The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-10-17
Communicated,

| IL IS AuuOuuceu that the 1TcaSur'
department will refund $8,0OO,00O I.
the importers Of laces as overpaid du
ties. Major Mckinley says the foreign
shipper pays the duties. Will tn,
Sheep Editor open his mouth ant
speak. Onida Journal.
If Smith has 800 horse and Jone.
has a $25 mortgage on it and Brown
buys the horse he will pay Smith SIS
and pay Jones $25. If afterwards
Brown finds that the mortgage was
fraudulent he will demand return oil
the $25. Let Smith represent the for
eign manufacturer and Jones the
United States and the mortgage the
duty and Brown the importer and the
Journal is answered The importer
that don't know enough to deduct the
amount Of the tariff from his foreign
purchase would not know enough to
scratch if he had the giggels. A tor
eigner that won't sell that way cant
sell to US. Our people would use the
domestic article in kind and leave the
foreign product out in the cold. Rev.
enue tariffs don't work that way. They
are laid on articles not produced here
and sugar is an illustration. Some
time ago the journal said the present
tariff raised the duty from Al TO so per
cent and that the consumer pays the
tariff. Will that paper say that mill
goods have advanced 13 per cent; if
not, which one of the above statements
was true and which one false? Will
Gee Whiz "open his mouth and speak?"
In writing of the Independent plat
form the Journal says: Compare it
with either Of the platforms Of
the other parties" Why don't you
publish it so that we can? Are you at
your old trick Of withholding it so as
to deceive? Even in your brief synop-
sis you fail to say that the platform
endorsed the sub-treasury nonsense
one of your tricks.
Again the Journal says: " The plat
form adopted at the Huron convention
is such that every American citizen can
stand squarely uponit" Well, why don't
you stand squarely upon it? Why are
you kicking at the sub-treasury plank?
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The Republican party issues paper
promises in denominations from one
dollar up to pay - dollars on demand
and keep goodly amount of coin in
the treasury as an earnest of their abil-
ity and intention to redeem their PROM
ise. For the benefit of the Independ
ents that want such money they would
be glad to issue paper promises based
upon real estate and keep packages of
it in the treasury from one dollars
worth up with which to redeem and if
possible establish a standard of fineness
or richness and moisture and sunlight,
but they cant do it and so won prom
ise. Maybe the Independents can.
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Hello, Gee Whiz.'
Hello, Johnny; what now2'
"Why, | see by the paper that the
rats are deserting the Independent ship.
Is she leaking badly"
Excuse me, Johnny; I'm busy this
morning. Bye-bye."
"Bye-bye.'
Now, that heather made me forget
my idea about tin-plate buttons. Rats.
Yes, should say they were ske-dad-
ding. Rats can't live on empty stom-
achs. The Scanda- lous Elevator and
Alphabetical fire branches are clean
played out, and the Hail branch don't |
pay divies any more, and the farmers
amt paying dues nor signing notes, and |
this branch has never yet fulfilled my |
fondest expectations. 1t gives me q
sort of way-down feeling, and haven't
the heart even to publish our-old
platform
BY this time next year money will be
more than abundant in the eastern
and nothing but calamity
can hinder it from coming
here in abundance at reasonable rates.
The money is increasing rapidly
crops and prices are good mill goods
are cheap, and we are Jolley-ites.
During the twelve years ending July
|, 1890, the profits to the u. s. Treas
lry from silver coinage was $65,00O,-
300. Free coinage woull have given
hat amount to the silver kings, 30
hat interest has left the Republican
party and joined to theIndependents.
II. O'CoNNoR.