Telegram-herald., 1890-10-17
COL. c. Y. De LAND
Talks On ths VeFlf.ss or tAs PAT
rons @ ln5Ustry.
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fselge Nogk of ths esa. p4lgns on the
stump. stopped a. the Nosten House
yesterday, CA his Nay tTom one zp-
p0.ntment 70 anotnsI. The ooloasi
has teen doing good Repabllean work
ever since lsf4. 10 oe suFe. that =
feWyeaTs eiese tAepsFiy was orsanized,
bat he worked Oh the foundation
Aud he has never Yet seen 0ae good
reason why he should quit the work.
lis record covers lne goand OF farmer,
printer, III tor, soldler, legislator ana
farmer again. lie Is Al present slee-
pres.dent ot the GRAND ASSOCIATION Of
Patrons ID Industry of Michigan The
tglelsa lttle logger than some ot those
OF the moaarchs of the ''ciete East
ana much more honorable.
Hearing OF hls presence in tie city.
the TELEeHAM- iIEEALD started on las
tfaa and found hnn AZ the rooms OF
the Republican County Committee,
where he was lead.ng downright
good Republican, experience meeting.
Tie TELEGRAM HERALD scribe told tie
colonel that he hsd come 10 lnyHe him
10 speak To an audience Of 10000,
through the columns of the TEiE-
0RAN-HERALD. Take your own text,
colonel" +" SAID the scribe, "and give 'em
your views on the political outlook,
especially from the Patrons stand
po.ut."
WELL" said the colonel, 81 have
been on the stump continually since
sept. /. The outlook, ln ali the Con-
gfesslOnal districts never WAS move
favorable TO the Republican party of
Michigan than at the present time.
Those infamous attacks upon tines Vi.
Turner have alnIosi entirely Ialled OF
/ effect with the common people. They
are too improbable ana uucalied FOR,
and Viii have little effect upon the
/ people of the STATE.
"Nould YOU ike 10 know what the
7 Patrons OF Industry are doing. My con-
/ nectlon with them sand nAs been such
that | have good insght INTO the
/ workings OF the order. They were con
/ slGerably divided IN opinion IN the
/ early part OF the campaign. AgItaiOTs
were trying hard TO divert them from
1 their legitimate purposes OF the order
| and make the order a political ma
chine. | have met with thcm IN over
! thirty counties of the State and / can
say tnat their attempt has been a fail
/ urc. The great bulk OF the members
/ of the order recog lIze that their order
4 Is based upon nOn-sectaran, non-pOlltl-
/ cal grounds. ANY attempt 10 draw off
! Republican patrons will be unsuccess-
I ful. The Patrons and the Grangers
! have, for the last two years, engaged IN
/ an attempt TO protect the products OF
I the American farm AGAINST foreign
/ competition in wool aDd ali other pro-
/ ducts. The lck,nley toll WAS frsned
/ through their influence and IN their IN
! terest. An examination OF the
/ schedules will SHOW that the increased
4 duties laid upon the products compel
/ ing with those from American farms
will increase the prOsp Gritty OF the
! farmers, 20 the extent of not lrss than
/ $50, 900 900 per year. The Object is 10
/ shut out the importation tol foreign
/ products of the same character. At least
4 10 larger extent. The farmers have
( come to see that 1t Is suicidal for the III
/ to adopt any policy winch will open the
markets of over sixty millions OF people
I TO the surplus products o. five millions
/ of Canadian foreigners. They see that,
/ whe cas- We have consumed S4,O0O,O00
worth of Canadian meats, under the
/ old tariff, the consumption Will Oe
! greatly reduced under the new tariff.
/ This importation Is practically pro-
! hibited, while the free trade policy, M
stead OF restricting importation from
/ Canada, would open the door to the ad-
mission of the entire surplus Of meat
/ and other farm products of Canada, 10
compete with the farmers of Michigan
and other neighboring States"
"Wnat do the Patrons generally
| think OF the SILVER bill passed by the
/ last Congress- WAS asked OF the Col
onel.
"The Silver ILL.," said be, "was also
approved by the National Grange. aud
IS IN strict conformity with tie demand
/ of the Patrons of Industry, AZ made in
/ their platform. The object OF demand
/ ing the present silver law was 10 do
away with cumbersome kind of
money, but To utilize IT by means Of
paper representative, which should be
+ iull legal tender for all purposes, IN
unrestricted amounts, equallz ng the
values of gold and silver by making
them nter-redeemshie, and placing Il
on the same bass as the old greenback.
but making It better than the green
back. because there Is u metallic dollar
behind every paper representative. II
! has gwen u practically free coinage,
4 for II embOdl,s that declaration of the
Patrons platform. IA this provision.
leaving L free t. the business and
commercisl interests OF the country 10
demand coinage of both metals TO sup
piy their wants
"How about the county tickets put
/ up ~ the Patrons
There u one very peculiar feature
F Of the situation said Cot. DgLand.
"aud that ls. tbst there has i.e.n no
agitation for Patrons tipkets In any of
thf Democratic counties of tHe State
not one. In ths-a cOubtes tle Demo
Gratis are very anxious that the order D.
I non-paTtlsan. and ia tie strong kepub-
lean codutles Efforts nave been made
through the Democratc, gfeenback.
lsi,or and Prohibition journals 30 pat
up Patrons tickets. construct Z manly
+ q tast Class of partissns. nearly ~ ~
which tickets hsve been endorsed ly
the Democrats of those counties. the
object beiug O. deffat tae KeFobl cans
~ drawing away kepuJheaa Patrons
Ia the interest of Democrat success.
The resuIt ~ tlis acton Rfi less g
o0Eht So -. that tie Repgbi car Pat
rous Eil refuse ~ supports These t3eSets.
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