Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-23

more than sionmo.onI every year to meet tho
current obligations of the government. a
million Of dollars must he raised every twenty
four hours. Now there are two kinds of tariff.
the one projected taritt. advocated by the Re
publican party. The other is the tariff for
revenue only. advocated by the Democratic
party. Either the protective or the revenue
;arii. will provide the money requisite TO.
public luri "-t.,. hut Il revenue tariff will do
nothing else h,: raise revenue. 1t is Il tariff
which excludes every other consideration bus
revenue. i. turns I; deaf ear to the lalor and
the wages aud industries of the country. i
protective TART! performs the further service
ut protecting ANA defending and encouraging
ant: 81 stimulating the industries and energies of
orr uwN people.
Tile ,aritl on that pitcher is 10 per cont. i.
was pm: there not alone for revenue hut alsoto
huilc III, and protect the great industry of pot
j; la successfully done ii. We have got under
the tarl" o! 40 per cent. the most splendid pot
terry industries that can he found anywhere i'll
che world. and We are supplying II large share
of the american market to-day. and giving e,n-
lioy:ncnt 10 thousands of American working
men. ant. We are giving I" the American con-
ever had before. Sixty per cent. encourages
:lic hone reduction Of it. That is VIVA. it
WIS lu. Their. tor. put il there myself.
There Is not an article of hardware there Is
not an article ot wool or cotton. there Is not
an article %. iron. .!.cre is no; an article of
glass ar pottery tina. has not been cieapcnei
To the American consumer by domestic manu-
%t:ictur'. made possible by n protective tariff.
l;ut. my tc!low-citizens they say this pro-
ttNtlNt tNIi!l X u ruIucu upon tuc AIutTIVHII
people. There is not n man in Indiana who
know there is amy such thing as a protective
iarlis law tom any personal experience of
his OWE OF t!ic burdens of Il protective tariff
not one. There is not IL man or woman iii In
,.ian;s vii" does nor know there is Il protective
taiiif from the blessings that he experiences
U.ld.r t!ia: system. Well. IL man is not sery
much hu,t j! lie has To .e told ahou; il. IL is
the business of tile Democratic leaders this
wear 10 ioi,' cut Low you are suffering. We
have been m!der Il protective tariff Tor more
than tiiirt:-ome Years. In that time we have
tough! oMv OF liz, mig!.ticst rctcllioas in his
tory. si,c,.i millions and billions nj dollars
making one elor:ious debt. and vet. since ls7o.
we have paid off more than two Thousand
millions u that e!ebt. and less than Il thou
sand millions remain. Has it burdele! the
States: IN less than twenty wears the taxa
tion in this state has been lie iuce,i "a per cent.
Has Ii hurd,'led the counties and municipali-
tics: In twenty years the taxation has ncen
diminished n per cent. the debts o. the state,
and debts OF tn. municipalities and the debts
of the counties Ii i've fallen from - to 20 per
cent. i'll less than twenty years. and so tar as
the individual! is concerned we never were so
prosperous III all our history az we are to-day.
As understand ii. il is the purpose of this
lMeeting 10 laN and the object lesson which