The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-11-10


Eye-oPcnins.
~ ysrh wlsbsss
II takes time Tor Nation 20 open rs
eyes 70 ti,ne-hoaored or customary er-,,
How ions has that terrible source NJ
iniQu;ty. tho liquor rraIIir. been a''ow~n
"a waste the snhSfance Or The Nation and
deri,nase III. t.copief There has been a.
gradual psncs-s s.i esr-oneninx 70 itSl
III char ,,er rcir,g on since Pr LYMAN,
Rcerhcr .rarhs,,hir famous ~ sermons
IN ls2; anl ,l.st process has been TrrH''N|
accelerased during the past few years.
M, ,he evc~ are nos nrcnea vet. AMI
some o,h.crwsc excfllcnt men arc ~triv-
Ing 10 keep the peoples e,es shut o. the
subject.
x cain. the Boss system. growing out
~ ,i.reputahlc primary meetings. and
The flivi,inn ~ spoils among wire-nu!icrs
an.i else. has been terrible abuse for.
many years. The poor. helpless. respect
nhle classes or the ncople saw all FREQ
dom If choice and Of voting taken away
from them. he'ng forced by cunning ma
ch.ery 10 vote. II they voted At All. for
mon they desnised and dis'rusfcd. They
thought they had inst ~ shut their eyes
MI vote hlindiy for the rorrnpt nomi-
= nnns az corrupt bosses 10 order 'o
keep the opposite party cut q power.
I II wolf now. however. that iheSe
classes are opening their eyes ~ the nufv
Of exercising their own conscience ana
Judgment Nv refusing n vote for pad
men upon any terms. This present cleo
ton seems bound TO be great eye
opener.
Again. the people az all classes have
long been 20 sophisticated by the New
ENGLAND theory or protection. which was
"a make All people pay high prices IL or
der that All might be rich. are only now
beginning 10 open their ewes 70 the real
sfaso Of the case. Intelligent farmers
find. for instance. that they have 70 pay
acme fwenfv per cent. more on the aver-
age forAll things that they buy. amount
ing probably. in the course Of wear, 70
~ average Of one hundred dollars Tor
each family. without Getting any return
for Il in the shane of Increased prices 'nr
their wheat. corn. pork, animals, orcot-
ton. Except sugar growers ni'd Wool
raisers. no agrirafnrists have any pro-
tcction worth snfaking Of the price ~
other produce being regulated BY the
foreign market. If thcre was protec-
tive dn.y Of 100 per cent. on whcat. corn.
pork. beef. butter. cheese. cotton. II
would not raise the prices Of these arti-
cIes IN the least. seeing We supply the
world with them. For time the work
ing men. women and children engaged
IN manufactures did benefit by protec-
ton; thsv got high wages and enjoved
great comfort: but that time only exists
e.. ..~...r-~- -. - <ho,~.- x,r~v <or The ~ =
lux or al kinds Of mechanics. artisans
foreign sfanird. and leaves The master
manufacturers all the nrofit derived from
protection. This system most emphati-
cal.v makes the rich richer. and the poor
poorer. and as the latter class CONSTITUTED
nineteen-twentieth Of tho population
the nineteen ere beginning 70 open their
eyes To the anomaly ~ taxing themselves
some twenty per cent. on their purchases
OF manufactured goods for the benefit ri
che one. whilst that one keeps strivingI
with oil HE might 70 draws veil over thei
eves ofthc nineteen. Nevertheless, their
eyes are not always 70 continue shut.
There arc other matters in which eve
opening IL much needed. Whv should
family having 10 telegraph 70 an absent
father or son tidings ~ sickness or death.
pay twice - much for the message Isl
thev would have 20 nav in any country
in Europe. or A. our Government would
charge ifis established postal teIeorarhv n
Whv should everybody have to pay three
cents letter postage when two cents
would cover the cost or trn cents forl
registry when In other countries two
cents y the charge? WHY should marri-l
age laws be 20 lnoae. various and uncer-l
tain. and whv should secret divorces. on
false afiiivits be permitted. - that q
vito IN New York NAV be divorced inl
Ufah without her knowing anything
about n.
Happily the people are opening their
ewes 70 these and many other misfskcsl
or abuses. bnt the operation Il . slow
me. Il 4. however. the mission 81 everv|
honest and independent journal 70 assist
ID this most important operation