Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-10-06
&MASTER MIND.
SENATOR JUSTIN S. MORRILL, ON The
TARIFF.
rhe Veteran Statesman Gives a Clear
Expression or Views on This Most I'm
rortart Feature OF the Campaign.

expression CT Views on This Most I'm
portrait Feature Of the Campaign.
Hon. Justin S. Morrill,. The autbor of
the tariff Of 1851 and perhaps the best
posted on that subject ef all our United
States senators saw Aldrich. of Rhode
Aiane, has contributed to the Septem.
Der number Of The North America, re-.
Tswaa admirable history Of the efforts
SO trade.
for the last generation the plelancholy
histoTy Of the party has been so eouiy-
ocaI and desperate, and the platform
ootchery of its leaders so sterile Of Non
plar favor, that they are now ready to
fenounee all former p-retensiops of love
Tor the men of home industries. as we'll
as ali regard for the general welfare ~
q native lGnd. They would even ofTer
unconditional free trade to orr erast
British rival rather than reciprocity To
h South American republics.
The democratic party of The north
purchases its alliance with the solid
south by the surrender of all rrotection
TO American industries and a tame sub.
mission to the precise terms Oh the late
loved and lost Confederate constitution
which. after the grant of the bower 70
lay and collect taxes and duiies com.
clndes as follows.
"butno bounties shall be granted from
the treasury, nor shall any dutias q,
taxes on importations from foreign ma.
tens lie laid to promote or foster any
branch of industry"
us unnecessary to say that this Con.
federate prohibition, or anything like II
Is not 10 be found in the constitution OF
the United States, and yet the Demo.
cratic party Is cow pledged to enforce
and give 1t practical validity through.
4 The Union, though it is merely a
Tree trade ghost supposed to haunt the
original Confederate states. where II
once foE-ad an ~unhonored grave.
For a whole century the American on.
enlargement of the mechanical arts and
manufactures has generally prevailed.
ms encouragement has absorbed in
liked investments the greater part of the
surplus capital of the country. Outside
OF those engaged in agriculture il has
given remunerative employment 10 the
largest number of American working.
men, skilled and life trained in the arts
and manufactures, and whose roducts
surpaSs in annual amount those of any
other people
The Democratic party PROPOSES that
all this shall be suddenly changed and
have no consideration. The issue they
tender in the coming national contesti Is
that American capital and American
labor shall have nc more protection than
foreign capital and foreign labor. II
Americans viii not work as cheaply as
foreign artisans, they must hold the
Plow and hoe and no longer f~raternize
with steam engines, bat banish fioia
their homes all the labor saving ma
chinery to which they have given birth.
and for which they have tie highest
aptitCdes.
For the last ten years it is believed
that $4,000, 600 have been annually taken
from northern states and invested in
manufactures in the so called new
SOUTH Tie Democratic policy of free
t9ade would contiscate all such irremov.
able investments as remorselessly d.
those Of earlier birth and OF infinitely
greater magnitude in northern and
western states, and as entitled by the
free trade creed TO no better treatment
than that Of aliens and enemies.
Laboring men may be told, as they
We're last year told by Mr.. Gladstone,
that we shonld net have mills and fac.
tories to produce yarn and cloth which
could be had cheaper abroad" but this
would compel the great multitudes now
employed in mills and factories to
change their vacations to that of increas-
ing the crops Of cotton, corn and wheat.
reducing the prices of such crops for
the benefit of foreign purchasers.
Free trade builds up a few great cities
on the seashore and creates millionaires
in foreign trade. 1t depopulates the
rural districts, and has nothing but lip
service TO offer those who toll for their
daily bread. 1t would give to the latter
the dearer cost of living and the u per
cent. less Of wages which free trade in
EnslaL | offers to those who labor. 1t
already ~reioices at every calamity which
grieves home industries, and would make
II imports always to exceed our ex-
ports, keep us always IN DEBT and always
poor.
Republicans believe that our govern
meut should have great and noble pur-
poses beyond the mere power to levy
and collect taxes. They also hold that
every heart beat Of political parties
should be IN harmony with the hum of
diversified and universal industry, and
that the political parties should contrib
ute by their patriotism, faith and good
works TO make our country great and
prosperous-great in political institu-
lions, great ia the wealth of its intellec-
tual, moral and material achievements.
The Latin-American countries have
been buying over s5Oo. coo, 600 worth Of
i'm ports from Europe annually in tae past
few years. The European exporters admit
that the United States is going to take this
trade away from them, as they cannot
compete with the farmers and manufac-
turer- of his country under the advan-
taEes we get by way of reciprocity
Are the farmers of the great grain