The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-11
GEN. BUTLER.
He Addresses a Largely Attended
Farmers Picnic Near
Harrisburg, Pa.
He Then Goes to New York and
Speaks at the State Green
back Convention.
Coming West, He Addresses q Monster
Meeting Of Greenbaokers at
Detroit, Mich.
GEN. BUTLER.
In Pennsylvania.
IlJnrYtsItttYt, t.tareana

Harrisburg tclegram.l
Gen. Butler spoke at the tirangers picnic this
afternoon, lie knew, he saiti. that the farmers
was n hard, stern, and nuerous lite N well fol
lowed, but with industry and frnaality he could
lay up competence Tor his children. lie aa~
siscd the boys To STAY On the farm, AMI not IA
act th, foolish 4aca thai mans highest Nocatlun
WAS To measure OF calico with yard stick he-
hind counter Gen. Butler then continued m
Now, | say farm hfe Ii n hard life, Bnt why
Il II n hard liicf Reransc You don't get n fair
share Of the profits OF what Won produce, Look
ut the agricultural implements ste here. How
much has tho power af the farmer been In
creased hy this improved marhincryy How
much has production been tnoreasod2 Moro
than two hundred fold You can produce two
hundred fold a. much In the same ttmc, Now,
why II not tho condition OF the farmer two hun.
drcd fold better now than II was before the good
gifts of God To him In the shape af machinery
were given 10 him to make this proauetons lilo
either anrht to ret two hundred times richer, or
ho ought To work two hundred times easier or
he onaht tn work two hundred times leas than
formerly. But he doesn't Where has this
money goneF Who has rot 1t? IA voice in the
crowd The monopolist."l Not always the
hasn't got il, lie has got his land little better
or n little worse, but all this great production
has gone somewhere, II has not hoen eaten ui.
II hasn't been burned. Ii has not taken wings
and own away You will see IL in these I'M.
mensc fortunes which have heeen acquired l
ann not here 10 say one word against these
men who aeanircd them. ! am her, to
them 50 To accumulate the wages ot honest
labor and honest production. am here to say
that the laws and Legislators that can he so ma"
nipulated IA 10 make the rich richer and tho
poor poorer ought to be changed CT the sau,~
aao.un,otU at property III this country the farm"
ers own more than one-tonrth, Well, why have
they not got nehs Because, hrst their riches
don't flow in piles To them. Ii IL steady
stream, and then YOU pay all tho taxes suh>tan.
TALLY. Why do | say thats Why, II We could
| have all this oo"eontoa OF property taxed,
| taxes would he nothing at all They would bo
| n tea-hitc. Tut Mr. Vanderbilt swears that un.
der the law he Is not taxable At all for any per-
that time saaa eoo ot national and other securi-
ties. and the law would allow him to escape taN-
alton. DO yau saS word about those iawsg
| Oh, NO You gct up all manner Of auarrels over
states rights and old matters of any kind that
| were matters Of Importance long ago, and one
| will call himself Republican and another a
great row, and YOU are nlea every day while
yan arc aaarrclina, Nothing more or Moth
| Inc less Why does the farmer way No
maehs Il Is heeanse all his PROPERTY, lies
| can't miss II. whereas my bonds, II
| have amy, aaams stock. and my notes, and my
securities lie away IN my sale aud the assessor
can't fna them, The farmer h worse un than
| the werkingman, because he has got somethiae
| to he taxed that Tan he seen, The waskingman
has got his capital, which IL his capahillts ot
aain9 u day. work, that IL NOT taxed kut The
| farmer, having one-foufth at the nrunerty III
| this country, rays three~foarths OF the taxes
| Railroad companies league together and make
| Discrimination i'm tho rates III freight, AMI nov
| without going into this matter nj lenath, lot IN,
| sketch Won one thing Ihtsagu beef h aud Aas
| heen ehearer In Liverpool, England, ttaa II
| Rastan, aud this haei has been taken through
BOSTON, You say that j. sers remarkable, NJ
at all Ii IL ettectea hy atseiinai nation IN rate,
| against the Boston purchaser enly want u
| call that ono thing 10 Your mind, II show Nal
| how those great corporations. pf nee2 sslgS
| almost aet against the farmer corporation
| leaves the individual manager entirely fel,eset
corporation aud com rletn to the manager, "ah,
| SAYS, I'D relieve Son II could, Tut The com
| pany has voted so and ST. and such Is the uy,tyr
And what Is the eeinnanyt han can't hnd It
| Tho company has neither conscience no
| Saal anu the individual Is teeaset
from his responsibility. and that II thu wers'
thing have AGAINST corporations, Carlsfatten
are necessary, hut what are these They ar
I agents nf the people, crsated by the law ot tn,
| people, To hs scstra,aed hy the people, aaa the,
arc te act only tor the good of the people, am
| thsN arc allowed To take tolls AMI tafe anr
freight Ter the purpose Of lust and fstr remnae
ration And II they do that aud that alone
| they bceetne the nsad Of the workinsman ans
| the ttlcad oI tho farmer as A means eonnlant
cation and interchange Of froishts and passen
| gess. Rat IL they transcend these limits, the,
Nonr Legislature should have tull pewer, 1t has
In theory. constitutional right IA RESTRAIN
them: but now how ia 1t in rcnnSylyaalay b
YOU believe honestly thtre Ii power enough II
any Democratic Ut Republican Legislature IN thi
sta,e tn restrain and control the rennsslssni'
kailraads There l. not a man ot sau believe
this, II has been tried every year and ha
missed tito every tima NV Democratic heats
LAS atetn throwing AWAY his vote and my Re
| publican hcarnr has been ucing WORSE sustain
lng the PARTY taat has brought about thes
| things, III didn't make hit OF difference mAic
| party waa, the iensylsania Railsoaa would con
troll them always lust a. yon would II so
aere the leansylSania isailrasa Men areptett
much alike IN this world, grea
larts Of men arr all right The mass oi ia
| people arr always right. and thcy are alway
nleslS.at, for everybody SneMs mere Tia
low prices ruling the rcason therefor i uade,
| CONSUMPTION not oyeri reduction, anu hetweel
| them there Il n sers vide and vital ,nllcrencs
nvesrroduction Ii whca there l. mare If any
| thing produced than all the worid could cot
snme IL thes could grt IL, lndrreonsnmniio
Is when there IL more produced than those ihs
! want II aud cant gct II eau consume. III
tronhie y because the means Of transnortaiio
arr 50 hieh that they kecp YOU poor. IL Il Ills
| elimination, and that Is what YOU want
| remedy. Now, want you Vote Tor yoarse
aNhilct We have got IL start new party
Peoples party The realae must come nn sa
stand together and rcnasate the old psItic
| You can da it, YOU mtn, II YOU will stand {,
geiher. Now. don't let anybody - away an
say. Gen. Rutiar wants ns Ia vote Tor him"
| am not anxious on thai subject NJ ALL You "a
lo me no good by yoar sases. 1T seu shoul
| elect me lnsSiisnt. however, III November. va
| would 10 me the greatest nossIhle harm al
make Of me an old man. TO he driven from pllls
| To post for four wears by a continual scrasnh
for office hy all sort~ aud conditions ct mcl
| without power unless you would give nlc tal
| nrssS~vifAaHf power Ia tio any good. ana na
| Ia he snnuyea snl Irctted 10 death because
could net do anything. ~ me here not Ia ~
| Non 10 throw away votes l want you IL ias Il
foundation of the Peoples party which shs
remedy these things.
ten Butler Ma loudly eheered Al the close
his address. aud Mas dllsen Ia the station III
conveyed ly spectral train IN Harrisburg, when
he left tor New York, Ahef. lac speaks I