Show how will mckinley protect the north against the auth I 1 the recent tremendous growth c cf the cotton manufacturing indue industry tr r in the south where bund hundreds reds of men were employing many in adv thousands shousan d of j operatives has belu beu built during aring d the past ast two or three years has bas resulted in in a temporary overproduction over production u of 0 many kinds of cotton fabrics in consequence of this oversupply over supply a large number of new england cotton mills have agreed to close down for fa r a few weeks in order to curtail prod prodoc action this is hailed with delight by th the e mckinley inesz who claim that the suspension of work is due to the wilson tariff and that no such condition can arise when the high tariff prophet is president merely for the sake of info mation will not some kind protectionist please explain how increasing duties on foreign e ign lm imports arts can possibly po ssibyl protect pr ot ec I 1 new england ads emills mills against a the Z e cotton industries dus tries of the ESou southern thern states the latter have the advantage of being newer nearer to their raw material they have also cheaper fuel and excellent water power and wages are lower than in in the north if under these co condi adi 1 eions the output of cotton goods has increased so rapidly as to injure the new england mills how will more tariff taxes help matters the coni ution of the united states wisely prohibits taxes on interstate trade so that no tariff can be made to shut 1 southern cotton out of the northern markets so bo that the pretense that if mckinley is ia elected there will be no more overproduction over production by the new england mills is like all other republican promises promise a delusion and a I 1 swindle I 1 |