Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-31
THE FARMER AND TARIFF
-Muitum I'm Parvor Gives an Interest-
Ing idea OF How aPaid Protectionist
Explains the Benefits Farmers De-
rive from n Protective Tariff.

Thousands OF republicans are dissstis.
fled with high protection, the appoints
ment OF Judge Brewer TO the supreme
bench, and the act of Vice-President
Morton In opening a saloon.
There is TO be a very interesting enter
tainment at Yuma on the evening Of Feb.
9th, and IL that evening should prove to
be stormy II will be held the next even
ing. 1t will consist OF music. dialogues,
etc. Admission twenty cents for adults,
and ten cents for children under twelve
years of age An invitation is extended
to all. as the money will be used for re-
pairing the church.
Mr.. Louis Bender. wagon maker and
| b acksmith, who left Joslin last spring to
farming, Is reported to be coming back
again to Joslin. We are glad to hear il.
as Mr.. Bender Is good blacksmith, and
the trade Of Joslin has suffered In conse>
quence of his leaving
Recently the Hon. Windy Snort. repre-
sentative In congress from the yellow
corn distr ct. paid visit TO his constit>
ueuts, and thus addressed them: This
magnificent, overwhelming and psralyz>
ing ovation is only equsled by that spon>
tsneous and irrepressible welcome always
extended to me as your distinguished
representative every time enter the halls
OF congress. (Tremendous applause. and
cries of "bully for congressrO My
countrymen, the great prosperity OF the
farmers today Is due TO the marvellous
influence of our high protective tariff.
| (Amid the applause which followed this
L a IL cb1 H.
the stove bushel Of corn, at the sight
of which the orator said) Little did l
expect that nv old friend would furnish
such an ocular demonstration of the
truth Uf my assertion. that the tariff Is
the great source of the farmers wonder
ful prosperity. (Grest applsuse.) I'm
der the magical influence of the pIotec,
tive tariff the yield per acre Of corn has
Increased TO an alarming extent-noi
alarming TO the farmers. but alarming to
the coal baroDs OF the land y
| Applause, and cries ot down with
the coal bsrons" Ii requires nc
prophet. my fellow citizens. TO. see tina,
under the influence of the tariff corn is
rapidly coming to the front as the popu>
lar fuel of the day. (Cyclonic applause.
/ huo WI hOts
First, II Is cheaper than coal; second, il
Is free from cinders; third, II is free from
sulphur; fourth, II Is cleaner than coal
Great applause) What more pleasant
and sublime scene can we contemplate
than to witness the farmer in his richly
furnished. four-story brick mansion. with
J twenty-five rooms, mansard roof ant
seven gables. listening 20 his queenly
daughter as she PLAY the accompaniment
) on her thousand dollar Steinway granC
piano. and sings that beautiful farm bal
lad, THE Flowers that Bloom in the
Spring, ira Ia" while he. with his wifi,
and little ones. toast their toes before {
fire, from fuel which nature has furnished
on the cob as the product Of his owl
soilH Immense applause) But gentle
men. this Is not all. nor even half I'm.
der the wonderful influence of the pro
tective tariff, you are not only holy
terror to the coal monopolies, but thu
farmer Is boss of the cattle market. To.
day. 10y the aid of the tariff, you finC
yourselves so thoroughly masters of th'
situation that Mr.. p. d. Armour is forced
to convey your cattle In palace cars fur
nished for the express purpose of accom-
modating the farmers. where your ami
mails are gorgeously entertained in stocl
yards erected for your special benefit
Applause and cheers for Armour) AnC
gentlemen am gratitied to be able to tel
you, that under the munifcent provision,
of the Interstate commerce law, this love
ly arrangement, so advantageous 10 tn,
farmers, has been held To be perfectly
legal and Mr. Armour can't get out of It
Three rousing cheers for the courts)
But more, my countrymen. Cries of
"Yes, give us more" There is not a due
upon your backs, board in your pig-pen
chicken house, corn crib or COW shed thai
Is not fully protected. Your wagons
plows. respers, mowers, burrows. drills
files, jack~knives. saws, augurs, gimlets
all are protected. (Three cheers for the
tariff Yes. gentlemen. well may you
give three cheers for the tariff, for an
told that In some parts of this glorious
west potatoes are selling at eight cents
per bushel. Now there is ten cents
protection on each busbel So you
see. gentlemen, were it not for the
tariff. our farmer friends would be
compelled to pay some emissary OF
John Bull and free trade two cents pei
bushel to take potatoes off their hands
| applause and cries of down with John
Bull.'0 And promise you. my friends.
that the first thing shall do, when |, as
your distinguished representative, return
to my seat in congress, will be 10 put a
check on John Bull that will not soon he
forgotten. | will move for tariff on
dirt. (Cries Of good l have always
felt that II Is humiliating outrage for
our western farmers soil. ten feet deep,
to be constantly kept in competition with
the pauper soil of Europe And my
countrymen, a reasonable tariff on air
would protect this glorious climate against
the limburger atmosphere of Germany.
| (Great applause and cries of "down with
pauper soil" and "give us fresh air y
The protective tariff has brought you
another great blessing. IL has enabled
| you to force the money kings of the east
to unlock their ill-gotten gains and
shower them on the farms of the west.
There Is scarcely home that has not en-
Joyed one of these showers. II is true
you gave to these money sharks small
parchment with the autograph of your
self and wife. Some emissary of John
Bull, some unreconstrued rebel or chair
man of some democratic committee, has
insulted your dignity and intelligence by
calling theee psrchments mortgages, but
they are not mortgages, gentlemen, they
are only souvenirs, little mementoes so 10
speak, which In the generosity and kind