Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-05-17
COST OF THE CHA
NEARLY THREE BILLIONS HAVE
BEEN LOST.
Democrats Sheer q. the Figureo, but They
Are Correct. Nevertheless Tariff Bll
No. 3 II y Triu mph of tho Trusts-Po-
lltfcal Notes.


SEuNOH !" SH0 ~~
Tho Democratic party was driven
from complete control OF this govern
ment nearly forty years ago, when a
weak President and a traitOrous tabl-
net left the country financially pros
trated and on the verge of bloody civil
war. 1t is most remarkable how the
financial conditions have repeated
them selves afte the lap 9 OF so many
years. The panic years OF ls5,
1858. toward the end of james Blu
chanan's term, are being duplicated in
the beginning of Grover Cieyelani's
term. at the c.ose Of which the Demo-
Gratis will be again driven from power.
There the similarity ceases. There
will not be q second civil war. The
Democratic panic years, 1856, and 1853,
eclipsed all previous records Of disaster
the country had known. The panic OF
ls3. was but a zephyr compared to the
Democratic cyclone OF 1857. Eut as
the Democratic panic of 1878 was to
that Of l.31. so is the Democratic panic
of 1881 to that Of 1858. The coun-
try has increased in population and
magnitude. and the Democratic party
in numbe: $ and in folly. Hence Is the
panic greater and the disaster more
widespread. If that was a cyclone.
this is a cataclysm.
The indemnity which Germany
wrung from France after the close of
the Franco-G German war was five
milliards OF francs, or one thousand
millions OF dollars. This is an enOr-
nous sum, But it is as nothing som
pared to the penalty paid by the
American PEOPLE for placing the Demo
CT ats in power. 1t is in the nature Of
things impossible to make accurate
figures on such an amount, but an at
tempt has been made by a statistician,
Mr.. Joseph X. Buchanan, and he has
published a series of elaborate tables
In a New York paper. These tables
fill columns OF fine type, and cannot be
reproduce | here, but some OF his totals
are of interest. He gives the number
of adult males in the United states as
l3,CCO,tO 90: Of these. 5000, 900 are in
agricultural pursuits, and l,0OJ.OO are
proprietors of various establishments.
This leaves 6,tOD.Oo0 male wage-work-
ers. OF these, 2,393, 900, according to
Mr.. Buchanan, are out OF work. lie
gives his figures, sources of informa-
ton, et,., all carefully classified ac-
cordiny to various occupations, He
gives the wages of the various callings,
percentage Of loss where wages have
been reduced, and amount of loss where
men are out OF work. He thus figures
up the loss of wages to workingmen
during the seven months beginning
with September. 1893, at the enor-
nous sum of nearly a billion of dollars
t. be exact. 1926, $40, AGO.
The shrinkage in wages alone is
about one.half the national debt. But
the tables go on. He compares the
prices paid for last years crop of
wheat, corn. cotton, oats, potatoes, and
rye: for last year output OF silver and
pig-iron at present prices for the
s%hrinkage in value Of stock exchange
securities, mortgage bonds. ETC.: and
adding the &c to the loss in wages al
read; given. he makes a total loss to
the American people. since the Demo-
cratic party ven into power, OF nearly
three billions of dollars-to Do exact,
s2.7l7. l9s, 56s. Demo rats may
at these figures, and call them
mathematical romancing. But they
are borne out by the figures of the
United States Government. ]ti de-
crease in revenue alone shows the OK
t%raordinary diminution in the pur-
chasing power of the American peo-
pie. tor the month Of January, the
dutiab.e imports were , 22Os, 1913,
again t $50. 300, 525 for the same month
in 1893, a decrease of about ~forty-four
per cent. The customs in
February decreased s6,5i6,GW COM
pared with last year. or thirty-eight
per cent. In articles OF luxury the de-
mand fell off over fifty per cent: in
partially manufactured articles, forty
800, .o- col M ~, lnuyp IA 1nfiahIn
articles of food. which fell of about
fifteen per cent.
IL there is any nation in the world
which is extravagant in the matter of
food. it is the American people. They
are more than cxtravagant-they are
luxurious. they are wasteful. Yet this
one item of decrease in the dutiable
fo-d supply shows that the Democratic
depression has affected even those cpl
curean Americans who must bring
Injuries from over seas; those who are
not satisfied with the %succulent canvas
backs. the sugar-cured hams, the Blue
Point and Lynn Haven oysters, the
porter-house steaks, the hog and hon.
my. the buckwheat cakes, the corn.
and wine. and oil which this fat and
juicy land OF ours produces, but must
import attic made from the livers OF
bloated Strasburg geese, ~leberwurst
made from the hepatic organs OF Ger
man swine, mortadella made from the
flesh Of Italian donkeys, and Lyons
sausages made from French heaven
knows-what. II these people feel the
pinch, what must others feel! Ii
Dives, who lives on pate de foie graS.
must %retrench, what shall happen Lag
anus. who lives on crumbs? Lazarus
must starve.
In the face OF the fact that the our
chasing power Of the American people,
and consequently the revenues of the
Government, are falling off in this
enormous proportion, the Democratic
President and his cuckoo" Congress
are seriously attempting to wipe Out
what remains. Last week in
the United States Senate it was shown
by q Treasury statement that there
was a deficit OF 37S, 900 for the cur
rent tiscal year: in addition to this,
the Wilson tariff bill, even as amended
by the Senate. discards $40, 0Oo, 900 of
revenue, making a totaldeficit of Hl54.-
0O,,0W. To repair this hole in the
revenue, the Democrats-whO have
caused it-now propose to levy an in
come tax. a tax which will divide this
republic into the classes and the
masses.
Any thinking man. whether he be a
Democrat or a Republican. must b,
impre sed by this colossal folly. The
most charitable view that can be taken
of the present Democratic Congress is
that it, members are stricken With a
form OF acute dementia. 1t would not
lie an unmixed evil for the American
people, if, like Il certain othe' assem-
b,age Of demented animals. they
should b. possessed OF a devil, and run
violently down u steep place into the
sea.
Cannot Explain the Land slide.
The most comical feature of current
politics will be found In the exp!ana-
tons OF defeat given b. the Demo-
cratic organs. 1t is surprising that
.hey do not themselves perceive how