Wisdom From Mckinley

Majo:1 McKJrwey in lii n:asterly int'-'oduction to tüie greajt work on tlie tarilff, 'TrotectÈon and ProsperJty," en ye : The voivld knows oí tthe womleríul pfogress we have made. The experir once of the Umi'ted i'n Aiversiiy'nvs industries and deveíoplng Ite home nmrket, luis comtrl'búted more ot less to tlie growiaig fllsregard ïor rhe maxans o Bcfiiooflin :i aad thror:sUs and mcreased tfh,e valué oï tiie uaiimpeaclLaJble testAmoaiy oí trade and expertence. The soope oí Mr. Curtiss' work practfcally cOTera tdxe hiistory oí the world's trade arad ooanmerce. The anlli.or has undoutrtedly (íevoted yeai'a of patiënt research to satliering and an-anging his material and and presenting hls argument. Aiter a careful examina td'oïi oí th.e resulte oï thi3 stupendous piece of work tbe Lair-müjded American student and reader will close ttoe book wiltb the conclusión thiat iln out own American polifcy we have nolthálng to tate back, notfhmg to apologize fo-r. Under simllax co-iidiiítions our experieuce ixas been precisely the same as tihe experience oí ot-her nations. ín some ,ways it hals been England's oHvn expertence. A. iow tarifí or no 'tariff has1 always increased the importatioin of íoreign goods until our money ranout ; multiplied our foreign oibligations ; produced a balance of trade aglainst the country ; supplamited tn domeetíc producer and majiufacturer ; impaired the fanner's home market wi'tho"ut iniproving his market itoroad ; undermiiied domestib proeperity ; decreased the industries oí the natiou ; düminiiíhed the valué of nearly all our property and imvestments ; and robbed labor of its jusfc rewardsv The icwer the taniff tíhe more wiüespread and aggravat-ed have beeni these conditionéi whicb paralyze our progresa and industries. This Is the verdict of our history, and, as thei author oí this valuable work demonetratee, wlth a clearness ttoat shomld carry comviction, it has been the verdict of hietoiry iö tihe case oí other nations, if facts and figures may be relied, upoa to poitnt out sucih resulta.