Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-05-17
TriI mph Of the Tru.ts.

Tariff bill the third ha, been pre-
pared by the Democratic managers.
OF the Wilson bill it o. hardly is
necessary to speak: it is deal, mutilat.
ed. and mang.e1, trample1 upon and
denied Christian burial by those who
should have been its champions, the
Chicago Inter Ocean says. 1t va the
first, and it will be the last, of country
school teachers tariff bills. Where /:
David A. Wells. Where il that incor.
pora,ed lie, the alien importers club,
that called Itself the New York Re.
form League? Where is the Star.
Eyed Goddess? Where are the sappy
gentlemen that followed in her train
and that composed her masquerading
court. Why do we not hear their
voice Of lam~entatiyn? Why do they
sit in dumb despair?
Bill the third shouts defiance to the
Democratic tariff resolution of 1892.
That said. we declare it to Re II fun.
damental principle of the Democratic
party that the Federal government hai
no consti ,utional power to enforce and
collect tariff duties, except for u
pose of only" Bill the third
proceeds upon the assumption that
revenue Is a secondary con sideration in
tariff legislation
Bill the first made coal, iron and
sugar free OF duty. Bill the second
imposed duties on all of them, avowed.
ly for the purpose OF projection. Bill
the third increases the measure cf pro.
lection afforded by bill the second.
Bill the first made serious reductions
in the duties on cotton gods. Bill
the second modified those reductions.
Ilsll tl, yktn4 ,nnIa. al ,,n, ,,,nt,,
tive notifications. 1t is thus all along
the line of the 100 products of mines,
mills and factories. ANY and every
thing made or produced BY capital SIS
capable of combina' ion is projected
anything and everything of Southern
origin is protected. Northern labor
and Northern agriculture are about
the only things deprived wholly of
protection. The Northern wage-earn-
or is deprived By bill the third of the
blessing Ct cheap sugar thai the Me-
kinley law bestowed upon him; the
Northern farmer is deprived OF pro.
lection to his wool.
The Northern manufacturer of wool.
en- goods, after Icing bated with free
raw material smarts under the
springs of the Democratic tariff trap.
which are so adjusted rs to give more
protection to the lower grad IS OF cot.
ton goods than was contemplated by
bill the second. while diminishing the
duties on imported woolen9. But the
Northern manufacturers of wool were
not united: part of them wen astray
after free raw material" The South
ern manufacturers Of low-grade cot.
tons hung together" anu by so doing
obtained not only free raw material
but increased duties.
Bill the first was sectional. bill the
second was more so, bin the third is
the IN sectional that can be devised.
1t is protective to Southern industries,
protective to trusts, oppressive to agri
culture. menacing to several of the
more important Northern manufac
lures. and blighting to the prospect
of white labor. 1t is a bill of lodges
we cannot dignity them by the title OF
expediencies it is a compromise be-
tween the idiocies Of Wisconsin and
Wellsism and the trickeries of back.
stairs legislation. 1t will not bear de-
bate: if passed 1t will be assed under
gag rule. and If thus passed will in
crease the lack OF confidence in com.
mercial conditions. 1t is a measure
wholly devoid Of stability.