The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-10-11

the gold reserve in the treasury-that has
been sacred ever since John Sherman es-
tablished it down to the inauguration of
President Cleveland, and fifty millions of
thatgold reserve has gone, to meet the
current expenses of the federal govern
ment.
Democratic Times of Long Ago.
But it Is only history repeating itself
The last Democratic administration be-
fore the war was an administration of
loans and deficits and distress in business,
and the first full Democratic admiaistra-
ton since the war is an administration of
loans and deficits and of universal distress
to the country.
Better than the law of 1900. Ghere were
mistakes in the law-no great bill with
5000 items could be passed without hav-
ing some mistakes-but. my countrvmen,
whatever mistakes were in the law, what
ever errors crept into that law, every one
of them was in favor of the American
home the American citizen, the American
factory, the American farm. But of the
500 plumbers discovered in the law of 1894
not one Of them IS in favor Of the Ameri-
can people. They have not even, by acct
dent or blulder, made any mistakes in
favor OF American enterprise, American
Industries or American homes.
All, but they say: Our tariff law is
better than the Republican law because it
reduces duties So it does reduce duties.
Governor Mckinley then explained,
clearly and simply, tbag reduced duties
meant greater Imports, and every article
imported displaced a homemade article,
and when home production decreased,
workmen Became idle, business Became
stagnant, and hard times speedily re
suited
When you diminish the tariff you do it
for only one pprpose-that is, to epcour-
age importation. That is what it is done
for That is the objection they make to
the law Of 1892 that we discouraged i'm
portation. Well, we did. We discour-
aged the importation OF every product
that we could produce at home that we
might find employment. for our labor at
home, aad give to the farmers Of the
United States consumers Of the products
Of their farms
Cheap Things and Cheap Times.
All, 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 price
for his wheat, or his corn, or his barley, or
his sheep, or his stock? Are not prices
low enough, farmers of Minnesota? Does
the merchant want the prices of the
articles he sells reduced in price, Does
the workingman want less wages? Who
wants these cheap things?
My fellow citizens, nothing is cheap
that comes from abroad to the American
people. [Applause.l No product of agri-
cuIture is cheap from abroad if it leaves
the American product To rot in the
ground. No manufactured article is
cheap to this country if it takes from the
workingmen of this country days labor.
And the old men in this audience, if they
will let memory sweep back, will recall
that when things are the cheapest men
are the poorest. And when the prices of
articles are lowest they are the hardest to
get, and that is the trouble now. But
there ara good many people living now
who did not live under the cid Demo
cratic revenue free trade tariff prior to the
war. The old men had the experience,
and the young men have to have it; and
are now enjoyingit, And experience, 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 adversely. 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. it has been "A
sort of compulsory education. But ] be-
iieve 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 importatIons Of
the preceding year. would amount to $41,-
100000, and $1S,000,000 of this was the
farmers wool, or nearly one half; $9,000,-
600 of it was lumber; 10000 or more Of
it were manufactured articles, and s1,000,-
coo or more of it was paintings and statu-
airy. Your statuary is now free. an
article Of necessity! But your sugar, an
article of luxury, is taxed.
This is not 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 1850, which opened up that
market to the -four, and tie bacon and the
hams of the farmers Of the United States;
trade with Cuba that increased $14,0C0,-
600 in a single year, principally agricul-
tural products; and with Brazil that in
creased S6,000,0QQ in a single year, prin-
cipally agricultural products.
Lost Confidence Must BE Restored.
My fellow citizens, our chief trouble now
is TO get confidence back to the people.
Our chief embarrassment comes from this
lack Of confidence, and not from the
money Of the country. Some people think
our trouble is the money. All the money
we have got IS good Our trouble is to get
it out in circulation among the people.
The banks are fpll Of money. Money was
never less employed than it is today, and
what we want is something to fetch it out.
The way TO get the money is to create
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.
The Democratic party is the most re-
markable party in history. 1t is for any
thing to get power, and then it is never
for anything which got 1t power. 1t was
for free silver in 1892 in some of the states;
and when it used to have the house of rep
resentatiyes, and we had the senate and
the presidency, they used to go through
the idle ceremony of passing a free silver
bill, but since they have got into power