The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-10-05
the law of 1894. admitted free The Ian

the law of 1904. admitted free The Ian
guage OF the schedule quoted Is;
"Provided further. that nothing herein
contained shall be SO construed ~ TO alb
rogate or In any manner impair or affect
the PROVISIONS OF the treaty OF commercla al
reciprocity concluded between the United
States and the king OF the said islands the
both day OF January, 1875. or the pro-
visions OF any act OF Congress heretofore
passed for the execution OF the samen
This provision was inserted I'm the law by
the Senate 1t gives to the great sugar
trust an advantage which has not here
tofore been suspected The sugar produce
ton OF the Hawaiian Islands is under the
control af the sugar trust; that country
Is the Held OF Its primary operations The
Democratic party took away from the sug-
ar raisers OF the United States the bounty
OF $40. 900, 900 a year and bestowed boun-
ty of ~, 100000 year on the producers of
the Hawaiian Islands, giving them an ad-
vantage over not only the sugar prod ucers
OF the United States but of the whole
world outside OF those islands
The sugar producer Of the Sandwich ISL
ands profits by the tariff OF ~ per cent,
while upon all other sugars that 40 per
cent goes into the reasury of the United
States do not question, my fellow citi-
zens, nor discuss. the propriety CT main
tanning that trea ty inviolate. But there
were other treaties made by the Govern
ment OF the United States twice as good.
When we made the tariff law OF 1890 and
took away all the tariff from sugar we
gave to the cane prod ULCERS and the beet
producers and tho maple sugar producers a
bounty equivalent TO the tariff, and We said
In that law that that bounty should stand
for fifteen years That IL all wiped out by
the law OF 1894 Not even the bounty OF
this year is given TO the crop that has al
ready been supervised by the Government
OF the United States BY this law this Is
nf hn
country. What Is there more sacred In a
reciprocity treaty with a foreign country
than a solemn contract made with our own
citzens7
Democracy was criticised for increas-
ing the salaries of certain officials at a
time when the revenues of the country
fell below the expenditures and the
money question was touched on, Gov.
Mckinley saying:
Our money Is All good, whether IL be gold
or silver, whether it be national bank notes
or greenbacks or Treasury notes, or gold
or silver certificates every dollar Is good.
To get the money out among the people Is
the serious problem to-day. To do this We
must not only have something to sell but
be able to find somebody to buy. No mat
ter what we have to sell, II there is nobody
able to buy, who wants it7 We must keep
1t IL we are com PEELED to keep it we suf :
fer the loss In whole or in part of what 1t
costs US TO produce it.
The banks are filled with money; money
was never more plentiful or less employed
than 1t is now. L. Is because IL is not en-
ployed that we have the stagnation In
business which distressed the country, and
the reason IL Is not employed is because
the invitation to safe aud profitable In
vestment is not presented 1t IS not the
lack OF money nor the kind OF money tn at
Is our trouble; IL is the lack OF prosperous
manufacturing and the absence Of conf
dence I'm the party managing the Govern
mont, and a want OF faith in the future
When confidence and hope are everywhere
manifested manufacturers are busy and
labor Is employed. and when both are en-
gagged, one with fair profit and the other
with fair wages. then agriculture is pros
porous and money has free and healthy
circulation.