Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1894-08-07

the Bourbon Tariff-The Profits of the
Sugar Trust-About the Scareerow of
Glass Legislation-A Few Important
Facts of History.
Protected America from an English
Point of View.
When Thomas B. Reed of Maine dcliv-
red his mastery speech in the House on
Tile tariff question, he presented some in
teresting opinions of British free traders
regarding the prosperity of the United
states under protection, and especially
Is protection affects the working people.
This portion of his speech is as follows:
Il have here an article in the Fortnight
" Review wherein j. Stephen Jeans,
British free-trade writer, in December,
1892, declares that: America has for
many years enjoyed an amazing degree
Of prosperity, SO much so, indeed, that. to
use the eloquent words of Edmund Burke,
generalities which in all other cases are
apt to highten and raise the subject have
mere tendency to sink it. Fiction lags
after truth, invention is unfruitful and
imagination cold and barren"'
when | read these words recalled
scene in this House, and said how differ
ehliy men look at the same thing.
Here is a cool-blooded Englishman
who, in talking of the not unreasonable
hopes i use his very words-which his
countrymen entertain that the greatest
market in the world, and probably in the
worlds history, is once again to be found
lying at the feet of British industry and
commerce declares that America has
Tor many years enjoyed an amazing de.
gree OF prosperity, SO much so, indeed
tnat ne mas to use the words Of Burke to
say that he cannot even describe it. And
yet in this very hall a member of the
committee OF ways and means, himself
countryman of Edmund Burke, and
assembly as never saw it moved before,
allowed himself amid laughter and APP
plause on the Democratic side to COM
pare this amazing prosperity to pro-
longed debauch' from which the country
could rescue itself only by the free use of
the committees dilution of the original
beverage. [Laughter.] 1t seems, some
facts over against the figure of speech.
Here is q little book of letters OF an
editor, Mr.. Carr of the Cardiff Mail; to
his wife. 1t is full of expressions OF sur
prise over this wonderful country 'phe-
nomenal prosperity ~ extent and strength
of the enormous interests created by the
American policy of protection
an English lecturer fresh from three
months visit to our country, addressed
the Textile society of Bradford, Eng.
He was here in the interest Of trade.
Hence what he had to say snacks
OF trade. The Importance says
he, of America as trade out,
ssoooooo TaS psope SsS GRBoOs SSo spent nas
money on dress than any other people on
the face of the earth. Again, in spite of
the wonderful development which had
taken place, the possibilities, he might
say the certainties, of future progress
We're marvelously illimitable.'
'Marvelously illimitable.' These We're
his very words. How the mouths of the
watered as he detailed to them the hopes
he had that such fruitage would be lifted
to their very lips. [Laughter.] But Of
that, by and by.
''Without further quotation, unnneces-
sary for this audience, for whom all that
only remains to ask if this. prosperity
has been at the expense of the laboring
man, of those who furnish service wheth-
er of brain or muscle. If it has been at
their expense for one say down with it.
The lowest depths of the Wilson bill are
not half low enough for such a civiliza-
ton.
'"That, however, can hardly be so,
from the testimony itself. 'Sfxty-fve
millions Of people, who spend more money
on dress than any other people on earth.
and whose 'certainties' of progress in
that direction are, 'marvelously illimita-
ble,' have evidently not been sacrificed
Editor Carr, already. quoted, says this
country is the, paradise, Of the working
man. All the bigotry Of freee trade can
not wipe that out. The further my in
quiries EXTEND says he, the more ocn-
vinced become that the real truth of the
matter is that in this country a workman
earns twice as much as he would in Eng
land, and the cost of his living, except
in the matter of rent and clothing, is
about the same. Even in the matter of
clothing the difference in not great, eX-
cept as it is brought about by. the general
use of much better clothing.'"
The Competitors of the American Sheep
Raisers.
Under the Democratic idea of tariff re-
form, the lowest class of beings are to
become the competitors of the American
sheep herders and flock masters. Free
wool simply means that the sheep industry
of this country must surrender to the
sheep husbandry Of foreign countries. In
Wilson bill, Binger Hermann Of Oregon
produced some statistics of much import
ance, which are impressive with meaning,
and should be carefully considered in CON
nection with the Democratic tariff
scheme:
More than half the wool product of
this nation is now west of the Mississippi.
When in 1867 the tariff law was enacted
there was very little there. The duty
was made ~ cents a pound on all foreign
wool received into this country. At once
a new stimulus was given this industry,
and from that time until 1888 we had
reached Il production exceeding that of
any other nation. In 1888 the law was
and the tariff was reduced. The
effect was Immediately perceptible, and
the production diminished. The McKin-
ley bill again increased the duty. 1t is a
historic fact that whenever the tariff on
wool was increased production increased,
and when the tariff was reduced produc-
ton decreased. The number of sheep in
the United States is now about 5O,0OO,-
900. The total wool clip is now 100000
600 pounds, and is valued at $66, 900 900.
There are 100000 owners of sheep, and
it is estimated that each owner employs
at least one other person, SO that it may
be said that there are 100000 persons
in the United States directly engaged in
sheep husbandry.
"These people depend upon this indus
trv What Sh01l thav do yyhon 10 do