The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-07-21
Betraytmg the West.

By voting for the Bourbon tariff bill
Senator Allen and Senator Kyle have
furnished the most conclusive argu
ment yet advanced against the exist
ence of the Populist party. Both these
men were elected as the special re-
presentatives of the Western farmers;
and they have deliberately done all
in their power to condemn the West
orn farmers to disaster, poverty and
ruin. They were sent to the Senate
~ the sworn foes to monopoly; and
tn ey voted to consummate the most
d disgraceful surrender to monopoly ever
rec orded in American history.
The mongrel tariff bill was so in
famous and destructive a measure that
several Democrats besides Hill were
ready to brave the wrath of the White
House and vote against it last Tuesday
night if their votes would kill it. The
votes of Allen and Kyle were for the
moment the pivot upon which hinged
the fate OF the bill. If it had been
known that they would vote against it
the measure would unquestionably
have been killed. These two men
really held the balance of power. By
voting against the Bourbon bill they
could not only have added many mil
lions of dollars to the value of Western
hocks; they could have securely estab-
lish ed in tho West that great industry
of sleeping raising which within ten
yea RS would have given to Western
far mers the immensely profitable pri-
vilege of furnishing practically the
whole amount of wool consumed by
the American people. At present the
United States pays foreigners more
than one hundred and twenty million
dollars year for raw sugar. The
Mckinley bounty system was design
ed to divert this vast sum to the pock-
cts of our Western citizens. In three
years it had increased the production
of beet sugar from 10000 to A.
600, 600 pounds; and it was absolutely
certain that within a short time the
West would have been receiving at
least hundred million annually for
beet sugar. Mr.. Allen and Mr.. Kyle
knew this. They knew that tens of
millions of dollars of Eastern capital
were ready for investment in beet
sugar production as soon as the mong-
rel bill was beaten. Yet they deliber-
ately sacrificed the Western wool in
dustry, the Western beet sugar indus
try and the certainty of splendid and
enduring prosperity for every Western
: commonwealth for whatl For a
mess of pottage, worthless if they had
received it, but withdrawn from them
at the critical moment; for lying Demo-
cratic promises which were not kept
and not intended to be kept; for the
ridicule of both sides of the Senate,
who witnessed their stupid barter of
their votes with unconcealed con-
tempt.
Senator Allen loudly proclaimed
that free barbed wire would be worth
a million dollars year to Western
farmers. AS matter of fact, itwould
have been worth practically nothing;
since the extremely low price of Amer
ican wire and the charges of trans
portation from the coast would have
effectually prevented the middle West
from using the foreign product. Even
if this vaunted "concession" had been
worth million year, what excuse
could Mr.. Allen offer for sacrificing
the beet sugar industry, worth hun
dred million year in the near future
in return2 Does the Nebraska Sena-
tor consider one dollars profit fair
Offset for hundred dollars loss! But
free barbed wire was denied the two
buncoed Populist at the last hour. AS
\ for free lumber, it is in no sense
y benefit to the West but a permanent
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