The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
A Farmers Reasons.

| VI.
not supporting the Democratic ticket
this fall. Our farmers should read
the article carefully, and give special
attention to the last paragraSA>
[ cannot support Cieye1ane/5ss
cause of his grand mistake in orcing
the Democratic party to lght the
system of protection as q pTty. BE
lieving as l do, with the ION. Sam
uel j. Randall, that the.American
system of protection is a benefit, di-
rectly or indirectly, to gerry man,
woman and child in thisgreat coun-
try of ours, [ was force either to
abandon my honest cuvictiOns to
vote for Cleveland or yGe for Harri-
son and Morton. Pm ior Harrison
and Morton. voted or Cleveland
in 1884, but did not vote for free
trade, or at least did Mt think l was
doing so at the time. When S. j.
Randall was sent into the manulac.
turing states to tell tie people that
Grover was as gooda protectiOnist
as James G. Blaine. we believed it.
Grover had not caught it then, or at
least it had not developed sufficiently
on the surface so as 10 be seen. But
he has ii now, and has it bad, and ii
he does not make another as big a
flop as he did on the fisheries matter,
it will prove fatal beyond a doubt.
The influence which caused Grover
to adopt such policy came from the
same class of men, from the same sec
ton of the country that held the
Democratic party on the wrong side
of the slavery question for many
years. When these gentlemen, born
and bred in an atmosphere of free
trade, emanating from and original.
ing in the old system of human slay-
cry, | say when these gentlemen mad
sufficiently inoccuiated the president
with their free trade notions so ds To
cause him to issue his celebrated
cheap-WoOlen message, they straight.
way fixed up their pet idea in the
shape Of the Mills bill. sugar.cOated
it, labeled it protection and gave it
out for credulOus Democrats to sWal-
low. Well, they are not all swallow.
ing it just now, in this A. D., 1888.
l am farmer and will give my
support to the policy that will in.
crease the number of consumers Of
products rather than to that policy
which will diminish the same.
The stuff that is scattered to the
people now by the Democratic press
is enough to disgust any one who
will crack the crust of party preiu-
dice and pull the wool out of his eyes
and look at the question with good
sound, common sense.
First. they will deny that it is free
trade and then argue free trade pure
and simple. They will hug one
class to their virtuous bosOms and
howl themselves hoarse at another
class. They tell us free wool viii
make higher price for wool and
cheaper flannel shirts! They tell us
to increase the profits of wooden man
ufacturers by giving them free WOO
they will divide with the laborer, but
when the profits of other maniac
turers are made greater by being
protected, the workingmen doesn'
get any of it.
Just now they are hard after the
farmer, and the poor granger is forced
to believe that the Bible historNf!
the origin of man which says "He
was made of the dust of the earthn is
mistake, and that he is entirely
made out of war tariff tax,
Yes, tax, tax, tax-that's the howl
Well, what is the benefit to him tc
take money out of his own pocket r.
lessen his tax?
They tell us the farmer is not nro.
tected and the consumer always paws
the duty. But when we say, "lool,
here, my friend. you say the farma,
is not protected ?" Certainly mot ,,
And that the consumer always paye
the duty ?" "Of course he does ),
"Well, there is 20 cents bushel dutv
on wheat now does the consumer nj
my wheat pay me 20 cents i? Ifso 7
do not want anything better. | an,
either protected or the consumer docs
not always pay the duty" Well he
swallows and splits and says, Ppm foy
Cleveland, ami he's going to be elect
ed, too"
When such a mon as Judge Tbrr
man, full of the wisdom of vears
will stand before the American farm