The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-16
Saturday. December IL. 1873.
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% II will not surprise the readers Of The
Helena Independent much to note tl"'
il is changing its opinion or rather the
expression of opinion as rapidly asp"9
sible in regard To the effects OF the WI
son tariff on Montana, for whereas d
month or 50 or = it was pronounced
in the opinion that free Wool was an an
solute benefit to the wool growers OF this
.,a,e il is now SO doubtful on that point
AS to believeit possible for IA man TO be a
good Democrat and not favor the
changes proposed by Mr.. Wilson is res
meet To any of these items the items
referred to being. lead. lumber, o ana
w%oolens. As we have said. ithis hange
will not surprise anybody for since tle
independent blindly proclaimed mat
the blessings Of free wool were earhes'i!
desired by the olgrowers OF this stale
il has heard from the wool growers on
both sides OF the political fence ana
found them universally opposed to the
Democratic tariff policy. More recently
il has heard from Sam Hauser IN regard
IN the free lead section of the Wilson
hill. Mr.. Hauser is interested IN pro
ducing lead and he finds that the Demo-
cratic tariff policy on lead will put him
And all others engaged in silver-lead
mining m this country. at SO great
q disadvantage when brought IN COM
netit,on with the peon labor products OF
Mexico that they must quit or reduce
yage to the peon standard. Conse-
~suently Mr.. Hauser is ~outspoken IN MS
opposition to free lead and to rob ms eS'
p~ressions of any appearance OF seinsh,
ness. he couples with them a qualiheo
remonstrance against free wool.
Now right here is a plain demonstra
tion of one of the claimed benefits OF tht
MCKINLEY bill-viz. the protection ol
American labor-for although 1t VIII pe
Impossible to reduce the Of thi'
country 10 a level to compete with MeSl
co and Australia. it is now quite eViaeh
that some reduction must be made els
the wool growers and mine owners mus
90 out of business. When the sheep her
der who under the Mckinley bill go
t43 per month. is compelled to accep
sA under the Wilson bill. he will hay,
no difficulty in deciding which party !
TO blame for the reduction: the sam
with the shearer who is cut from eigh
cents TO five. and with the miner who
docked in a like proportion. Durlni
the campaign the laborlng man and III
tin bucket. and his highly taxed breah
fast table were matters OF great concer
to the Democrats. They proposed ne
only to give him more for his labor, hu
to give him more for the money that =
had To expend for hissubsistencc. iio'
is it now. that the party j. in full poWe
TO redeem all It's pledges. This rs now
is. Instead Of work being plenty. "a ma
is in big luck if he can find anything |
do, Instead Of getting more for his ado
he is getting less. his tin bucket will COZ
lust as much. and the grateful party thu
he has elevated to power proposes
make his breakfast table a little MOI
costly by increasing the tariff on all II
necessaries. To confuse the publ
mind in regard to these conditions an
To lead unthinking people away frol
the true cause. such papers as the lie
ena Independent. the Butte Miner an
Others of the same ilk are III the hab
Of hypocritically asserting You cann'
lay this depression Of business and the
low prices and this prostration of lab
to the Democrats. for Lord bless yor
they haven't done a thing yet: v
are still living under the beneticent /
tuences Of the Mckinley bill and
these things are chargeable to IL" tn
is Just how honest these fellows ar
They know that not once in ten tim
, will any reputable newspaper was
space in denying such twaddle, b
with il they hope and expect to reat
the ignorant and u%nthinking citizen wi
will say ..B'gosh that's so! The Mckinl'
bill is in force yet, and it must be respo
sible as they say" 1t is o. bad thatthe
are a few such fools in the world. b
thank God there are only a few, and
the Independent and the other dem
cratic papers keep on being converted
the protection doctrine, they will by d
grees grow less.