Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1896 — McKinley’s Mistake. [ARTICLE]

McKinley’s Mistake.

In one of his Canton speeches Major McKinley stated that “our foreign trade, so precipitately cu off by adverse legislation, must be reopened for our surplus agricultural and manufacturing products. The major should read up a little and keep himself posted Juch breaks as the above statement, which is proven by reports to be false, will not help his cause along Whether the major gave utterance to the above with the wilful inten I tion to deceive, or was simply pre. j varicating, is something nobody but himself c in answer The truth of the matter can be found L. the June statement of the United jtatas bureau of statistics that throws considerable light on the operat ons of the Wilson bill —■ During the month of June the exs portation of domestic meiohandise (things manufactured in|this country and shipped abroad to compete with the world) was $64,863,891 This was a gain over June, I s -95, of 811,000,000 For tiro twelve months ths gain in this exportatioß of domestic merchau' dise over the fiscal year of 1895 was about 870,000,000

r his shows that the placing of some raw materials on the free list and the icweiingof the tariff taxes on t ie on ethers has enabled our manufacturers to ship increasing amounts of their products into the markets of the world It furnishes proof of the assertion of free traders that with a tariff f«r revenue only we could capture the markets of the world and sell as much of our manufactures as we do of corn, wheat, pork, cotton and other n.w products Our imports of merchandise du* ring Jun. amounted to 156,159,045 oi which $22,146,170 was free of duty The gain on dutiable goods was only about $63,000 For 12 months the ;ain was $41,195,000 The excess of exports above ,dl import? of merohand se during Juno was $10,459,117, and during the twelve months 6102,801 923

►Soon after the St Louis convention Mark Hanna wrote Gen. Harrison (hut he desired him to prepare a soeech a > enriy ns "ossible, and to make the tariff the chief issue of the campaign “It isour purpose,” wrote he, “to give the tariff i , ;m t’m main track and let the money issue lie op a siding as much as possible.” Harrison replied in a brief and courteois note that he had not completed his plans for the summer, but was going to the Adirondack* about the middle ot July ami dio not Know when he would be able to go into tho campaign, U his observation of tho trehd of affairs had con correct, he feared that the money issue already had the main (rack and tho tariff was n the siding and there to r main. Inis is probably the first time in JL-.rrison's life that anybody evr r alt. mpted to outline a speech for him or suggest what he should talk about. In consequence it is said the relations between Hamsun and Han ia are somewhat strained.