Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-28

sumption act of Jan. IA, 1875?
Mr.. Kelley's talk on the tariff is Just
as deceiving and misleading as his ar
guments on coinage, because he covers
everything under the term average"
although he is well aware of the fact
that the distinct feature of q protective
tariff is not so much in the amount
levied as in the choice OF articles to levy
upon. Therefore, | shall not say much
about his tariff talk, but just call atten
ton to what he a y about what he
terms "the very low tariff of 1857 which
averaged only 1905 per cent unques-
tionably contributed to the depression
subsequent upon it's passage" But it is
too much to lay all the blame for the
hard times on that act alone; he must
find something in the line of money
standards or coinage to take a part OF
it. But, strange as it seem, he does not
say a word about the act of Feb. 81,
1858, that lowered the weight OF silver
pieces OF less value than 81 to the extent
OF Z per cent in the u. S. and limitation
OF their legal tender power to 50 and re-
served their coinage to the government"
goes back to the abolition OF the double
standard in Holland in 1S47 of which
he says Another thing that contrib
uted to the embarrassment of tina t
period was the characterization oil gold
by Holland. Our securities were then
principally held in Holland, and while
we had some gold we had no silver to
meet our obligations held in that coun-
try" Those few words speak volumes
1t is thereby tacitIy admitted by Mr..
Kelley that the U s. was on a gold basis
Is TO 20 years before the crime OF '73.n
A he plainly states it,-"While we had
some gold, we had no silver"
Writing OF the Wilson bill, he says
"The spectacle is now presented to the
people OF the party that advocates II
tariff for revenue only, having passed an
protective measure. A little
further on, he SAYS ''Cleveland and his
faction have been iepudiated by the
democratic party" Now. Mr.. Kelley,
who has ~repudiated the democratic prin-
those who passed what you call
an extreme protective measure" or
Cleveland who got so mad that he re-
fused to sien the same but denounced it
as party perfidy aud party dishonor ?
Who represents the democratic prin-
Cleveland or tue popocratic con-
glomeration led by Mr. Bryan?
Mr.. Kelley further declares that the
Republican party 'has left us on the
verge OF national and individual bank
ruptcy." Is that true? To assert 'this
Is to fly IN the face OF history, both writ
ten and unwritten, aud the plain facts"
OF the then existing conditions" Here
is the way President Harrison in his
message to congress III Dec, 1892, de-
scribes the situation "There never has
been n time IN our history when work
was so abundant, or when wages Were
40 high, whether measured by the cur
rency in which they are paid or by their
power to supply the necessaries and
comforts OF life. The general average
of prices has been such as to give agri-
"A fair participation in the gener-
al prosperity. The new industrial plants
established since Oct. 6, 1890, and mp to
Oct. %, 1892, number 345; and the
OF existing plants, 10S. The
new capital invested amounts TO &0,-
440, 0C0 and the number OF additional
employees 37,2S5. During the first six
months OF the present calendar year, 135
new factories were built Now, Mr..
Kelley, is the building Of new factories
and extensions OF existing plants, the
investment Of over e+0,00O,O0O new