The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-11
Two Volume Story of Buckeye
Boys Rise to Opportunity
IS Very lnterestipu.
COURAGE AT MTIETAM
First Met dark Hanna as an
0ppohent in Hard Fight
in Court.

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prepared in two volumes (Hourntop-
Minlin COZ. by Charles S, Olcott.
nay be considered an official biogra-
phy In that II bears the stamp and
approval Of George B, CorteIyou and
Justice William R Day, executors of
the Mckinley estate. BY these gem
uemen, with Charles G. Dawes, form
erty comptroller Of the treasury and
an Intimate friendrot the former pres
tdeat Mr.. olceN was appointed to
his tsSk. MICH of the material for
inc Lille 1As been drawn from the
retolle6Inns of personal and politi-
81 f!fends, Nj. Mckinley having
neither kept n diary nor been n pro-
line letter writer. There have been
congressional and other records to
draw upon with regard TO the public
service Of the Ohio statesman, and
these have been Of particular avail in
tho rather elaborate history Of tariff
campaigns and legislation. which is
n fe1ture OF the first volume.
Although Mr.. Mckinley took part
On many contentious at Washington
and although the Spanish war occur
cd during his presidency, II Is with
sN" ~ lhhuN LAuA us name Nllll IL
most couspiciously associated. The
treatment Of this issue in the book
in hand, including tho detnils of the
un-plate proposition-the establish
ment Of protection over an industry
not then oven started-is entirely
from the Mckinley standpoint, and
II affords much ground for disputes.
bound, In the present greatly chang
ed fiscal conditions, to be largely AGA
donnie. II Seems hardly profitable to
20 into such disputes here Our
h%iographer says, In summing up for
his subject:
THE tariff was always. in McKin-
ley's mind a means to nm end and
not the end itself. He wished to
build up American interests and 10
insure the prosperity Of the people
of all classes. When duties were no
longer necessary he was willing to cut
them of. He saw the changing con-
] di4ons as industries grow by leaps
and bounds. and was ready and anx-
ious TO adjust the revenue laws to
meet them.
"a conversation that took place in
Canton only a week before the fatal
visit to Buffalo in September. 1901.
clearly reveals the state OF his mind
and his ultimate purpose regarding
the tariff.
Mind on the Tariff
"a small party. including the pres
ident, George 3. C%orrelyou. Myron T.
Herrick and others. had just returned
from q visit to the Mckinley farm.
During the entire dag his mind
seemed to be upon the Forthcoming
Buffalo speech. II was TO be an ep-
och-making Grafton. a statement Of
plans for the future Of far-reaching
importance. and he frequently spoke
of It.
after dinner he escorted Mrs. Nc
Kinley TO the sitting room ri usual.
and then, eXcuEinE himself. walked
into the library with Mr.. COrteiyoU.
Lighting a cigar he sat BY the open
window In silence for several min
utes. At length. turning to his sec
rotary without preliminary remarks
no uttered the sentence: 'Exposi-
tions are the timekeepers OF progress.
"Mr. Cortelyou, ms was HIS habit,
Immediately made not of the express
sion, recognizing the significance Of
what was to come. and while he was
doing so the president smilingly re-
marked; Well build the speech
around that Later, when they had
re1oined the party in the sitting room.
his mind again reverted TO the sub
jeet and the tariff came in for its
share OF conversation.
"Mr. Herrick Yentured the remark
that the tariff Is a question Of tx
pediency. We believe. he said, 1t
is ~expedlent at times for nations to
have tariffs; we believe 1t is exped-
lent for our nation to have q tariff
now. But aren't we likely to get in
TO trouble with tariffs that are too
high? A tariff that is too high Is
likely to defeat efficiency by making
It no longer necessary to competition,
and, moreover, there Is the constant
danger. Of the temptation TO capital
ize our earnings
ITO this view Mckinley assented.
raging that while be believed in pro-
tectiye tariffs, they must not be made
" high rs 20 bring about unhealth-
ful business conditions. Mr.. Herrick
who Ia largely Interested in various
manufactures of iron, carbon, and so
I0tthg llau anAouS ldloFEluE W Csl tain
schedules In the Act Of 1890, Why
did you Y consent to such high
rates upon these articles?'
Accepts Some Bad Schedules
"'For the best reason in the world.
promptly replied the president; to
get my bill passed. My idea was to-
get tho act through Congress and to
make necessary reductions later. u
realized that Soms things were too
high, but I couldn't get my bill
through without H. - :hA course
OF this conversation Mckinley indi-
Gated the broadening Of his horizon
since coming into the presidency.
"Anothcr sentence upon which hCI
had been medltatlnE came into the
talkE'the period OF exclusiveness ISL
nexts-words became the keynote Of
the Buffalo speech. He realized that
while the policy Of protection had
held and broadened tho home market
for American producers, It had
brought a stn greater question:
namely, the absolute necessity for al
larger market 10 absorb our overflow.
Ing products.
sHs Was esoas 70 -eRtss upon a