Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-11-04
Protection an American Principle
Not a Party Question.
FOOD FOR REFLECTION

OF 1913 ana the tear1ul losses ln1lcted
that year gave the country great object
lesson. The repeal Of the Sherman Act
Of 1890 did not restore the confidence that
was promised, because with that repeal
went forth the distinct announcement
that an attack on the Tariff would be
made. The elections Of 1898 were held
before the attack was made. but they
served to show that the reaction had be-
gun. Thus in Ohio a plurality of 81 900
was given Mckinley against a plurality
of 1000 the year before for Harrison.
After the attack was made, after the
adoption Of the Brice Gorman-Wilson-
Bill-bill, as President Cleveland truly
called it. of Inconsistent absurdties" -
the reaction developed greater strength.
A Republican House succeeded a Demo
cratic House. State after state pro.
nounced against the Tariff policy Of the
Democrats. There was not, for instance.
a woolgrower in the country who did not
perceive the injustice Of putting wOol on
the free list and coal and iron on the pro
tected list. AS it was on the Tariff issue
the country was carried in 1892, so it was
revolt against that policy that carried
the country in 1893 and 1894
Then, as that Brice. German Wilson
Bill worked itself out, and the wretched
consequences of deficient revenue mani
tested themselves in bond sales and the
piling up of debt in time of peace a
thing unheard of before since the great
debt was crested-the revolt became a
revolution, and in 1895 the country was
practically unanimous IN favor Of re-
storation of Tariff that should protect
The candidacy of William Mckinley was
the logical outcome Of the failure Of the
Democratic policy OF Free trade.
There was not a man in the country a
year ago Of any pretensions to political
sagacity who did not see In the elections
Of those three years, 1893, 1894 and 1895,
an overwhelming verdict against the Tar
III policy Of the Administration. The
meaning of the people was that the wei
fare OF the country demanded a return to
Republican principles. measures and men;
not necessarily to the Tariff of $780, its
exact schedules and ratio, but to Tariff
that should at once raise sufficient reve.
nue. and afford sufficient protection
In strong, noble speech on Wednes
day. Major Mckinley stated the grounds
as they existed year ago. Perhaps you
did not read il. We call your attention
to it. He said to the farmers Of Craw-
ford county:
"What the farmer wants is a resto.
ration of the good home market which
he lost three and half years ago.
He wants to get back that foreign
mSrket which was opened up by
the reciprocity clause of the Tariff
Law Of 1890, that splendid market for
our surplus agricultural and manu-
featuring products. take it there
ia no farmer in the land who does
not want that market restored. What
the farmer needs after he is done his
sowing. reSping and threshing is a
good market. If he can have it right
at home. the better for him. The
only way TO get a good home. market
is to set all the factories of this cOun-
try to work, set every wheel in mo-
ton, start all the fires In our factories
and put all our idle men to work. and
when you have done this, you have
created the most magnificent market
the world ever had. This is the kind
ofmarket you had In 1890. You want
il back again, and you propose to get
II back by your votes next Tuesday.
We want Protective Tariff that will
protect the American workingmRn
against the cheap labor Of other coun-
tries, The only way to hold our mar.
ket is to have Protective Parlff Law
or cut down labor In the UnitedStates.
Which would you rather dor [GrisS
of Protection" and tremendous
cheering This is the American way
10 do II. We do not want to reduce
wages In this country. The better
conditions of citizenship we have. the
happier and better will be the oondi.
ton Of our country. We do not want
bad money. We do not want our cur.
rency deprecated"
That Ia what the farmer wauts--that