Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-27
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blnatlonS or that sort Ii they become OPP
pressiye.
1t has been the mission of democrats
for quarter OF q century to crltieiSe re-
publican administrations; to tear from
their credftable achievements the glory
to which they are entitled. These
political opponents have denounced every
plan and condemned every act that re-
publicans originated or accomplished,
and yet, in spite of it all, the records of
the world would be searched in vain fol-.
a parallel, or even an approach to the
astounding development which has come
to our material resources, since the cleo
ton of Abraham Lincoln.
1T is easy to destroy, but harder, much
harder to build.
This nation was born of oppression,
and nursed at the breast of suffering.
Liberty of conscience, of thought and of
action, the crown and the glory of our
citizenship, is a heritage that was only
made possible by q century and half of
sacrifice.
There came time in the days of the
Pilgrims when four little colonies con-
ceived the idea that some sort OF union,
one with the Others would be Of infinite
advantage to all. Protection, as they
understood it, meant more than the fos-
tering of Industries. Life and property,
| and the jewel of their compact, liberty,
were all involved. The basis OF the con-
federation was simple, but just, and held
| the people of New England together till
their charters were revoked by King
James. .-"..
After the revolution, when the colo
MES were in absolute financial distress,
| the hardshipssentailed by England's OPP
position to the development of manu-
| features became more and more oppres-
sive. During the first seven years, from
! the close of the war, over $50, O0O,O 900 in
| specie were paid to English manufact-
urers and merchants, greater portion
Of which could have been kept in the
| colonies had home productions been per-
mitted. Necessity will sometimes COM
pei what mi|der agencies may have
failed to accomplish, and 1t proved to be
| true in American experience at that PEI
riod of colonial history.
! An article upon american Manufac-
| lures" was published and given wide
circulation by people of Pennsylvania,
which began as follows: every man
must be convinced that people who
have recourse to foreign markets for al
most every article of their consumption
can be independent in name only. and
are incapable of becoming either great
or prosperous"
In his first message to congress Presi-
dent Washington called attention to the
ACCESSIBILITY of giving official, and there
fore tangible encouragement to American
industries, and almost the first bill
passed by the new legislative assembly
provided tariff for protection, for
revenue. and for the payment of the
public debt.
There had existed bond Of fedora
ton between the thirteen colonies, prior
to the revolution, but each had reserved
the right of individual government.
When they accepted the constitution and
| thereby became members of the union,
this prerogative was abandoned, but the
national government was under moral
obligation to take no advantage OF that
surrender of rights, hence the enactment
of tariff regulation was an effective il
lustration Of good faith.
Previous to the passage Of the tariff
bill, the colonies had been drained OF
SPECIE to make up the balance of trade
. against them. Almost Immediately af'
d ter the bill became O law, the situation
began to change, and within five years
exports had more than doubled the i'm
! ports.
, At the close of the first decade, the
{ balance had been augmented to $115,
: OOO,O 900. A surplus of revenue had tt
{ accumulate, and Thomas Jefferson
asked: tsShali We suppress the import!
and give an advantage to foreign ovel
/ domestic manufacturers" And theI
/ answered the question himself by say
ing: s'The patriotism of the people
9 would certainly prefer their continuance
e and application to the great purpose O
= public education, roads, ETC."
4 The committee on commerce and man
f ufactures, in reporting favorably upol
9 President Jefferson's message concern
4 ing protection, said: ga nation erect
t solid basis for the support and main
= tenance of it's independence and pros
9 | perity, whose policy it is to draw from
= it's resources all the articles of first ne
@ cessity."
e The rapid development of American
@ industries was gall and wormwood to tn
I English manufacturers. One of tn
t lords, in parliament, declared that j
0 would be ''well worth while to incur
v loss upon the first expectations, in orde
b by the glut to stiae- in the cradl
Y the rising manufacturers in tn
United States" Congress at that tim
n was equal to the occasion, and upol
q being convinced that: 1.-THE foreign man
e ufacturers and merchants would pu
# into use all their powers of ingenuity
and would practice whatever art coul
= devise or capital accomplish, to proven
v the American manufacturing establish
d ments from being prosperous and perma
nent," it revised the tariff and raise
n some articles to a considerable extent.
q The foregoing matters of record in tn
l. history of this nation have been here In
e trodueed in order to refresh the memor
II of those who have forgotten how inseI
v erably the principle Of protection ha
been connected with our national polio
# since the first federation of the colonie
3, before the revolutionary war.
l. Fortunately, or unfortunately, IS til
n case may be, the Mckinley schedule ha
s been passed by congress" on the eve {
v election II selfishness and demagoger
"a could be eliminated from our politics,
II would make little difference when bi
n of this sort should come, for it would b
d dispassionately considered. Democrat
b papers and speakers knowing, but M
% admitting, that intelligent jndgemer
l. can only be given after the law has bee
N tried, have attacked Its character, col
d demned its provisions and impugned th
motives of it's authors. With a conf
II dence begotten of desperation, they al
ii sumo what time alone can determine
,e and declare the bill, as whole, to be q
outrage upon the American people.
III They tell the mechanic that becaus
10 the duty OH Tin has been raised thu
ar everything In that line will immediatel