Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-09-05

has owed q prophecy. Under this systom
stset rails. for instance, have bsen seen to fall
from StAJ to - por ION, and SO with greAs
many other prominent ar -icles. Ge1nanya
pronounced tariff coantry has brought tho
price Of manufactured articles SO low tina. 1t 10
noteworthy fact that waen England, the leading
free-trade country. totrncts to lay ocean cablea,
she has the wires manufactured IN Germany,
s ssrs ,,r 4 a mes
tories would have closed mp long ago or the en-
terPristns owners would have divorced their
ent emplo Cd woull h .vs had to seek soma
Other means Of earning livelihood. When this
had tax an place, foreign countries w0lld have
been prompt o take advantage OF oar Inability
to IN lnufa IL .. and would have raised tho
price Of ever article We import, thus forcing
to pay higher prices for manufa :tu cd ~ DDS
han We pay to-day. Our gold would going
into tho pockets Of foreigners lust. ad Of Ameri-
cans. and there would b, but little to offset the
drain thus made upon US ulles5 we enforced
pauper WAGES md reduced th0m low enou n t }
enable US to undarsell foreigners In the Ill posal
of our wares in for, Ign markets. 1t Is safe
rule, bosh In war and peace, never to do what
your enemies want you TO d.. England and
America are the two great aggressive CONNER
cal rivals aud the fl y that the former coun ry
10 stcivins, with all her recognized energy. to
bring abolt fres tr.t1e in America Is In itself u
suhiciHnt rcasbn why America should pre-
ven IT,
the class of free-traders. They want the duty
removed from articles whci they impost
to stimulate ilnport9tions and 10 enable them
10 lana tnetf 200 ~ II 70 cheaper, Out tQoy DO
mo- intend that the consumers shall reap the
chief benefit Of the difference in price, They
want to pocket q large portion Of this difference
tn mselves. They are free- traders from inter-
est, but ansong the great mass Of voters their
numbers are small
II IL everywhere claimed by the, Democrats
that the farmers are and should be uncompro-
missing free Traders. Nothin; crn be more fall
lacious than tho course of reasoning by which
they reach this conclusion. The great majority
Of the class called farMers do not own the land
they till, but hire fam hands. 1t 10 self
evident that q low tariff would create lower
wages and less employment for mechanics and
laborers in factories, and the wages OF the farm
hands would fall proportionately as the mechan-
lea, thrown out Of work or subjected to q Reiuc-
tian In wages would flock TO tho farms for EN-.
labor far greater than the demand. Farm hands
Are not anxious to have their ranks recruited in
this wholesale way. Again. PRODUCTION Of wages
nIeans that the purchasing power Of the con-
sumers must be diminished, and that the farmer.
the owner OF the land. must have \ more I'M
favorable market for the sale Of all he produces
His competition abroad Ia 30 great and the in
crease In pc Ialatton here 10 SO large tina. he
must depend more and more hereafter upon his
home m xket, and his true interest lies In main
1t is instructive TO reflect upon what protec-
tion has done for the poor man. Under the pres
snt t,Iin system Il t. safe e .ay that every srti
uses has fallen In price. hand saw for instance,
now costa ninety cents During t5e y time S Fl:
wages have q eadily Increased, In many cases
having more than doubled.
rhe schas,, svstxn the dissemination of gan
erni intaliia. nee. me stimulation 81 the invent
iva renims al the neorie have .lona n,nch 10
imnsoyenasnt in the osisi and fnfelIsstmsl con.
Al rion al the ma ~ n mniniv dne r. tire r,rnft
ius svstam vhich M enshissl thc rnrk i,,S,as,
10 educete m chiliren 10 ciothe Them +, : A.
manner ID attend school an 4 ID surronnd than
Nv rn :, ,noauhere q resuactabiiitv whch hns
lifted them from position OF Nero laix ring AMI
,sis n,,d No. ier.l,, th.i-