The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-10-31

There is no better friend of Amerl-
can labor than William Mckinley.
During the - years since the begin
ming of his participation in national
legislation he Inns repeatedly shown his
devotion 10 the interests OF the work
ingmnn The quotations from his
speeches here given are from public
addresses, and they nre necessarily IN
complete and fragmentnry. being in all
eases brief extracts from speeches and
addresses. They are sufficient, how
ever, To show that William Mckinley
Ens been nj every stage of his cnreer
and on MI occasions an aNoWed. ear
nest and persistent friend of labor and
of It's protection and of the advance of
ita interests by every legitimate means.
In speech In congress ON April 10,
ISIS. Mr.. Mckinley first took n posi-
ton In regard To this question lie
said, In reference to II proposition for
reducing wages:
81 must protest against this or any
other measure which looks to the seal
Ing down of the wages of labor. :
Reduce the tariff and labor Is the first
present and the proposed rate Of duty
must be made up somewhere, must he
compensated in some way, As always
| has been the ease, when economy IN
| production Is to he studied, the mnuu
facturer looks TO his pay roll of labor
and commences there first II Is
cur duty, and we ought to protect ~
sacredly and nssuredly tie labor aud
the industry of the United States II.
we would protect her honor from taIht
or her territory from Invasion We
ought 10 take care of our own nation
and her Industries first"
Again, on the 9Th of April, 1ss2. he
said In the house of representatives..
THE fundamental argument for pro
lection Is its benefits to labor No
worthy American wants To reduce the
price of labor In the United States 1t
ought not "a he reduced. For the sake
of the laborer and his family and the
| good of society II ought To be main
timed. To Increase 1t would be In bet
ter harmony With the public sense
| Our labor must not be dcbased nor oui
| laborers degraded to the level of slaves
nor any pauprr or scryilc system In
any form nor under any guisc Whats0-
ever at home or abroad Our civilian
ton VIII not permit It, our humanity
forbids 1t; orr traditions are opposed
10 IT."
Wages Higher Here Than EIEcwhcrc.
In the house April 80, 1881. Mr., Me
kinlcy made this statement:
I'VE must not reduce the price paid
to labor. 1t is already sufficiently low.
We can only prevent 1t by defeating
this dow tariff BILL and 1t should he
done without unnecessary delay the
sooner the better and remove thismcn-
ace which hangs over MI of our indus
trial life and threatens the comfort
and Independence of millions Of Amer
lean workingmen."
AT Petersburg, Va, he eloquently
iiliillIlOllltl lilt tHubt VI llIblftlltll w
American labor, closing as follows:
THE chief ground upon which we
can Justify n protective tariff today Is
that It Is In the interest of American
labor American black lnhor ms well
| ns American white labor and the pro-
tcctye tariff we want is II tax sulll
Client TO make up the difference be
tween the prices paid labor In Europe
and the prices paid labor In America"
In II speech at Boston Feb 8, 1888
Mr. Mckinley snid:
Every yard of cloth imported her'
| makes demand for one yard less o
| American fnmlcation Let Englant
tnke care of herself, let France lool
after her interests, let Germany taxi
| care of her own people, but In God'i
| narGc let Americans look after Amer
! .ca! Loud applause Every ton oi
steel imported dimlnlshcs that mucl
Of home production. Every blow strucl
on the other side upon an article whlcl
comes here In competition with Ike
articles produced here makes the de
mand for one blow less at home Ey
cry days labor upon the foreign prod
uctS sent 10 the United States tAkes
one days labor from American work
lngmen, would give the days labor
TO our own first, last and all the time
and that policy which fnlla In this Is
opposed to American Interests. TO &C.
cure this Is the great purpose Of a pro
tectlye tariff"
Labor lust lie well Paid.
Al Cleveland, oct ,, 1899:
II do not prize the word cheap Chcal
merchandise means cheap men, nnt
cheap men mean cheap country, nnt
that Is not the kind of government on
fathers founded, aud II Is not the kline
their sons mean 10 maintain. Ap
| plausc IT you want cheap things, g
where you can ret them. That Is whcr'
| you bclon. This Is not your abiding
place. we ~anf labor To be well pald
we want ;hr products Of the farm; W.
want mechanical products, we wan
everything We make and produce tt
pny fair compensation to the pro