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


for. That is the objection thev mol. ~
> the law Of 1890, that we discourayed i,a
/ portation. Well, we did. We disconr
aged the importation of every nrod,,nt
that we could produce Mt home that ,ra
might find employment for our labor NJ
nome, and give to the farmers of tha
ohllea states consumers Of the products
of their farms.
Cheap Things and Cheap Times.
An, but they say we get things little
cheaper. Is there anybody IN this country
who wants things any cheaper than they
! are now Does the farmer want less prica
| lor bis wheat or his corn, Or his barley. or
/ his sheep, or his stock? Are not nrices
| low enough, farmers Of Minnesota Does
/ The merchant want the prices of the
articles he sells reduced in price? Does
the Worklngman want less wages? Who
wants these cheap things?
My fellow citizens, nothing is chpap
! that comes from abroad to the American
people. tApplause.l No product of agri-
culture is cheap from abroad if it leave
The American product to rot in the
/ ground No manufactured article j.
cheap to this country if it takes from th
working men of this country days labor
/ And the old men in this audience, if the
Nlll let memory sweep ba k will recall
that when things are the cneapesJ nr
are the poorest. And VII tie prices
articles are lowest they are the hardv,
get, and that is the trout l. now But
there are good many peopl- living row
who did nos live under he old Demo
cratic revenue free trade Jari prior to the
war The old men had the experience.
and the young men have TO have it; and
are now enjoying it. And e. rience, my
fellow citizens, after all, is a form of in
struction the most efficient and enduring.
Sometimes we have to go through the
school of adversity We have been at
tending that school for the past IS months.
The tuition has been free but the ultimate
cost has been very great. 1t has been a
sort of compulsory education. But | be-
lieve its lessons will be practical and
permanent.
Necessities Taxed, Luxuries Free.
Governor Mckinley then showed that
the new Democratic tariff law reduced du-
ties on whiskey leaf tobacco and HAVANA
cigars, which were sarcastically referred
to as prime necessities. The duty on
statuary, paintings, pearl buttons, opium
for smoking and other necessities" had
been reduced
Well. now, of what does their free list
consist? They put on the free list articles
which, according to the importat!ons of
the preceding year. would amount to SAL
100000, and S1S,CO0,0oo of this was the
farmers wool, or nearly one half; $1,000
Of ! In hpr n n
il were manufactured articles, and $1,000,
eco or more Of it was paintings and statu-
ary. Your statuary is now free An
article Of necessity. But your sugar, an
article Of luxury, is taxed.
This IS rot all, my fellow citizens. They
have DESTROYED the splendid commercial
treaties made by the administration Of
President Harrison with the Southern and
Central states, made under the provisions
of the law Of 1890 which opened up that
market to the Hour, and the bacon and the
hams Of the farmers of the United States;
a trade with Cuba that increased $4,000
600 in single year, principally agricul-
tural products; and with Brazil that in
creased $6 0aO oo0 IN a single year, prln-
eipally agricultural products.
Lost Confidence Must BE Restored.
Nv fellow citizens. our chief trouble now
is TO gef confidence back to the people.
Our chief embarrassment comes from this
lack of confidence, and not from the
money of the country some people tnlhN
our trouble is the money. All the money
We have got is good. Our trouble Is to get
Il out IN circulation among the people
The banks are full Of money. Money was
never less employed than it is today, and
what we want is something to1etch II ottt.
The way to get the money + 70 create q
demand for the labor and the products OF
the people. For when labor IS stopped
wages are stopped, and wages are one OF
the chief factors in the distribution OF
money.
Tie Democratic party IS the most re-
markable party in history. 1t IS Tor any
thing to get power, and then 1t IS never
for ANYTHING which got it power Il was
for free silver in 1892 in some OF the states;
and when it used to have the house OF rep
r,sentatives, and we had the senate ana
the presidency, they used to go through
the idle ceremony Of passing a free silver
bll. but since they have got into power
and can do with silver just what they
want to do with it, instead OF giving to the
country what in many OF the states the
leaders of the Democratic party said would
be done, they have given to silver the
worst blow it ever received.
Well could you expect, my fellow clti-
zens. any other result? Are you dlsap-
nointedy Why, who elected Mr.. Cleve-
land and q Democratic congress! Every
body who was dissatisfied voted for him,
and everybody who voted for him has been
dissatisfied ever since.
Soldiers Are Worthy Of National Care.
Not only, my fellow citizens. has this
administration interrupted the prosperity
of the country, but it has to some extent
interrupted the patriotism Of the country.
n has been cutting off and suspending
the pensions of the soldiers. / never have
advocated excessive pensions; but | be-
....... .,aar, u.hn Saryed in war