Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-25
COST OF THE CHANGE
NEARLY THREE BILLIONS HAVE
BEEN LOST.
Democrat. sneer at the Figures, but They
Arc correct, Nevertheless TarlR Bill
No. 3 Is a Triumph Of tho Trnsts-Po-
litical Notes.
Grover and Hi. Gang Going.

The Democratic party was drlv en-
from complete control of this govern
ment nearly forty years ago, when a
weak President and O traitorous Cabi-
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
themselves ate. the lap e of SO many
years. The panic years of 1867 and
1858, toward the end of James Blu
:hanan's term, III being duplicated in
term. at the c ose of which the Demo-
Gratis will be aga'n driven from power.
There the similarity ceases. There
will not be a second civil war. The
Democratic panic years, 1857 and 1858,
cclipsed all previous records OF disaster
the country had known. The panic of
ls31 was but u zephyr compared to the
Democratic cyclone of 1867. But as
the Democratic panic of 1898 was to
that of l>37. so is the Democratic panic
of 1894 to that of 1898. The coun.
try has increased in population and
magnitude, and the Democratic party
in humble. $ and in folly. Hence is the
panic greater and the disaster more
widespread. If that was q cyclone,
this is a cataclysm.
The indemnity which Germany
wrung from France after the clo:e of
the Franco-German a was five
milliards of francs, or n Thousand
nous sum-. But it is as nothing COM
pared TO the penalty paid by the
American people for placing the Demo.
Gratis 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,
MIR Joseph r. Buchanan. and he has
published q series of elaborate tables
in New York. paper. These tables
fill columns OF fine type. and cannot be
REPRODUCED here, but some of his totals
are of interest. He gives the number
of adult males in the United States as
100000 of these, 100000 are in
agricultural pursuits. and l,00o.OW are
proprietors OF various establishments.
This leaves 6,COJ,Oc0 male wagc-work-
ers. OF these, 2,393, 900, according to
MIR. Buchanan, are out of work. He
gives his figures, sources of informa-
tion. ETC., all carefully classified ac-
cording to various occupations. He
gives the wages of the various callings,
R0ICClldSo vi lOso WlACtO WosCS A10t0
beon reduced, and amount of loss where
men are out Of work. He thus figures
up the loss of wages to workingmen
during the owe months beginning
with September, 1891, at the enor-
nous sum of nearly a billion of dollars
to be exact, $685., SIG. 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 years output of silver and
pig-iron at present prices: for the
shrinkage in value of stock exchange
securities, mortgage bonds, etc.; and
adding these to the loss in wages al
ready given. he makes u total loss to
the American people, since the Demo-
cratic party Went into power. of nearly
three billions of dollars-to be exact,
s 2,Il1, los, SIS. Demo rats may sheer
at these figures, and call them
mathematical romancing. But they
United States Government. It's de-
crease in revenue alone shows the eX-
traordinary diminution in the pur-
chasing power of the American peo-
pie. Tor the month of January, the
dutiab.e imports were $s222US. 1913,
against 800. 3tj9. $50 for the same month
in 1893, decrease of about forty-four
per cent. The customs revenue in
February decreased s6,5l6, 900 COM
pared with last year. or thirtv-eight
per cent. In articles of luxury the de-
mand fell off over fifty per cent: in
partially manufactured articles. forty
per cent: and so on down to dutiable
articles of food. which fell off about
fifteen per cent.
If there is any nation in the world
which Is e~xtravagant in the matter OF
food. it is the American people. They
are mor than extravagant-they are
luxurious, they are wasteful. Yet this
n item of decrease in the dutiable
fo-d supply shows that the Democratic
depression has affected even those cpl
curean Americans who must bring
luxuries 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 Iatties made from the livers OF
bloated Strasburg geese, ieberwurst
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. If these people feel the
pinch, what must others feel: II
Dives, who lives on pate de toie gras,
must retrench, what shall happen Lag
anus. who lives on crumbs. Lazarus
must starve.
In the face of the fact that the pur
chasing power Of the American people.
and consequently the revenues of the
Government, are falling off in thi.
enormous proportion, the Democratic
President and his cuckoo" Congress
r seriously attempting to wipe out
what revenue remains. Last week in
the United States Senate it was shown
by a Treasury statement that there
swas a deficit Of S7s, OOO, 900 for the cur
rent fiscal year; in addition to this,
the Wilson tariff bill, even as amended
by the Senate, discards $78. OOO. 900 of
revenue, making q totaldeHcit OF $l54,-
100000. To repair this hole IN the
revenue, the Democrats-who have
caused it-now propose to levy an In
come tax, q tax which will divide this