Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-16
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Question. Who controls the Gov
eminent of the United States at the
present time?
Answer. "The Government of the
United States is now controlled by
ex-Confederate soldiers" Speech of
Bradley T Johnson, ex-Confederate.)
Q. What is the chief end of sex
Confederate" control?
A. To keep the south solid, tear
down northern industries--pauperize
northern wage-workers.
Q. Who chiefly desires to destroy
northern industries by turning them
over to British workshops?
A. The same who desired to de-
stroy the Nation and set up south
ern Confederacy.
@. Who did the "ex-C Confederate
soldiers" make their speaker in Con-
gress, the more effectively to make
warfare on northern industries?
A. A southern free-trader, whose
seat was contested and fairly won
by an honest workingman.
Q. Who did this southern free
trade Speaker place in charge of
thirty-one important Congressional
committees out Of fifty-four, to make
sure of "ex-Confederate' control?
A. Thirty-one "ex-Confederate"
helpers Of British workshops.
Q. Who did the southern free
trade Speaker make his chief instru,
ment, to cripple northern industries?
A. An Confederate" free
trader from Texas-ignorant and
bitterly hostile concerning northern
iDterests-blind and selfish in his
devotion to southern interests.
Q. Who did the Democratic
National Convention select to build
its platform of principles?
A. An "ex-Confederate free
trader; the most radical of his kind.
Q. Whence did this "ex-Confed'
crate" free-trader obtain timber for
the main plank in his platform?
A. From the constitution of the
"ex-Confederate" statos in these
words: "Nor shall any duties or
taxes on portations from foreign
nations be laid to promote or foster
any branch Of industry"
@ Who was compelled to swal-
low the platform of the "ex-Con-
federate" free-rader?
A. Grover Cleveland.
Q. What are the main principles
of the Mills bill, prepared by the
"ex-Confederate" free-trader from
Texas?
A. Protection to southern inter
ests-destruction to northern.
Q. What results are the "ex-Con-
federate" free traders working for?
a. To keep southern illiterate
labor debased-degrade northern
educated labor to same labor
Q. Who forced upon us the tariff
of '46, and fourteen years of "tariff
reform" in the interests of British
workshops and slave labor?
A. The "ex-Confederate" free
traders and their slave-holding an
cestors, aided by northern dough
faced Democrats.
Q. How did it leave us?
A. The National Treasury bank
rupt-National debt increasing
Government shining for money at
10 per cent, private interest 10 TO "a
per cent.-furnaces closed-work-
ingmen idle-industries crippled
wages one.half to one-third Of what
they are to-day-plenty of British
goods-nothing to buy with!
Q. Who gave us the present
tariff system and twenty-five years
Of protected industries in the inter
ests of American?
A. Northern Republicans, aided
by anti.Euglish Democrats.
@. Where are we now?
A. The richest nation on the
globe-greatest manufacturing
twelve hundred and fifty millions in
savings banks-nineteen hundred
millions in other banks-Govern.
ment interest y per cent.-private
interest to per cent.-Treasury
full-workshops busy-best fed,
best clothed, best educated, best
housed people ever lived-all neces-
saries never so cheap--nobody com
planning but "ex-Confederate" free
traders, English importers and pro-
British Democrats.