Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-09-26

We find that in. 1892 our people con-
sumed various other commodities
amounting in value to Sl77, ,092. .679,
such as breadstuffs, chemicals, fish,
eggs, iron, coal, etc, Including all arti-
cles the Tariff on which was reduced
by the present act, while in 1895 they
were able to consume only 8l5l, l,575.400
worth, or q decrease of S25, ,5l7, ,270.
Does this show as you say "a larger
consumption at home9"
You say the necessities of life are
cheapened. In some thing yes, notably
wheat, eggs, barley and nearly every
thing that the farmer produces. But
how about wool? From recent re-
liable source it is given out that since
the last Democratic Tariff act became
a law the production OF wool has fallen
off 3l,00h,000 pounds in this country,
while during the same period foreign
wool sales have arisen in Boston alone
81, S82,0 900 pounds, entailing loss to
our agriculturalint interests OF about $780,,
100000. The American farmers. rea.
lizing what this Democratic Tariff
means to them, emphasized their opin-
ions by their votes last fall They will
have an opportunity to again emphasize
their opinions of that act in 1896, which
they will do still more emphatically.
Your party promised them that If
the Democratic party were placed in
power wheat would advance to S1.25 or
even $1.50. 1t is now only 60 cents:
potatoes out West sells sell for Is cents
per bushel when before, in 1892, they
brought IS cents TO ST. Oh, yes, the
farmer has much 10 remember. You
say our markets abroad are ex panding.
Our exports for the fiscal year amount
ed to 81, 1,Ol5, 1925 while in 1895 thev
amounted to only s7e3, 397, 800, or a de-
crease of 1922 1874, ,l2l.
Does this show an expansion of our
foreign trade? To some people this
would look like decline. but it seems
when it is viewed through Democratic
spectacles it is magnified into an eX-
panding market.
You refer to the results that followed
the Tariff act of 1916, to emphasize
your last prophecy as regards the re-
suits which you saw are sure to follow
the act of 1894. You say "But when il
is remembered that ike results fol.
lowed the law OF 1916 in this country
and crowded on the heels of Tariff re.
duction in England and to which YOU
ascribe the results of the act of 1876
claiming that act to be the cause of the
prosperity our country enjoyed then
you are as far away from the truth Us
you are in regard to 'our consumption
at home and our expanding market:
abroad" Our history shows that during
the period from the passing of the Tu
riff act in lS46-the passage of which
was more signally an act OF ''perid,
and dishonoro than even the presen
act which was SO branded by the Pres
ent, both being a violation Of the party
pledges-to the low Democratic Tariff
act in 1851, which produced the fnan
cial crash of 1858, this country under
that low Democratic Tariff made nj
appreciable advance in manufacturing
industries or wealth.
The prosperity which this countr,
then enjoyed, arose mostly from th,
discovery of gold in the newly acquired
territory of California, and during tina
period about $500, 100000 worth of gole
was produced. But where did tina
gold find lodging place2 Why, nat
urally, under the Democratic idea o
political economy, under q low Tarit
totally inadequate to Protect and foste
American industries, it was squanderet
by buying and consuming foreign com
nodities, which our wage earners coult
aud should have made. America dit
not retain this vast amount Of gold; i
went to tillthe pockets of foreigners
NOTABLY England.
| But when you cited the act of 1916 a
one that brought prosperity to thi
country, why did you not also cite tn,
compromise low tariff act of 1916
which brought upon this country des
pair, misery and ruin, the destruction
OF every industry, involving all classes
i of industry-the merchant, the manu-
facturer, the farmer and even the i'm
porter in utter ruin, which was 81
/ lyividly portrayed by Thomas H. Ben
ton, when speaking of the results o
that act, he said, mo price for proper
ItY, no sales except those of the sheriff
and marshal, no purchaser at execr
tion sales except the creditor or some
hoarder OF money, no employment fol
industry, no demand for labor, no sale.
for the products of the farm, no sount
of the hammer except that of the auc
tioneer knocking down property. Dis
tress was the universal cry of the
people, relief the universal demand
/ Had the bill you framed become
law, the picture drawn by Colonel Ben