Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-10-13

s1hspo - vuGes q - esnAisman wlu rle1A
~ 1spsSe. Iv1ll u slad . ia MN IN thas
wcskinemen d the country to hear. that the
Distinguished gentleman from Arkansas, chair
man q a important committees Of the House,
70 b no longer projected; that -the paupsr la
bors p4 other countries, competing with our free
Labor. will mot frighten OF stampede him from the
exscution q his and his partys purpose. You
CannOe protect any longer. he asserts. You are
face TO face, American laborers, with the labor
sEs Of the whole world. and must meet them on
exactiy equal terms, and the gentleman and
In this and another bill Z, which shall refer.
70 remove every profession. every safeguard, g
our industrial interests, 80 that the laborers OF
petition the cheap labor Of the world no matter
what it, condition. We must come down TO
their standard accept their wages be content
With their comforts and opportunities. adopt
trade, this the voice and logic Of free ships and
free materials for ships--fOr this doctrine will
not stop here II this FIRST move be successful
Tho issue, therefore, il no longer concealed the
real effect 10 no longer in doubt.
My fellow-citixens, the country may be forced
TO- 70 come e thus The policy q the party n con.
ESsry Ms y VIII n
tional interest is against it. You have the
power in your own hands to prevent it IL IL
comes you will have nobody to blame but your
will.
Whatever else free trade and free ships may
mean, know they mean cheap labor, and that
means Of sustenance is toll, and whose only
capital ID the labor Of their hands. The gentle
man from Arkansas, tho author OF the bill, ID
wheat producer Of the Northwest is standing
face 70 face with the wheat producer OF India
For this admission from such quarter We are
thankful. for II simplines the discussion.
hnN avo foxy IvnAto 1~tvx
ped q, 900 bushels Of wheat last year she put
into tho market forty millions OF bushels. Can
you protect the Northwest farmer against that
kets Of consumption in Europe cheaper than We
can transport II from tho fields Of production TO
the markets Of consumption" That is to say,
India can raise and market her wheat for what
Y costs the American farmer TO convey his pro-
duct TO the market OF consumption, allowing
him nothing for the cost OF production. And yet
this 10 tho very market which the Democratic
farmer to enter. The remedy, says the gentle
man. ID chehper production, which means, Of
very necessity, cheaper labor, and with THAT
to state, Now doss the Western farmer like the
remedy? How dr. es the Democratic farmer rel
tsh Il? Cheaper labor and lower prices, to ena-
bic him to compete with labor paid less than
come II he would meet India wheat in the Eu-
ropean market and ii is to meet that wheat-to
export 1t beyond the sea- that the Democratic
enough to admit that We can keep India wheat
out Of the United States with our protective tar
ID that we happily know; that We have pro-
vided for; that we discovered long ago, and
have used 1t against the protests Of the Demo-
cratic party but this bill would force the farmer
into the foreign market His policy and that Of
his party would diminish the consumption hero
BY diminishing the consumers by breaking
down our ship yards, to be followed by the de-
struction Of other industries, curtaiiing the
power Of the laborers to buy, BY dismissing
them from manufacturing industries and driy-
ing them to the farm,
A foreign market for our agricultural pro-
ducts, 10 the cry OF the free trader and the
Dominant DOM element in the Democratic party.
get there? What do We And? We meet the
wheat Of India costing eight cents per bushsl
for production. cultivated by the cheapest and
field to which you call the American farmer
That 10 what you tender in exchange for the
market here. which your policy will destroy.
Inat IS all you have to offer, and the American
farmer scorns IL The American people, who
love their country and believe in the dignity
and independence OF labor, spurn it. The
American farmer likes his own good home mar
has created and which its friends intend
to maintain. The advocates Of this bill,
and oil kindred measures, would destroy
the United States by having our msnufac.
turing done abroad. with foreign materials and
foreign labor, and then force them to send their
products to the European market in competi-
tion With the products raised in other lands by
the poorest paid labor. The policy Of the Re-
publican party is, first of all, to maintain for
our farmers home market by adequate pro-
lection, and to enlarge it by increasing and di-
verifying manufactures, which will give en-
pioyment to more men, thus increasing the do
nestic consumers. This is the best market of
the world 1t 10 the prize which the world
seeks. Let us be careful to foster it by every
justified by organic law. Let
not the tempting cry Of free ships" and the
catch phrase OF unrestricted COM
merce, lead us from our moorings, or tempt us
to abandon the national policy founded by tho
fathers and sacredIy preserved for near a GEN.
tury by the patriotic men Of every political
faith