The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-06-25
dcnounce 'he policy which fosters no in
dust y so much as it does that of the

Trtde terchnngc On il basis Of recip.
rocnl advantages to the countries pdrtici-
pating Is II time honored doctrine 6f tile
democra ic faith, but we denouuce with
shame tile reciprocity which iuggles with
the peoples desire for enlarged markets
and frecr exchanges by pretending to es-
tnblish closer trade relations for d co,in-
try whose articles Of export are almost ex-
elusiysly agricultural products with
other countries that ale also agricultural,
while erecting cu,tom house barriers Of
prohibitive tariff taxes against the richest
countries iii the world that stand ready to
take our entire surplus products and eX-
chnngc therefor commodities which are
the necessaries and comforts Of life
among our people.
We recognize in the trusts and combin-
atoms which are designed to secure more
than their share of the joint product of
cnpitnl ind labor the natural con sequence
of prohlh-tive taxes which prevent free
c mpetition, which Is the life of honest
trade, but we believe their worst cyi can
be abated by law, aud we demand the
rigid enforcement Of the laws made to
prevent mud control them, together with
such further legislation In restraint of
their abuses US experience may slow To
be necessary.
The republican party, while protesting
apolicy of reserving the public land for
smnll holdings Dy actual settlers, has
Civ away the peoples heritage till now
IL few railroads nnd nonresident aliens,
individual and corporate, possess, " larger
area than that of all the farms between
the two seas. The last democratic ad-
ministrntion reversed the improyident
and unwise policy of the republican party
touching the public domain and reclaimed
ON corporations and syndcntes,
alien and domestic, and restored to the
people near y l01,e0 900 acres of valuable
n,,I ff,1 l,af, a l.
for our citizens; nnd we pledge ourselves s
to continue this policy until cvery acre of
land SO unlawfully held shall be reclaimed
and restored to the people
We denonnce the republican legislation
known Us tho Sherman act of 1890 rs IL
cowardlv makeshift fraught with possibll-
tiles of danger In the future which should
make all It's supporters. as well as its au-
thor, anxious for its speedy repeal. We
hold to the use of both gold and silver as
the standard money Of the country and to
the coinage of both gold and silver with.
out discriminating against either metal or
n charge for mintage, but the dollar unit
of coinage for both metals must be equal
in intrinsic and exchangeable value or ad.
justed through international grecment
or by such safeguards of Legislation as
shall insure the maintenance of the par
ity between the two meals and the equal
power of every dollar mt all times in the
market and in the payment of debts; and
We demand that paper currency be kept
ut par With and rcdeemable in such coin.
We insist upon this policy MS especially
necessary for the protection of the farm
rs and lnboring classes, the first and
most defenseless victims of unstable
money md fluctlnting currency.
We recommend that the prohibito 10
per cent tax on state bank issues bo re-
pcaled.
Public Office is public trust. We reaf-
firm the declaration of the democratic mo-
tional convention of 1876 for reform in the
civil service aud call for the honest en-
forcement of all laws regulating tho same
The nomination of.a president, rs in the
recent republican convention, by delega-
tions composed largely Of his nppointees,
holding Office at his pleasure, is n scanda-
loua satire upon free popular institutions
nnd a startling illustration of the meth
ods by whlch the president mny crafty
his ambition We denounce the policy
under which federal ofaceholders usurp
| the control OF party conventions In states