The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-31
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Mr. President, the Wilson bin IL q
swindle upon the people Of South Dako-
70 IN every respect. II rolls the farmers,
IL robs the tin miners and ID ruins cur
mica industries, For instance. there arc
inexhaustible beds OF mica ID South
Dakota, and this mica is OF the finest
quality, both for sheet mica and for
grinding and electrical purposes, II the
duty il retained we will o supply the
United States and employ thousands OF
men. This bin puts mica on the free
fist and will stop our production and
will close our mines. The average price
Of mica in the United States from 1880
to 1885 was $3.50 per pound and IL was
imported free of duty. In 1881 large
quantities Of mica deposits were discov-
cred in the Black Hilis. South Dakota.
The development on these mines was
very rapid, and az the mica was OF supe-
rior quality, in 1884 eleven mines were
turning ont a large product. This
caused the importers to reduce the price
to about 81 per pound, and az wages
were high in the Black Hills, production
ceased and every mine was closed by
1890. In that year q duty Of IS per
cent. ad valorem was placed upon mica,
and the mines ia the Black Hills were at
once reopened and are now producing
large quantities of the finest sheet mica
in the world, and in addition TO this
fine sheet mica they are producing from
a,000 to 1000 pounds per month OF the
best electrical mica TO be found In any
country. The mine owners are paying
out Thousand OF dollars a month In
wages, and if the duty 10 not reduced
this amour: will be doubled in three
months and will continue TO increase.
The bill now before the senate places
mica on the free list, and viii close
every mine IN South Dakota; and when
this industry IL destroyed the price will
rise, and we shall be at the mercy Of the
importers who mine their mica In India
with coolie labor that costs from 8 to 10
cents per day. IL the present duty Is re
tanned, / predict that within five years
the products OF this country viii supply
the home market, and this opinion Ia
borne out by the report Of the geologic
ell survey Of 1ss9-9o, which shows that
mica in paying quantities 10 distributed
over q large portion Of this country.
AS the chief industry Of the people OF
South Dakota 10 farming, IL is especially
proper that Senator Pettigrew should
pay particular attention 10 how The
farmers fare by this tariff bill. He
shows how, Hereunder, a large class of
the products OF the farm are transferred
TO the free list and upon which q duty 10
laid by the Mckinley bill. Among
these articles are WOOL milk, broom
corn, cabbage. cider, eggs, garden and
other seeds, straw, meats Of sill kinds,
lard, tallow, FAX straw, dressed fax, tow,
etc. and upon other classes of products
there has been q very large reduction In
tariff. which foreign importations, com
ing in competition with the home farm
er, have been paying. Upon this sub
ject, Senator Pettigrew says:
I do not know OF any crime that the
farmer has committed that he should be
deprived OF protection and bis home
market turned over TO Canada and the
other people OF the earth. The farmers
never combine or form trusts TO put up
prices; they are the bulwarks Of our in
stitutions and compose half OF a popu-
~lation; they believe IN protection.
We imported from Canada 1887, 900
bushels OF barley and $4,000 bushels Of
malt during the year ending June 30,
1890, which paid . duty OF 10 cents per
bushel. Under the tariff act or 1890 we
imported only 100000 bushels OF barley
and twenty.foar bushels Of malt during
the year ending June 80, 1892, and i'm.
portation will at once under
this bill, taking the market from the
Ak0SA tCA0 Axk u4SA mnA HINAb8 Az ~ kuS
Canadian farmer without any reason for
Il whatever. Can the author Of this
bill give any eason for 1t? But / do
not think 1t fair to ask any aso Of
them, for this bill il not basedon reason;
that quality Of the human mind was not
psed in framing any Of Ito paragraphs;
but the American farmer will ask you
Why you prefer 10 buy ten o. twelve
millions bushels of barley from the Can
adam farmer in preference 10 taking il
from the home producer.
Ad salorsm duties are especially fav.
ored by free traders, and this feature II
about the only free-trade feature of chs
bill except - 70 farm products. Ad
yalosem duties are always the duties
imposed BY ignorance, and they are 81.
wars the cover for frauds on the rsven.
uee by differentiation. They encourage
perjury, and in every . where there
i differentiation the importer will pay
| fhG duty under protest. and then But