The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-10-03
FARMERS AND THE TARIFF.
THE HEAVY BURDEN OF WAR TAXES.
Practical, Every Day Illustrations of the
Wol ngs of the Monopoly System
some Instructive and Very Sig
nihcant Figures.

clan, and picturesque figure IN agrlcul-
tural circles. Recently through the col
umns of the Philadelphia Times he ex-
pressed his dissatisfaction with the Mills
bill and defended the existing tariff. In
reply to Mr.. Piollet the Times, though
protection paper, presents a formidable
array of reasons Why farmers should favor
a reduction of tariff taxes. Among other
things it says:
We like Farmer Piollet, not so much
because he likes high and needless taxes,
but because he has the courage 10 say so
and to denounce with the eioquence of
manliness all who propose to reduce his
taxes. Farmer Piollet revels in high war
taxes. He is used to them; he has got the
hang of them; he pays them on pretty
much everything he needs and consumes;
and, if he loves them, who can dispute his
right to advocate them and brain-clout
any president or party that attempts to
lower his taxes? His life would be un-
even and jerky if taxes did not fall upon
him uniformly in his farmhouse and on
his farm from cradle to grave, and from
stable to kitchen, dining-room, parlor,
chamber, cellar, garret, roof, foundation,
field and flock. He wants no sudden
breaks in his taxes. He has free water
and free air and free coffee, and that's
about all, but he hopes yet TO see them
taxed into blissful uniformity with all his
other farmer taxes.
Think of the grand uniformity of
iNll IN 10
| farmers taxes. He rises in the morning,
shakes his farmers name in vigOr as he
emerges from his 40 per cent taxed bed
sheets, his 60 per cent taxed blankets, his
10 per cent taxed pillows, his 80 per cent.
taxed mattress, his 80 per cent. taxed bed
stead, and he lands triumphatly on 60
per cent. carpet, tackled down with 43 per
| cent. taxed tacks. He strips Off his 40
per cent. taxed night shirt, put on his 90
per cent. taxed Undertaking if wooden
or 40 per cent. if cotton; follows with his
40 per cent. taxed shirt, his 90 per
cent taxed pants; his 40 per cent. taxed
socks if cotton or 90 per cent. if wooien;
his 30 per cent. taxed shoes. He next
takes up his so per cent. taxed tumbler or
mug; applies his 30 per cent. taxed tooth
brush: pours out water from a go per cent.
taxed pitcher into 90 per
cent. taxed wash-bowl, takes up his
80 per cent. taxed toilet soap to aid his re-
freshing ablutions in free water; brings
| the blood to glow in health on his checks
I by a 40 per cent. taxed towel; combs his
hair with a 80 per cent. taxed comb; gives
/ finishing touch with so per cent. taxed
! brush. He next turns to his 60 per cent
/ taxed necktie, if silk, or 40 if cotton or
linen ties it around his 40 per cent. taxed
| collar stifiened by 81 per cent. taxed
| starch adjusts his 80 per cent taxed sus-
! penders, and if a 80 per cent. taxed button
| is missing he replaces it with 80 per
cent. taxed pin; he then puts on his Copper
cent. taxed vest; follows with his 80 per
cent. taxed coat: supplies it with 40 per
cent. taxed handkerchief, and Is then
ready to take survey of himself in his
100 per cent. taxed mirror on his 80 per
cent. taxed bureau, when he is ready TO
emerge from his chamber.
| AS farmers are ever interested in teh
weather, Farmer Pioliet will always brush
! aside his 40 per cent. taxed curtain and
take an early look out OF his 50 per cent.
taxed window sash and 90 per cent. taxed
window glass to see how the free air-and
the only thing free that he can see-looks,
and promises for the day. If his digestion
| is little unsettled he regulates it by 40
per cent. taxed draught of magnesia from
a 40 per cent. taxed glass; or he may
| prefer dose OF lS9 per cent. taxed castor
oil, or nip" of 800 per cent. taxed
whisky, sweetened with 81 per cent. taxed
sugar, mixed with a 80 per cent. taxed
spoon. He then takes his so per cent.
taxed pocket knife to clean his finger-nails,
takes up his 54 per cent taxed wool
hat and is ready for a survey
of his manor. If he is a prudent
observer he takes survey of
his kitchen and inspects his 40 per
cent. taxed oil-cloth; his 5S per cent.
taxed stove and pans; his 45 per cent.
taxed tinware; his 70 per cent. taxed
broom; his 80 per cent taxed buckets;
his IS per cent. taxed jars containing his
lib per cent. rice, his 80 per cent. taxed
tables and chairs.
The kitchen inspected, as the fountain
of the farmers health, Farmer Piolletnext
steps out on his IL per cent taxed porch
floor by opening his % per cent. taxed
door-latch, airs himself under the protec-
| ton of his II per cent taxed shingles, and
| if storm confronts him he wisely takes up
his 90 per cent. taxed umbrella and starts
for survey OF the farm. He inspects his
| 30 per cent. taxed wagon, looks to
the 81 per cent. shoes on his horses and
the rs per cent. taxed nails in them. takes
peep at his A per cent. taxed chains,
sees that his 40 per cent. taxed saw, his 63
per cent. taxed files and his 80 per cent.
taxed screws are all in place; inquiries
about his 80 per cent. taxed harness, puts
| his 80 per cent. taxed wheelbarrow in
place, and carefully examines his 40 per
cent taxed reapers; his 45 per cent taxed
plow; his 40 per cent. taxed harrows; his
| 45 per cent. taxed rakes, about which
time he pulls out his 80 per cent. taxed
watch attached to a 60 per cent. taxed
guard, and discovers that it is breakfast
time.
If devotionally inclined, as Farmer
Piollet doubtless is, he enters his house,
calls his household around him, puts on
| his go per cent. taxed spectacles, takes up
his 26 per cent. taxed bible, sits down on
| his % per cent. taxed chair, leans back
against his % per cent taxed wallpaper
that covers his 20 per cent taxed lath,
| lays his bible on 80 per cent. taxed stand,
on which there is a 40 per cent. taxed
cover, and proceeds to read the solemn
morning lesson. This done he sits down
TO a 80 per cent taxed table, covered with
a 40 per cent. taxed cloth, laden with 90
per cent. taxed plates and dishes, 40 per
cent. taxed glasses, 45 per cent. taxed
! tinware, 35 per cent. taxed knives
and forks and takes his % per
cent. taxed fish, seasons il with
| 40 per cent taxed salt and 80 per cent.
taxed spices, sweetens his free tea or coffee
with 50 per cent taxed sugar, drinks it
/ from a go per cent taxed cup and makes
| his bread toothsome with % per cent.
taxed molasses. Breakfast over, Farmer