The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
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Marked Discord Between the Edi.
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ing that be was thousand times more of
free trader than Grover Cleveland, that
a two years residence in Europe led him
to make this confession. This statement
attracted the notice of Mr.. +. d. Norton,
who was formerly minister, but on ac-
count of ill-health was forced to leave the
pulpit, and in an article to the Milwaukee
Sentinel he docs Mr.. Parkhurst up" IN
pretty good shape, his answer being a.
follows:
1.-The Methodist denomination is so
largely made of the working classes,
whose prosperity depends upon diversified
industries and good wages, that ii seems
unnatural to hear their preachers advocate
free trade. But it is not long since the
reverend editor of one of the leading
organs of this church publicly advocated
AS remedy for the evils Of immigration
that We adopt the free trade ideas OF the
democratic party so as to bring the United
States to a level with European countries
and TO remove all inducement TO foreign
ers to come TO this counrty' We cannot
but admire his candor In adrc tting that
the free trade or tariff reform policy of
the democrats would speedily render even
this fertile and favored land an undesir.
able refuge for the poor and oppressed vt
Europe.
hurst, of Milwaukee, who states that he
wa, changed from u protectionist to ali
out and out free trader by residence of
two and one-haf years abroad, where he
saw the bllghting influences of protection;
that high tariff men are given to person
alitles and statements OF untruths; that the
liquor question Is the great IL sue; that the
pauper labor of Europe is caused by the
drink of Europe; that the average work.
man, if temperate and Industrious Is as
we'll of in Great Britain "a in the United
States; that the tariff is not mentioned in
the Bible and is contrary to Its brotherv
spirit; that it is all the same with the
farmer whether his market be at home or
abroad; that our prosperity is due to our
cheap lands rather than our tariff aud
that we should take some years to let
down prices and saye business from bank
ruptcy.
Now we write not SO much to criticise
the belief of these men as the reasons they
give for their belief and because 20 many
preachers and Christian men, misled by a
superficial philanthrophy. utterly fail to
give the question of labor its supreme
ranx among material issues No wonder
the principles of the Bible, which are
the only key to the highest material sue
cess, take so little hold upoa the working
classes.
The labor question towers above all
other material questions as the mountain
abos. the valley, for il is God himself
who has ordained that We must work to
live To place the liquor traffic, great as
its evils are, or any other material issue
above this, Is simply to reverse the Law of
God. Surely the petition for daily bread
in the Lords prayer is neither mockerS
al,
can b,st answer this prayer for his people
becomes the greatest Of men. Alas, that
so few are able TO give daily bread to their
people. John Morley says that nearly half
the men o. Great Britain who reach the
age OF 6O get on the poor rates some time
in their lives. And outsid. this million
OF paupers there Is always another million
on the ragged edge of starvation, but re-
fusing to be enrolled as paupers; and no
wonder; for over the doorway of every
British workhouse the man who has a
spark of manhood left may read, Those
who enter here surrender all hope fit
motto for the portals Of hell.
Why a visit TO Europe should convert
preacher to free trade we cannot say,
but this We know, that thousands of Eng
lisnmen whom free trade has driven to the
United States, have here been soundly
converted to the doctrine of protection to
our useful industries. We cite the case of
matchmaker, now holding leading po
sition with one of our largest watch com
panies-a man whom the industries OF any
nation could ill afford to lose. Besides
years and ten months without penny OF
pay to learn his trade, and all for the
privilege OF seeing himself and his indus
try kicked out of the kingdom by Richard
CObden's free trade n, form movement
In his DO, hood England made the watches
of the world, and good workman got S3
day. But the machinery of Switzerland
and the United States began to take ner
trade, and even skilled woI kmen found il
,, hard to earn 81 day They petirioned
and fairly begged parliament to arrest the
desperate decln" OF their industry. But
al! the aid thy got was the advice OF
Prof. Bonamy Price and other apostles OF
the British gospel, that those who stick
to n de, aging industry mnst be allowed to
- go to the poorAouse.' Those who had the
means emiarated to projected lanrs and
some accepted the kindly advice Of Prof.
Price and went to the poorhouse, Eng
land now makes less watches In year
than Egin alone produces in two months.
The poy VINO enters the American factory
earns over Si 900 during the time that our
English 10y worked for nothing Even
girls earn more than skilled men in EGG
4 land, whit. men receive the hig hest W: g"s
or any industry and at the same time our
factories sell u better watch fer $40
than England sold Us for $50 under tree
trade.
During the past year the British pan
lament refused 10 raise the limit OF child
labor in factories from II to Is years, as
both France and Germany had one, and
leading sta'eswen were touni to argue
against il for the reason that it would im.
! peril the rrotls and existence Of ilei. cot.
ton industry.
The life Of one child is worth more In
Gods sight than all the wealth of the Eug'
lish empire, and however much men may