The Dickinson press., 1896-09-12
gate Of $40. 100. 900 a month, or $500, 900 for
svery business day Of the year.

gate Of $l3, 1870. 900 a month, or $500. 900 for
svery business day Of the year.
Losing In Both Directions.
I'VE have either been sending too much
money out Of the country or getting too
little in, or both. We have lost steadily in
both directions. Our foreign trade has been
, diminished. and our domestic trade has
suffered incalculable loss. Does not this
suggest the cause Of our present depres-
sion. and indicate its remedy? Confidence
In home enterprises has almost wholly dis
appeared. Our shops are closed. or run
aing on half time at reduced wages and
small profit, IL not actual loss. Our men at
home are idle. and while they are idle.
men abroad are occupied in supplying US
with goods. Our unrivaled home market
for the farmer has also greatly suffered,
because those who constitute 1.-THE great
! army Of American wage earners-are with
cut the work and wages they formerly had.
II they cannot earn wages they cannot buy
products. They cannot earn II they have
20 employment. and when they do not
sarn the farmers home market is lessened
| producer and consumer. The loss Of earn
Ing power alone in this country in the past
three years is sufficient to have produced
| our unfortunate business situation. II our
labor was we'll employed. and employed ct
Is remunerative wages as in 1892, in a few
pAohSA0 SvSAy ~ ~ Aonu WOubu
! feel the glad change to increased demand
for his products and in the better prices
which he woul receive.
Not Open MINIS, but Open Mills.
cit Is not an increase in the volume Of
money which is the need for the time, but
an increase in the volume of business.
confidence. Not more coinage, but a more
active use of the money coined. Not open
mint, for the unlimited coinage If the
silver Of the world, but open mills for the
full n unrestricted labor of american
workingmen. The employment of our
world would not bring the necessaries and
comforts of life back to our people. This
will only come with the employment Of
the masses and such employment Is GER
tain to follow the rcastablishment Of a wise
protective policy which shall encourage
manufacturing at home. Protection has
lost none Of its virtues and Importance.
New TariR Law PrOmincd.
The first duty of the Republican party,
II restored to power in the country. will be
| the enactment of a tariff law which will
| raise all the money necessary to conduct
The government economically and honestly
administered. and so adjusted as to give
preference to home manufactures and ade-
Nudlc pIUlcClfaS u uOulc luUJI anu Lue
home market. We are not committed to
any special schedules or rates Of duty.
They are and should be always subject to
change to meet new conditions, hut the
principle upon which the rates Of duty are
imposed remains the same. Our dudes
should always be high enough to measure
the difference between the wages paid
labor at home and In competing countries,
! and TO adequately protect American invest
ments and American enterprises.
Our Farmers and the Tariff.
"Our farmers have been hurt by the
, changes in our tariff legislation as sew s..ely
as our laborers and manufacturers. badly
IS they have suffered. The Republican plat
torn wisely declares in favor Of sue: en-
+! couragement to our sugar interests IS will
lead to the production on American soil
/, 81 all the sugar which the American peo-
! pie use. 1t promises to our wool and
1colen interests the most ample protec-
tion,' a guaranty that ought to commend
! itself to every patriotic citizen. Never
vas a more g%rievous wrong done the
farmers Of our country. than that so I'M
Justly inflicted during the past three years
upon the wool growers of America. AL
though among our most Industrious and
useful citizens. their interests have been
practically destroyed and our wooden
; manufacturers involved in similar disaster.
At no time within the past thirty-six years,
and perhaps never during any previous
period. have so many of our WOODEN fac
tories been suspended as now. The Repub-
iican party can be relied upon to correct
these great wrongs, II again entrusted
! With the control OF congress.
Advantages of Reciprocity.
"Another declaration of the Republican
| platform that has my most cordial support
Is that which favors reciprocity. The splen-
Sid results of the reciprocity arrangements
That were made under authority OF the
Tariff law of 1890 are striking and sug-
force, in most cases only three years, was
hot long enough to thoroughly test their
treat value, but sufficient was shown by
The trial to conclusively demonstrate the
Importance and the wisdom of their adop-
zion. In 1892, the export trade Of the Unit
ed States attained the highest point IN our
history. The aggregate OF our exports that
rear reached the immense sum OF $780,
us, 14S, a sum greater by 800, 900. 900 than
the exports of any previous year. In 1893,
bwing to the threat of unfriendly tariff leg
~lslation, the total dropped to $S47, 665, 1874.
Dur exports of domestic merchandise de-
creased $189, 900, 900, but reciprocity still
occurred us a large trade in Central and
South America. and a larger trade with
The West Indies than we had ever before
enjoyed. The increase of trade with the
countries with which we had reciprocity
agreements was 50. $50, SIS over our trade
in 1892 and $16.440, 721 over our trade in
1891. The only countries with which the
United States traded that shove increased
exports in 1893 were practically those with
which we had reciprocity arrangements.
The reciprocity treaty between this coun-
Try and Spain. touching the markets OF
Iuba and Puerto Rico. was announced
4 N--A onr Va ~~Nryth ~ nNw kroH
with Cuba was phenomenal. In 1891. we
sold that country but ia, AL barrels OF
-four; in 1892, 366. IFS; in 1893. GIG, 4O6. and
In 1894, 662, PAS. Here was a growth OF
hearty 500 per cent, while our expectations
IF -four to Cuba for the year ending june
80. 1895. the year following the repeal Of
the reciprocity treaty. fell to 1855 bar.
.:els, a loss Of nearly half our trade with
that country. The value Of our total ex-
2orts of merchandise from the United
States to Cuba in 1891-the year prior ia
the negotiation Of the reciprocity treaty
was $12, 224, 1888; in 1892. SIT. 1858, 579; in 1893.
"a, 157, sos; in 1894, $50, 125, 321, but In 1895.
litter the annulment of the reciprocity
agreement, 1t fell to only s12. 1887. 661. Many
similar examples might be given Of our
Increased trade under reciprocity with
other countries. but enough has been
shown Of the efficacy Of the legislation Of
1890 to justify the speedy restoration Of
/ tS RECIPROCITY pTUVlSIouS. Az Ivy JuO6mcA
congress should Immediately restore the
.eciprocity section Of the old law with
such amendments, II any. as time and ex'
p~erience sanction as wise and roper Th
underlying principle of this legislation
must, however. be strictly observed. II
Is to afford new markets for our surplus
agricultural and manufactured product:
without loss to the American laborer of s
single days work that he might otherwise
p1Lcure.
Foreign Immigration.
"The declaration of the platform touch
lrx foreign immigration is one of peculiar
Importance at this time, when our OWL
iaboring people are In such great distress
I am in hearty sympathy with the presen
legislation restraining foreign immigration
and favor such extension Of the law a
will secure the United States from invasion
BY the debased and criminal classes of tn
ia world. While we adhere to the publi'
bolicy under which our. country has re
ieived great bodies Of honest, industriou'
i~itixens, who have added to the wealth
~kroEress and power Of the country. ant
k.hile we welcome to our shores the vel
eposed and Industrious immigrant whit
i k..a,,h,t>a nv hia energy and intelliIenG(