Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-18

from New York. Mr. Hill, declared was IN
violation OF party pledges and party prom
, maeraey as : ,b reward vrea, for Em nls vote sts the h ns,
nominated him for Its governor; a law, my
fellow citizens, which Is sectional in every
part. 1t has some protection and some free
trade. 1t has some protection for the south.
ern section OF the country; Ii has a good
deal of free trade for the northern section
OF the country. II gives to the cotton plant.
gives to the farmers of the North tarifi
bagging for their products. 1t gives to the
Southern planter hoop-iron free. which goes
about his bale Of cotton; and 1t puts a tar.
liz upon the hoop-iron that goes around the
barrel and the bucket and on the wagon bed
OF armers OF the North. 1t makes wool
free, and puts a tariff on sugar. Wool Is a
Northern product, sugar is d Southern prod
uct. That law was made, not In answer 10
any demand from the American people. not
IN response to any public sentiment, not
after hearing the representatives OF the
vast interests of this country; but Ii was
made by three senators-one from Arkan-
sas, one from Missouri and the other from
tennessee. Thirty-seven Democratic sena-
tors In caucus agreed to vote for any bill
tnat that committee might prepare.
Dickering ON the Tariff Bill.
Then only six more votes were required
20 secure Iorty-tnree, q bare majority CT
the senate; and AIR. Jones himselr tells
that he went from senator to senator ana
vote for this billI" Not What the people
want; not what the state wants, not what
Is best for the industries or the country,
not what Is beet Tor the farmers or the
country, not what will subserye the best
interests OF the wage earners OF the cuun-
try; but what must you have by way Of
great tarin billf" And SO Ii was passed
the public not taken into the conference,
the public not taken into the confidence of
the senators who had the management OF
the bill.
Ali, but they say, bad rs che bill is.
Ubiquitous as the law of 1854 is, IT is better
OF lo9Uf Better for whiti Better IN what
PARTICULAR Better for whom7 Better tor
any American citizenf. IL it served any
American interest at all IL was the sugar
trust and the whisky trust. tApplalse.)
Has is opened up any new factoriesi Has
Il built up any new W.. industries9 Has m
IL given an additional days work to the
working men Of the United Statesr Has 1t
increased thsir wages &c ,s, How many nan mrn;
How many mel are receiving to-day the
wages they received In 1892? Working men
ing men OF Minnesota, how many of you
who were employed at remunerative wages,
are Idle to-dayf "a voice: ''Two-thirds.' ,
my fellow countrymen. whether it be one.
third or whether 1t be two-thirds, let me
submit another question: "How many Of
y9a nat today f%pi as '! you got afe IL se' is9sr Us of f11g
voices: ssNone.") L venture to say, not 10
per cent Of the working men of Minnesota,
or of the cities Of st. Paul or Minneapolis
are getting as good wages in 1894 as they
got In 1892. Voices: you're right" APP
plause.)
vention was held In the city OF Minneapolis,
that there came before that convention rep
resentatives OF the laboring people of the
country, asking that that convention put
into Its platform a declaration In favor Of
eight hours for a days work, The working
men were then discussing the wisdom OF
shorter hours. You haven't heard any sug-
gestion about eight hours a day since NO
yember, 1892. Great laughter and APP
plausel 1t Is not shorter hours they want
plause), In order to protect the family and
keep the wolf from the door. Better than
OF that law every industry In this country
was working to Its fullest capacity. Not
only was every industry working at Its
fullest capacity. but every man In this coun-
try who wanted work could get work at re-
milnerati,e wages. Applause.) New In
dustries were builded up under that law,
and they were built up In the United states.
lApplause.) New industries were started
in this country under the stimulus OF that
law under the stimulus OF the law or lSJ4;
Club Of London that banqueted Mr.. VIII
son can be relied upon, the law or 1894 has
stimulated English Industries. Appiause.)
The workingman's Tin Pail.
While on this stand a workingman brought
me this tin %pail-this bucket. He told me
1t was American tin (applause). made from
American steel, and that steel made by an
American workiDgman, and this tin pail
made by an American citizen here, In the
city of st. Paul. One week ago to-day
every tin-plate factory In the United States
closed down. Why? Because the tariff law
Of 1894 had so reduced the duty. upon the
foreign product as to make It Impossible
for those manufactures to produce and pay
the scale of wages they had been paying I'M
der the law Of 1892, and ten thousand men
4 t--t nN..u1 ~ 0tarhA ytYf nut nm hi
streets as the result OF the law OF 1894.
(Applause.l Not only the ten thousand men
engaged In the immediate industry, but the
ten thousand more men that were making
the steel ingots and rolling them into the
sheet steel to dip them for t~in-plate were
reduced in their employment by reason OF
the shutting down of those mills.
When l was in the city of Lincoln, Neb..
day before yesterday, in the great street
parade there was the representative or what
was said to be the largest brick company
was a Democrat-not now daughter and
applausel and printed across the banner
insarInt,o og 'ns Tw ,eIe ISrs'n ml1lion w Spick 'h in
1S92-not one in 1893 or 1894" applause
And that is the story of every city of this
country, and in some line of industry or
Better than the law of 1890? why. under
the law OF 1890 we collected from customs
and from Internal revenue enough money
every day of the two years and a half 1t
was in operation to pay the expenses OF
the government. the interest on the public
debt and pensions to the soldiers OF the
country. Great aprlause) And since 1892,
when the new administration went In, and
the decree had gone forth that the policy
that had been In operation for thirty years,
under which our Industries had been builded
up and to which every delicate fabric Of
enterprise had been adjusted, from that
time down to this hour. the government Of
the United States has not collected, any
day OF any week Of those nineteen months,
enough money to pay the everyday ex-
penses OF the government. (Applause.) And
II has been compelled to so out and borrow
$50, O00.0 600 and Issue the bonds of the gov
ernment.--which has not been done
since the days Of resumption. Not
only been compelled to so out
and borrow fifty millions Of money,
but 1t has drawn upon the gold reserve In
the treasury-tEat has been sacred ever
since John Sherman established II down TO
the Inauguration OF President Cleveland
tgreat applausel, and fifty millions OF that
gold reserve has gone, TO meet .he current
expenses of the federal government.
But IL Is only history repeating itself.
The last Democratic administration before
the war was an administration of loans and
deficits and distress la business, and the
first full Democratic administrator since
the war Is an administrator OF loans and
deficits and Of universal distress to the
! country.
Republican Mistakes Are Patriotic.
Better than the law Of 1870? There were
mistakes 10 the iaw-no great bill with