Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-09-25

But he would refer to that portion OF
1t which Interests us more particular
~. In North Idaho there sre miles
and miles Of a"x farms. The tariff
'"pos duty # 80 cents a bu>hel
o" flax. But fm this duty 'he FAX
growers could not c. mp, t. with those
Of the East Indies. Unless t e North
lda"oans get I'll hush-l for their
flax they cant OF make profit. In
Calcutta ~ cc"ts is n big price. and at
it they ca" almost starve out our AK
farm. r..
Our g'eate,t industry is that Of
lead-silver. Aud MS in the vicinity of
ever, mining camp N farming CON.
"un't, has grown up because of tie
market which the mines afford, our
f"rm.rs must fnl it their sole re.
lance. u. they are TOO far from any
other mx,k.t. In order to sustain
ourselves we must have lead no.
tected. We must prot ct our home
min. rs r.. IN the lead m nprs. # So n
and Mckee,; for although it is ,rue
hat all our ores are more or less
mix d With silver, we have to l. g. a
g',oi price for lead also. Jules, we
do he silver alone will hardly ,ay
for mining.
There has been tariff on lead ore
ever since 1897. Itva'i-h until 1862,
and NO attempt WAS made to chx"ge
that figure until sm-l,. r. we're ~s,ah.
lish-h in Texas, on the Mexican
hor.i.r Then the Texas Senators
aud Repr' s. natives began to demand
free lead. The ID N Gratis claim. d
that the obnoxious ruling u Uniting
Mexican lead o es free of duty was
made by the k-puhI, ans. He WAS
prepared TO prove the contrary.
THREE successive Democratic Secr-
tari-s Of the Treasury made it. Aud
when the matter was prop. RI, brought
t" the ate n'i"n Of tie Republican
administrator it VAS disposed Of in
the satisfactory way that we all
know.
Whe" the Mills hill att. M ted to
reduce the ta'alf f.o,n II t,4 cents
pr pound, til" delegates ir,m the
Northwestern Territories d, man.i+d
that II pr"vis" he inserted max ny h-
Lead i" NJ. xican ore taxable, AID lr
Duhois had the honor of :ror o>,np
the pr"vi>o which was tinall, lop,-d,
on the floor If Congress kv.,y
Democrat Il ere opposed that p,ovlso.
Every Republican favored It AID
" Ell The S-nat. substitute cortain.
ny the proviso came back to the
House for adoption. every Dem cat
voted against it, and every r putni-
can for it.
l.. Ell another question has arisen.
T at Of reciprocity With the South
American republics. We ought not
to want any OF that here, as we mu
uphold the tariff on lead, reciprocil,
or n" reciprocity.
On thu silver qu s,i,n he was salts
f-d that the behavior If the I,cmo
Gratis j" Congress, in demanding free
coinage for a :ew DAYS, hat fooled
"ohohy j" Idaho. 1t certainly had
not in the East. Silver must be re-
monet'zed. nA as a matter Of wolicv.
hut OF sound justice. We produced
f6O.OOO,OOO in silver on tn. Pacific
Coast last year, upon whi' h our mi
ners lost $lS.OOO,OOO. We do not
~a' t any political ski'mis'i' e O" this
question, because i, is too serious
Silver is noble metal, and carries
with h."p and down, every pr"duc,
. the soil. We need, We must have.
free coinage, and the II .pnhl'can
party viii! give it to US during the
next s-ssi' n If Congress.
During the entire tour wears Of the
ID mocratic administration. Mr.. Bland
being chair man oil The committee on
weig' IS and measures, they did
pr"ko'e any such measure; in the
d. mocratic platform of 1873 silver
was not m-n'irned. Immediately
upon his elect on Cleveland hasten. d
to writ. his notorious ant, siiv.r ! t.
ter. He's going to he the Democratic
candidate for Presid. II, in 1892, and
yet err are Democrats in fdaI O
Who s-em t. approve of his stand Oh
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