The Dickinson press., 1894-10-20

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5,li,y in ,ie utlera,,ees aad .'o'nys u , ,i,s
platforms and begin making laws. ii may
What VI iiit c"adition they found ,hs s"nn,ry in in
Fertanatey F We 'dast aon's SaSe s 70 res"r; 70
t'x tables or statistics oH saies hs ="
tiivldual memory and to the individual cx-
periencc. Just before this radical change
in our responsible government the country
Hi9hest State Of Prosperity.
''Our foreign trade was larger than It had
ever bcel. in I'll" history IT this country. and
the beauty Of Il was that IL was something
like 5000 0g0O.OOO larger in exp"rth than iii
Imports. You all realize what that means:
It means that We were selling abroad more
is not IL farmer here who does not know
that he tests tho question as to whether he
has rrospelctl or his farm by casting the
brings to town to sell anil the value Of what
he tu:s in town and takes home
THAT is not all. Everybody knows that
m was busy knows that
life as distributed among our people were
greater than ever before. But wheat was
low and some of our farmers became dis.
cratic orator in Missouri who appealed to
the farmers whether they had ever known q
time before when 1t took four bushels OF
see now? Wheat has not appreciated. but
has gone lower than ever before In the
memory Of any farmer who hears me-. 1t
s been II nnr n t" ses snS" 20 Gf IT. IN the
worktngman. hut 1t has been 40 cheap that
II mas II, some places gone into the hog
trough. ! said some years ago that the
Ar~v
lot OF any workingman In the world, and
that this was evidenced by the fact thnt
the gates of Castle Garden always swing
shore. The workingman knows the land OF
promise as well as the swallow knows the
land Of summer. could not say that to.
day; because Ssan the gates Of Castle Garden
need anybody here who thinks that he
knows Of better place. and am glad that
to such The gates have swung outward. It
employment for labor when the owner of
the mill would just as soon shut down as
not.
'.Now what brought the present condition
about? II is important TO know. because the
party or the policy that brought 1t about,
that hat,o is responsible for bringing 1t about,
Was anybody foolish cnoMgh 10 suppose
that We could change the tariff policy 0f
this country from the Mckinley bili to a bill
framed upon the lines Of the Chicago plat.
form
without Disasterf
II can see how some sanguine professor
might insist that We could get out Of the
very smooth and calm sea beyond hut l
cannot how even u half -witted man
could suppose for one. nomen, that we could
pass from the protective policy Of the Re-
publican party to law on the lines of the
Chicago platform without convulsion in
business. The choice Of congress pledged
tn ttnf SvntT Stn 1,rv3N al VeNtN
duccd an element of uncertainty that made
It impossible for any manufacturer or mer-
chant to go on with his work. II he gave
the Democratic party any credit for sin
assembled. ali after dealing with the Sher.
man hill. organized the committee Of ways
and charged y with the, Auty Of having a
tariff bill ready for action at the regular
session, and the promise was made that It
would be rushed through and speedily
speedily through. this condition Of uncer-
tainty and distress was prolonged through
out n whole year. and August Of ~ came
passed II bill. And then they passed bill
which. according to the Judgment Of Mr..
Cleveland. was so unequal In its provisions,
80 unlike Democratic promises, 80 full OF
Party Perildy aud Dishon0r
The Democratic party owed 1t to this coun-
try IL 1t would maintain Its competency to
deal with such questions, to pass a bill
speedily. and secondly to pass bill! that
Democratic party had had q consistency In
their platform Of declarations; il the coun-
try could have known what they were likely
diminished. but the trouble about It all
was that there was no conference of belief
among them. and nobody could tell what
''rhese gentlemen now tell you that they
want to break down the fence; that Ia what
MIR. Wilson told his English friends the 9th
er day, that he was engaged In tearing down
fences. Now. fences are for two purposes.
l was raised on farm and have had some
experience. They are to keep things out
or TO keep them in. one Or the other. The
fence aroiln'i the corniied is to keep stock
out, the fence around the pasture is to
keep stock In. What does tearing them
down imply? Tint all Of this range stock
our cattle will share the range with them.
start with this proposition, that there Is
not enough grass on the range for the cat
tic that are ont there % already. make iis this
our fences IL better and the cattle slickcr
md better in bone and richer In condition
than these out on the range. II we equalize
these things and let these wild-h0rned and
hungry stock from the range into our en-
closed fields we won't have as much grass
for our own stock ns we had before. They
kcts. In the tariff hill OF 1890 we intro
duced
A Reciprocity Policy,
securing mnikets Of eat rm0us pre- sent value
to the farEl:rs and manufacturers OF this
country ui.i "t a possible value that can
kets without entlangering the wages OF any
American workingman.. by putting sugar
on the free list we saved every farmer u
paid p,a Tor sugar. Countries like Cuba and
Brazil and the South American states gave
to us either free entrance or reduced rate
for many OF our manufactures and other
products.
"The Democratic party. IN its mad desire
for tariff reform and for whnt they call in
creased foreign trade has struck ssra. down every
the result? Spain has done rs we might
-four to Cuba. When I.osnnsport firm here
New York the other day for Cuba. the
commission merchants In New York sent
back word that they could not send 1t.
IN New York; Minneapolis millers Also sent
their -four with the same result. That enor-
nous market. opened without cost, n market
which no other country shared, has been
rutliIessy stricken down ty the party which
SAYS 1t IL looking to enlarge our share In the
markets Of the world.
.'After years Of the hardest lighting aud
negotiation. and great credit Is due TO that
gallant soldier and statesman. Zen. Rusk OF
Wisconsin. who. as secretary OF agriculture h
assisted In the work %S succeeded n brea1
against the importation Of our hog products
Now ali that is gone, for while the Ge..
mans will hardly sny that they refuse our
pork because VIC hav. abrogatrd this treaty,
venture the prediction that II We continue
our present policy Of discriminating against
German sugar, Germany will find trichine
In American pork In less than six months
and will shut 1t out again: A great, and
patriotic AMI earnest effort was made 10
open markers for our products. but all this
work Is to 90 for nothing In this Wild cru
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