Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1894-08-28
OAKES, NORTH DAKOTA, AUGUST Is, 1884,
The Bradford Observer, published in

England is warm supporter of the
Democratic idea of tariff REFORM" and
in its issue of June % it prints the fol
lowing editorial note:
American people, after they taste the
joys of cheaper commodities under
moderate tariff, went in for a still lower
tariff. or even free trade in necessary
articles. especially if the income tax
yields the comparatively small revenue
required by their government"
The Observer doesn't think correctly or
wisely. The American people have al
ready tasted the Joys of cheaper com
modities" under the Democratic threat
to destroy protection and they are hearth
ly sick of it. Cheap commodities import
British labor may be a good thing for the
English people, but they mean Industrial
death to America and soup houses for the
American working people.
Connec ecticut Workingman on the Do
ings of Congress.
The New York Times, Il Democratic
paper, prints the following from Eli Per
kins:
To-day Silas Rockwell who used to work
in the Meriden Britannia works, passed
through Ridgetield He was looking for
work.
~ will do anything said Silas-'dig
poNss.OS'H, .SAN NAANlSbJ VI Alih. stAu
| cheap. too
Why don't you work in the Meriden
shops? | asked.
"A third of us are out he said They
used to pay out 100000 month. but
now it's only 100000 month that the
| England
| hat do the boys say about the hard
times. Rockwell?' l asked
We'll, they don't say much. They
sit still and growl. They don't understand
the thing; but l used to teach school in
Stratford. and | can figure it all OUT
| "W What is the trouble, as you figure,
| Silas" l asked.
" It's like this: The darned fool poll
ticians are fussing around to save cents
While the laboring men are losing dol
lars. lars According to the census reports
ooo;0oO men at work. earning an average
Of 50 per day each, or $50. 100000 day
altogether. Now third of us $4,000, ,OO0)
are idle, and $1O.OOO,OOO are lost every
day. The other 100000 are working
goes $4,000, 900 more-s15 ZOO, 600 @ day day
gone-,yes, $4,5O0,OOO, 600 year taken
out of circuationn
And what is Congress doing, Silas?'
on nnWn IVY ny, they are trying to save the
S9,ooo,OO0 bonus on sugar, and $2,OOO,-
001 W, on coal, and 81. 100000. on iron ore.
one day would pay it all. They are penny
wise and pound foolish
But, Silas, Cleveland may make
wages lower, but he's working for for
eign MARKET | said
-, There the are picayune again. said
Sllas. why. the census report says the
cloth, iron tin, glass and other stuff we
manufactured in 1890 amounted to So
O54, 4,435,a}27- nine billion dollars-and we
consumed $S.9O3, 1872 961 of it at home.
Now, these Washington idiots want us to
give up $9,O0O,00O,OOO worth of home
manufactures to the poor, half-paid labor
mills or make US work for their pauper
wages!
<,,' We are great nation said Sias
The combined importations of the whole
world.-Europe, Asia, Africa, South
America and notwithstanding to the
American almanac, only amount to ST.
569, 100000. If we should give up oul
market to the world-give up nine billions
and try to make the seven millions worth
of stuff that the world makes-we'd have
to do it at their low wages, less the
ter make this $9,O0O,OO0OOO worth of oul
own stuff ourselves ut big wages and let
the rich import $5OOOOO,OO0 worth OF
Kid gloves, champagne, silks and mo-
quette carpets and support the govern.
ment We were getting our tea, coffee
sugar, tobacco, bread and meat free and
getting double wages. That was good
enough for Silas Rockwell I wish We
mechanics could talk to old Cleveland
for ten minutes. We'd knock all that
silly, pcayune, silver bill. sugar bounty
income tax, and other baby stuff out OF
his head, and fill it with billions instead
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