The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-09-07


plain that this I'd In law has not imposed bur.
dens but has conferred bench upon the FAR
mer and the workingman
The Production OF Tin.
The official returns to the treasury de,,art.
ment OF the production of tin and tirene
plates In the United States during the Iasf ffs-
cal year show total production OF 1879. .s52
pounds, and q comparison of the first ouarfer,
s26.9 2 pounds, with the last, 500 900 pounds
shows the rapid development of the industry.
Over a,Oup.NU pounds during the last quarter
were made from American black plates. the
remainder from foreign plates. Mr.. Aver. the
treasury agent In cha ge. estimates al d result
OF careful inquiry that the production at the
currentyear will be 10000. 100 pounds and that
by the end Of the year our production will be
% the rate Of 1000 pounds per annum.
Pearl Sutton Industry.
Another industry that has been practically
reated by the NJ Kelley bill is tile making OF
pearl buttons. Few articles .oming to us from
broad We're so distinctly tho product OF st~rv-
alton .wrges. But without undnly extending
this letter cannot follow in detail the infln-
encss Of the tariff law Of 1870. IL has trans
planted several important industries and ss-
tablished them here and has revived or en-
larged ail Others. The act gives TO the miners
protection against foreign silver bearing ores
the free introduction of which threatened .
states AMI TO wool growers protection to their
fleece and disastrous dec ine Tie house Of
representatives at its last session passed bills
placing tne wool upon the free list. Pe0pleOf
the West viii know how
Destructive TO Their Prospects
these measures would be. The tariff law has
given employment to many Thousand Ameri-
can men and women aud win each year give
employmentto increasing thousands. Its re-
and give work to others only ut reducs d wages.
Shrewedly. but not quite fairly, our adversar-
les sp ak only of the increased duties imposed
on linen, pearl buttons and other articles by
the Mckinley bill, and admit altogether any
reference to the great and beneficial enlarge
rnent Of the free list During the last fiscal
year S455.G0,77s worth OF merchandise, or o5.35
per cent. OF our total imports, came In free tthe
largest percentage In our history, while In 1850
the percentage of importations was only 3k-42
per cent. The placing Of sugar upon the free
List has saved to the consumer In duties In If
teen months after paying the bounties pro-
vided for, ss7,00G.0oo.
The Coinage Question.
The resolution of the convention La favor Of
the bimetalism declares, / think, the true and
necessary conditions OF movement that has
upon these lines my cordial adherence and
support. am thoroughly convinced that the
free coinage Of silver at such q ratio to gold is
VIII maintain the equality in the commercial
uses of the two coined dollars would conduct
70 the prosperity OF all the greet producing
and commercial nations Of the world. The
only essential condition Ia that these dollars
shall have and retain an equal acceptabflity
and use In all commercial transactions. They
are not only medium of exchange, but q
measure of values, and when two UNEQUAL
measures are called In law by the same name
commerce is unsettled and confused and the
unwary and ignorant are cheated. Dollars Of
unequal commercial value wilt not induce to
our prosperity. The true interest OF eli our
people and especially Of the farmers and work
ing people who cannot closely observe the
money market is that every dollar paper or
coin. issued or authorized by the government
shall at all times aid In All it's uses by the ex-
act equivalent. not o. ly In debt paying. but In
purchasing powers Of any other dollar I am
quite sure that tx we should now act upon this
subject independently Of other nations, we
would greatly promote their interests and in
jure our own.
An Honest ballot.
The power OF the states over the question of
the qualification OF electors Is ample to protect
them against the dangers of an ignorant or de-
praved suffrage, and the demand that every
man found TO be qualified under the law shall
be made secure in the right 10 cast q free ball
i)t and to have that ballot honestly counted
cannot be abetted. These new politi-
cal movements In the states and the re-
cent decisions Of some of the state courts
against Unfair apportionment laws encourage
the hope that the arbitrary partisan election
laws and practices that nave prevailed may be
corrected by the states, the laws made eoual
and nom parti an. and the elections free and
honest. The Republican party would rejoice
at such . solution.
OF Henelit to Farmers.
The considerate attention Of the farmers of
the whole country Ii invited to the work done
through the state aud asricultura depart
ments In the interest OF agriculture Our pork
products had for ten years been nearly ex-
Guided oy the great continental nations of
Europe. AL previous efforts to secure the re-
noval OK these restrictions had failed But
the wise legislation Of the Fifty-frst congress
providing for tbs inspection and official GER
tincates OF our meat and giving the president
power 10 forbid the Introduction into the
country OF produces OF such coun, ries az
should continue TO refuse TO receive our meats
enabled us to open all the markets OF Europe
70 our pork products. The results has been not
only 70 sustain prices by providing new mar
kets for our surplus, but to add - cents per
~ po nds to the market value OF the in
spected meats. Under the reciprocity agree
ments special favors have been secured
For Agricultural Products
and exports OF such produces have been
greatly increased with prospect of q further
AND rapid increase. The agriculture depart
ment has maintained In Europe an agent
whose duty It u to introduce the various prep
arations Of corn as ARTICLES of food, and his
work has been very sutcessful. Tho depart
ment has also sent skilled ycterinarians 10
liverpool TO examine In connection with the
British veterinarians the live cattle from the
United States landed at that port and the re-
suit Ia connection with sanitary measures
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