The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-10-29
SHERMAN TALKS TARIFF
Peneflcent Effects Will Not Be
Felt for Two Years.
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER


lltif' TtAi'' Ath' rAhhAiAtt ~ hh' la"ff'e
campaign In Ohio. Secretary sherman
has published his views In the shape
of the following letter. addressed 10
Mark Brett. the editor Of the Clncin-
natl Nolksblatt:
Your note II the ed instant. in
which you request my views Of the
coming election In Ohio and In Haml-
| ton county Is received. | have care
| fully observed the progress of the can
yass with increasing Interest as II adj
yanced and can hardly express In Ian
guagc my appreciation of its import
ance. Ny chief reeret is that could
not personally participate In 1t. as Oy a
usage carefully observed from the days
Of jefferson to this time, the secretary
~ state is excluded from actively shat
ing IN political discussion other than
In foreign affairs.
Rnr ai of lssue~.
Il look upon the pending canvass In
Ohio as a retrial ~ the issues Involved
! In the election of 1896. State ISSUES, II
any, do not seem To he the subject OF
a, bate. Naturally the first issue now
| is whether the administration Of Will
lam Mckinley thus far Is approved by
the people of Ohio. Upon this question
there ought not TO be any difference of
opinion. His prompt calling together
OF the congress of the United States To
provide requisite revenue for the sup
port of he government and his recon-
mendation ~ the prompt repeal of the
feeble and indcfe nsible tarta law know n
as the Wilson -t;orman law, has met
with great approval. The revival of all
industries and the commencement Of
prosperity In all portions of the United
States was the natural and necessary
result of the action of the president and
a republican congress.
"Thc tarid laws have been the sub
| j.ct Of discussion from the days of
Washington to the days ot Mckinley.
From the time I entered congress. In
1855. To this hour. I have at every eloc-
tion heard. both In and out of the con-
gress. Of the respective merits OF rev.
enue tariff aud a protective tarif. and
upon these questions two great parties
have taken opposite sides. The Nor
fili tariff. passed in March. issl N ths
text ~ the policy of protection to oui
American Industries. and though great
BY changed from time 10 time To meet
new asnditions. IL still forms the
| groundwork OF the policy Of the republt.
can party In respect TO the tariff.
This act was passed az period oi
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s.o oso 600 rh.. c,,,i, va cha rysJ a,
this. Its cost has been stated a. oveI
six billion dollars. To meet this enor-
nous demand dues on imported goods
| were greatly increased and internal
taxes In almost every form were levied
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I'm 1880 congress passed what Is
known as the Mckinley tariff act
which was "A careful revision OF al
existing revenue laws. II largely re-
duced internal taxes and carefully re-
yised the tariff laws then In force II
u had remained on the statute hooks Il
this tim. th. policy of protection and
debt paying would have largely re-
duced the public debt and prevented tn,
severe stringency that followed Its Ie-
peal.
III is the declared purpose of the re.
publican party 10 restore anI maintalf
III. policy embodied In the Mcklnle,
tariff act and the recent tariff act
known as the Dinelcy tariff. II Is uB'
fortunate that the benefcsnt proyis
I ions of th. latter act cannot be IN ful
operation for year or more, owing I,
| excessive Importations under the VII
son-Gorman act. but l confidently d.
lieve that within a year. under tn,
present law, the revenue Of the gov
ernmcnt viii be ample To pay not onl,
current expenditures. but a large sun
| yearly In reduction of the pthhc debt
To secure this desirable result the re
publican party must be sustained no
only IN ONO put IN the tnited states
hn",hcr luestion ., puon. p"h,y o
epuai importance az thr tatln Is VIVA
u hh"Wh az IN" IRE 'Vihhse "i slNel
Mth"u, r'gain '" lts mhIket Falue ol
th" a'tloi "f tue great coihihsrciai va
,ions oi the w"tlu, si'.r ana suld
nave. sihc" thc tfahins oi the constr
tut'"n, ""n tne stanuafu COINS "t ou'
country; but the reiatNr market Nalu'
nI 'ach mas 'hahe"n from tline 10 uiile
The coinage fatio OF the dollar N th'
ounce 0, go'u as tne equlNaleh, or y