The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-27
THE CRY OF "STOP THIEF"
Sugar, Salt, whisky and Standard OIL
Fostered and Protectedby Bour-
bon Influences.
Blaine's Scathing Arraignment or Prcsi-
dent Cleveland and His FREQ
Trade Fallacies.


standing as thick rs they possibly could
expanded their lungs and shouted for
Blaine and Harrison for several minutes,
until the orator of the occasion was in
troduced. Mr. Blaine said:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW. CITIZENS
OF INDIANA: Stop thieff' is cry not
entirely confined to the criminal classes
The counterpart Of the trick is known
in political circles. and is especially
noticeable in the present course of the
Democratic party respecting trusts. In
President Clevcland's famous free
trade message of last December he
warned the country of the dangers of
trusts and argued that they were the
offspring aud result of the protective
system established by the Republican
party; at the same time, while assailing
in the wide sweep of his accusation al
NEST every industrial interest IN the
North. the President was particularly
careful 10 he quiet respecting the enor-
nous tariff on sugar Out of S2t2, ,00O,-
900 collected on importaions of every
kind last year over SJS 600, 900 came
from sugar alone. which is equivalent to
more than onc-fourth of the customs
revenue for the year. When Mr.. Cleve-
land penned his message he knew that
one OF the largest trusts ever organized
in the world-thc Sugar Trust was in
full operation, and that if Il protective
tariff was helpful to that trust he was
giving it all the aid. both official and
personal. in his power If the words
of his message are true he is him
self responsible for lcvying these count
less millions upon the pockets of all the
consumers of this country for an article
OF universal use among the families of
the land. Cheers and cries of That's
So Nor was Mr.. Clevclands silence
the only boon which the Sugar Trust re-
ceved. When the Mills bill was under
consideration the President of the Sugar
Trust Alr. Hayemeyer). a well known
active Democrat of New York. appeared
before the Ways and Means Committee.
and, according to the statement made in
open senate by Mr.. Allison of Iowa. OBJ
tanned such an arrangement of duty rs
was equivalent to 5000, 900 in the
pockets of the trust. Sensation. IT,
therefore, the price of sugar has been
duly advanced to the consumer the re-
sponsiblc parties. according to the PreS-
dents doctrine. are the President himself
aud the Ways and Means Committee who
concocted the Mills bill in the interests
of that trust. | think, moreover. that
wherever you find one of the necessities
of life concerned and controlled by an
association of men for the purpose of
reaping undue profit you will find the
supporters of Mr.. Cleveland ut the head
of the movement.
MIR. BURT 5 SALT TRUST.
Sugar may, indeed, be accounted
luxury, for we can exist without il: but
salt is one of the primal necessities of
fn ult lrn.s,s ti..tt St,tt
lists in this country. and the man who is
now at nc head OF it. openly and avow-
cdiy conducting its affairs is Wellington
r. Burt, the present Democratic candi-
date for Governor Of Michigan Mr..
Burt Is earnestly advocating the removal
Of all duties on salt. This would seem
another form Of contradiction of the
Presidents theory that protection is the
first cause of ali trusts; and it likewise
fully justiiics the ground taken before
this canvass: that trusts exist more freely
in II free trade country than in II pro.
tectiye country; more freely in England
than in the United States. | am for
tunatcly able 10 give You piece of in
formation that has Il strong bearing, |
think, on Mr.. Wellington r. Burt's Salt
Trust. hold in my hand II copy Of the
London Times. OF Sept. 5, from which
learn thar they are forming "a Salt
Trust in England. The statement in
the Times quoted from two English pa
pers locally interested. is this:
The efforts 10 form the great Salt
Trust have succeeded beyond the most
sanguinc expectations. All the
Cheshire salt.worEs have been provis-
ionally acquired by London syndicate
represented by Mcssys. Fowler IL Co,
N taS mil ,,ti in,
are proceeding faverably to purchase all
the less extensive works in Worcester
shire and Durham. The capital required
is fixed ut Go 90 900 sterling. and has
been subscribed in advance many times
ov2r. In consequence of the monopoly
thus created 1t is expected that the price
OF common salt, now sold ut 2S 81 II ton.
will rise TO los"
Let me ask you now If any man in In
diana believes that Mr. Wellington r.
Burt's Salt Trust in the United States
and this great Salt Trust in England are
likely To prove rivals To each other? Do
you think they will cat down prices and
deprive each other of their respective
profits when the English trust points
out the way To increase the price of salt
four-foa at single jump? Do you
think Wellington II. Burt is the modest
IuHil 10 SuN no W " ptbpusItlDH VI unilc
in an agreement To advance salt 800 per
cent TO the consumer in Great Britain
and the United States? [Applause and
laughter.
Thus you see the danger, apparently
without II remedy. that will follow an
international trust organized on the
basis OF free trade. Alexander Hamil
ton laid ii down in the greatest financial
paper submitted by him to congress that
behind a protective tariff domestic COM
petition would always insure reasonable
prices to the consumer. And | ask you
If our experience does not justify the
wisdom of our first and greatest Secre-
tary of the Treasury in all the years that
have elapsed since he wrote those sig
niticant words. Cheers. But if We
should reach the basis of free trade. the
Presidents great goal of prosperity. and
the manufacturers and holders of any
domestic article and the manufacturers
and holders of an article OF the same
kind in any foreign country unite, where
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