The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-04-06


The advocates u sSsssi / staxatlon are al.
Hiasd ,I.ns y Into s. two sess eesn schools e
and only diGef IS IS tks Kind Of tarifi to
Democratic school. advocates tariff for
revenue only; the other. the Republican
seSnooi. sS advocatcs tariR for revenue and
also protection. A revenue tarin has no
othsr save revenue. A protective tariff.
while raising all needed revenue, ia ever
mindful that the taxes imposed shall be
npoa .in.a those foreign products which will
most encourage domestic production and
rest most lightly upon the consumer. The
revenue tarir is unmindful Of the develop.
me.a nratao,,a ana prosperity Of our country. The
the needs Of the treasury always in view,
steadily Keeps In mind our own people. A
revenue tariff seeks out articles Of prime
necessity, often such al We can not pro.
the subject Of taxation. :rhe senate has
Just introduced an amendment to the vii.
son Dill winch liz q striking Illustration Of
reyenue tafin. 1t takes sugar, an article
and home, from the free list and Dlaccs ir
upon the dutiable list
A Revenue Tariff
WI \. raise revenue for time at least, but
l,roteetloa seeks out those articles OF for:
ana p%ts SASa ar " ueen esn Pseanee pse
while every importation 81 such articles
Prodqccs Pre-. revenue which goes into the trens-
illestic production antl sustains and defends
our domestic, enterprises. SO long us VIC
nave to use the taxing power. why not use
WHAT s oTn sne psSipf ssip aRa
.@s ana sSS tdifiasa1y dissSai
nS mt
opnortgnitX for capital and labor to earn
money! Why tax foreign article wa.ch
W., We cannot produce rather than one which
mestic industry; in the latter our tariffs
discriminate against the foreign and in
favor OF the home product. A tariff levied
lmportations-that Is what It Is made for,
and when such a tariff Is levied on articles
the like Of which We produce at home. it
Ing them of the home market which Justly
belongs to them. A revenue tariff encour-
ages no home enterprises; 1t supplies EN-
takes employment from him because in the
encouragement OF foreign importatioIs 1t
,iiminishes dim @ the demand for American prod
demand ,L,n for American products. It timin-
ducsr The use Of foreign article, which
me- MS less use or no use Of Il like domestic
article. So long as labor II cheaper In Eu-
ropa and conditions are lower there than
here. u free trade or a revenue tariff upon
competing goods tends either to destroy do.
nestle production or to levrl labor and
every other condition to the foreign stand
American shop. the American workingman,
to American prosperity and American m
a,ns,ra iasnhis,cs Il has s, mot not single
,na ; treasars IS its chief n%d exclusive % con. N
corn. 1t has no other. II Is 4 sure pre- pr,
'"pi F"rer%nner ore Of Hard Times. "'
It. is without III , single worthy triumph IN
! United states excite neither our respect
page IN our history. Its record has been one
debteslness and universal want among the
What part shall you. my fellow-conntry-
questions: May we not hope that the spirit
Of Justice an.l patriotism which animnted
you In the critical days Of tn, the . past when
freedom In the great contest with the slave
power may still inspire you to even mightier
effort In behalf of the fundamental princi-
trinl Independence and prosperity? Standing
before this vast assenhnge, I recall the
words af William II. Seward. spoken to the
people at st. Paul Oh Sept. ls. 1860, when
he said:
must reside in the Northwest. t. On both sides
Of this stream are the people who hold In
their hands the destinies Of the republic.
That some great states are to he built up In
the. wiley Of the Mississippi I know. You
will no longer hear hereafter Of the old
nominl9n State:' dominion passed away from
Virginia long ago. rennsylyanIa T. no longer
arch Inns been extended from the Atlantic
coast TO the Pacific ocean, and the center of
the arch IL
Moved Westward.
"a new keystone Is to be built in that
arch. New York will cease to be the En-
pirc State anl new Empire state will
grow up IN a Northern latitude, where the
lands IRE rich and where the people who
@GMltivates cult them are all free and all equal.
Fundamental principles Of the government.
that state which shall be most faithful ani
most vigorous In developing and pcrfecting
The new DoMinio! state. the new keystone
The question for which the great New
York STATESMAN. spoke SO elnrli.ntIy has
pleaded nnd prayed u might be; settled In
consequence Of the decrees Of the great
campaign \; In which he srokr: settled BY the
sr snaSr nsn f0s ses MS in he esrra staks s jasss @
for freedom and mankind. Citizenship is
no longer unequal and every man il free
hcnca,h the flag. The differences existing
then are no longer present TO impede the
progress and unity Of the republic. or to
stand between us In the realization of Its
highest interests: Now oil sections rad NIL
have a common and glorious citizenship:
all like interest in the lrrma lency aIid
progress of the Union. The liberty for
the Union saved stronger and better than
ever. The virtue which is 5, ADVANCE tie
nation now free to its highest destiny and
(, Northwest alone. hut In the pa,;,le of every
part OF our common country. :he North
| west can be relied upon n)w and In tie
future. as In the Dast. to Hontrhn:e To- the
onward march Of the best government on
the face Of the earth