Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-10-30

The Efch Must Pnl.
Col. w. p. Hepburn ser led his country
in an Iowa Gu airy regiment He Is at
present solicitor OF the United States
Treasury. 1t is hs special business to
htj y see that tho Treasury is not wrong
ca ous of money by the rich import RS.
The . lowing Is cite | by the Cedar Rap
ids Republican TO show how faithfully
Colonel Hepbura 5 dong his duty.
Af ioni re an1erbilt bought q steam
yacht in Gre at / ritatn. 1T i al iron ar
ticie og iron manufacture. and is dutiab Q
en er the }aw. lie must pay As per cent,
dety o. it. This he dec ines t, do, and
Is resortiiig to legal bubbles TO avert the
payment of duty The toionel volun-
tsess the opinion that Mr.. Vanderbilt
has no moro right to import a yacht than
. g~cn-kAife Without paying duty. "iie
viii haze to comply W. til the law"
Tho Republican says: "Gov. lSoies at
Upton trigd 20 make his Gear County
hearers tell We that tho SUGAR Is 'some
cheaper the peopie twho are finding it
mu h cheaper nnda n our .odious,' in
famou. aad 'damnable' pro seetiye-tariif
Jaw have to pay enough more on other
articles they bay to more than make up
for til, saving on sugar. Since the Gov
crnme.t cannot namc, much less ex-
hot. any article Of general use among
tho poor that is higher in price than
II ASA year ago, aud since the Governor
insists tina the tariff Is q tax and the
Consumer pays tho tax. . horrible sus-
pscion must arise in men's minds that
t5iat MAJ Mckinley, with that man Gear
sad those other fellows on the Ways
aud Means Committee, co operating with
tho o. co.eons orators Of the Senate,
Messrs. Allison and Aldrich, must have
SO arranged their infernaI machine for
raiS.n necessary revenue as to p acs
the burden OF taxation mainly upon
those rich Americans who cant lind
what they want In this country and
haso.to import everything from abroad"
..lIired Wcapers Not Wanted"
Taat enterprising exponent of Samuel
j. II,den Democracy, the New York
sun cannot endure tho present day
ca am!tY tendency OF its party. The
Sur says.
This w~ell-satisfed and thriving
cosntry the Corsi Golden and the
Claimant have undertaken To persuade
that it has been ruined BIZ the protective
tariff. The se two singular compounds
al mountebank aud crank want the
( BtlubcIdtl Pa W VI Suub Abr GySS, Stduu
on is head. and say to the farmers,
whose harms are buiging with gram,
a our gTanarias are empty on 0 Of
the tariff to the iobbers and country
storekecpers, whose stocks are being
sold rs last a they are o dered, YOU
are prevented from doing business
by tho tariff to the laborers. whose
services ave in greater demand than
ever, You can find no WORK on &c
ca5nt OF the tariff to the weii-dressed.
sYoa are naked OH account Il the tar,
i'll, to the we'll to do, : ion are paupers
on ecoun OF tho tariff. to o nation
| digestins its dinner with enjoyment and
peace OF mind, You are starving IN ac-
count OF the tariff
aif the emocratie party were Sutii-
1 GENTLY far one with paresls to be
s AIRED by the croaklng OF these ridica-
laas crows, II woald 30 laughed Ont OF
sight in is92 Hired weepcrs are not in
demand at a wedding feast, and crows
are hunted with shotguns."
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