Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-30
THE PROPOSED OUTRAGE.

The proposed reciprocity treaty with
Mexico and the Central and South
America States, which is being nov
agitated in Congress, seems to us 70 be
intended for the exclusive benefit Of
the manufacturers Of the east, remarks
the Salt Lake Stock Exchange Jour
nal. IL is becoming more apparent
each year that the tariff question is
purely local; the sbrcwtlest politicians,
who can by their very shrewdness,
secure q sufficient following in Com
gress 10 carry through any pet scheme,
seems TO always manipulate tariff legis-
lation in the interest Of some favored
section.
The immense manufacturing inter
ests of New England and the Middle
States are always thus protected, and
through this means have become both
very rich and very arrogant. The ag
ricultural interests Of the great west
crn prairies are overlooked altogether,
or sacrificed for the benefit Of tue mon
eyed power OF Wall street and the too
enormously rich corporations OF the
east. The same can be said in regard
10 the treatment Of the great mining
industry Of the west. by the money
kings and their paid tools in Congress,
II is now proposed To secure a free mar
ket for the manufactured goods aud
Yankee notions OF the east, in the
spanish American countries south Of
us, and in return sacrifice the mining
intescsts OF the west, 10y opening our
gates 10 the free admission Of the sill
yer and lead produced by pcon labor
in those countries. AS there are neither
manufactured goods nor farm prod
ucts for export in the countries named,
hut an abundant surplus OF silver aud
lead ores, the benefits TO be derived
from the treaty under discussion, arc
principally favorable to the South
American people, who need the manu-.
featured goods of the east as well as a
free and good market for their ores
With them the benefits are two.fiold
while the market thus opened up for
their wares will be OF immense value
TO American manufacturers. TIL,
whole cost of the entire proceeding
will be forced on tho mining popula,
ton of the mountain States and Terri.
tories, who will be forced into an un,
equal competition with u class Of PEG.
pie who work for, and live Tor few
cents per day. The American miner
could not begin to buy food, not count.
ing clothing, medicine and other legit
innate expenses, for the whole amount
received for Mexican ores delivered al
the frontier. How then can our
miners live, support their families or
lay up anything for the education OF
their children or against cid age, il
they are forced TO work on equal terms
with the poems and Indians Of the
Spanish American Republics?
IL is unnCces AIRY to say that the
west will not submit TO any such
scheme, got ny simply to enrich the
originators, who are Indifferent TO the
fact that il will paralize the hand OF
labor in every mining camp in the
west. The power OF the mining inter.
ests was fairly well developed during
the recent contest over the silver bill
in Congress. They attained that vic
tory in the face OF opposition from the
same source from which this new
danger is threatened and they will be
quick to use their full strength to
bury deep out of sight scheme un-
PARALLEL for infamy and ingratitudc in
the history Of the country.