Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-10-06
TAs 0aa.e Ia tlAe Feassh-

MA}Or ShflOer, OF Ic0Dsylvan1a, ana
J. T. Irish, leader OF the Iowa De-
nocracy, are advertised to make RE
form Tariff speeches" in company on
the same EVENING" OF the discussions
Of Gov. Walden and Mr.. Smith, can
didstes for Congress. 1t is the old
plan "divide and conquer" but in the
Fourth District it will not win-tbe
purpose is too transparent. We will
elect our candidates on the platform.
aud take the winter evenings tor tar
1T discussion, unconnected with can.
didates, and get at the truth among
ourselves without paid and imported
wise men from the East to help Us
AT Grinnell the Free Trader did
not deny that he was paid by the
Free Trade League, which is support
ed by Stewart, the importer OF New
York, who is said to have made from
thirty to forty millions out Of the
people, and wishes to lepress and
destroy home fAbricasions that he
can make still more.
Our ex-Member OF Congress, Mr..
Qriunell, at Grinnell, invited . dis
cusslon, which was had-he defend.
ing the ltepublicaa policy, STATE aad
n ational, against The assaults OF the
Free Trade Lecturer. We under.
stand that these points were made
1'has the oPpressisns OF the coal tar
lit were . myth, no farmer or citiser
in Iowa having any further interest
in it than securing tho revenue We
now do out Of it, which is paid BY
people on the s~aboard. The iron
tariff i lessened by . Republican
Congress, and iron viii be cheaper
from year TO year by competition,
was Mr.. Gripnells argument; and
Iowa will tinA eustomers Tor corn and
wheat and mea: near home, in our
own country, and not abroad, as the
new theorists desire. He asked, ID
there any farmer that desires depend.
ence on foreign nations aud would
drive thousands inte farm laborers,
who now consume near home? He
held that natare-0ur waAer- power,
cosl, iron ore, cheap food aud akillvl
labor-iuyited independence and re-
gard for labor, and encouragement
to emigration had led all parties to
discriminate in favor Of enterprises
requiring only temporary protection.
By encouragement had In many ar.
ticles we defend compitition. The
cry OF monopoly was : dsllsion. Why
do MT the speaker stay in Pennsyi,
,vania and share the profits Of the
Lords whom he denounces - tyrants.
No man or any thousanl men have
Ill the money, sk.ll, water-power,
coal, or iron mines; and let tho Crosk-
ers put in their money, lessen prices,
and mot permit the expressions to 60
on. Let them make cotton cloth, or
woolen, Of paper here, il there il too
much protection. New York, and
perhaps Chicago, may have an inter
est in al industries and products 60
ing through their gates, but the peo-
pie have an interest in diversi6ed II.
Dor, in home factories and exchanges
on their own so,l, aud let us have
revenue aud compstitlon which will
lessen prices ii they are TOO high
It 10 not the price, but the ability tc
pay or make tair exchange.
One taste of direct taxation By
lows in paying its proportion O
three hundred millions OF dollars Z
year would be enough, placing sever
or eight dollars on each man, woman
and child, where now it i not eas,
to see that the rural people OF low.
pay moro than one dollar each.
We will not report the meeting