Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-28

PoTtS ZOE tue current year Will reach
the enormous sum Of $780, 0O, 900.
Our imports will DO $500. ooo, 900, 50
that the balance Of trade will be in our
favor $500. 0oo. 700; think Of 1t; each
working day Of the year web ave sold
abroad $2.0oo.0 900 worth more than we
have bought. Without losing or d.
minishing our home market, We have
a. last realixed-and that BY way Of
the protective system-ths democratic
dream. possession Of the markets Of
the world: web ave ben for some time,
to some extent. its granary. but never
tc the same extent a. now. We are
exporting three time as much bread
stutfs as In 1895. The total for the last
ten months Is 800. 900. 900 worth. great
er than for the corresponding period
Of last year. But It Is not bread stuffs
alone. but manufactures Of all kinds,
thep roducts Of American labor and
American skill. that enter into our ex-
ports. Steel rails to Canada, to Aus
tralia. to India and Japan; iron and
steel, crude and manufactured, to Eng
land and Scotland and the continent;
locomotives. electrical appliances, ag-
ricultural implements-why attempt to
enumerate-all the various multiplied
products of the endless resources of the
material and labor of the great and
growing republic. We are even build
Ing battle ships for both Europe and
Asia and they would who would have
the finest armour plate and copy the
machinery that makes It, must seek
both in this country. A prominent
democrat at the bankers convention in
Denver recently, said: 1.-THE promise of
experience-that the country which
can produce iron and steel at the low
est cost will control and dominate the
commerce of the worlds awaiting
us, now that Alabama is debating the
price of pig iron and Pennsylvania is
fixing the price of steel. We hold now
three of the winninw cards In the game
for commercial greatness, iron, steel
and COAL" Railroad receivers are be.
Ing dismissed; railroad yards are no
longer stored with unused cars: rail
road companies are carrying to the ut
most of their capacity, and rail road
business is. you know. the pulse Of
trade.
BENEFITS OF PROTECTION.
Our recent War with Spain has
brought about a complete change in
our affairs. both foreign and domestic.
1t will result in a different arrange
ment in our raising OF revenues to meet
the expenses OF the government. and.
also to enable Us as a nation to reach
out into the future along the lines of
progress and advancement. These new
conditions will cause the problem Of
.Axation to be extremely difficult. It
Will q Il for Americas best wisdom.
sirewdest courage, and truest patrot-
ism to settle these difficult problems.
TL the republican party we must look
for all these. for that party has always
been able to grappel with the greatest
Questions Of the past and by their sue
cessful salution the republic was en-
afled to make giant strides on the
tuarch OF progress and easily held its
W with the old countries OF the
world. While we have nothing but the
highest respect for every democrat in
dividually and believe him to be hon.
est and patriotic. yet we have no conf
dence or faith in the democratic party
as a party, for 1t is known as a party
of dead issues and of disgraced doc
trines. an unprogressive party, a party
chat pitches its tents in the shadowy
wales of narrowness and sectionalism
where the deadly miasma of discomfort
and incompetency prevails. No. No. the
hope of our future glory lies in the re-
publican party for on its bright banner
IN all the magic word Of victory has
been emblazoned. Its camp has always
been on the hill tops Of progress. and
Its camp fires in the darkest and
gloomiest nights Of through which our
nation has passed. cleaned like stars
to guide the people cropping in dakness
to the way Of light, Of glory. Of pros
perity and happiness. Then to this old
party let the future Of our country be
entrusted for it viii lguide the old ship
OF state to a haven Of safety.
Truly, President Mckinley 10 the
soldiers friend. He was one Of them.
He suffered untold hardships that the
Union might live. With knapsack on
his back and musket In his hand he
trod wars crimson highway. He drank
black coffee and ate bareback. stood
picket duty in the rain and snow. he
trudged and marched along in the mud.
slept on. the ground with his comrades.
and performed the duties Of, army life.
all for his. country which he so dearly
loved. Yes, old veterans. he was n Of
vOyu CfoOd he, hS.n ga ~.