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gbor than William Mckinley.
uj&* the 90 years since the begin
his participation in national
Hon he has repeatedly shown his
H 3n to the interests of the work
4if3 The quotations from his
fS&es here given are from public
$es, and they are necessarily in
n1fsI#te and fragmentary, being in all
DIX Brief extracts from speeches and
Mr&Hees. They are sufficient, how
er,p show that William Mckinley
#en at every stage of his career
MM all occasions an avowed, ear
III Ia persistent friend of labor and
MNSbrotection and Of the advance of
Ii2I&rests by every legitimate means.
MI speech in congress on April 10,
r. Mckinley first took a posi-
M @ regard to this question. He
M@ reference to n proposition for
AHHang wages:
lst protest against this or any
heFn neasllre which looks to the seal
xflEn of the wages of labor.
N3&s the tariff and labor is the first
H3{$er. The difference between the
egeM and the proposed rate of duty
Hst e made up somewhere, must be
npHnsated in some way. As always
n been the case, when economy in
oduefion is to be studied, the manu-
Et11rer looks to his pay roll of labor
a epmmences there first. y = 1t is
duty, and we ought to protect as
efedly and assuredly the labor and
Industry OF the United States as
kwould protect her honor from taint
Aer territory from invasion. We
RhE to take care of our own nation
hak Industries first"
kgajn, on the 9th of April, 1882, he
d3nthe house of representatives:
The Fundamental argument for pro-
ton is its benefits to labor. No
'rthy American wants to reduce the
GO nf labor in the United States. 1t
sht to be reduced. For the sake
the laborer and his family and the
od of society it ought to DIE main
ned To increase it would besin bet
harniony with the public sense.
Flabor must not be debased nor our
EpFerS degraded to the level of slaves,
aHF pauper or servile system in
forl nor under any guise whatso-
~ M home or abroad. Our ciyiliza-
nWNl not permit it; our humanity
In1ds ii; our traditions are opposed
aseaSF F;ater Here Than Elsewhere.
y bAf house April 50, 1854, Mr.. Nc
nieyhladc this statement:
W&SnluSt not reduce the price paid
lal}oE Ii is already sufficiently low.
CAP only prevent It by defeating
gov tariff bill, and ii should be
ae Without unnecessary delay the
'nerfhe bettcl-and remove thismcn-
kWlitll hangs over all of our indus
~ the and threatens the comfort
Independence of millions of Amer
workinginen."
" ketersburg, Va, he eloquently
'mploned theacause of protection to
lerdean labor, closing as follows:
ihe Chief ground upon which we
nstify protective tariff today is
HIS in the interest OF American
VorTA American black labor as well
AMERICAN white labor-and the pro-
I'VE tariff we want is a tax suffi-
hl % make up the difference be-
zen the prices paid labor in Europe
the prices paid labor in America"
p speech at Boston Feb. o, 1883,
Mckinley said:
Every yard of cloth imported here
lSes q demand for one yard less of
lerican fabrication. Let England
X care of herself, let France look
e1 ben interests, let Germany take
e Qf8hcr own people, but in Gods
paesi iet Americans look after Amer
@ud applause Every ton Of
~ amarted diminisbes that much
3otppeep eepfoduction. Every blow struck
AfseSolher side upon an article which
lFS atefe IN competition with like
AeieHp produced here makes the de.
RNr one blow less at home. Ey.
a3E3S laaor upon the foreign prod
sRHt % the United States takes
HHXs lahCr from American work.
kf'aRnt would giye the days labor
p1reNn iirst, last and all the time.
9hat policy which fails in this is
posed 70 American interests. To So.
1his Is the great purpose Of a pro,
NlVe tarif'."
Auhar 51ust he Wen Paid.
n MGleveland, Oct. 5, 1888;
aorot prize the word Cheap. Chnon
felanuise means cheap men, and
R&p&nen mean cheap country, and.
sas not the kind of government our
sFs FOUNDED, and it is not the kind
*pns mean to maintain. [Ap.
ssHsEs II you want cheap things, go
s3Spu can get them. That is where
!'ang. This Is not your abidinc
IA Ne want labor to be well paid
the products of the farm; we
echanical products; we want
5ang we make and produce to
ar compensation to the pro
nat is what makes good times,
hat protective tariffs mean"