Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-12-25

Inc NORM Adams Transcript, Of tho
18th inst, contained matter that ID
worthy the attention OF people who are
in doubt rs to whether or not the ncw
tariff bill ID beneficial to American man.
~ufacturing industries and conducive to
tho general prosperity Of the country.
the Transcript 10 an account Of the jubi.
lee procession and meeting in celebra.
ton Of the reopening of the Freeman
Print Works, which were shut down for
ninc months, ~ = result Of the business
depression arising from the un.
certainty as TO the tariff growing out of
the action OF Congressman Mills and his
folio wers, and which have been set In
operation as 4 result Of the restoration
OF confidence engendered by the new
tariff law. The reopening OF the works
means employment for hundreds Of
operatives and . return of general pros
perity In North Adams, which is nor
maliy n Of the busiest manu- actrring
towns in Massachusetts,. Editorially,
the Transcript says OF the demonstra-
ton:
1t was an impressive popular manifesto
ton, surprising In brliIlancy and aiEniii-
cameo every previous demonstration III the
history Of the town. Such spontaneous
and universal delight revealed how deep
and cruel has been the strain and suffering
OF our village, caused by the prO.onges ar
rest OF these valuable. Industries. For
nine months the print works and three
C0O men and women deprived OF employ
ment. Some went to other states,
some caught uncertain places In other
mills, but . large humber have re-
NAMED without work, living upon past
sayings and the hope. constantly dc.
fcrrntI,. that the mill would start
NJ. again. The wages paid out by these
mills were 5000 y week. which was OK
pended In this village. For the nine
months u business has lost S2l6, go.
Every merchant, gr0ceryman, savings
bank and business man felt at once this
sudden blow ut our prosperity, and the
strain has been increasing every month
since the mills were stopped. No one has
escaped the influence OF this blight. 1t
has depressed the value OF all real estates,
niss'S reduced ap The sale ies Of farm n'i proda "ass AMI
Rslcd tho town with anxiety, gloom and
suffering.
Discussing the economic lessons which
the experience of North Adams teaches.
the Transcript saye:
~ AsVVbAtC COPesASAAy 0hsV 1NbSCItOUu VI
the free traders Is that the tariff creates a
privileged class OF manufacturers. and
chiefly benefits this class at the expense OF
the mass OF the people. This Is an entire
m-iscOuccptiOn OF the relations and results
OF . great industry. A prosperous indus
try, while IT returns = proper income upon
the capital, bicsses and benefits every
man, woman and child in the community.
II gives employment to labor at the highest
wages paid In the world; its disbnrsc-
mcnts OF wages go into every store. shop,
market and place Of business: the surplus
wages 80 into savings banks, into cottages
and homes, and the education OF children.
The farmer OF the vicinity finds
his best market near hts doors,
q tho gates Of the cotton. wooden,
benefit OF d great industry the owner reaps
tho smallest portion, while the q earn
ers and the body OF consumers, and the
people reap the rest. Besides, the indus.
TRIAL mills huild up the village, create the
business blocks, erect the handsome
houses, build schUo:s and churches, and
raise the price aud value Of al real estate.
What would North Adams DO without
and struggling our industries were before
the war and before the Morrill, tariff came
20 establish them on stable foundations?
North Adams owes all its growth, progress
md prosperity to protection, that has
guarded and developed 0ur industries and
shielded our labor against the pauper and
prison labor OF Europe.
The Transcript closes it's editorial
comment by pointing out that the Il.
bofer even more than the manufacturer
benefits BY the protective tariff. as
g when the immediate demonstration
following the removal Of duties on for.