The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-29
PUSHING TIE TARIFF
THE DiNGLEY BILL THE CHIEF
SUBJECT OF INTEREST.
Working Men and Farmers Arguing It's
Passage-Importers and Foreigners
Fighting It-A Great Boon for the
Working People.

The only persons who are expressing
dissatisfaction with the new tariff bill
ale the foreigners ard importers. Ger
many, Canada, England and other for
eign countries are scolding about the
Dlngley bill; so is the Reform Club of
New York, which is made up principal
iy of importers. The chief objection
offered TO the bill is that it is a bill.
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 manufacture
ing establishments of the Mississippi
valley and on the fertile fields of the
Pacific slope.
Earnings Already Increasing.
One hundred thousand dollars a day
is a 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 n hundred thousand dollars a
day increased earnings by them, TO say
nothing of the increased wages paid TO
those who were employed, or working
on short time. Multiply this by the
number of states or by their proper
tomato populations and you get a prac-
teal demonstration of the improve
men going on in business since the
election of last November, which as
sured a 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 it, the collapse Of their sill
yer proposition would have been much
more complete and crushing than it
was. Japan, Russia and China, TO
which they constantly referred as the
chief 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
sible.
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,
looking TO them as a great silver peo-
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 un-
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
as the most ardent advocates of silver.
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.