Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-01-18
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,I,,u~rciful Arratgnnent.
washington, Jan. Following 10 Mr.
Burrows tariff speech delivered IN the
house to-day: 49, ar ,or :, ,,oro.
Ian nns tor IT'S av0wed object q radical
up oa OF the tariff act OF lAaN. It
.'unvas not only o change OF sales, but
nnm,npt.. reversal OF Qll economic poll
q, me act OF 1870 was enacted not
~. .ySiv with n view OF securing revenue tor
y rha support OF the government, but Tor
tho furtner purpose OF giving encourage
mont a to the creation Or new enterprises
"nd protection to American Industries
"n, american workMen AGAINST uhe4uut
smd INJURIOUS foreign competition. IN
" ,s nracllcal Workings it accomplished
.'oth tnese results. mat net went into
uyact Oct. u, 1881, ana as measure tor
rnvrnue it met, so long as its operation
rss undisturbed, the needed require
mnnts OF the government. since the LIST
~ .luly. 1888, however,, there has been .
MARKED decline in the revenues until
,hey nave actually fniien below the re-
sIrement for the puDilc service. VEN
,nre 10 suggest, however, IN tins connec-
, .on that TINS decline in the public reve-
" " aurlng the present fiscal year is not
ntrrihnrable to any defect In the law OF
asMi INT rather TO the general derange-
mant aud prostratlon of business through
nnt rhe country. Inc ascendency VI
uoiticll party pledged to the
,es1ructiOn OF our Protective FoAAcy
hns not only crippled and suspended the
uneratIon OF our domestic manufactures,
mr. me importer or foreign 1AOrlcs natu-
nlly curtalis his importatiOns IN the nope
49, Occurring their admission into our ln,lr-
tpts uDUn most favorable conditions. con-
ninntly assert that II the election OF 1917
Ind resulted In the retention OF the Nepun-
ic party IN power: ac eco asnranc ~ ~ ~
4 continuance Of the American policy OF
protection, the effect upon the pubic rev.
rnue US well as general prosperity OF the
country would have been entirely reversed;
truth Of history when In his last annual
message to congress he said: so high
degree of prosperity and 80 great q dinuslon
Of life were never before enjoyed by our
people, This exultant declaration made but
q little over one year ago, as 1t seems III
the midst of present appalling conditions,
was nevertheless grounded on tndisputable
facts. You (the Democrats) said the act OF
created them by the hundreds. You said
it would bring no resultant benefits to our
worknlen-it secured for them enlarged EN-
ployment and increased wages You said
mented it in 1882 to 81. s57, Csc, $40, an in
crease over the previous year of SIPS, 2S3, 6O4.
You said it would shut out our products
from foreign markets-our export trade IN
s1,oso, 27S, 14s, the largest ever known in
the history of the country and exceeding the
value of our imports by $2O2 S75, 6S6. You
said it would paralyze our domestic trade
years Immediately following Its enactment;
and so every prophesy Of i'll found swift
and complete REPUTATION in increased In.
dustrial activity on every hand and enhanced
therefore, justified in asserting that the act
Of 1890, could Its permanency have been
assured, would have accomplished the double
purpose for which 1t was enacted.
1.-THE Mckinley tariff never closed a mill
in the United States. shut up Il mine,
stol ped wheel, blew out a furnace fire,
or drove single workman Into the streets.
out the country comes solely from the
to the repeal Of the act Of 1900, and the
III therefor s, Of ST a syes
party In full control of the government, Is
It any wonder that domestic manufacturers
suspend operations until advised OF the con-
ditions under which they must market
'sThls industrial depression came, there.
fore, not as the result of existing tariff
rates, but from an apprehension ut seems
now to have been well founded that these
throw and destroy our protective policy,
exposing our domestic manufacturers to q
ruinous foreign competition and in9ugurate
in this country an era OF Tree tsaGe, w WI,
might demonstrate the benefcent e1ects
Of restored confidence. You have but to
abandon the policy upon which you nave
entered recommlt this bitl ana pser nn Ha
turbed, and all our industries Will quickly
revive"
Mr.. Burrows then took up the tarin
plank of the last Democratic national pat
DINA ordinance Of notification. He con-
tin me- ,n,,, :. coon therefore. TINT the
ground on Which the ch thew were
driven by the stern patriotism o6 OF Zen;
Jackson, is at last reoccupied in 1892, sixty
years later, in force by the whole Demo,
cratic party. And. It is not dimGI .ah nov ths
Northern Democrat obeys the command e
take position in support OF the uncons 81
tutionality Of protective tarin ana tne
confidence with which 1t seems , TO o of EN- EN-
Democratic party now nnhappily d on'iin t
ing the republic). It is not surprising,
therefore, to find the Democratic party ol
1892, with it's two wings reunited a 1,6 tne
South in the lead. moving under the s.
Confederate Banner of Free trade
to the complete overthrow OF our Proteet ats
system. It may be safely asserted tnat DoLl
PARTIES believe in raising some portion L. % o
the needed revenue for the support OF !ns
government BY imposing duties on fose ~.
products coming into our markets, ana tne
only points at issue arc, hrst, the class %
articles upon which these duties snali pe
levied; and; second, he rate OF duty ne'
MI. Burrows then argued at length o.
the constltutionality of protective tarln
citing Webster, Adams, Jefferson and others
IN support thereof.
'Tariff reform" he continued, sis finally
interpreted to mean free raw material. ane
reduction Of duties on competing loreigi
products entering our markets below tns
protective point, regardless OF the conse
quence to American industries and Amerl
can labor. This Is tariff reform; beIora
proceeding. to specific explanation DC
sire to say that this measure, as whole
stands without parallel In the history o.
the proposed tariff legislation In the country
1t was framed with intentions of carrying
out that portion of the Democratic plat
form and policy which declared Tor !
tariff for revenue only and 1t Is the bold
est step yet taken by any party III tn
United States In the direction OF Tree trade
d step which, II 1t shall find popular fol
lowing In this country. will certainly leae