The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-08-03
Ouicksiiver and Fish.

nuhCkAiiver and Fish.
During the latter part Of June when the
tariff bill was running its course in the
Senate successful effort was made by
Senator Lodge to take quicksilver from
the tree list where it had been placed by
the Democratic House The quicksilver
mines are all i'll California, but are large
~ owned in Boston. The Rothschilds
nave a monopoly on all quicksilver mines
not III this country and would fix a price
II our mines were closed. as they would
ne II the Democratic policy should pre-
vail. II quicksilver had been retained on
the tree list no mine in the country could
have been operated then the Boston
mines would have closed and the Roths-
chlids would have controlled the entire
output Of quicksilver in the world and
have established the price. And i has
been the Democratic policy to do what
the Rothschilds desire, just as it has been
70 obey the demands of the Hayemeyer
Sugar trust.
another surrender the Democrats made
70 foreign interests was to permit the "a
nadlans to import their fish to the Unit
ed States free, which would not only in.
]ure the fishermen of the East but would
degrade the flag. Senator Hoar who bas
made such a brilliant and consnic,ous
record all through the memorable tariff
oeDate. made singularly cogent and ad
mlraDle statement in which the rigging
OF the New England fishermen was do
hned, and the unpatriotic Democratic a.
tempt 70 rob them Of their rights and
the wages OF labor was exposed. II was
UNDERSTOOD at the time that the amend
,nent 10 the tariff bill to open the mar
hets OF TINS country to free fish was !,
accordance with the Instructions "f thu
admlhistratlon, proceeding directly from
the secretary of the treasury. Mr.. Hoar
gave the Democratic senator's tn ,nda.
stand that if they insisted mon naa.;no.
the amendment the tariff bill! would M,
90 through the Senate this summer and
u was therefore withdrawn.
Facts Showing tho Industrial D.v.,.
ment of the South Since 1881.
A few days ago the Southern Exch.n
association held meeting at Ralt;,mass
at which X. II. Edmonds, editor of the
MahuIacturers WI, Record. made n speech on
The Industrial Progress Of the South
Since 1880 The speech So imnressaa ,,ptta ~ !
association that the officers were instrnat, ~,
ed to send copies OF it to all Southern com
mercial bodies, transportation bodies ;m
mlgrauOn companies, industrial organize.
tlons. and other corporations. Trnlv d.,
the South rise Phoenix like from tha
waste created by the war a victory .oniv
possible uNQer protection.
The following interesting facts "a 70
Wnat protection has done for the South
are taken from Mr.. Edmonds' speech.
The North, stimulated into great act;v.
lty by the war, found in the opening m &c
the West field for all its surplus canitaj
ana energy. creating an era of deyeon.
ment that up to that time had never hann
equaled in the worlds history. The v;onr
with which the business was pushed NAV
be judged from the fact that about one.
sixth OF all the Scandinavians in tho
world, or 2,OOO,OOO out Of 1000 OtW arc
now living in the Northwest. -
Under such conditions what has tha
South accomplished! Is ii able to show
one-half or even one-fourth Of the pros-
ress made by the country at LARGE Not
only can it show this, but it can prove
by census hgures despite all these disaa.
Sahtages, a rate OF growth unequaled by
even the West. Ii has demonstrated ~
the world that in iron. cotton and h,mha, ~
manufacture it is no longer a question ) :
70 whether the South can compete will
other sections, but it is 4 question as -
whether other sections can hold tha;,
own against the South. Southern cnt.an
mIlls practically monopolize tho coar,a
goods trade. and are rapidly nush;n. :, :. :.
the production Of finer goods. AIabaIna ,n,o =
is today making iron at less thon Se 70
per ton, ana able experts have lately ra,
ported that the Carvlinas can prodneo
.ne pesl sraies oi Bessemer iron for steei
making at less than SIS d ton. n JaSn
the South had total farm assnts - ~ y,
3l4.WO.OoO; by 1890 they had incraas-,, n-',
20 5.lS2 100000. m increase IN ~ se'l W
cent, while during the same nerioi IL
increase in all other states anl ths