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The Keppner Gazette
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MrKINLEY AMI IIOIIAKT CLL'K
Hr.l'PNKK, (lUKI.ON-
MIIDAV
.()( TOUUH .HI, l.S!Ki.
TO WYE OLD GLORY.
Chairman Hanna Names October
31 Flaj Day for Loyal
Eepublicans.
DUTY OF PATRIOTIC CITIZENS,
Recognition of the Fact that
Party is Fighting for Na
tional Honor.
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One does not have to go very far to
aeck tin- rciison for the profits! display
of the national emblem in this campaign.
It can be found in the Chicago platform.
The spontaneity of its selection as the
appropriate badge of sound-money cham
pions iH wonderfully significant. There
seems to have lieen little inclination on
the part of Mr. Bryan's followers to
question the right of (lie advocates of
tiound money and protection to display
the national colors as the proper insignia
of their cause. The only lamentation
beard was the Altgeldian wail, which
in always expected when the stars unci
atripcs are lining to the breeze.
The rivalry as to who could make the
most lavish display of the national em
blem has been confined to the ranks of
the supporters of McKinley. There has
beeu no perceptible effort on the part of
the 1 oiiocrnts to wrest it from those
who are fighting to maintain the na
tional credit. There seems to be a gen
eral assent to the proposition that the
flag docs not go with the Chicago plat
form This tacit recognition of the fact that
the (lax is the one suitable emblem of the
Issues for which our party is contending
in something new in our American poli
tics. Heretofore then.' has been a pa
triotic rivnrly between the Ucpuhlieans
and t In" I leiiinom Is in our national cam
paigns as to which side could make most
Iirofusc display of the stars and stripes,
t is a circumstance that will mean much
to loyal friends of good government ami
will be a potential factor at the polls in
November.
Recognizing this fact, Chairman Ilan
na of the national committee suggests
that October ill, the Saturday before
flection, be observed as "Hag day" in
every city and town, on which day every
person who intends to vole for Hound
money and national prosperity shall dis
play the national colors from Ins home
anil his place of business. The sugges
tion is a most commendable one and
alioulil meet with an enthusiastic re
aponse all over the nation.
Let every man who intends to vote fol
the preservation of our national honor
aignify his patriotic intention by din-
f laying a Max on Saturday, October .'11.
t will be a siguilicaut object lesson in
patriotism to hundreds of thousands whn
may be wavering between sound money
ami repudiation.
Remember the day- Saturday, Octobcf
1. Chicago Times 1 1 era Id.
TiursiiMW
Efficiency of Agricultural Imple.
menta Greatly Increased
Since 1873.
The silver advocate have bail no many
f their pel theories absolutely ilcmoi
lahed by collision with hard facts that
they are now resorting to deliberate mis
representation in hope of breaking the
lore in ine various exposures they are
meeting. I hey have iiltempteil to make
much n ii t it I out of the decline in the
price of Ileal during the last few years,
and when attention has been culled to
the hciiH'liiug III the cost of production
by the use of new ami unproved machin
ery ami the ram, I enlargement of the
commercial surplus of uhent in other
wheal growing countries than the In, led
State they have undertaken to deny
both propimil ions.
In a hh h at the Central Music hall
n September I.I. l!o. Altgchl n at.
tempting In answer the arguments p re
am led by Carl Si-hut in mi iiililress In
the same hall earlier in the camiuttgii,
icklng of I lie ili', hue in wheat, siuil:
"The truth is that there Im !,,.,. n a'oe
ly any improvement in machinery lor
rawing and liiirtcaliug wheal in U l.it
twenty )ear."
Such a alntctneiit Is a severe reflection
either upon the inventive gram of
American limniila, lunr ami the m
greanitc spirit ot A nieriean farmers nr
linna the in. ii ity n( (jiir. Allgcld h ui
aelf. The truth Is that the greatest Improve
media ill farm implement, and mm hen ry
that hare marked the latter half ol the
Nineteenth eimiry bine been lua, l
amee li.l. ot milt has I lie retail pi i,
o( all lasws of llllil llieuls Used o i lK
farm nt-n er nun h re,u,e,l .lining
that lime, but the III, icin v ol lli,, ini.
rhlnrf) Itself haa Im,m even more r'.xir
BloHstr (in ri nsed. , Taking the danclcr
alone it has Ihs'M iinpioie.l during the
last twenl) enr thai man mi now
a.ssMiipli-li what re,inie. Hix aU,r of
five in I T I. 4i thai instrail of tn. re
being "enreelv snv improvement in in a-rhim-rt"
lor hnrtisiing wheat, ihe on
rveineiil in lli,. harie.l.r stone ,ir.
tllKB flltlv, III oilier Words. If le,a
nlr r-.iiire one tilth nf Hie lal,.,r i,,t
(I kartest gram that II did twent) j,.ir
a "i
Ta eiitiri lv menlirow ih, Uai rirr-
aiaj nf t r ii i It with win. h adter n are
Irting to ln.hiit up a lining i i,w, r,
tail iri.- of ..me of the linn. o,., I inn
na. lino r linn- l. n nre. from b i l
tng nisnuf si lurira hotting tie , l.t
th- farmer in 1 7.l and Ihe .vt In s",
A the wheat tlot Ingilia Willi the pi. .tv
lake the follow ing i,ii. no i,i fr,M f,
"Ii"! Cliillt.l Tlow works of .S.miiK
llewtl. I u,l , and lion the f
iktwa ha Ut n rt In, r,
"We m failure plows alone and In
lli esr I;. I ilulli.l plows 1. 1 il. ,.
t" w-rr ine na ioig pal.
tevna ' he aaittr ititmlM-r are crv
lara.tr a, al Una lime and our mm-l-ariMtna
are a,-or..iig. I,, ( ,,
la laii tle inall .rim t.f ihr a m wa.
l
la ia;3 ihe rrtall ol, ,.f H, M
i
Ik hm .ioa pw retail ai Is Vt ra h
I aal altata ..f lttr tla In s; I r
taiisl al axi tvuta mm a, atiail al Mi
trnla r. I,
J.alailrl f.. I la.-a. .l..a Iw rrlallr4 a
1 ' aa. a , ; . . k
Hlwll l-f !! ,i..w l lTI I-Iallr4
l at ra. h n.. rrlail al II r h
' irila- ..f Hi,- ,t,iwa tn 111 rrtald
l ro. k k.,w I, iil ;a oai. a, b
a4 wtrr luan la alta.nl tn. , railA
lite etrt. tin and qnalnv of lh
fat are far Ultrf tha la s;.1
l t IValxine aa4 Cointnf wf Aa
.w,w. N V-. lh feral aianufa. Hirer of
VartraHiqt Hia, hnw-rt, irulii i frvaa Iknf
,111 . 4
Iv . 1 1 I I II I II r-a ' r " n m. ipr j
own retail prices show the enormous re
duction of t ly price to the farmer. Their
Klatement in full is as follows:
"Farm innchinery is not only very
much cheaper but far more ellicient iit
the present time than it was in lS"n.
There is hardiy any comparison between
the two. The harvesters mid binders
which now harvest the great wheat crops
of this country and Kurope. were not
known until 1S"S, but the best of farm
implements and machinery made in l7.'i.
when compared Willi those made ill lN'.Hi
by the lending manufacturers of the
country, would look course and cumber
some and would not be purchased and
used by any fanners at the present time
at any price.
'I he difference iu retail prices Is also
very tnarkeu:
Mowers $lou $:(. to f. In
Iteapers IJ.'i M to M)
t'nuililiied niower and reap
er 17"i To to S.'i
Harvester and hinder :iii loo to li",
Tedders To :W to Its
liakes tit) ai lu Si
IX7S.
The Deering Harvester company of
Chicago, quoting from their retail prices
of their various classes of machinery in
IST.'I and is: Mi. make the following state
ment, showing tile decreased cost and in
creased cllicieney of farm machinery:
"The twine binder was unknown in
1ST:!, but the Marsh harvester, n much
more primitive machine, in which the
binding was done by men riding on the
machine, retailed at $JIM to ?L,-J.". The
twine binder retails today at from UHI
for cheaper machines to .SI l"i for the
I leering roller and ball-bearing ma
chines. "'Ihe solf-riike reaper, which Is now
sold at from to 7i. sold for $1SU to
$'J10 in l.HT.'l.
Mowers sold in 1S7II for from $'.Hl to
$ll.t. a inliug to the tuiike and width
of the eu. .Machines of vastly greater
cllicieney sell today at from $X" for
rlienper machines to $l."i for the 1 leering
roller ami ball bearings.
When lite wire binding attachment was
nibli d to the old Marsh harvester from
Is, II tn 17! I Hie comliiueil machine sold
for !f:uai. of which l.'i was fur Ihe at
tai hmeiit and $ISI fur the harvester.
Wire binders are not s.,1,1 now. having
beeu suis rseileil by Ihe twine binder. In
sas we introduced the twine hinder -the
inn, bine that now t ills the grain nf
the world. lis retail price was then
$.ll to So'J.'i. A better and more capable
nun bine is sold today, as above iutl
mated, al but little over olie tlnrd thai
price. Hinder twine, for use mi thee
machines, sold in 1 at Irmn In to -.
cents per Hiinnl. It was, nf emu so, nu
known in 17:1. To.lar a nun Ii heller
twine retails at frmu tn 1' eeiila sr
poll
nii,l. ni i iii iliiig In tut 1 1 1 .
This steadv tlecrense lit price ilnea not
mean n decreiise in quality and elln n in y.
I Ml tb iitrnry an uiwnrd leinleucv in
Ihe ine, balneal iimslrm tmii and iii.ilit
nf inn I r in I bus been ns marked ns the
down ward nmtemeiil In pinea. This
fuel -the ndiaiite In value iiiueiilent
Willi Ihe decline in price - hna been made
possible by the um- nf ts onoiun al nielli
o,U in it.nsl rin lion, and by labor a tng
mai binery, rather than by any dis-rcne
in wages paid. The ist nf producing
em Ii Hint bine has nli Istn red in d b
Ihe trcnieiidous li tl in lor nf ma, bines
turned mil by a single In in.
The old mnwer. fur whiih Ihe fanner
paid til the lieli.lil.,1 IiimhI nf il. ha. I
but meager incali" fur ad jill uieilt. and
were iieiilter its elln n ut nor na dnraldi
ns mm hinea Hint If tint llsv nl a III
The old aclf rnke rcnH ia w In, h retail. ,1
at fjiai were primiuie aim iioui-t ns
com is red Willi Ihe aii- m.i, Innea nf to
ils v
The lltsrmg Iwme biitdt-r l-sln. tun
tting nil 1'ilhr nud ball le-nrings, tt1
5ll li as lhall Ihe old M il "It hllllester
and requires iwtt t- melt niol twit lca
hi.ra.-a lhall did Ihitl mm him- In otlor
Words, one man and Iwu hi.ra.-a inn
hnndle mre gram with Ihe l.fiog r-'ll
er Is-nriiig Iwme Inudt r Minn three tiit-tt
and three liotaca imihl ha loll,, in h7.i
with a Mnralt tmrvealer ihnl t.tal the
f. inner ! more lim n ) "
Tlit-a? alnlellicltls nf b-n.ttiig ninnti
fa. tor. i a ,.f Iniflt gia-b- f ilm
lua, hin.-r
mt-rt-lv i-mpbaairea what an itisn of or
.. ...
tlinnrv Ini. Ilig. me alieadt knew In a
gi'in-ral wal and wh tt et. ri w lt,-nl trow
rr In Ihe tsuiiilii knew l ina.ti.al rt
Isritlot, Ihnl Ihe Inal Isi nlt Iran hae
t-n maikfl l wondt-rful tittpmirmi-tila
III lite t ttli It in nf I H illing l,la m-t om
pa IIH-.I bv let leaa oslk.-.l i-loi tiolt In
Ihe retail pine In n !- M ' j. M
ami Ihe l f behta .if I'opnl.am , l inn
thai lot lrl ttf t tr d.-. bite Mi wheal ta
Ihe rti'l tf iiiirnej nta, Iniit ry ami
nti ilimla lh. ainiplr run miirsrr li
fa.is who h are paienl In rtrii ,-l.a.it.f
and ("It lhrt!iarlt-a In a lata l-.a.llon ,r
denting Irnlha Ihsl llf l Weil kleiWa
a Hi' iniili..ii. aiio table.
A btile nii-r a t.ar ago Cait-li.Ui
Itrtan a.-lir. fiT Ihe . ag. it. f ,.
a lh.lfoal tfliqatlil . and ld.a to g,
It llnl hi prt-wni altriiia.il, ml ,
am II 'hl he tonld hatr a mo of " h
agrioH lit aaking lie ha lite talking
qnalitsj-a i-l a tiiat.la agrul I of th.i
I ii a la.
Col. IrigertMtll "ii to ( ef hia ardi-al
allirf trill.- lea, Mtanv llting ar
irtrr ii Ihe i note f 173. aattanrul
ly talk l'a augfcl la It alt
, naltfy ltal It. I
IT WILL BE A "STRIKE."
A Comparison Between the Policy
of the Republican and
Democratic Parties,
LEGISLATED FOR AGRICULTURE
John M. Stahl Tells Why the Farmer
Should Stand by His
friends.
John
fanner.
M. Stahl. n practienl Illinois
and a laud owner in Missouri.
Kansas and Nebraska, who is the editor
of the Farmers' Call, (Jitincy, and also
secretary of the Fanners' National Con
gress, is a man who has made his nay
from isiverty to arlluence, by the' use
of his own head and hands. His promi
nence in the (irange, Fanners' insti
tutes and all movements calculated to
belter the condition of American agri
culture, gives height to his judgment
and makes his v. vs on all public ques
tions of value.
Ill a recent interview he discusses the
relation of the American farmer to Ihe
two great political parties and points
out the fact that in legislation the He
publican party has alwa.ts kept the in
terests of agriculture in view, lie says:
"It must be said to the credit of the
farmers nf the I'liitcd Statea that they
have never asked ftr more at the hands
of Congress nr lesser legislative bodies
than they were ready to have granted
In others, or for legislation that they
dill lint believe Would be of benefit til
all Ihe pet. pie. Nn eM-eptioii In this is
furnished by the tariff, which has Ih-cii
the must M ritent political question in
our history. No oile r qnotiou has been
an important issue iu an many cam
paigns. The secuuil act passed by the
Cmigrea of Ihe l ulled States was a
tariff ml. The bill a in I rod need and
diat uasetl before I icli. Washington was
liiaugurattHi I rciueut ami itie lull nti
enacted into law two months ,efoie the
piiiigc nf the law creating a treasury
lepaitmetil. Tariff for protection nml
tariff lor revenue, ad valorem duties
and alas tlie duties, etc., were thorough
, ly dist iia., while Ihe first tanlT bill
i was (Hii.hiiii : and there have la-en few
i Venrs since III Which these qllcatiolla
j did not engage Ihe lively ntteiiliiui nf
I the A mollis II Nnlie. It was illel liable.
i therefore. Ihnl the tariff should him
f the frequent I olial.lernllon of a reprt
i aeiilalne agricultural lusty meeting In
I ill, ii a pros,at-t legislation and In rtt
oiiiuiciid In the fmurnhle t-tnianb-ratiiiti
jet leglaliltive iHMliea ant II tlli-asiirea a
. are ibs-metl wtirlhy of that reTinineinla-
lion. Sin h a IsBly la the rarniel' Na
i lional Cotign-aa and at ila last annual
III,, ling It ado. lied the following Irai
lilt oil
Vli.-tsa. II la an ealal.llatietl print l,e
lllili la, ill of Ihe al.al .. 1 1 1 1 ( . at I par I lea Dial
a lar.ft on l'nM,iit-, g,.,Mia adequate l.t Hi.t--l
11, --i,a4-a of lit, golerilteeitl rt.oll, If
it t le,l . lit. n fole.
It.-..lt ,-,, II, nl we if-!tlttl Ittr aame tnraa
tut. of ptol.sllotl tor Sliri, tllllltal lltttalllra
Itial la gltt-tt In oilier Iteltlal rlt-a.
At the nit t ling referred In there were
,1, lew. Hi a from l.ilt a In w)li,h are in. .re
lliau four tiliba ol Ihe farm, ra of l,p
iniiiilri. ti'Oii California In ,oi.a and
fioin North Pakoia to It vsa !. r. ..
lotion was adopted with. ml oiie ,,aa.-ni.
tng Vote, a Ihe honorable gi nil, man
who haa U-a-ll litsali-f of I In- Nation il
liiange for eight Irnr pna
-...I .. . .
, I ... i , ..,i..
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wire a .1.1. gal... Ihe ;,,,. r.,., ,.,,,, ,,,.,,
I..,. J.,.IU I-- 1 Ik. I, a. ...I.rra.uig I -, , , R f " ' '
Ihe aa ntlllit lila nl Die l.laugr a an .r 1" . . I ... . ', '
Isml, the Far r.' .t , ,,.....'"-" '..'"'Vr J ! '"" V
l-ink ..l nf l.rm.i.. .1 ,. .,i 1 "' '"''V , I.al
l..r .!... I I... at.,1 .1 t
" " " "
i i-oiii ai aim niq-aii in ii i -on. i i,.,t ,,,n
. aial. nttl lit. .re. ISillnUr ra-anlut inn
b tlr !- I, .o,li-. al .lrl..i lt lilig
'rerla,i I water Mtnlwlra law.
Ihe M.hn.lH la gate I., agin tiliural
oeln.l, i. a I hr aanxi no aure ,.f p,,,t-
I... it lltat II gave Id i.thrf li,.alro
oiaa ha. i-'IsI ms, i.ni..i,a, .(.a. -a r
hi. Irtni. w.-sl and mis.r j r..!.,. t
' ,.nr lltlt. Ibe prtalilirra t.f win, h tie
i tte a titer-, i ! io in rm a proiratue
.ol on llnnae artMh rr i on )oat
and iit. lr proi.a ii..n. and ihii tlw
, Km! t I"" ""I Ike tr..-r w lahr and
the na ami rr"Hl'lr ,1. n. a .t a of Inr
faiio.-t Aa w a lhr fc, the ja.wrr
Ihe iHwimfal dalritr. to r iu.,i lb
lottt nw fartw prtelntla er l.t r-rrM,
Ihrm all.agela r. ail IH. ilaa law ,.
W.rl inr lb atawt iwraaiir t'f prutr. tnw
lu aiti. iil'"l It.liiritr thai il gitra l
vlh.r (wlwalrtra ra I a alnkuig rt
BMlld ft I In Tit MtklBrrf w
II ,r.'r rta twas. an.l 1
aa ta fft-1 ai a tr
it I wal
akort liaa.
j
rincintiHtt Times and Star.
was in effect long enough to show that
under its operation our production of
wool would rapidly increase to the ulti
unite benefit of the entire conimunity.
The Ilemocrats hastened to put wool on
the frov list, -while retaining u substantial
duty on the product of the mill and the
mine. In INS!) there were in the United
States 42..V.I!.il7!) sheen, valued at Iji'.ld.
l!4f)..'!li!); in 1M!):i there were 4".7:!.".'I
sheep, valued at .$1L.'.").!I(I!I.-J(i4; iu ISiHJ
there are JJS.LiiW.TS:! sheep, valued
t
!?tiri.l(i7.7.'!.'i. Ciulcr the McKinley law
the value of our sh.'ep incteased .o.",12l',.H.
8!).": the Wilson bnv has taken from the
value of our sheep .Siil)74 1 ..":.'!l. or very
nearly one-half. I'nd'r the Wilson law
the iiiiportatioii of wool has doubled and
the price of the domestic product has
too. ii liiih-,.,1 Tl, M.K'lol.o- ,.ivo
tn wool and other farm moiliicts the iust
and equal protection demanded by farm
ers; the Wilson law removed thin pro
tection, and. discriminating neninst the
farmer, singled out wool growing as the
tine considerable industry to feel the full
force of a disasjiotn free trade- policy.
Itel'lprnelly,
At its n iiiiun I .meeting In 1S!X) the
Fjirniers National congress passed a
resolution in favor of reciprocity: mid
that it yet .'. vurs reciprocity is shown
by the following resolution at its last
meeting: ..''' . r
7i . I i , , "i. M.niii i-oii-.
fiTI ,7,1 " ".Win"; ,7..!'n:
the a Me mid Instructive mhliess of
Kennr
Kraticlscn Javier Vanes nf Veneraiela
l ll, in, ,, rt.lto-l I l! "II t t-lll-nilt'lll III!
"The I'liaiiaerclal Kel.tlloiia of American lie-
, i
politics."
Itfsnlveil. that in secure reciprocal Irsde
between the In I led States unit Hie Spanish-
.......... ,. , .. "-'iii
lit'lslalliiii for reciprocity, eniuiiiercia neat-
les. i hi f,,r steamship lines sutllciei.t t.i
answer ull Ihe purmfs nf such trade.
he lienclits tn our agriculture from 1
fair reciprocal arraug-inciits were so an-1
mi rent that the resolutions were mlonteil '
i ... .
by a practically u numinous vote, thocgh
n the congress were delegate nf all
diades of political belief. The peculiar
relation of reciprocity to agriculture ap
pears from a rending of Ihe reciprocity
section of the McKinley law:
r- l,.r.K,,l I
following'
1 hat llli a Hew tn -e.-urr
trade ullli iiiiiiiirlea producing the following
articles, ami for ilila pi,rMiaf. on ami nfier
the ttrai day nf .laiiiimy. IMi.', w lienei er.
anil an of, en us the I'ri-.ul.-lil ahull In- sjitls
tli'tl Hint the goi ernuieiit of any tnumry iru-
dllellltf mid t'Vftoril'lg attiiar. IllolMaafS, isif-
ft).. ten. and lildea. taw nml ton iired, ttr snv
of anetl nrtlclea, ln;m-a tlinlfa or other e-
ncilona iiMin the iigrteitltttral or eiu.r pnt-
itncllolia of tht- I lil'e.l Stnl.-a. w llleh tlew
of Hie fns- lut rod iietlott of in Ii angar, i
Inaaea. i-ofTee, ten anil lildea lulu the I lilted
siatea may deein t,t la- reciiroeatly iineqiuti
or iinri-.iaoitnlile, ho ali.ill Imie ih- isiwer
and II aliall In- hia itmv In aiiaH-nd. I.v
prnehiinaiii'ii In Ihnl erTts r. the prttt lahma
of tlil set relating to the free Ini r-ilin linn
of allell aliasr. Ittoiaaaca, i.tTt., (.a nml
lltdea, Ihe il.Mlleltoll yf alleli tattllitiy, foff
ant ll lime sa lie sontl it.-t-llt Jnal, rle.
Alt! gh In -If eel only a abort time.
Ihe rifinrneiiv arrniigemeiii maile ii;nler
Ihe MeKitil.y law d.-u slrat.-l the
...
area: liellelll llllll rt cmriM'ltv Wo ll.l la,
. -
iii nnr Bgricuiiiirni uiiereais. rtpa-e will
H-rniit nf the citation of iinlv tine case iu
Itttiul: Our proilintioii nf wheat far
extst'ds nnr Initl. while Ihe etlsir',l'o
if Huaaia ami Argentine ha n rnpdly
In, nn aid ihnl il I of Ihe highest nn
fmrtiiucc l.i nnr farmer thai nnr winni
mnrkela be enlarged. The abllitv t.i re-
ciiir.it itt- to do tin a shown by .Mir rl.uir
trade with I uba. In Ictut than four
it-nr under a rwlprtteiiy arrant 'in. -m
t!,i trnde in. rcna.i -Isii -r eein., ;nle
ill Ihe III -I tear alter the arrang'in.-iit
wna It-rmitinfetl It dot rcntt jn-r tint.
Ml the rtiipr.xlH arrnugi-iin-iii w.,',l.f
have In-eii nl linn h bt rielil In nnr kri-
iillnrnl inter, ata; nml the )ein'rai
baal, lo d Iii l.-rntmsir tin lu.
loin tr latrrlga kngsr, Hkirh
I'ji. h jear wr wml abroad miio re II, nn
f iaiiaiiaai ,.r ng,rr. AM .boiht ,,f i,r
t...at aaing the "nl ami i Innate .m-r a
nftit trill area In pnalu.-. from l.-.-t i,
angnr we now liii,rl, ha Ini-b rrin-..,.l.
Itnr ii t nr ta 1 adt iiiag- .,r Hie pr,K .
lent nl lfl ngiir are an. h lh". i,.,.
j wi'balsiel eg the liightr Wage p ,rrr,
i aid guru nnr l--(aiigar indnaiit .,,!
alt lit In thai win. ri haa n .
II In
I I , ..oar ,l.,l,,al.i,.a l. I " . .. .
- - '-- I IKIl f ,)
iltriiian i nrm n loii,i,r. . ,.,,..
i ..I I....I Iron, laiali.... .. ... i
" '"Mnl't
I l.a.ai . I...aa a. 1.. 1
, and I ran.e h iow t., IW i
fnglill dlilgrti to t,r esltoit,
j I tel. r ikr . ration .. ih .K,,,:.
j law t.ttr ,rlt. ll"H ef brrl a.igar tipol y
i iii. era. I ll.-re ar lh figurr
j fnn.a
' ! . Ii la
; ..... iti i ;
: l' . Ml'..!
! lla.l Ihe M.KlnUf la U nitlo ln
....(, lou.l w wi.ttkl In a f.n-.ari,t,
I. w arar ha .r.lii-. al h.-nw w,t
i ..nit Ihe f- ttr llooiaanl n.illo.tt .,n.a ..
ar we how nwiiw, loll Ihr llnrrwwl
r-tatiiiq.l Htt dtae l n,r tn. traa-. (art. a).
: ii tow. Ii f.ii.i n. i W ,.t Itrf
.... et trgt'nan I it ' al..f a ha
1 h..wa a gn-wtrr la.k wf btlatnr www
lha Ik ral ef IH angar hoiinltrw.
i aw.1 rrflainly 11 Mlha-f kgili ra
I aritwmta iw r h t-rt.rr y kat tnw wtir
j giuwlmml .ta-ria feral- Ini-trr m
1 an.)r.ls In r-wwlrf Iw frralrf wlitnuil
j nana1al k ! (STolWtv fowf h.o,aaiU.
awr f
ta .igr w ii. ,
aw.r iii
f la ad a ad Ik
wnses paid to farm and factory labor
would amount to $Tit.(MHJ.IMMl per ainiiiin.
I-and and labor now devoted to crops of
small profit and of which we produce an
excess, like wheat, would be put to a
more piotitanle use. The .$7."i.IIMI,(KM.)
each year would swell our domestic com
merce by at least four times that
amount. If we had produced our own
sugar instead ef gold having been ex
ported dining the past three years an
export that has widely hurt our indus
tries and business gold would have been
imported, for the r.iore than one hundred
million dollars of gold or ils equivalent
sent abroad each year for suyar would
have been kept at home.
Home or Foreign Wool, Which?
All these advantages the use of land.
the employment of lalxir, the increase nf
domestic commerce and of our circulat
ing medium, the retention of gold
would follow also from a production of
the 2."iO.illHUI0O pounds of wool that we
amuialiy import under the Wilson law;
a production lhat would follow from the
steady and continued aid of such protec
tion as was given by the McKinley law.
Surely so far as tariff legislation is con
cerned, the farmer, whether he regards
only his own interests or looks beyond
them to the interest of his country, will
have no dilliculty in deciding which par
ty should have his vote. Ilia decision
will be all the easier and surer because
of the record of the candidates for Presi
dent. Mr. Bryan declared in Congress,
January 13. 1,H'.)4. "It is immaterial in
my judgment whether the sheep-grower
receives any benefit from the tariff or
not 1 am. for free wool." He
voted for free wool, for the repeal of the
sugar bounties and for the abrogation of
the reciprocity arrangements. Mr. Mc
Kinley, it is needless to say. has been
and is, in favor of reciprocity, just pro
tection to wool and other farm products,
and such reasonable encouragement of
out beet-sugar industry as other coun-
lries nave lounu prohtatilc. In con
trast with what Mr. Hryan said about
tariff on wool is what Mr. McKinley said
when introducing his tariff hill into the
House:
If there Is any one Industry which appeals
Willi more force than another for defensive
duties it is this, and to no class of citizen
should this House more clieerl'ullv lend leirls-
lative assistance, where It can properly lie
done, tlian to the million fanners who own
' sheep la the fulled States. We cannot nf
I ford as a nation to permit this industry lu
: he longer crippled.
i This shows Mr. McKinlcy's regard for
the welfare of agricultural industries;
and Mr. lSryau. also, may be judged by
nis uuerances on the same suliject.
ltepiihllctms ami Trusts.
! Farmers have been consistently nml
persistently opposed to trusts. This hos
tility, has bleu exaggerated in the voci
ferous anil sweeping denunciations of
trusts by the I'opulists. The farmers of
tins country are well aware that there
are more trusts that, while nearly and
quite controlling the production null sale
of certain articles to their sine and lib
eral protil. have nevertheless, by reason
of the economies of the aggregation of
capita1, the einploymeiit of best talent in
directing, and ol producing ami liaml-
large quantities, made the nrices of
the articles to the consumers less than
Mhey were before and probably less than
they would be if the trusts were not in
existence. Nevertheless, the farmers of
this country believe that the principles
, underlying trusts are "w rong and that iu
;the aggregate trusts are a scrio;is injiirv
to business ami wield u power that wiil
present to human nature a temptation too
strong to he resisted, except iu a few
cases, to its. that power with ililical
i partiea and legislative Isidies. fur ini.
prniM-r ends; in short, that the trust is nn
ei i.v io ine people anil a incline..
lieulih. unit n toot,,.,... t.. tl...
iniiiuii, mere nciiig some except mm to
P "'" nW: Uepresentativ,! 'igricil-
turn I l..ll.
, ...... ii int..- t-i i ri'oii.uti I v iH,,,.
1 . , . I ....-
".''""'d trtlsta ami asked fur legislation
jtlint would end them, or at the least,
; would subject Iheir affairs to such public
knowledge nl control as Would reiuiivo
iiiicir isiwer tor evi . A representative
' BL,ri(,11,Pni ii,. i ' .. . 1 w mauve
. f,"J' v . J . '? I,,l!'1.1,,,'v'' pmui.tinced
, """r "'list. I lie posiliun nf ihe
. . ... ' .. . ',K ''"ii"1
. """ "'' ir
" " . " '""cti.med by
scicruilic research and reasoning and by
no- .-online,, aciia,,, ln n(.,-tirt j,, t,
wishes of faniiiN ami in conniliaiie,.
with their riH,nests. the Fiftv-hrst Cnn
gress. wlin l, was the first Congress Ite
puhliran lu both In
;"nV":e,T'at i't's '" "'m"r-r'
".' nt " "! session (
ton it. pi-tlll'll mi , ,!!,,,,
against iitilnn fill reslrninls ami ihuiioik..
lies, whicli, declares that: .
Kery inutract. conihlnai l,,n frtn .
trust or otherw ise, or iiiaplr.-r. ln r. .
sirniut nf trsde nr merer mining t,
peral .laien. ,,r will, ford,,,, uH,,..
hereliy .,...,r.., ,., iN. leg. Kvery ,-r.n
win. .hull iniike nnv an. ii cmtrnci r engag..
in any oil. It citiiili.iiati.n, ,,r ..in-plr.o r ah ill
Ik- .le. ii.eil uulu, ,.f mi,,.,,.a nor. ami
colli let hill (hereof. a, i.nnl.hf.t I.V I
Itne m.i ,.T.,H,,g .s.i. r hy in,,,,.,,.
.aid
, ' ia inie year, nr hv f
o,,.ai,i.i,i m hH .HM-r... ...
e.uirl.
erf
iHr.on whn ahsll lll..ll,,tU.tlH ...
shall
I tell. 1,1 tn liiini.iitollEe. or .,.,..1.1 ...
eonapile Willi any ,M.r .t, r p,.rm,t
In
,... any tisri nr Ihe tm.l
" " "" nif tH-wrni alalea
''" n-lg.i lia.l..,,,. .,nl (, K,,,
or a lltlsileititani..ir ait. I .. I...1 .. a
....u ,. . r , " 'V n ineretir,
-,n. VW ,IHBII llfj HIM ,n -. ,.M
, 1,11181..1 HV HIM tl,, I ..k.. !..-
a.saai, or l.y ImprlMililiirlil not r.twtllng
yr-ar. r by ls.il, .al.l iHiill,uiei,ia. lu n,r
Ul-crellna t.f lh et.nrl.
Thai wnr.1 "wr.,n" nr "ftrrattna." wher
ever uat-tl In thl at I. aliall I. .,vtnwl , ..
clinlt. mrpiiratluii ami . ln,,. rtlailng
under nr aiiili.rl.-l l.y Hi,. ,,,, f ,,.,
th I'nllrtl Hiatr. Hit- law nf any of the
iroiHum, in.- mmm tti any alala. nr il.a
" f-rekga ramntry
Thia ael i ao iiiiiipri'hrniv in It .l..a.
Iiitinll f a irilat. whl.li II mnde Illegal
thai II wa clearly Ihr purtw rif thoarl
who made il law. thai tiu trti-t ahould
im as.
Ilrwtrtrrary and Trad.
Contra) with the actinti nf the Ftfiy
firl Coligreaa Ihe ait ion ,,f thr Fifty-
ihlril Cungre-lhe hr Ih iuot raiie
lu both brain be ii,it triiai ntlnluaal
In prttmluiiice In tin i"iinlrj - w ho h.
It rrgiilar w.it,n, put ii,t t, ,t,,'r nf
lh Hngar lml. I.v iii. nn. nf ihr. V,,
law. a Iss.iaita nf HHiaaiuai tignr
then In li lis nda. n, , ihr Mmr law
made a prohl fur Hi Uln.kv .. f
al-iol llu.uai.iaai on the wl.i.ky with,
drawn Imm Imn.l afl.-f II l-.i,,r ,.r.
lain Ihal Hie la mi whlakr Would b
)ii.r.-aa.i gnil Ufore Hie law w.nt jnin
rffrtt. alnl. 19 addlthill. Ihe Wilaatn law
Ilii traaasl lh allow an.- f,,r wnaingr
While In IIhI ami l-ligthrlira Hit. ,,.l,-d
at-fiof Irt.m thr"e In right yrnr 'Ihr
Fifly third Cniigrr tgilnl.il ngnlnal
ttilat. hilt I'lilt Ihnw of w hi. , i.,ft.
rr are no ml r nud whn h ..l in im.
..rt.-. arlsl.- I. no .li, Irnat. ,ar re-ll,ailii-.l
lileltaliirlatl by I .-In. r t te Irgia.
Ution, Stt iflori ta I.-, iiot.lc ,T the
I . in, lain adnninalralioii to riifnr.-e lh
ami irnat hei'laien . nt,.-r tb Ftfti.
rirl nf lh I lfi Ihirtl Cnngn-, t,,,(,
irratM'iniT r'm m.l.tl l lla tluty ,
agru iillnral ami . Ho r ra n lud.ng
rti a waning , l org I S wrna ra
(aM-r r ir aa innr aililndr l.-wanl
Iruai a ra.nrt..-.. lh fartiHf on r 1,1 to..
I hat alif ll lb. 1 )R ,lr..,hg at hi, tt
,.f lh iwa Na.lu.g (xlltHal r1 .
al,.o,l. hat Ilia ..lr.
In q'w-aion Ibal hat h,. had In
Irtlif and f ' n. f a I allrtilh.a a-l,,w rw
lh. lariaT la) lh Irrwlnirrtl nf til
Ihal hat lw ri-llr d. t.,,r. a
h lrl. hl Ihal laritsrtw hat f.g.it.
I fully ,nntilrl la hat a rlirrat arel r...
t.rrbl l?r1 f H-nllitral inlrrr!,
lh trwH ra'te aal in llrrmldnwa rr-
I ar hat rrttll WUIsW fal ra)n!lf
I Iw and aignia. ai.
wj !" Mwrwl Mail Palittrtt
la lb rtrl-al lb (i..Si.i lir
4ti hid ia IU IUw Marts htat.
Mr. Pickler said: "It seems that there
is no effort to improve the service for ,
country people," and on the same day
Mr. Loud, chairman of the House com
mittee on postollices and postroads, said
in the course of the debate:
The Increase in the appropriations for the
star route service during the Inst four years
lias arisen from the fact that money wa
taken from lhat service and devoted to reg
ulation, screen, and other wagon service.
In other words, while' yon gentlemen from
the connlry have tieen persistently increas
ing appropriations for the star route serviee,
all of that increase has been used iu llio
large cities.
In fact, the amount thus diverted dur
ing the last fiscal year was $t;70.tM),
whereas the increase in the appropria
tion for country mail service was only "
!f."i(lll.(ii)0: so that notwithstanding ihe
successful efforts of the friends of the
farmers to secure an appropriation to
better his mail service, there was actual
ly less money spent on that service than
before, because the. Democratic adminis
tration of the postollice department used
elsewhere, as it has in previous years,
the money specifically appropriated for
the improvement of country mail service.
This is in striking contrast with the
Kenuhlicnn administration of the post
ollice department. Mr. Wanamaker se
cured appropriations tor experiment's in
free mail delivery in villages and he
faithfully expended those appropriations,
in a communication to the Senate he
stated that after making an allowance
equal to the previous average annual
increase of the business of the offices, it
was found that the increase of the busi
ness of the odices due to the free daily
delivery had more than paid for that
delivery. In some cases the profit from
free delivery was quite large. In New
Canaan, Conn., for example, the village ,
in which free daily delivery was first in
troduced, and in, which the experiments
were conducted for five vears, the aver
age annual income of the ollice was
.."i2:?. while the free delivery cost only
Iji-tM). A business that yields an average
allium I prolit of Kilij per cent., part of
the period being a time of panic and de
pression, is a good business indeed: yet
the present, administration of the post
ollice department lias discontinued the
free delivery in the Tillages in which it
was established by Mr. Wnnamaker.
The results from experiments iu vil
lages indicated, as Mr. Watiamaker fore
saw that they would, the practicability
of free dally delivery to farmers; and
he secured from the Fifty -second Con
gress an appropriation for experiments ,
in free mail delivery to farmers, and an
appropriation for this purpose was made
by the Fifty-third Congress at both
sessions. The language of the appro
priations was mandatory, hut both Mr.
Kissoll and Mr. Wilson have refused to
expend these appropriations. The mail
has become a very important factor in
the prosperity, welfare and enjoyment
of the people. In the attitude of the
Kenublican and I lemooratie administra
tions toward rural mail service and the
efforts inade to improve it, the fanner
will tiinl excellent aid in deciding for
which party to vote.
Win, Forfeits f.anil f.ranta?
For some years the farmers of the
country have been ileiiiandiiig that the
giants of lands to aid in the construction
of I'ertain railroads, should he declared
forfeited where the conditions of the
grants had not been complied with. The
Fifty-first Congress the first Congress
Republican in both branches sine the
demands fur the annulment of the
grants had been made at its first let
sion enacted a law
That there Is hereby forfeited ta tha
fluted ttlatc, nud the fulled Htiilca herehy
resume the title therein, all land hereto
fore granted to any state or In any corpora
tion to aid In the construction of a rallranil
opposite to and coterminous with the por
tion or any sm ii raitroini run now completer!
nud In ojierHtliiii, for the cnnstriietlnn er
lienctll nf which such IhiiiI were grunted;
and all such hinds are declared to be a part
of the politic iliininlii.
This law should have much weight
with ihe farmer in determining what
ticket he will vote, for, aside from re
storing considerable arena to the pnlilic
domain to the prolit of the national treas
ury, it showed that a ltepiihlican Con
gress did not fear tn enact righteous laws
for the people and against some of the
most powerful corporations in Hie coun
try in marked contrast to the subservi
ency to trusts and corsirationa nf the
pcniocrnlic Congress that we have bad
since. t
Hhu Opened Fnrrlgn Market"
For Mime years certain F.umpcnn aa
lions -tine of which, at least, while
pri lu lling free trade, practiced rh pro
tection nf certain farm product tha
extent nf pruliibittiry decree-bad ex
cluded nnr animal products and lire ani
mals fur Iheir nuirketn or had subjected
I belli tn vcMitious nml priilit-tlesti-ityitig
regulations, beiituse it was alleged, ihey
wen- frequently unwholesome nr dis
eased. Ditr limner were well nwr
thai thia allegation was an untruthful
subterfuge, nud they ileliiauiled such, in--poet
ion of nnr slaughtered nnltiml and
live nunnals offered for enirt Ihnl lor
eign governinelila iniild riot plead -liaeaa
aiming our animals a a Justilu atimi or
excluding those pi.tduet of ur farina
from their market. F.verynne familiar
with our live atiM-k Interest, know lhat
thia wa matter nf great iitniiietil to
them. The Fifty firal Cutigr,-. Ihal t
at, much for the farmer, made men m-tri-tiitn
law ihal fully met lit ,ibr
nl nnr atoek raiwr. ami lhat. beiag
faithfully administered by Hi-or-tary
ltuk. aectimplisht-il all ihnl wa rupert.
nl of them. It I unfortunate :h4l by '
hi own iitteraiiit-a and act inn the irr.
ent secretary nf agriculture should hate
aluiW II dilfrtetil aliunde Inward 'iniw
wis lawa. In ileltTiiiiuiiig whkh :tkrt
he aliall tote, Ihe laruur will i-rrt.iitily
mnipar lh depnrliiit-nl of agrttii'liira
under riin rciary IS nag with ll uinl, r In
iiecratr. who Ix gati hi career i set -rtHry
nf agrn-niliire by Itiaulimg organ-
l.'d farmer, aim aim na maile 'nr
truly remarkable rei-nrd nf not miitig
even nn tipi"inoiiny m imw. amng witn
Ilia total biik of iui'i"b) with farmer.
mil itnly hi mmpli'l Ignuram i.f nnr
agricultural Inter.-!, but iiih.r an mtrr
M.i ipai'Ht or a railllplelcly leiraafnl ,,.
d,. i.iIh'N Io b arn.
I la, I Smt taltl.
Tb rtirrrm y t.ilih nf the Chi, ago
(.Ulfofin certainly Uw iinl r.rt-a lh
artiluiii til nf lb National lirange; and
at It let aiiiin' UrrtHing. iu Atlanta.
. l.iolr !- lX. Ihr Farmer'
,M,.nnl imigrr ti.lrtl tbw u all nf lh
In l.t I free "liter tt.lnsgt. ii-a..lut,on
,r.arnl... and adopittl i,-ibitioii in
w huh il Ictlare.t Ihnl II wa t uq hsthal.
Iv in fator nf lb ur nl la.lh gold and
attti-r a Hi ntniti- i.f iiltinile r-alrtnt.-II..
n and in fatt.r nf ihr It,-, (anting.'
f drf by 'inlrriialitiiial aglet nu hi at
a rat)i ! I grra-l i"in
l I hill JnlriJ" In Ihr rrn.a r-lti"
party It y Ihal. until rrai mlt. ihrntigti
)ta long rrr, it wa friendly In agii
niltnrr A" l"i'g aa il wa i,pirr. hr
J.ff.iaon and Jatkx.w il had a )abtna
r gird for our agm iillnral Ini. rral, l.nf
II ha driftrd away from ila old ta.iirw,
II i ln iinl l.y ii,tMt whn hold rang
,1,. tniat and whit lh'.nand and httn
timl .f ihottMitd wf N-inirrii ae th
fr,.n.a nf lh larwarr. lh nsrwil h-ini,
etaiw (at nr. a aa nt ain,iH,w tn lr.t
Im a l n1 law and elhrr Io adnon.
trr them, ta, aa -, tared with lb ll
enl'lxaa pwrlt, rar-l- nf lb wt-lfarr
f tttlf f I, iillnr! In.liialrir. and, '
frealrf wrtgl.l with lb Arnrrt.r,
(arinrr. r rrU- .f thai fnixil inirg
l.-y Ihal win arwIrTtt ID wvlfar wf
all Iwdoalrx aal whwh la rwwtia la
lb hnaor tad ( i.ry f all aaiaer..
MeCE.
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