The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-15
THAT REcIPRaeiTY FAKE.

ITae Attempt I'd Work i stupeid3us Piece
III f6litical Trlckery; aNdw You SEQ II
and Now YOU Dont,S on tho People.
The farmers Of this country can not
afford to permit free trade with South:
America except on two conditions. We
must have free trade with England or II
not must have absolute control Of the
railrPads: Then we cait cUmpets with
South America but not otherwise. Now
/ am a free trader but not an absolute
free trader. I favor a low tariff for
revenue as it is not q tax on the con-
sumner while a protective tariff is. The
farmers OF this country can not sell their
SURPLUS in Brazil while Brazil can sell in
our homie market at q big profit, be-
cause we cannot ship by rail as cheap
as Brazil can by water, and especially
SO since our %plitocrats will work to their
advantage and against us. They have
robbed the farmers and now they are
preparing to boycott them. 1t is moth
ing short Of open rebellion and opposed
to the best interest Of our country.
Blaine said of the Mckinley bill, that it
would not open a market for another
barrel Of flour, pound of pork or beef.
Did he have the farmers cause at heart
then? No sir, if he did he would pro-
posed free trade with d country where a
farmer could sell the wheat, flour, beef
and pork that he tells us of. Free trade
with South America is simply adding
another agricultural country to the plu-
tocratic market in competition with us,
where the manufacturers can sell their
surplus manufactures and keep phone
trust" prices. The pr~otectionists know
that If we had free trade with Europe
we could sell higher and buy lower and
make the laboring classes more inde-
pendent Of the money power. If this
new move, goes ahead the farmers will
soon find out what this gigantic
machine trust was formed for.
Nov let US look at this scheme
another light. First, the future put
lgrowth Of this change will be to build up
the farm industry Of Brazil in advance
of her cities and turn the tide of immi-
grafton to her shores because the agri-
%culturists are oppressed everywhere and
will seek the first open field, and espe-
cially n having all the natural advan-
tages of Brazil. We will have exactly
the reverse here, our farm industry will
decline on every side because we can
not hold out without free trade with
Europe. On the other hand manufac-
turing will expand and build up cities at
the expense of the country and by far
the largest part of the immigration will
be of the city class and mostly social
lists. Such q change is dangerous to
the government. In reading down the
history of nations, we find that the sta
blllty OF every government hinged on
the farmer, and when he was driven to
the wall it was prime evidence that the
nation had decayed and its destruction
was at hand.
Now if the party of extremes will give
us free trade with England VIC might
afford to let the manufacturers have
Brazil. 1 am satisfied to have them eX-
tend their trade but not at the expense
of the farmers. We have made them
%millionaires but we will never make
them ~billionaires. No gentlemen, this
is too thin. Our export to Brazil has
been vcry small in the past and will not
increase except in manufactured goods.
Brazil has no use for our farm products
but has millions of dollars worth to sell
to us. One farmer can't sell to another.
Our imports from Brazil have exceeded
our exports under a high tariff and un-
der the present condition of things we
can not compete with South America.
The cost of living is too high; trans
%portation out of all reason; money
scarce and wholesale robbing rates OF
interest; neck and heels in debt: free
trade markets to sell in and protected
markets to buy in; uncOnscionable trusts
and combines to deal with on every side
wholesale swindling banking machine:
run by a ring of ]aristocrats who hate
our government. Overwhelmed will
high taxes, overridden by Office seekers
cast down but not discouraged we viii
never give up the struggle. We mad,
the country what it is and we want GU,
share in it and our say in the govern
ment. Now let me ask this, simple
question. Is there a farmer in tn,
United States so big a fool as to believ,
that because the trusts have extended
their trade they are going to reduc.
prices when there is nothing to compe
them to do so? No. 1t is o big sale:
and small profits they are aftel
but big sales and big profits
They will own the ships and ship botl
ways and if they import 5000. 900. 900 an
nually we will have to pay tariff price.
just the same, unless there is outside
competition, the latter is the eluilib
rum or balance of trade. These eype
rienced thieves know what they are do
ing. They will supply their employe:
from"the Brazilian farms. as they ca,
ship for near nothing, and thus boycott
the whole west. This would knock thu
bottom out of the sub-treasury bill. al
though l never banked much on that
Now, as we can not sell farm produce il
Brazil is it not madness to hurrah fol
this thing. Our high protection built NJ
India in the interest of England while
the farmers of this country were play
ing Rip Van Wrinkle and this new move
will do the same thing in South America
Are we going to sleep another twent,
years? l hope not. Let us have low
tariff.-UniOn Labor Gazette.
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