Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-11-21
Practical Operation of the Tariff.

/ fThctACdl opeThIlOl Oh tne Ihr1u.
J Most Of the provisions ofthe so-calle,
Mckinley tariff law have been in fore,
for years. The principal exception arc
the transfer Of raw sugars to the free
list in force July lst, 1891. Short as has
been the life Of this measure, and TEN.
porary as its influence must necessarily
have been. it has already secured q
niche in the country's History youch-
safed to few Congressional enactments
Under mortgage toa faction of 20 itical
theorists demanding as the price oi
their support removal of all protec-
: tive duties, or falling this, the nearest
possible approach thereto that could
command the necessary votes for its
passage, the representatives of what
some delight TO call "the party of the
people" yielded to the lash ia the hand
of King Caucns. and voted ,lidly against
every provision Of the hill against free
sugar, a. well rs against lowering the
| tariff on steel rails and every suggestion
for the effective collection of impost
duties.
Passed in the face of such opposition
, the law went into effect under AN avail.
anche of invcctive and mis-epresenta.
iion, calculated and designed TO blind
public sentiment 10 the wisdom Of its
provisions, and so enlbarrAs those of
tirials charged with its enforcement.
Yet within the short period of its exist
ence--in face Of all impediments-thc
at onre brings confusion to its opponents
an confirmation for the strongest pre-
dictions Of its supporters.
None of the neccessaries Of life Of.
iected by tariff are higher now than
one gear ago. More men can now find
employment at wages as high as were
then paid. No industry has been inn
paired, unless it he that Of the importer
of foreign goods; while number of
foreign capitalists, recognizing the
fntility of further efforts at revenue
reform in the direction OF free foreign
trade, are moving their plants to this
country, when employees will be of our
own people, supplying all their varied
wants Fl ON the stores Of this country
instead of the one.tenth now sent
abroad to feed those who make foreign
goods.
Under the fostering provisions of the
tin-plate clause-though only four
months in effect-that important in
dustry has already made such progress
that invoices of homemade plates, IN
which all labor aud materials are
American. are now on the market.
Numerous notices and descriptions of
tn-pate works have been recently pub
lished in the Chicago Journal of Com
merce and amply attest this statement.
And better still, prices have not been so
appreciab.y advanced as to affect retail
buyers. The good housewife saves more
on her sugar bill in a month than will
be added to her bill for tinware in
year, and with stated sum buys
more for the comfort and adornment OF
home than at any previous time in the
words his ory.
This j. the condition of affairs that
Las so overwheln ed the theories
OF those who all along have prated about
the "bliahting influences of a protective
policy" For the thousanth time, and
never more forcibly, has tariff framed
with the avowed object of fostering
domestic industries, while providing
revenue for support of the government.
worked its vindication by securing at
the same time home competition that
minimizes the prices of products. pro-
vides steady employment for every man
who is willing to work, and thus in
sures the happiness and independence
of all deserving citizens. Of
Commerce.