Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-02

"A""' Whlch dOnt think it will unless
the Democr attic party is given a new
lease OF power, with more Democrats
n Congress, viii II cause the people.
the consumers Of the United States to
buy cheaper the kinds of goods on
which the tariff would be reduced
VIII a reduction of the tariff according
to the Mills bill cause decrease in the
incoming revenue, or less surplus in
the Treasury? Will cheaper goods i'm.
ported to the United States cause our
iaborers to receive better wages, or in
other words. would the Mills bill. ii
carried out, cause our wage-workers tn
save more money after buying the nee
essaries of life?
! To all Of these propositions | say
nay. If the tariff is reduced on GER
tain goods, foreigners will receive jus,
that much more for their goods. Are
duction of the tariff according to thu
Mills bill, will cause more goods to be
imported to the United States, and
thus cause the surplus in the Treasury
to increase instead of decrease; and
thus it will be, that Tie more and more
goods, or products that come to the
United States by Importation, less and
less will be the work for our own peo-
pie to do, and the less we have to do,
the less will be our profits.
The tariff is not what's hurting the
people; what is hurting the people is
corporation control of money, and high
interest; corporation control OF freight
rates; one-sided taxation, farmers
lands and property taxed. and the
bonds and bond-holders and paper
money 60 free; also, trusts, rings. pools
and combines are bagging up the nee
essaries Of life and holding for high
prices, so that the law of supply and
demand has no effect upon prices.
Now, il it's not violation of the
ole-Boycott" law of illinois, I would
like to advise the voters of this county
to consider well their inter ests, too.
when casting their ballots this fall. l
believe if Mr.. Cleveland and the Dem
ocratic party are continued III power.
that inside of the next four gears
the legal-tender decision will be re-
versed, or as soon as they can change
the complexion OF the S. G., SO as to do
it; then the remaining greenbacks will
be retired, and a stop put to coming
the silver dollar.
also believe that Southern bonds in
the Treasury will be laid for basis
for bank notes. to keep up the money
powers trade, and be the "best bank
ing system the world has ever seen"
and show ignorant people that gold IS
greater than law. Yes $4,000 100000
worth of bonds at three OF, four per
cent. would reconcile solid South to
some extent.
Then it's a national blessing to have
a national debt" to absorb the surplus
at which Congress tugs and sweats. If
Mr.. Harrison and the Republican party
should be successful. ] think we are
just. as apt to have "free whiskey'' as we
! are to have free trade if Mr.. Cleve-
land is elected; the idea of free. whisky
for the "arts and mechanical pur-
poses" seems much Ike the exception
clause in greenbacks, that led to whole
pay ment in gold; if. whisky goes free
in "arts and mechanical purposes it
will soon go free for all purposes.
Then all manner Of tax money
should be distributed among the States
for State and local expenses; then the,
Government should run public car
rying lines fol expenses only; then no
goods or products such as we produce
should be imported to the United
States. and no foreign, immigration
allowed for less than 500 per head
Why should. we import 250o,Ooo.ooo
mounds of sugar and receive into the
Treasury s5OO0O,OOO of tariff each
wear. AS a bride, to. keep our own people
from work when We could produce all
we need? g
If Government would give bonus
Of one cent pound, it would stiri'u-
late the production Of sugar in the
limited States so that hundreds of fac
tories per year would spring up all
over the country, and give employ
men,f 70 our own people. Illinois con-
tains territory large enough to grow
northern cane enough to make S4ooo'-
s;nno,. pounds of sugar, enough tor the
'ten;,ed states for seven years. LOUIS