The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-04-07
o,,+c leaders in congress seriously prG f"ni.
to !" s sht the door Of this splendin oppr'

~ ~ in The Face Of the American 1aImeion.
The People Will Have fr.s notas or
I am not here to discuss To- change up
schSu uu,n ae new conditions require ~, m,,St
OK ;MsiS+ence is that these CHANCES ,r;nc;.
over he governed by the proteCtne may be,
ME. and within that princlpie , HaI rs time,
sshould be and will be amenuend changed
nay, PROCESSES of manufacture anu thev
Commercial conditions require; vii, ade-
mist not fall below a rate VIII - v,aan the
Uuately measure the dlnere4Ge +hot of COM
American scale of wages ana ans' no in IA
natino countries, and must always :. ond
p por of the labor of our Owl courslS min.
The home market for our people: n my
ciple upon which they 1 Mere tariff ria"r policy Of
s sui: country must be protective. Ihat +h rs
What We contend for-that Is What Il
American people mean to have. LII, t. no+
The pretext for the pF The o declaration Of
its author and the house committee 10 q Of.
4; = will reduce the revenue. The same 81
! fort at turiff reduction has Deeh repernIus
made in the past When '" =, i" uresent law
| was ADEQUATE to meet all the e1o:nses +p -
the government, and did meet thea ior .ne
first two and a half years OF its cpela'i od.
During II, year OF Pr rsaaie1s All below the
expenses of the government. anu ,o we.
President Harrison went out OF power,
while his administration had paid on mnu
than s29e, oooo GOO Of , the p 1a1 he tu ane over
to the administrator which succ cee ,a.i h,%
a surplus of upwards Of 1924, OOO,0oO, incinu-
ing the reserve fund, which under the ~,
publican policy had never been eocro"eneo
The advocates of tariff taxation are aa-
| yided into two schools. Both schools Ds-
lieve in raising public money, by a tafin,
and only differ as to the kind OF taIlh oo
&C :ompiish this purpose. One school, the
Democratic school, advocates a tariff Ior
revenue only; the other, the RepubNcan
school, advocates a tariff for revenue ana
also protection. A revenue tariff mas ~
other aim or purpose and disclaims every
| other save revenue. A protective tarin,
while raising all needed revenue, IS ever
mindful that the taxes imposed shail pe
upon those foreign products when VII,
most encourage domestic production NV
rest most lightly upon the consumer. me
revenue tariff is unmindful of the develop
ment and prosperity Of our country. Inc
protective tariff, while having revenue anu
the needs Of the treasury always III view
steadily keeps in mind our own people,. "A
revenue tariff seeks out articles OF prime
necessity, often such as we can not pre-,
duce in our own country, and makes them
the subject of taxation. rhe senate mas
son bill which is a striking Illustration OF
q revenue tariff. It takes sugar, an artcie
which enters into every mans housenoiu
and home, from the free list and places II
upon the dutiable list.
A Revenue Tariff
will raise revenue for a time at least, gu.
it is inadequate to encourage, promote and
protect production in our own country.
eign production which we can produce at
home and puts a tariff upon them. and
while every importation OF such articles
produces revenue which goes into the ed tre as.
nestle production and s~ustains and defends
our domestic enterprises. SO long as we
have to use the taxing power, why not use
their occupations? What is the gain If we
do put money into the PUBLIC treasury
under a revenue tariff and thereby disco4r.
opportunity, for capital and labor to earn
money? Why tax Il foreign article which
we cannot produce rather than one which
nestle industry; in the latter our tariffs
discriminate against the foreign and in
favor Of the home product. A tariff levied
exclusively for revenue encourages iore in
and when such a tariff is levied on articles
the like Of which re produce at home, 1t
discourages oar own producers by deprlv-
ing them of the home market which justly
belongs to them. A revenue tariff encour-
ages no home enterprises; 1t supplies EN-.
ployment to no American workingman; 1t
takes employment from him because in the
encouragement of foreign importatiors 1t
diminishes the demand for American prod
ucts. To the extent that it diminishes the
nsmsnf the i0d den na1ei'c for Pheou American te a'I pro:
Queer. The use Of a foreign article, which
a Democratic revenue tariff encourages.
means less $ use Sc or 81 no ,o use Of Of a an like ro IN e Etc
rope and conditions are lower there than
here, Il free trade or a revenue tariff upon
competing goods tends either to destroy do,
nestle production or to Level labor and
every other condition to the foreign stand
ard. A revenue tariff is an enemy. to the
American shop, the American workingman
- nry ~, pn W nnh Anlprtppu IT
dustrial independence. 1t has not a single
element of patriotism. 1t has no nationa!
spirit or instinct. To supply the needs OF
the treasury is its chief and exclusive con
Germ. 1t has no other. 1t is 4 sure, pre-
cursor of national poverty, national bank
ruptcy and individual distress. It is the
Forerunner of Hard Times.
1t is without a single worthy triumph.
The years in which it has been tried in the
United States excite neither our respect
nor pride; It has furnished nsaasl mo- no ,hn nsp ing
of deficient revenues, greater bonded in
debtedness and universal want among the
people.
men of the State Of Minnesota, take in the
settlement Of these great and pressing public
questions: May we not hope that the spirit
Of justice and patriotism which animated
you in the critical days of the past. when
the people of the Northwest led the hosts Of
freedom in the great contest with the slave
power may still inspire you to even mightier
effort in behalf of the fundamental princi.
pies of our government, and OF our indus
trial independence and prosperity? Standing
before this vast aSsemblage, l recall the
words of William H. Seward. spoken to the
people at st. Paul on Sept. 10, 1860, when
he said:
"The virtue which is to save this nation
must reside in the Northwest. On both sides
Of this stream are the people who hold In
their hands the destinies of the republic.
That some great states are to be built up in
the valley Of the Mississippi l know. You
will no longer hear hereafter of the old
Dominion State;' dominion passed away from
Virginia long ago. Pennsylvania is no longer
the keystone Of the American Union, for the
arch has been extended from the Atlantic
coast to the Pacific ocean, and the center of
the arch is
Moved Westward.
"a new keystone is to be built in that
arch. New York will cease to be the En-.
pire State and a new Empire State will
lands are rich and where the people who
cultivates them are all free and ali equal
That state which shall be truest to the great
f%nt S1sta an,Pta rblne eha'1 Of the government:
most vigorous In developing and perfecting
society OH those principlcs-will be TT once
the new Dominion State, the new keystone
State, the new Empire State"
The question for which the great New
York statesman spoke so eloqIently las
been settled, righteously settled. "a he
pleaded and prayed 1t might be; settled in
consequence Of the DEGREES Of the great
campaign in which he spoke; settled by the
great liberator for whom he spoke, the i'm.
mortal lincoln; settled in eternal Justice.
for freedom and mankind. Citizenshin H.
no longer unequal and every man is free
beneath the flag. The differences existing
then are no longer present to impede ths
progress and unity Of the republic, or to
stand between us in the realization Of ,ts
highest interests; Now all sections end all
have q common and glorious .itizenshin!!
all a like interest in the perma lency and
progress of the Union. The liberty for
which Seward spoke has been scared and
ever. The virtue which is 10 advance 't tha
nation now free to it's highest destiny and
glory must reside in the people, not Of the
Morthwest alone, but in the people of every
west can be relied upon n5w and in ~,
future. as in the mast to ..nntrin..H. ~. .he