Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-02
A., NJ 1900 and Protection.

- 1T oil low y"
&c The best W to the Demo
one : that the tariff act of 1890 was
eau. adation to American w~orkingmen,
2 ore snaech of Mr.. Burrows of Michi-
. ue ,al;yered in the House of Represen-
Tsa, last winter. The speech is
nlyss with facts and official figures,
doWuusa how marvellous was the expan-
sDo"lhs 70 the industries of the country
SOL .sso protective features OF tn I act.
y # the most striking portions of the
mech is as tollows 49,.
As,ndnstries and American labor, the
eau $500 in it's results more than JUST.
gel H. d. nrediction of its friends. That
nes I'D ,ld stimulate the development of
y enterprises and promote the growth
D." stahlished industries was conf
.r asserted, but that its beneficent
GEN. would be so quickly manifest and
eler. .rvelous exceeded the highest hopes
y y mo most sanguine. 1t induced capital
y embark in untried ventures, enlarged
~ seld OF labor's profitable employment,
uunonted our domestic and foreign
,us an and ouickened with a new life the
uau n;fold industries of all our people.
uaapresident Harrison only affirmed the
.u,,b Of history when in his last annual
uuaH 90 70 Congress he said: so high a
DER Of the comforts of life were
o ourar before enjoyed by our people
SaTb;s exultant declaration made but a
u.ia over one year ago, incredible as 1t
sssms in the midst of present appalling
%rnditions. was nevertheless grounded on
bdisputable facts; - .
49, b;yhest character, in its issue of DC
. / 50, 1892, published the result of a
usrtal census of the industrial growth
u The country under the act of 1890,
wwh;ch disclosed that from the time that
st went into effect, October q, 1890, 34o
sw Industries had been established in
~, y United States and 10S existing plants
sytended and improved, demanding an
Increased outlay of 40,499,Oo0 in cap
itsl and the employment of 10000 addi-
tonal laborers. In the textile industries
Anne, during the first six months OF
iS02 135 new factories were built, com
rr;s;nc 40 cotton mills (21 of which were
heated in the Southern states). 4S knit
tns mills, 20 wooden mills, 10 silk mills,
1 plush mills and 2 linen mills. In Sep
tsmber. 1892, there were 1o,2OO,OoO
working spindles, an increase of G6O,OOO
aver 1891; while during the year 1871,
American mills consumed 2,396.OOO bales
Of cotton in the manufacture of domestic
fsbrics, il required 2,5S4.OOO bales in
1902, showing an increased consumption
Of $4,000 bales in a single year.
"Put. marvellous as was this develop
mont vet nowhere in the field of our in
d~nstrial achievements was the triumph
Of our protective system more completely
indicated than in the creation Of the
American tin-plate industry. 1t is as
astounding as it is gratifying. The re-
port of Mr.. Aver, the special agent OF the
treasury department, shows that his in
Sustry has been substantially created in
this country as one of the results of the
act Of 1890. On the LIST day of July,
1891, there was practically no manu-
facture Of tin plate in the United States.
Pounds.
From July !, 1891, to September
50, 1891, s manufactures pro- 90, 400
From rSSsq october /, 1881, to Decem-
Der 81, 1891, IL factories pro- 90,
81. 1852, 20 factories produced. 5000, 225
'l82. e factories produced. -. $500. 751
Making a total production dur
ing the first year under the
operation of this law of. -. IL, G46, TO
30. 1892 80 factories produced. 1882 25
From October /, 1892, to Decem-
Der 81 1892, 81 factories pro- -,
From January i, 1883. to March
81, 1893, 33 factories produced. %. 566. 800
from April l, 1893, to June 81,
1888, 30 factories produced ..... 39,543.5S7
Making q total production for
the second fiscal year off,. Us, Sl9, 2OZ
But it is not necessary to multiply in
stances. / might consume the hour in
summOning an array of unimpeachable
witnesses to the potent influence of the
act OF 1880 in establishing and main
tanning increased industrial development
ana promoting. the enlarged employment
Of laDor with the resultant prosperity and
happiness to all our people. In no single
particular did the act of 1890 fail TO Sc
sure the beneficent results its authors
designed, and every prophesy of i'll in
winch its enemies INDUCED utterly failed
OF fnlhllment.
You said it would develop no new in
uustries-it created them by the hundreds,
lou said it would bring no resultant
oehehts to our workmen-it secured for
mem enlarged employment and increased
wages. fou said it would enhance the
ost OF the protected article-it c~heapened
y g The consumer. You said it would
amlhlsn our foreign trade-it augmented
IN lS92 to 1857. 6S0,G10. an increase
Swyer the previous year of $12S,2S3 ,6Ol.
lou said 1t would shut out our products
ron foreign markets-our export trade
Increased Sl4J, 79I ,3SS, swelling its vol
June TO Sl,O30.27S 14S, the largest ever
AnoWn In the history Of the country and
ssascceeedlng the value of our imports by
s-o@,S'o,6S6. You said il would ~paralyze
our domestic trade-it was never more
sKorous than in the years Immediately
.olowing its enactment. And so every
pIpplecry of i'll found swift and complete
maulauon IN increased industrial activity
w every hand and enhanced individual
~ national prosperity. lApplause.l
Coming Home tn Roost.
tlhe Ohio State Journal says that whit
uscent public opinion will unanimously
approve the stand taken by President
thhe.eiand in the present strike trouble,
!. people with fairly good memories will
an some OF the socialistic expressions
ddmpioyed by the President himself in adj
ofesssihg The people on this very question
Inc n~lfterences between capital and
Ia \ Ihey will probably remember that
- me MAJ who talked in q message TO
frnrs about workingmen suffering
wel lhe doom Of perpetual servitude,"
n,ta hhoWlng in his heart that he was
tbe, ihg RAM damagogic falsehoOd, and
baatts every poor boy in this country has a
no l chance to get on in the world than
whoe nlcYed. Mr.. Cleveland is the man
disoln the same message to Congress
no lrsed in a sympathetic tone on what
Of omallclously termed 1.-The communism
asnasp teSsed poverty and toll, which, ex-
d~isordln,ed by injustice, attacks with wild
honsaI me citadel Of rule" (the white