The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-01

panpered az the expense 81 Tie hard
working ~Frontiersman. They ask thai
me next great snterprise On which thii
republic engages shall DO Il thOgough
rapid and comprehensive Irrigation sur
vey OF the entire arid and suhhnlhidI 10
gions Of the continent, 90 that W. maj
gradually more and more como ID real
he the dream Of upeSamplcd prosperity
which history and observation hare ius
titled us IN entertaining:
The valleys Of South Dakota also pro.
duce the finest hax STRAW Id the world
and IL the duty ie retained / ,OO0,Out
more acres, irrigated BY these marvellous
wells, will produce all the massrial iol
all the liner used by our people, and the
power produced by the pressure ot theiI
dow will drive the machinery To make il
the finished product. Stimulated by
the dnty imposed by the present law,
American ingenuity discovered the pro.
cess by which FAX straw, which has been
heretofore raised for the seed and con,
sidsred valneless, can be made into the
finest fiber, can be retted in twenty-four
hours and scutched by machinery. In
Europe this work requires weeks Of time
and much labor. Retain the present.
duty and South Dakota win furnish you
Your sugar and your linen, and the valley
OF the james will be . teeming hive OF
industry and wealth, such as the world
never saw before. Why should these
grand resources OF nature 60 und, vel.
oped? Why should we buy Of others
when we can increase our wealth and
happiness by doing the work ourselves!
What we want is TO retain the duly on
flax fiber and linen, and in ten years we
will export these articles. American
genius has made a start; the problem is
solved, and machinery will soon do the
work OF the hand OF man In the 2roduc
ton of linen at half the present cost.
Mr.. President, / am not going into the
discussion OF the vol question, but
wish to say that no person ri repre-
SEM 'ho peop'e "a 'ou'u
than one term In congress who votes to
destroy the fiocks OF sheep in that state.
IN iooo 'ne'e were s.ssp -
South Dakota; to-day there are $4,000.
an -.
$50 'o'o' "" pop
hochs M" "efe 70
oe out
~ io's ues',o,e
prop01', !" = sAp 80.
Ou' pfoeec'ion "us' 70 y"
ooa'h DaAo'a
Shall we raise wheat! Our competat-
or in this industry - the miserable ryot
who tills the fertile soil u the Pun1ao
tor 10 centsa day--soil upon which re
and his ancestors have lived since tP 1e
days OF The creation, but soil which he
does not own, and for the use OF which
be pays tribute to. some idier. Tne
freight on q hnshei OF wheat from South
Dakota TO New : 10 70 cents; from
India or the Argentine TO New Iorkdt
10 IL cents per bushsi without . tarlif
on wheat II will not % many years until
Indian and south American wheat VIII
be sold 10 New York, and we Will not
export Q bushei. But the industry Of
wheat raising is already o'ned Ihs
bounty resulting 70 silver using
tries by the decline IN silver has stlmu-
lated their exports . production and
reduced the gold price OF wheat 10 3
lowest point IN the world; 90 legislation
has air. ady ruined The wheat raiser, ~
you say by this bill you shall not raise
sugar or fiax, n we Will turn your burr
ley. hay and egg market over to Canada.
Dir. PRESIDENT, o duty on corn 10 re-
duced from 10 cents per bushel to ~ per
cent. ad valorem. This will admit corn
from the Argentine Republic for Q duty
than Q cents per DusneL and the &C.
count will stand thus; Price Of corn IN
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