The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-05-01

ed Here fifteen people were seriously
injured, several fatally. The latest
victims, who cannot recover, are heV.
William Kroeger, Mrs. Gibson and Mrs.
Gilzer.
Our neighbor down the street IN
two column article in which "gold-bug'
and gold bug organ" is the main argu-
ment, quotes from a Mexican paper as
to the satisfaction with which 1t looks
upon the finances of Mexico on a silver
basis. and quotes as follows:
For the first nine months OF the 1iscai
year, the United States Treasury dehcit
is $40 100000 that for March BENG
81 .3O2. coo In the face OF this, keeu
is giving the country another DlIllon
Dollar Congress and things are SO shap-
ing themselves that whoever succeeds
Cleveland will have financial problem
of the largest size and most intricate
nature on his hands. Mexico with her
"poor debased dollar has no deficit but
a neat surplus. This fact makes Uncle
Sam penslve.
And the Review says:
"Mexico with her poor debased dollar
has no deficit but neat surplus" Con
trast this with the gold standard United
States, borrowing money by still further
mortgaging the country to pay Its debts.
The Review of course means to convey
the impression from the above that the
"gold-bug" or the gold standard is re-
sponsible for the government deficit that
is now worrying our free trade president
and his cabinet. Grover Cleveland and
his democratic congress adopted the
very revenue policy which the Review
previous to Growers election was advo-
eating with the same abandon that 1T is
now advocating free coinage of silver.
We were then told that it was high pro-
lection and the wicked monopllstic
manufacturers that were running the
country and bleeding the people, and
now that Grover has given US as near an
approach to free trade as he could, it is
the basest ingratitude for the Review to
turn upon him and reviie him Tor pro
ducing deficit. 1t is hard enough on
Grover 10 have the republicans pound
ing him for the misfortunes his admins
tration has brought upon the country
but the unkindest cut OF all is TO have
the free trade organ tWittlng him Of his
failure. But our neighbor gives US to
understand that the miserable mess of
failure which democratic rule has pro-
duced is all owing to the fact that we
are on gold basis. True, we have
been on gold basis for great many
years but there was never any deficit un-
der republican administrations, though
we were on the same basis. There was
no deficit or borrowing money under the
Mckinley bill or under any other re-
publican revenue measure The deficit
came under the bill which our populst
Senator Kyle champloned and democrats
and populists advocated and voted for,
and there Will be no deficits after this
year Of grace, when the party OF pro-
lection is again in control Of the Amer-
can government. Again the Review
says of quotations from the Mexican
paper:
Can we believe our eyess Mexico on
rock bed ct the white metal and de-
aires to be allowed to enjoy its profitable
experience Of silver recommendation =
"Mexico has no hankering after the
Golden Calf" Silver spells prosperity
What does this all means Will theg b. O.
in Mllbank kindly enlighten us?
Prosperity, according to the Mexican
paper and according to the Review is
just bubbling over il land where the
wages OF labor is paid at the rate Of Is
TO 20 cents day. This may lie pros
perity for mine owners and capitalists,
but it Is not the prosperity which the
American citizen desires. Editors and
demogogues may talk of the prosperity
of Mexico, China and Japan, but there
IS no real prosperity IN country where
human beings sweat can be purchased
for Is cents day, and you will never be
able to make the American people be-
lieye it. For one who pretends 10 be
the particular friend OF labor and the
laboring man it is q peculiar kind OF
prosperity TO advocate. rhe fact that
labor receives reward that will scarcely
keep soul and body together is suffi
cient argument that the people OF Mexico
are not enjoying prosperity in compa.
rative sense with the people Of the
United States. The prosperity that sill.