Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-10-12
SENATOR'S SPEAK.

.+s SENATOR'S SPEAK.
BUSINESS PROSPECTS AS SEEN BY
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS.
Obstacles to BE Faced by the American
Producer and Manufacturer-No Indul-
ny: 9ence In Luxuries For. the Laborer.
American Goods Must Be Displaced.
There can be no reasonable doubt
what the effect Of the new tariff law
will be upon both the production and
the purchasing power Of the American
people While there may be tempo
rary revival Of business and an apparent
increase of production. the level will
soon be reached, and then the evil ef-
fects of the legislation will become ap-
parent. The American producer is to
face the problem Of free wool and free
lumber and tremendous cut on agrl-
cultural products and manufactured
goods Of almost every description. 1t
will not take long for the American
sheep raiser to discover that he cannot
compete with the climatic advantages
and cheap labor of Australia and South
America, and wool growing in the
United States, will practically cease.
The men engaged in the lumber bust
ness will transfer their capital to Cana
da, and that country will get the bene-
fit of free lumber. Our farmers and
manufacturers will be compelled to en-
gage in sharper competition than ever
before with the Dominion of Canada
and the countries of Europe and Asia.
Reduced duties on foreign goods will
inevitably result in increased importa-
lions and lessening Of the product OF
American mills and American work
shops. AS consequence wages will be
reduced in the endeavor to compete with
foreign cheap labor, and the purchasing
capacity Of our people will be CORE
spondingly curtailed.
The workingman who has been re-
ceiving So per day and indulging IN
some Of the luxuries Of life will on 81. 30
per day be able to only buy the COM
1nonest necessaries for his family, and
thus merchant and manufacturer both
will feel the effects Of reduced wages in
the inability of the masses to purchase
as heretofore.
It seems to me that this will be the
inevitable result, and that all classes OF
our people, whether connected with pro-
tected or nonprotected industries, will
be made to suffer through the enact
ment of this act of ''perfdy'' and dds
honor. It cannot result otherwise than
detrimentally to American interests,
and in due time the Wilson, German
bill will be overthrown by the aroused
indignation and awakened conscience OF
the American people. Faithfully yours,
J. H. CHALLENGER,
United States Senator From New Hamp-
shire
The theory Of the tariff reformers and
! Of the free traders, whose views are
but partially carried out in the Viii.
son German tariff bill, is that American
production must be decreased. The bar
on robbers and manufacturers who have
been putting their hands in the pockets
of the people must be stricken down,
which means that the production OF
American manufactures must be de-
creased by the admission through lower
duties Of foreign goods.
The many millions Of dollars worth
Of such goods in the custom house are
awaiting such lower rates. It may be,
under the ruling Of Secretary Carlisle
in the construction of this bill, that
such goods will have to be re.exported
and reimported in order to secure the
lower rate, but to whatever extent
these lower duties permit Of larger i'm.
portations to the same extent will Amer
lean production be displaced. Two bod.
les cannot occupy the same space at the
same time. Every foreign product will
displace an equivalent American prod
uct, and the foreign wage Garner will
to that extent displaoe the American
wage Garner. To the same extent will
the purchasing power Of the American
people be decreased; to that extent will
our general welfare and our power OF
purchasing be decreased. 80
It remains to be seen how much our
foreign markets will be enlarged by
this bill. The theory Of the free trader
that we can be admitted to the foreign
market by lower duties can only be
realized by an absolutely English free
trade policy, and not by the half and
half bill which has been enacted. More
over, the theory is delusion.
ANTHONY HIGGINS,
United States Senator From Delaware
business Under Democracy.
The loss OF trade in the United States
during July, rs reflected by bank clear,
ings, was $647, 64S, 7l3 as compared
with July 1898. But comparing it
witt. two years ago the loss OF trade in