The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-26


esmmsnt, with nns miscellaneous
reading In both, supplement- each
other apely. No intsllIgsnt family
should be without them. The
numbes Who have already embraced
thIs Offer Is large. and We hope
others will do Likewise.
Tun leaders Of the Republican
party have succeeded In deceiving
the people until nine tenths Of the
farmers In the United 5tetss are
moFtgagsd, until enc third OF tns
laboF Of the country srs tramps ano
another third are houseiess ano
hoI1sless, and until our shipping u
Ss.troVs3 snd until the government
a. IN the hands Of plutocrats, million
AIRES and trusts.-SGlfna Herald.
All this, according 10 the drift Of
the doctors article, Of which the
above IL . part, because Of Protse-
tIon tariff.
Lets zee. There are 4,OOO,OOO,
farmers In the United States. Ae-
oordIng 10 the good DIR. Tobey, g.
10000 Of their farms are mortgAged.
Do you believe thst, Doctor? Come
now, buck-horn handle, do you?
Just Q day or two ago the Topeka
Capital made the statement, COM
piled from ofiieIal figures, that less
thsa half the farms Of Kansas are
mortRaRed. Kansas being . new
stats, must necessarily be more heavi-
~ moFtgagSd than older aud wealth.
Ter states. Taking this reasonable de-
ductIon - true, to say that nine
tsnIhs Of the farms Of the country
are mortgaged is . grossly exagger-
atsd statement. The Herald should
be fair In it, assertions.
One third Of the laborers are
tramps, are they9 You know this
Is not true; you know you cannot
give figures proving IL. Nor can
you prove that another third are
houseIsss aud homeless. You do
not believe Il, you know IL IL Wild,
uusubstauIIated statement, made for
the purpose Of creating sdiscoutent-
I'd feeling among the people. Hsu
ought to know that In no country
under the suu are the laboring
people 90 we'll clothed and housed,
% contentsd and prosperous, 90 well
supplied with work to do, as In the
United States.
Aud don't you know, too, that, %
far from the government being iu
the hands Of plutocrats and mill
IonaIrss, It IL In the hands Of people
Of moderate wealth? In edectlDg leg
islAtiOn It 10 not that class you speak
Of that works, but the self-mAds,
poor men. The plutOcrats aHd mill
llouaIrIes are, comparatively, non
entities In the halls Of congress.
Even that Democratic Plutocrat
Payne Of Ohio IL . do-nothing.
Whist legislation has he effected
What does he amount to? These
very rich men land they are very
few In numbsr) who get Int con-
srsss, are the drones Of congress.
Such workers a. Carlisle aud RaH-
dali and Kelly and Mckinley and
EdmOnds and Plumb, doth Demo
crsts and Republican, and other
real workers are poor men, sliys to
the interests Of poor men. You are
al intelligent man, good DIR. Tohsy,
and knew that this IL 30. DO you
not7
We see it stated In the New York
World (good Democratic authority
that the wealth Of the United States
"a more than that Of the whole
world In the middle Of the sigh-
tesuLh century. Il that an indlca-
tlon that We are on the high road 10
fiuansiaI wreck and ruin a. you
uish your readers TO infer? We are
lust little over . century old. How
in the name Of wonder have We
managed to gain more wealth In
that time than the world gained
since Adam was naked and q cold
In the garden Of Eden?
And how about our shipping?
Destroyed by . Republican cen
grsas? Don't you knox, doctor that
rebel cruisers, which were created
by The Democratic rebellion and
made by free-trAde England, was
what swept our ships Off the seas?
Our shipping was practically dss-
troysd during the war. IL that not
trueS We are regsIning much Of
this destroyed shipping, but build
InR'shIps 10 slow work. But we are
succeeding very well, thank you.
Al any rate we Of the west aren't
much distressed financially by the
lark Of shipping.
And trusts, dear doctor. What
part do trusts play In controlling the
government? Trusts have proven
not 10 he blessings, bat please point
% any legislation they have effected.
II thsy are In control Of the govern
meat, what role do they play? Are
trusts Republican? Why, bless
your dear soul, some Of the man
sRsrs Of these trusts you speak Of
ere sleek, oily-tongued, heArtlsss
Democrats, voting the straight
ticket every time. IL they are run
nlng the government those Demo
Gratis aren't running 70 right, accord
ing 10 your cay 90. You must be
consistent, doctor, though the
heavens fall.
We very much fear that the
doctors free-tradG panaeea for these
supposItItIous ills would work an
ether way than what he thinks IL
vould. Taking away protection OF
American industry would, 10 seems
@ N, Increase instead Of diminish
the number Of tramPs, and make
more 81 them hOuseless and home
Iess than there are. IL would, logi-
eal,y, slso increase the number Of
mortesged farms, 10 the extent that
q wsuId imPoveFish and diminish
che eonsumin 3 class. But however
that may be, the Republican party
will come nearer TO putting the sub
ices % tariff Into . shape that will
Do The mOst good 10 the greatest
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