Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-10-16
BENEFITS OF the TARIFF.
Senator Pierce COrrCctS Some
MisapprehcnsiOns Regarding
the Mckinley Bill.
Numerous Instances Where il
will Result AdvantagcOusly
to N. ID. Farmers.
The Effect OF the Sill On North
Dakota Presented in IL
New Light.
Senator Pierce on the Tariff.

Senator Pierce on the Tariff.
When Senator Pierce Was in the city
yesterday an Alert reporter succeeded in
getting HIM to do a little talking and
this is what he said:
II expect to make number Of speeches
during the campaign and the republican
COMMITTEES has already signitied IL desire
that should speak at jamestown Oct.
2lst The tariff seems to be the issue
and in IL plain practical way
| propose TO correct some
OF the prevailing misapprahensions
in regard thereto. l. find IL wonderful
misapprehensiOn as to the effect OF the
Mckinley bill in some parts of the state.
1t arises, I believe, from the fact that
wholesalers and others, taking advantage
of the passage of the bill and the popu-
lar ignorance OF its possible effect, have
sent out notices Of large advances on all
kinds of merchaudse-'an account of
the passage of the Mckinley bill. In Il
majority of instances this Is merely a
trick of the trade-a scheme of the
wholesalers to realize on the popular un-
certainty and ignorance. as an instance
l notice that Postmaster General Wan
namaker in placing a lot of tinware on
sale, advertlses that an advance is sure
to follow because OF the tariff and that
the present lot will be sold
at the old price,. The
fact is that the increased tariff on
tinware wol,id only make 10 OF a cent
difference on small articles and there can
be DO possible advance in the cost to
the consumer. Another instance: il
Bismarck clothing house is advertising
that there will be no advance IN the price
OF clothing on account OF the tariff bill
Now the fact is that on cheap clothing
the tariff has been reduced. IL has been
increased on high priced goods, but only
people who can afford to pay for them
ever buy goods that the tariff viii ad-
vance the price of.
1T seems to me that Il there is any
part Oh the country that has been bene-
fitted by the taritt bill it is North Da-
kota The bill has only to be properly
explained and the people will see the adj
vantage to them. The tariff on barley
and potatoes is practically prohibitory
and protects the North Dakota farmer
from ruinous Canadian competition. The
North Dakota barley is of a superior
variety Last year there were imported
100000 bushels OF barney from Canada
The 25 cents bushel duty will keep this
out and give the North Dakota farmer
better market for his crop. In the mat
ter of potatoes: Before the tariff bill
passed IA car loads were being shipped
in daily from Manitoba. The tariff bill
places duty of 25 cents on potatoes
and these imports will cease The result
will be a better market for potatoes
grown here. What IS true Of these two
products is true of all farm products. l
have table of the price OK farm products
at Cincinnati this fall and year ago and
there is an advance of from 10 to
70 per cent all along the line
Take the matter of free sugar:
1t will save the people Of North Dakota
S25O,O0O yearly. Then we get bounty
OF two cents on beet sugar, in addition
to the state bounty of two cents. This
is bigger thing to our people than they
now realize. Samples of Dakota beets
have been analyzed by government
chemists and the proportion of saccha-
rine matter was found to be greater than
in the German beets. There is no ques-
tion but that large beet sugar manufac-
tories will soon be established in the
state. The matter of binding twine is
another that interests our. people. The
tarlfr was reduced from 3 cents to I-lO
Of a cent. Then take the wool tariff.
Ithas already advanced the price of wool
cents per pound-whlch Is Il big thing
for the rapidly increasing sheep and
wool industry of the state.
Senator Pierce considers tho silver bill
; the most important legislation of con-
gress. 1t increases the volume of money
greatly and will have it's influence for
good in every line of business.
Senator Pierce says that the repeal Of
the timber culture act, in which the set.
tiers OF North Dakota are so greatly IN
terested, will surely pass as soon as con-
gress re-assembles. 1t has been agreed
to do this. The Objectionable amend
ments that defeated it's passage in the
closing hours Of the last session will be
stricken out and possibly more valuable
ones included. The delay will be short
and may, possibly, result in even more
advantages to the northwestern settler
thereby. He expects the bill to become
law within two weeks after congress
re-assembles.