The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-04-06
.nse. Says Dun's Review Of Trade for

,hanse! Says Dun's Review Of Trade for
..asa Starting s,,,. With the largest trade ever
1ear 1888 has proven IL sudden shrinkase
y trade. In commercial disaster and the
depression Of Industries, the worst for
ifty years. Whether the nnnl results Of tho
scarcity of records Of that time do not
clearly show. The year closes with prices
of many products the lowest ever known,
With mi: lions Of workers seeking in vain
keep back
Suffering and Starvation
In all our cities. All hope that the new
year year may bring brighter days but the dying
ytar Leaves "a %n.Sgns %nS dismal record The
given to-day exhibits n collapse Of industry
md business which Is almost without prec.
sasnfi sniv nrdsno,o nhS Iron i4pstr!ss SUSTAINED
May !: but by Oct. the output had falielii
to 1886 tons. and the recovery to about
10000 tons Dec. still leaves 10 per cent
si.,tn,s Of the force unemployed. Over half tho
cepting brief recovery in November, have
been ever since new wool came In N May.
Tor a1a, all sales sales In the chief markets in the
pounds, partly for speculation. the price
having fallen 20 per cent for heeces to the
lowest point ever known, against 2l2.330,-
~ cottan IN the oDs s1ms months 9 Inst
below the usual quantity. Tie small ai.
vance attempted In boots and shoes II year
ago was not sustained. M but with prices as
last year in. December. Not only manu-. anu
faStIred ,,,s goods goods us a whole. but the most
farmers fni little comfort Omciai and
other reports deluded traders with the no.
lion that crops OF last year We're so short
that t famine Fan prices could be realized"
scrlbed. the Wilson hill. which recently
passed the house Of representatives at
and Is n the hands Of the
revenues $i6OOO.OOO. The real tSecreass
v would eventually. after We became mora
r1,,, and +, more re impoverishet be far greats-
government far exceed Its receipts and
when by reason of such II condition the
secretary OF the treasury has been com.
tenls with the belief in M many So'Sra,e,rs Snariers
that this Is but the beginning Of bond is-
government. The sum Of 7G.OOO.OfO which
is more than onc-third OF the entire sum
received from customs IN tho last fiscal
year: This reduction y made upon the
theory i OF rnr the Democratic s free traders that
taxation. Whether 1t does or not depends.
But Of one thing we are certain: 1t has re-
lievetl the people of employment. Of work.
some Of them Of their homes. The bless:
ings Of good wages, good prices apd good
times are more to be desired tlat the pro-
posed relief from so-cnlleti .hnrlensome
taxation" Such II relief IL no relief.
The Wilson Dill
is not like any Of the early tariff measures,
but IL Que In which the changed condition
of the country md Its marvellous grow,l.
9ma pe utterly a1
no longer exists. They do nnt recognize nor
appreciate the Independence and dignity Of
labor, and cannot understand TINT the pro.
such splendid prosperity IL not to he de-
terniinetl by geographical lines. The I'LL
IL IL narrow: sectional and provincial meas
ure. unworthy the great party which pro-
Of the country.
The Wilson bill turns TO the past: away
f, from ~, the ,n present II T. for the nntatio
pie free raw material. Its authors argued
that with free coal. free iron ore, free lead
and free wool, the manufacturers Of the
ity with TIM manufacturers of free trade
countries. and we therefore could not only
markets of the world" BASED upon this
Ill
declared that with these great primary
products free. we would have steady en-
ploymcnt for all the wOrkingmcn 0f the
country ut good wages. And 40 In this form
representatives. and Ia now the dread sub
ject Of angry contention In the Democratic
senate.
Internal Taxes.
I have looked with some degree Of ca:e
through the blll. find nothing hut irrItA-
tiOn anu aggravatiOn to the great industries
Of the country. No interest suffers by 1t
Of all kinds seems to have been singled ont
as It's foremost victim. l have examined 1t
carefully to find some section. paragraph.
clause or line removing the ..great burden Of
for 80 many years from the Democratic ora
tors and have read 80 frequently In demo-
cratic newspapers and platforms, but have
vision. 1t Is true that sugar, an article Of
prime necessity to every household, md
which the law Of 1880 made free TO the peo-
pie, has been tarifretl ut from to Ia cents
by the consumers of the United States But.
doubtless. In compensation for this added
burden Of upward Of $5O, ,UD.OOO AMI hccausG
of It, they lowered the tariff OH tobacco and
extended the bonded period for the ware
housing Of whisky and giving to the distil-
lers eight years In which to pay the tax.
They restored the tariff OH coal. but then in
fairness they should be credited with taking
the tariff on Of diamonds. They reason that
the manufacturers are few. forgetting that
the wOrkmen are many. They look to the
interests of importers. ignoring the farmer.
and oblirious to the fact that the agricutnr:
against the welfare of the masses Of the
people. hut from them the country will yet
hear. for this Is still n government Of the
people,. and the popular will has already
marked them for political overthrow. l do
not believe that the true interests of the
South. nor Of any other section Of the coun-
try, lie in the direction OF free trade. nor of
the revenue tariff legislation proposed by
Reciprocity.
To my mind; another hurtful provision of
the Miscn ,na G ;ttEsy by
pcals section 3 Of the act OF 1S!HD commonly
known as the .'rccipro"iiy clause. This. 1t
VIII be Femsber"; ,sa,l WINS saGiea to secure
md Countries largely producing sugar, mo
lasSes. coffee, ten and hides. ard under
@ Ii'h tbs country has ,n t %pens W for
the most promising proportions;
Connercial agreements relating to recip-
rocal trade have already. been male with
lean Republic. Spain. for Cuba and Porto
rI" Great sri1sln I,.h for csTan West Indian
arrangements 1t has been the aim OF the
government to secure enlarged mnrkets for
to their splendid home market would DER.
manently secure them from the occasional
depressions which visit our agriculturists
because Of their surplus products.
engagements, and for the most part due to
them. our r, trade has shown a gratifying
increase. The domestic exports TO- Germany
and Austro.Hungary had Increased In value
up to December. 1S'G from S4I.OOO,OOO to
American countries the value OF our ex-
$44.OOO'U0 to $54,tdOOOO. or upward Of q
Of exports to all countries with which
had been s17I2.Gel. which sum is chiefly
from wheat, Hour, meat and dairy products,
and steel. Our imports with these oOun-
tries have increased also In the same Pc
riOd. consisting Of articles which We do not
p%ber and G% ere drass Ks sugar. e0nee' India
nxpQrted 10 Cuba 1900 barrels Of Hour
During the t,rst i,alf 1T the year 1897, under
same country $4,000 barrels. For the i
ports to Cuba were s1i 100. For For tic i
corresponding period, ending "a Avs; 81. ls:s.
law not yet two years In operatlon. OF this
-four. d about s2.odS.oo3 were In bacon. i pork TX
and Other, provisions. and large propor-
agricultural products. And vet the Demo-
CRITIC leaders In congress seriously propose
to shut the door Of this splendid opRortupi-
ty In tha faca of the American farnirr:
The People Will Have ProtestiO4.
l am not here to discuss tariff rates OF
schedules. These are subject to change up
or down, as new conditions require II; but