The Dickinson press., 1894-10-06

An Example Of Democratic Reputation,
In discussing the question of repudiat.
ing the contract made between the gen.
eral government and the sugar growers
OF the country, the New York Press says:
sCPon what basis do the bond issues
!! the paper circulating notes Of the
United States government rest? Upon
nothing but the pledges given by Congress
that they will be paid or redeemed in ac-
cordance with certain plainly defined con-
dltlons. Without these pledges and with
y perfect confidence among the people
that the contract thus made will be ex-
actly fulfilled. the bonds and notes re-
ferred to could have no more value than
pieces Of blank paper. One pledge thus
supplied ought to be no more sacred than
another pledge from the same source. A
promise, given in an act of Congress, to
DO a certain thing cannot be willfully
%prehension that the bad faith thus dis
played in one case may be manifested in
others. A Congress and president capa-
BILE of a single act Of reputation may be
regarded as capable of any such act; and
surely nothing could be more likely to
credit of the federal government than the
wanton violation by one Congress of a
contract solemnly entered into by q pre-
ceding Congress.
In the tariff act Of 1890 it was de.
c!ared that q bounty of 2 cents a pound
should be paid to domestic sugar growers
dying a period b%eginning with July lo I,
The act also provided that a higher duty
upon tin plate should begin on July /,
1891, and should continue until October
!, 1897. Accepting the assurances thus
given by the highest authority in the
land. millions of dollars were invested in
tho nrON1NntSnn Nf hat 0nN AarA uvp~no
and tin plate. The action Of Congress
and the enterprise of the citizens who
engaged in these industries represented
2 most c~ommendable attempt to diversity
American industry and to nov the nation
toward independence of foreign countries
0 The attempt has succeeded almost
beyond expectation, and the lower prices
Of both sugar and tin plate show that
there was warrant for the belief Of the
authors of the law of 1890 that the cost
OF the undertaking would be fully repaid
to the country.
ELEVEN years before the sugar con-
tract has expired and three years before
the conclusion of the tin plate contract
a Democratic Congress mas repndiated the
pledges upon which American citizens
engaged in these two industries, and has
done SO In such a manner as to threaten
both Of them with extermination. Mr..
OsS QAOS III AlS lSkkCk ~ Wiz w ll6VuS OC-
scribed the bill. which he did not dare
to veto. as representing 'per6dy and dis
honor The term is an apt one: but
filled as the measure is with iniQuity Of
the most various character, 1t contains
nothing more %perfdi0us, nothing more
it, than it's betrayal Of the Americans
who ventured their money in the manu-
facture of tin plate and the production Of
sugar upon their faith in the solemn
promises Of the government of the United
States. To repudiate the public debt
would haze been no more scandalous and
Russian Barley Compstss with the Amer
G Product Under the New Tari6.
That the barley question is becoming
an important factor in the present cam
paign will be seen from the following arti-
Gle taken from the Sentinel:
"'We are getting it in the neck from an
unexpected ssfIrs IA quartet IT En-, said as.' = malt ss.ts manu-
Who would have thought that we would
have to face the competition of Russia?
Canada was the only point from which
danger wal feared. yet q firm on Change
IL Offering 100000 bushels of Russian bar
ley for sale. Three new cargoes of Rus
try, two to New York and one to Balti-
York at 50 cents q bushel without duty,
and the duty of 80 per cent. ad valorem 10
based on q valuation of 30 cents per
bushel certified to ut the port Of shipment,
sold in New York at Al cents q bushel.
The market price of American barley in
Milwaukee is from "a to IS cents q
bushel, and the only possible consequence
can be a fall in the price Of the barley
produced by our farmers. It is argued
grade. and could be used only az q sgbsti-
But if the American cattle are to be fed
on barley why should the American bar.
ley grower not derive any benefit from
1t? Besides, the barley brought to- Amer
lea from Russia is the same which il
used use IT to G : yery great An sh ! o by tR En. 6.e nS
The brewers in the East will certainly
use it to an extent sufficient to reduce
the demand for our ONT barley. Again,
the difference between the cost of the
Russian barley in New York and our Wis
ssSSnsi in barley Sk At the the same same, point j. fully
barley which they send to America; that
10, they will send better barley, although
the consular agent at Odessa will testify
to its costing 30 cents a bushel.'"
In a barley circular, issued by the we'll
AuVWu uTIu VI ~. 4 f. I1NCUu N W. OI NIL.
waukee and dated September IL, is the
following important announcement:
Commercial papers have recently pub
lished reports Of Russian barley being
sold in New York, but have been uncer.
tain about the correctness of these re-
ports. We are nov able to state that u
sale of this barley al made during tbs
latter part of last week by a milwaukee
export broker to a barley dealer Of this
city of 1900 bushels, to be shipped from
Odessa, Russia. and delivered in New
York at 4S cents. including the duty,
which is about 10 cents per bushel. The
barley is of good mailing quality, being
plump but somewhat stained and about
the quality Of Milwaukee No. 3 barley"
Here we have, then, SO soon after the
enactment of the Democratic tariff re.
form law, an impressive illustration Of
the effects of the measure upon one of the
great agricultural products. not only Of
Wisconsin, but the entire West. In this
competition with Russian barley the
American barley grove will have an ex.
cellent opportunity of finding out how he
likes the Democratic plan.
A German Democratic Paper Betting Its
Party Nominee for Convrass.