Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-12-18

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Doy charley.
The siaux City IvurnaI pAhlished
the following jAtefview with
Psrkins i{Mslville d. LAndon), ths
we'll known lecturer AID humorisl.
.Oh the Omaha train 1or sioux
City to-day was Congressman Mills,
Of Texas. With him was his byirhs
little boy, who had besn in ! Min
neap0lis school. The little fellow
was bright a. llis father, but did not
seem ~ know anything about the
fallacies Ut politics. He was ready
Ia atswer all questions, and hia ~
tutences axtonished even his father.
Il asked Mr.. Mills i'll might ask
the little fellow some questions and
note his quick schoolboy answers.
Certainly said tho genial con-
gresham, go ahead and you will
find Charley bright enough 10 an-
swer anything
"'And you won't interrupts rs?' |
aeked.
Certainly not
snow, Charley, i said, calling the
bright little fellow up 10 me, I'm
going 10 ask some hard questions,
harder than cube root, and l don't
believe = little fellow 12-year old
can answer them.
81 reckon | CAM said The proud
little Texan.
well, Charley I snid,s II you
lived in q town where all the people
sent over 10 the next townto buy all
their things, what would DO the
effect?'
"'Why,' said Charley, 'our ,ner.
chants would all he poor, for all our
money would 80 away, wouldn't it2
We'd all he poor, sure.'
fright, Charley / said, Now
how would it affect 4 nation that
was digging 4lO0,ON.O00 out of the
ground and raising 43O0,OO0,NN
worth Of cotton, and e3O0,OO0,OOO
worth Of wheat il it sent this gold
and cotton and wheat over to other
nations and traded them for store
, pay like gloves and silks and linen
and tin and sugar.
"'Why. we'd be poor like the
, town, Of course
"'Yes, Charley said. But sup
! pose our nation made its own sugar
: and linen and tin and wine aud KEEP,
its $lOO,OOO,OOO dug out Of The
mountains aud sold it, tobacco and
cotton for gold?'
), "'.Nhy,it would make our nation
awful rich, wouldn't it?' said Char
: ley. -. :,
"'Yes, my boy l said, it would.
"'Again, Charley, suppose oul
country had kept tlOO,OO0.O00 o
gold aud sold over $500 100000 o
cotton and wheat and tobacco To-
money for thirty years, how mucI
wealth would We have in this coun
try3
why, said Charley, figuring OF
piece Of paper,swe would have owe
34O,OW,0N'.OO0. But why didn't ",
keep it? Why don't we manufac
ture our own things? Amt we neve
going to manufactur them?'
Eyes / said, we are trying now
! Now, Charley | continued, 'suppos'
they are paying 60 cents per day I,
! poor lalorers Of Europe for maxim,
knives and silk cloth aud tin, ant
8 the freight is only 10 cents ahun
!, dred, and our wOrkmen we're max
:, ing q a day here, what would on
= workmen 40 If we had Free Trade?
".Why, they would have TO worl
for the same wages that they do i,
Europe plus the freights. Ofcourse
any one can zee that, can't they
father? and Charley looked up a
the father vt the Mills bill.
"'But, Charley, il we put on
} protective Tariff of about 80 per cent
against these European things mad,
Ivy cheap labor, how would tina
effect our laboring men?'
"sWhy, we would pay them NOR
wages, Of course that's plain as day.
"'Then, harley, what do W,
gain by putting a Protective Tarii
against European manufacturer
"'Why, then We have to max,
them here. We pay big wages ant
0 keep our money home; any fool Cal
see that, can't they, pap
! Here, Charley, said Congress
man Mills, taking off his glasses ane
wiping them with an American ban
dana, let me ask you aquestion now.
".Don't you see all the paupel
laborers of Europe coming over here
Charley? Now, my son,how can ".
Keep them back?' why papa, ".
.ould take offthis Tariff couldn't we
and our wages would 60 down al
low as theirs, our factories would
stop and their factories would star,
up, and they wouldn't want to come
here, would they? They wouldn,t
want to come here, papa, if oul
wsges weren't higher than theirr,
would they?'
".Mr. Mills didn't answer, but
: went into the smoking Car to think.
"'While he was gone / asked
Charley what he thought would be
the effect Of putting Tariff Of Is
against the wheat, corr, rye oats. bar.
) ley and potatoes raised in Canada in
. . country twelve times a large as
Dakota.
"sIt will keep that stuff back,
won't it. said Charley and raise the
price here?'
"tAnd how will that affect the
price Of land, Chariey?'
"'Why. better prices for wheat
would make shat 90 up. too. and l
heard a farmer telling papa this
morning that the land all over Iowa