The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-14
TIE FARMERS COLUMN.
Edited by TIE Pioneers Agriculture
C3rresponGent.

EuNcu Cy ae 1 toitec' @Ay'N'""'"
Correspondent.
Farmers reat marx aid inwardly de-
gesi" the sl,dge hammer arguments Of Hon.
l,udd Reeve, u Dakota farmer.
This fnelookins gentleman with we'll
balanced cad has CO nc % tell the poor
farmer that ii he should so far forget HIM
self as 10 vote to
&MUvE TIE TARIFF.
and should throw open The gates of free
trade, that the finest silks an 1 sa,lns and
bl salc.9,hs would dow in here ftom AL the
countries of Europe; tn. / lumber would be
80 low that every man could buy it, and IL
stead of H. oney being tied up III mlnut"ctuT-
lee, it wo, Iii not pay such enormous protlts,
aud the rich mInultcture would have to
take less interest on it; and possibly have to
loan it on f. rms at ! per ccni per nnn"n
and this hne-lookins gentleman has come
10 argue with this poor farmer, to Caution
and warn hin against such . stale and con-
di,ion of lli,g1. 1t is true, 1t would bring
relief to the farmer. lie would get good
goods cheap, and lots ofthem. But that Is
not the ppiLt OF interest for him to consider.
While he is doing this, he wonld be tripll
ing the industries OF the country. IT he
shou d say, III war the tariff OFT OF lumber
he would he taking just that UGH ont Of the
pocket of some rich lumbcrman and saving
It TO. h s family. /: lie sho It'd vote to bay
a cont dir ectly FROM Lon'ion, worth 81, that
nh Eastern manufacturer ~onil not furnish
him for Sis. he would be taking just $40
|out of the Eastern manufacturer pocket,
which he was c~alculati g to buy diamonds
with at Oh 'istmas, unl saving lOr Il rich
family. This good AMI wise lHan, how talk.
ing to the farmer, has cor.c to tell him such
a course would b. Il wronE and lie mast
not think of vo ing for cheap goods; if e
did. it would change the entire plAt } and
calculations of a la &c part OF the whole
W ,rll. The farmer, in his rags and oppress-
ed condition, list us aitentlyely to what
this great and God states nan has to say,
well, by George; that is so. never
tho uyht or that before. If l should vote to
take that tariff off, and quit paying the gov
srnment a bonus to keep me from getting
cheap 9 pods, that woull break up home in
dustries, wouldn't it? lou bet | am a Re-
publ Gan, and will stand by tariff princi
pies"
lie takes another cigar: he pledges his
word to support Eastern fami'l s and let
his own CO. he res Olives never to be caught
nv the Democrats, and let the nations of the
world ship him cheap goods, not as long Us
he can 20 bare footed and dig money out Of
The ground TO keep them ava hot much.
The good and wise statesman stops at tt e
house, gives each of the chile rem a stick of
candy, sees the poor wife ~ d tells her how
much she 8 indebted to the Republican
party for the homestead law, and the blessing
O. living on the cold prairie in atar-papersd
~shxnty-. specially as long as she has the
privilege Of paying u tariff ON the tar paper
the wind has blown to piec'o. He tells her
to bring her sons up to steer clear Of the
Democrats, and to h. We them stand by the
manu- act urcr and home industries Size
promises him that she will, and that if she
Is ever able to buy the boys a pair Of boots,
she will p1 otect home nanutact Ire by
PAVING THREE PRICES
for them. The pleasant fine gentlema1
shakes hands and leaves; they are all happy;
they are all Republicans, and this farmer,
after hearing the argument, actually prom
Uses to leave his far for day or two and
90 out and do some work for the good cause.
The man wht has just called on him is Hon.
John Miller, candidate for governor Of the
r1 eat and new state of North Dakota John
is elected; knew he would be. by q large
majority, because he had the right princi-
pies. He il in favor Of the farmer being
fenced in by a high wal at home and made to
pay three ,rices for what he buys, and chen
having h N find his market away from home
for wiatsye: lie sells, and co npcting with
the pauper labor of Europe for all hs digs
out of the ground. In free AMI intelligent
North Dakota that man and these principles
alone had 1900 majority. Isn't lie a Jo
dandy to run for office.
am ALI out-snd-uut Democrat, | al
sorry for tie poor ignorant Republican
igno. anus, who Las voted to lock himself
cut doors. | am sorry for the Republican
fool, freezing and starving on a Dakota
farm, eaten up and buried under bonuses
who dcssr I know enough to vote himself
warm clothes aud the comforts OF life.
can conceive how the colored slaves Of the
South, held in bondage under the c@onstitu.
'tio1 Of the [ nited States and the laah of al
owner: | can conceive how these colored
People, brir ging in a revenue OF wealth t.
their masters, could be held by force il
bondage But | can't COL ceive how any
free white men, Lying on farms in the Da
kotas, or ar y other state should voluntarily
sENrENCE THEMSELVES
to slavery, AID suffer to serve a policy tina
made them even worse OIL than the slave O.
the South before the war. A man living or
u farm who voluntarily votes to tax hinlselI
for everything he eats, drinks and wears, i:
q heather in politics, and not as fit to b
trusted with the ballot as the emancipatet
slaves of the South. Think of the people o
North Dakota in their present condition
Think Of them cast down iy low prices to
everything they raise. Think Of Livcrpoo
fixing the market price of what they raise
Think Of the amount the mills, elevators, AIT
railroads tske out of their wheat crop
think Of the cost of everything they hay
to buy. Think of the load they are under
50 heavy that they cannot possibly throw i
OH. Then think of the intelligence an
wisdom Of the people being assembled il tn
shape Of a legislature to express their VIII
and two-thirds of them farmers, and tho
>two-thirls b,irg in :avor of c,ntin Ing tn
load on their own heads. Instead Of snyir
2"Give US a good warm coat at q cheape
rrice, no matter where it comes FROM the
say 1.-Two us cheap goods 1T high prices
AMI what we raise let us put up as com no
plumber for everybody, and OIL this psincill
let US elect United States senator's and gov
ernors, members Of congress-. and make. II
mistake about having this principle carrie
OUT and that is what ehey are doing Q
bismarck to-day. Talk abaut the Hindo
and his religion. Talk about the barbaris'
Of the Hot.entot-a Hottentot knows enoug
10 get under a shade tree to get oat Of til
blazing sun, but the farmer who votes til
Republisat ticket refuses TO buy where b
can get it cheapest. refuses to take a goo
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