The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-10-12

the vast interests of this country; but it
was made by three senators--one from Ar
kansas, one from Missouri and the other
from Tennessee. Thirty seven Democratic
senators in caucus agreed to vote for any
bill that that committee might prepare
Tariff Laws of 80 and O4.
All, but they say, bad as the bill is it is
better than the law Of 1890" Better for
what? Better in what particular? Bet
ter for whom? Better for any American
citizen? If it served any American inter
rst at all it was the sugar trust and the
whisky trust. Applause. Has it opened
up any new factories? Has it opened up
any new industries? Has it lighted q
single fire in a furnace9 Has it given an
additional days work to the workingmen
of the United States? Has il increased
their wages? How many men, who We're
employed in 1892, are idle today? How
many men are receiving the wages today
they received in 1892 Workingmen Of St
Paul, answer me. Workingmen Of Min
nesota, how many of you who were EN-
ployed at remunerative wages, are idle to-
day? IA voice: 1.-Two thirds" An
other voice: More than that. :" And.
my fellow countrymen, whether it be one
third or whether it be two-thirds, let me
submit another question: How many of
you who have employment are getting as
good wages today as you goc in lSJ!?
MANY voices: ''None. ] venture TO
say, not 10 per cent of the workinGmen Of
Minnesota, or of the cities of st. Paul or
Minneapolis, are getting as good WAGES
in 1894 rs they got in 1892 Voices:
"You're right.
Better than the law of 1902 Why,
under the operation Of that law every in
dustry in this country was working TO Is
fullest capacity. Not only was every IN,
dustry working at its fullest capacity, but
every man in this country who wanted
work could get work at remuneratiEe
wages. New industries We're builded up
under that law, and they were built up i'll
the United States,
Under the stimulus Of the laW of 1894, If
the representative of tie Commercial club
of London, that banqueted Mr. Wilson,
can be relied upon, the Law Of l8'4 has
stimulated English industries.
The Dinner Pail Incident.
While on this stand worliingman
brought me this tin pail--thiS bucket. He
told me it was American tin made from
American steel, and chat steel made By an
American workingman, and this tin pail
made by an American citizen here, IN the
city of ST. Paul. One week ago today
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 1t lmpos-
sible for those manufactures to produce
and pay the scale of wages they had been
paying under the law Of ls93, and l0,tbu
men last Saturday night were put out on
the streets as the result of the law of lss4
Not only the 10000 men engaged ia TIE
immediate industry, but the lo.o05 more
men that Were making the steel lngats and
rolling them into the sheet steel TO dlp
them for tin plate We're reduced III their
employment by reason of the shutting
down of those mills.
When | was III the city of Lincoln, Nep,
day before yesterday, in the great street
parade there was the representative OF
what was said to be the largest brick COM
pany in that state, and the head OF that
firm WAS a Democrat-SOT NOW-and
printed across the banner carried by the
idle workingmen was this inscription:
"Twenty-two million brick in ls93-not
one in 1893 or 1894
country, and in some line Of industry or
another.
Better than the law of 1890? Why un-
der the law of 1890 we collected from Gus
toms and from internal revenue enough
money every day of the two years and
half it was in operation to pay the eX-
penses of the government, the interest on
the public debt and pensions to the sol
diers of the country And since 1892, when
the new administration went in, ana the
decree had gone forth that the policy ina
had been in operat on for thirty Years,
under which our industries had peeh
builded up and to which eyerJ delicate
fabric OF enterprise has been adjusted.
from that time down to this hour, tne gov
ernment of the United States has not col
lected, any day of any week OF those ~
months, enough money to pay the ever!
day expenses Of the government. Ana IL
has been compelled to go out ana porfo"
50,OOO. 900 and issue the bonds OF the
poyarnment-which has not been done
since the days of resumption. MOI Only
been compelled to go out and borrow My
millions of money, but it has drawn upon
the gold reserve in the treasury-that mas
been sacred ever since John sherman rs
tablished it down to the Inauguration vi
President Cleveland, ard fifty millions OF
that gold reserve has gone, to meet the
| current expenses of the federal govern
ment.
Democratic Times of Long Ago.
But it is only history repeating l1seil'
The last Democratic administration pc.
fore the war was an administration OF
loans and deficits and distress in business
and the first full Democratic adminlstra.
tion since the war is an administrator OF
loans and deficits and Of universal distress
to the country. 10000
Retter than the law of 1890? There Were
mistakes III the law-no great Dill WIN
Z oOn items could be passed without nav