The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-29
PUSHING THE TARIFF
THE DINCLEY BILL THE CHIEF
SUBJECT OF INTEREST,
WoEk1nG Men and Farmer Arguing Its
1oossge|lmPorters and Foreigner
fighting IA Great Boon for the
Working People.

The only persons who are expressing
dissatisfaction with the new tariff bill
are the foreigners and importers. Ger
many, Canada, England and other for
eign countries are scolding about the
Dingley bill; SO is the Reform Club Of
New York, which is made up principal
ly of importers. The chief objection
The people want it to become an act
and that very promptly.
Capital Awaiting Investment.
Millions OF capital is now awaiting
the action Of Congress on the tariff
bill. Its enactment will be a signal for
activity among the factories of the
east, and the beet growing sections Of
the west, in the cotton fields and fac
tories OF the south, in the manufactur-
ing establishments of the Mississippi
valley and on the fertile fields Of the
Pacific slope.
Earnings Already Increasing.
One hundred thousand dollars day
is neat sum to add to the earnings Of
the working people of one state in
six months time The Labor Bureau
OF Pennsylvania reports one hundred
thousand more men employed in that
state today than were SO employed
prior to the election of Mckinley. This
means one hundred thousand dollars
day increased earnings by them, to say
nothing of the increased wages paid to
fhNeo hn WORKING
on short time. Multiply this by the
number of states or by their proper
honate populations and you get prac-
teal demonstration of the improve
ment going on in business since the
election of last November, which as
sured protective tariff and increase in
employment
The Free Coinage Democrats Depressed.
Ex-Candidate Bryan, who has been
in Washington the last few days, adj
mitted to his friends that the silver
Developments of the past few months
have been very damaging to the cause.
Had they occurred in the five months
preceding 1t, the collapse Of their sill
yer proposition would have been much
more complete and crushing than 1t
was. Japan, Russia and China, to
which they constantly referred as the
nhief props in support Of their silver
theories, have all, since the election,
announced their desertion Of the sill
yer standard This leaves Mexico and
South American countries about the
only ones now maintaining the stand
ard of the white metal and several Of
these are making preparations to go
to the gold standard as quickly as pos
dble.
1t was a mean thing on the part of
the people of the empire of Japan to let
the people of the United States go all
through the agonies of the campaign,
hooking to them as a great silver pe0-
pie. when they had already made up
their minds to adopt the gold standard.
The latest advices from that country
show that the proposition for the adop-
ton of the gold standard had been I'M
der consideration for two years and
that the officials Of the nation had
practically determined to adopt it dur
Ing the very time that the people of
this country were looking upon them
a hint as to their plans would have
saved much of the worry and speech
making in the late election in the
United States.
Mad Importers.
The importers of the country are mad
as so many wet hens. They expected
to make millions out of their excessive
importations prior to the final enact
ment Of the Dingley bill, but the re-
Prospective clause introduced at the
last moment and passed by the house
has upset their plans completely. Their
hope Of being able to import hundreds
Of millions of dollars worth of goods
during the discussion OF the bill in the
senate is gone. and they will not be
likely to add materially to the enor-
NOUS stocks of goods which they had
already brought in to escape payments
ot Increased rates Of duties.
The South for Protection.
No tariff bill ever passed in Congress
GSCSlScO US u0uy SOuluCIu NOlcS Is OlU
the one which has just passed the
house. twenty-five republicans, five
democrats and one populist, from the
south, supported the Dingley bill in
the house, and the other populists from
that section declined to vote against it.
Protection in the south has made won
derful strides In the last few years and
will continue in the same line.
Factory smoke breeds republicanism.
The springing up of factories through
out the south has been followed by a
growth Of protective sentiment and re-
publican membership in congress from
that section. More than thirty votes
from the south were cast for q protoc-
tive tariff measure in the house and
the southern states had thirty-threo
republican members in last congress,
while in no preceding congress had the
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