Show ft ex secretary foster on the mckinley tariff while the republican press and politicians are howling for the restoration of the mckinley tariff on the ground that it will give ve the country more revenue from customs du duties hon charles foster ex secretary of the treasury nry under president harrison earrison admits over his signature that when the tariff of 1890 went into operation revenues were greatly reduced in a recent letter to the now new york journal of commerce mr foster MYS ys when in 1891 we began forcefully to feel the effects of the reduction of the revenues under noder the mckinley law coupled with very large exhortations exportations of gold and with the largest bills to pay ever known in time of peace con editions had vastly chan changed geiL Bem berrue rue of large payments made on the public debt which seemed to be necessary to relieve the monetary strain of the country with reduced revenues and large appropriations to pay the baah balance was reduced to then to from about W twice this amount this is the statement of the highest official in the last republican administration that under the McK mckinley inleT law revenues decreased that the expert bious of gold were very large that the public expenses were the largest ever known own in time of peace and that the monetary strain of the country made it necessary to cut down the cash balance in the Mrea treasury sury one half all this in the first you year of McKinley ism in view of these admissions by y a staunch republican Republic au finander financier PA as to the effects oi 01 the mckinley tariff on the public revenues and fin finances anees what ex case cam is there for the demand by tho the high ah tariff agitators agitator agi for a return to tho tha conditions condition of reduced duwa re revenues luge large 90 a and extravagant ex eg AUS 11 11 I 1 I 1 1 |