would he greatly impaired
of peace. IT is our true policy to increase
our revenue so as TO tq'ial our expendi-
lures. II would be ruinous TO continue to
publican party today.
In fact, in our country agriculture and
manufacture must depend almost exciu-
sively upon the home market. 1t Is folly,
II not n crime, to attempt TO change 1t
IN IN these respects It would bring ruin and
bankruptcy without the possibility of haV-
ing such a result accomplished. The
greatcr the diversity of industries, in any
poYrr Of u" The peone 'nr nr "fb'n hn pTouuS6g S
is for labor and capital to divide, the more
independent that country becomes.
MONEY MUST HAVE VALUE
Now. my fellow citizens, I take 1t that
on the matter OF the tarin you need no
argument but II Is said our trouble Is not
the tariff. but the money, and that the
way TO have prosperity Is to set our mnts
80 running daughter and applause) / do
no, beliove they would employ any por-
zion of the idle miners of the anthracite
region II every mint In the United States
Which would you rather have for your
wages, the money with purchasing power
equally good I'm every part of the world or
limited In It's purchasing power to n single
country or n single state? Which would
the farmer prefer In payment OF his
products, money recognized good and
equal tho world over, or money whose
value and purchasing power is confined to
one country? The thing call money
and for which we give our labor or product
liz more valuable to us II II IL good not
somewhere only but everywhcrc-not one
place. but every place Applause) 1t
is, very comforting thing TO everybody
who has money. much or little to feel that
at the time Its value cannot be effected
by hard times or deprecated In hIs hands
by panic, but that rests all the while upon
solid and unchangahc value recognized
the world over. Great npplnuse) Money
does not depend upon what we call It,
II depends upon its value. Great cheering
and cries OF "That's right."l When you
have earned 500 you want 10 feel that you
are worth 800 and that It will not be dlmin-
ished In Il day or a week or a month or
dcprccate while II IL I'm your hands or
when II goes out OF your hands. That il
the kind OF money We have In this country
now-the best money known to the civilized
countries OF the world. II Is TO the interest
of every workingman; II Is to the Interest
Of every cltiZen of the country no matter
what may be his business to maintain that
money at Its present standard. (Applausel
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