The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-28

JAMES n. HOLLAND,
Of Henry County.
For Supreme Judge,
A. II. DABNEY,
u Madison County.
IoF Superintendent q Pubic lnstsuction,
HISS A. II. SWAIN,
u Fort Dodge.
IL Deet 1etAod.
The Iowa "Farmers' Protective As.
ISOLATION" Is organised for = fight
with the barbed wire monopolists.
The offense OF the latter Is that It will
not sell wire ct reasonable prices.
Il strikes 10 that tho better way
would be to let the monopolists keep
their wire until they can afford to be
reasonable and just. Farmers are
not compelled to buy and use barb.
ed wire. i 10 by no means farm
Necessity. Fences existed before
wire was thought Of for this use;
they will continue TO exist after
b;Irbs and wire are obsolete. We
read the other day Of o farmer who
subscribed for . daily paper, and
said he paid for It With money he
beat the railroads out Of. An inquiry
~ 70 how he did that revealed the
fact that no had beat them by plant.
ing grove Of timber and making
himself Independent OF coal and rail-
road tariffs for hauling L. The wire
men can be beaten In the same way.
But Why use wirc Ct ALI Because
Il 10 cheaper than other fencingf u
itf Possibly %, In the flrst cost; but
j. Il not introducing 10 farms . new
and expensive item Of COST They
are enveloping every farm with .
Gordon Of lightning rods; and the
longer the lines the greater the dan.
ger. After several head OF cattle
have been killed by lightning, and
the value Of the animals carried to
the debit side Of the fence account,
how will the balance stand3
Again: why fence ct all2 Several
years ago . healthy agitation was
begun IN favor Of fencing il stock
instead Of fencing out 10 the new
ly-settled portion OF the State and
northwest this practice prevails.
The profit to the farmer Is o large
one. Certainly the barbed wire
m0nopolist can be beaten In this way
without recourse to the vexatious
delays and the costly vicissitudes Of
courts. Such q course il certain to
win. Let the stock OF wire once be-
sv&sN 80 1s.AA thA hands Al
the manufacturers and prices will
commence tumbling, the combine
tiOn will tumble to pieces, and sellers
will he seeking buyers on the terms
Of the latter. That 10 the better way.
DEBORAH Republican.
With due Difference to the. RepsD.
lic0n it strikes US, 1.-THE better way" q
compel .monopolists 10 be reasona.
ble and just" is to give them legiti.
mate competition. Under the patent
laws OF the United States q constru.
I'd BY the courts no parties can man.
ufacture barbed wire ii any State o.
territory Of the Union without pay
Ing such . royalty to Washburn
Noen + Co., the owners OF the pat
cnt, - their cupidity may demand
In addition to this patent the gov
crnment gives them additional i'm
munity from all legitimate competi'
ton by enacting . tariff on imported
wire 80 high as 70 absolutely prohib.
It importation. Every man who
unitcs with or endorses the Farmers
Protective Association. II he under.
stands what he Is doing. thereby en-.
tiers his protest against this monopo.
y and the protection that the tarifl
gives It Now what Is the remedy Il
bring these monopolists ito prices
reasonable and just? Why for farm.
crs when sending representatives
To Congress. to send only men who
viii represent their interests. Such
representatives would admit barbed
wire free OF duty. thus giving It t.
the farmer at ! its present cost
Such representatives would admit
salt and paper pulp duty free instead
Of giving Warner Miller, senator
elect from New York . monopoly Of
the latter by tariH 80 prohibitory
as to produce but Al cents revenue 9
year, while taxing every little county
paper from 800 to $500 q year fol
his benefit. But the papers say he
owns q farm In Herkimer county
New York. Yes, and tina wav such
men are granted special privileges
and monopolies there 10 nothing t.
prevent them and their kind soon
owning all the farms they wish. The
truth II since the advent Of the Re.
publican party to power, It has given
nearly every franchise Q! the gov.
eminent and right OF the people into
the control Of corporations organic
ed and conducted In the interest ol
the corporators regardless OF the
public veal. The only "Farmers
Protective Association" that car
give relief against these schemes FOL
their plumber is one that teaches
them their duty politically to vote
not only agains. the class Of men who
protect the barbed wire monopoly
but against every form and phase Of
monopoly. This Of course leads di.
rectly out OF the Republican and the
Democratic parties. because whilst
the former has created all the mo-
nopolies the other has refrained from
raising is voice or hand to strike