The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-08-10
..a America from an Ehgiish
Paint of View.

eted America from an
s'' Point of View.
rhomos Z. Reed of Maine deliv-
is mastery speech in the House on
rif question, he presented some IN
80 oninions of British free traders
III. tho prosperity of the United
under protection, and especially
.toction affects the working people.
nortion of his speech is as follows:
have here an article in the Fortnight
.yiev wherein J. Stephen Jeans, a
! frpe-trade writer, in December,
declares that. America has tor
wears enjoyed an amazing degree
osnerity. so much so, indeed, that, to
h. eloouen, words of Edmund Burke,
aralities which in all other cases are
: higbten and raise the subject have
1 tendency to sink it. Fiction lags
! truth. invention is unfruitful and
kination cold and barren.
k-hen read these words | recalled
\ in this House, and said how differ
men look at the same thing.
Here is a cool blooded Englishman
I in talking OF the not unreasonable
es'-I use his very words-whlc his
btrymen entertain that the greatest
|ket in the world, and probably in the
Ids history. is once again to be found
d at the feet of British industry and
Imerce' declares that America has
many years enjoyed an amazing de,
} Of prosperity, SO much SO, indeed,
/ he has to use the words of Burke TO
that he cannot even describe it. And
in this very hall q member OF the
mittee of ways and means, himself a
ntryman of Edmund Burke, and
)se wonderful cloquence moved this
,mbly as | never saw it moved before,
wed himself amid laughter and ap-
lse on the Democratic side, to com
. this amazing prosperity to a pro
ed debauch from which the country
d rescue itself only by the free use Of
committees dilution of the original
rage. Laughter.l 1t seems, some
, almost q desecration to put the
5 over against the figure of speech.
Here is a little book Of letters of an
or, Mr.. Carr Of the Cardiff Mail, to
wife. 1t is full of expressions Of sur
{ over this wonderful country 'phe-
email prosperity extent and strength
he enormous interests created by the
'rican policy Of protection.
)nly last November, w. Ill. Mitchell,
English lecturer fresh from three
tbs visit to our country, addressed
Textile society Of Bradford, Eng.
mo ,,, .,,xn af 10
&c what he had to say smacks
trade. The Importance. says
of America as a trade out
was very obvious. 1t had
0,0OO people who spent more
ay on dress than any other people on
lace of the earth. Again, in spite of
wonderful development which had
n place, the possibilities, he might
the certainties, of future progress
marvelously illimitable.'
illimitable.' These were
cry words How the mouths of the
lie society of Bradford must have
red as he detailed to them the hopes
ID that such fruitage would be lifted
lelr very lips. lLaughter.l But of
by and by.
'ithout further quotation, unnneces-
Tor this audience. for whom all that
elgner can say is but a reminder, it
remains to ask il this prosperity
oeen at the expense of the laboring
OF those who furnish service wheth-
brain or muscle. If it has been at
expense for one / say down with it.
lowest depths of the Wilson bill are
lalt low enough for such a ciyiliZa-
nat, however, can hardly be so.
the testimony itself. 'Sixty-fiye
ms OF people, who spend more money
ess than any other people on earth.
whose 'certainties' Of progress in
direction are 'marvelously illimita-
nave evidently not been sacrificed
g Moloch of accumulated wealth.
Carr, already quoted. says this
~ is the paradise of the working
All the bigotry of freee trade can
elpe that out. The further my in
: extend says he, the more ocn-
become that the real truth of the
= Is that in this country a workman
twice as much as he would in Eng
ana the cost of his living. except
matter of rent and clothing. is
tne same. Even in the matter of
~ tne diference in not great, ex-
= u ls brought about by the general
much better clothing"
.omPotitors of tho American Sheep
Raisers.
ler the Democratic idea Of tariff re-
the lowest class of beings are to
y tne competitors of the American
;; nerders and flock masters. Free
SIMPLY means that the sheep industry
Y country must surrender to the
nusbandry of foreign countries. In
eecn on the free wool feature of the
y Dlll, Binger Hermann Of Oregon
.ed some statistics of much import
winch are impressive with meaning,
lould be carefully considered in con
I With the Democratic tariff
ne than half the wool product Of
a!lon IS now west of the Mississippi.
IN 1867 the tariff law was enacted
was very little there. The duty
lade l. cents a pound on all foreign
received into this country. At once
stlmlllus was given this industry,
rom that time until 1888 we had
q q q production exceeding that of
.ner nation. In 1883 the law was
ed and the tariff was reduced. The
was Immediately perceptible. and
,oductlon |, diminished. The McKin-
! again increased the duty. It is a
y Iact that whenever the tariff on
vas VA increased production increased,
neh the tariff was reduced produc-
ecreased. The number of sheep in
nlted States is now about 30. 600