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Show "Tariff Always an Issue." "The tariff will be one of the big issues of the campaign," said Senator New. . "President McKinley never spoke a truer word than when he said, 'The tariff will always be an issue.' Under our present schedule a German merchant comes to this country with his goods, pays tariff of about SG on the hundred dollars' worth where he used to pay S22 and goes back with a big profit after paying all expenses. This brings bis goods in direct competition compe-tition with our own and in addition we lose heavily on the lower tariff rate." ' |