The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-08-25
THE PAST is THE PROOF.
Americas Panics In 1920, 1887, and 1857
tho Direct Result of FREQ
Trade.
England Desires America to Adopt the
Democratic Platform and Save Her
from Revolution.


John f. Scanlan in recent lecture on
the tariff question said
Under free trade, an American farmer
would sell hide for a sixpencc, send it
to England to be tanned. and buy the
tail back for a shilling. Ii matters little
to us as Nation what agent develops
our industry, so that we have n healthy.
stalwart, diversified industry. So far rs
I have been able TO learn from the his
tory of the past, no better agent has
been discovered by man TO develop and
diversity n nations industry than pro-
tective tariff If our free trade friends
can show us a better medium of giving
this Nation an industry. believe the
protective tariff men will adopt it.
But our Democratic friends now tell
us that they are not for free trade. 1t is
not necessary TO burn our custom houses
to reach condition of free trade far
more disastrous than when goods would
be admitted free of duty. 1t is the last
straw that breaks the camcrs back. So
with revenue tariff, If it is just low
enough to admit foreign manufactured
goods, destroy the home market, and
, deceive the people into belief that
something else is making them poor, it
is far worse than free trade. Now let
us look into the character and reputa-
tion of the Democratic party on this
question of tariff. for when you are 60
ing to hire n man TO fill position OF
trust, il is safe TO investigate his past
life. The Democratic party came into
existence in 1882 In those early days
parties did not send forth platforms of
principles. The first bill introduced in
the then young Democratic Congress by
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways
and Means. Mr.. McDiffey, of South
Carolina. was to- reduce the protective
tariff of 1920. Mr.. Andrew Stewart, of
Pennsylvania, gives his opinion OF
THE CHARACTER OF THAT BILL
in the following significant words:
England would give millions to secure
the passage of either the bill reported
from the treasury or that by the Com
mittee of Ways and Means. The Chair
man of that committee (Mr Med .tfey)
has frankly avowed his object; it is TO
destroy American and make way for
British manufactures; to increase the
importation of British goods. and the
expectation OF American specie. so that.
money becoming plentiful in England,
prices will rise. and consequently cotton
command better price; aud on the other
hand. money becoming scarce ii the
North. prices would fall and they the
South) would obtain their supplies at n
cheaper rate In other words, his OBJ
ject is to enrich England ly importing
her goods, and impovcrish this country
by sending our money 10 pay Tor them.
That bill passed and brought the panic
of 1887 aud suspension of nearly every
factory in the country.
The Democratic convention OF 1S4S,
that nominated Lewis Cass, although the
party had got into power in 1914 by
promising to stand by the Whig tariff oil
1S42, sent forth the following proclama-
tion:
"Resolred. That the fruits of the great
National triumph of 1874 which elected
James X. Polk and George NJ. Dallas
President and Vice President of the
United States, have fulfilled the hopes
Of the Democracy of the Union in dc
feAting the declared purpose or their op
ponents. in creating n National bank; II
in the noble impulse given 10 the cause
of free trade by the repeal or the tarli
of 1912. and the creation of the more
euual. honest, and productive tariff o
1876
THE TARIFF or 1916 REFERRED TO,
is the celebrated Walker tariff. and wa
passed by vote of 1i3 Democrats an;
one Whig. In 1852 the platform of tht
Democratic party was for ''uncquivoca
free trade" and in 1856 the platform
was IN part MS follows: The time ha
come Tor the people of the Unitet
States To declare themselves IN favor
free seas and progressive Tree trad
throughout the world. II was JUS
previous To the inauguration o. Mr. Bn
chnnan thai another reduction OF on
1..s I.. Nsy Fn
Congress. and signed by the DcInocrati
President Pierce. which, cooperating
with the destructive results OF the i
tariff gave us the panic OF 1891, agar
closing our mills and our factories
When the Soua hern wing of the Demo
cratic party went into rebellion. un
hampered by the dough faces of tn
North, they gave full swing To thei
free trade proclivtics by inserting int
the Confederate constitution a declara
ton that there never could be any in
port duties levied by the Confederacy t
protect home industries.
In 1875 the platform Of the Democrat
party was 'taxation shall be for revenu
only" In 1884 the platform was kin
of n Democratic circus feat of performin
on top Of the fence aud eating grass o
both sides.
IN 1888 IT is THE SAME,
with the Mills bill for key to its NEAR
ing. Thus you will perceive that tn
Democratic party, who now stand agha:
at the growth of the protective sent
ment, in attempting TO hedge" is COZ
demned by its past history.
The question before the American pee
ple of to-day is: Shall we have hon
industry and home market with
their accompanying blessings, or shall W
depend upon foreign nations for all th'
goes TO make up our civilization? Th
we can not have IA home industry witt
out protective tariff, should be sci
evident To the most unthinking cltizt
that will examine the industrial histol
of our own us we'll rs that of other II
tions.
A revenue tariff wiped out our indu
tres in 1920. 1887 aud 1857 MS ctfectu'
ly as free trade has wiped out the indu
tries of Ireland. India aud Turkey.
rayo,uo tariff has reduced Spaln al