Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-10-09
JOSLIN


l Cuicst - an iHidiiDlt sign OF the tlufeS
in which we are now living. In this year
1890 come the mutterings of discomfort
from all sides. The man who does OF
recognize this fact is not thoughtful OF
| discerning. Some leading politicians be-
| gin to view with unconcealed alarm the
action OF the farmers in banding them,
selves together for independent action,
politically and socially. under the names
OF +. NJ. B. A. and Alliances. No class
has been so patient under neg lect. nor 10
willing to believe in their political leaders
as the farmers. In fact. as Jesse Harpe:
said, they have lacked individuality and
have been too prone TO follow political
leaders. Against their own interests even
now large number of F. NJ. B. A has
ten to say that their work is to be strictly
mon partisan and this is proof positive
that they still worship their party and arr
still inclined to follow the same politics
leaders. Nothing so plesses the profes-
| siOns politician as the term mon -parti-
san. II is simply synonym of nOnen.
| tity. But it is not so in all the states.
| Thorough independence of parties is of
ten declared and there the politician gets
down on his knees and impl0res The
| farmers 10 be mon partisan We said
To jesse Harper before he commenced his
! speech upon the Coe fair ground that We
| could not see what he coul md TO talk
about. considering thst the F. Nj b. A.
was a nou-politicsl organization. An.
| but, says he. 1.-THE F. NJ. B. A. is politi-
cal organization. but great many of the
| farmers don't know it, We understand
Mr. Harper's speech has given great of
| Tense to some. How could it be other
wiser How could he show the farmers
how they were Disseminated against BY
| republican legislation without giving Of
| Tense To that party? How could he pro
| claim that there was no difference be
tween the two old parties upon the tariff
| question without offending the demo-
! cratsf Can q platform speaker be placed
| in more awkward predicament than to
| be expected to address a prOfessed nom
| partisan association upon the political is
! sues of the day without giving offense?
! The greatest objection that any one could
! raise against Mr.. HarpeIs speech was
that he like Robert Ingersoll. makes use
/ OF words that are no credit TO himself or
| the cause he represents.
! Considering the following quota ions are
| from prominent republicans thev are Ger
taiuly worth our perussl James G
| Blaine said with regard TO the Nick inley
| bill: There is not section nor line
IN the bill that will open a market for
another bush Il of wheat or another bar
rel of pork John a. Logan said:
when gentleman stands on this fl Jor
and tells me that this extraordinary high
tariff is for the protection OF the l4boring
man. | tell him that | do not understand
how he can possibly sustain such
| theory. James A. Garfield said: Il
am for protection which leads to ultimate
free trade For two years the wholesale
price of American salt in Toronto, Cana
ds, was dollar lower per barrel than
the same salt was selling for on the New
York side of the lake. Certsinly gentle
men will not want duty continued that
enables that to be done
Justice Miller. of the supreme court
said: ITO lay with one hand the power
OF government on the property of n citi-
zen, and with the other TO bestow il on
favored individuals to aid private enter
prises and build up private fortunes, is
none the less robbery because it is done
under the forms of law, and is called
taxation
The article in the Union written BY
Starvation" is not only a SANDER upon
England. but is a Islander upon the Uni.
ted States where free trade exists between
each state and every state in the union.
Robert G. Ingersoll said some time ago:
That 1t WAS scarcely probable that h
famine could ever occur IN this country
from the fact that when there was y great
failure in one portion of the country
there a. -
and with our great network of railroads
and free trade intercourse between the
ststes. starvation was out Of the uues
ton Therefore. let Howard Wells and
all of US thank God for free trade in the
United States.
AT the present time the potato crop IL
somewhat of failure in this locality, but
there is an abundant crop in Michigan.
Wisconsin and Minnesota, and Mr.. Hub.
bart, our telegraphic operator informs me
that several hundred car loads of potatoes
have passed Joslin station the last two
weeks. Every one of those car loads of
potatoes, yes every potato brands Howard
Wells statement that free trade is IN
the road TO starvation" as n falsehood
Every bushel of grain and every hog aud
every steer going TO Chicago. and from
Chicago to New York, and from New
York to Liverpool brands the ststsmen.
as falsehOod. Let Howard Wells go
and preach that doctrine in Eng land if be |
wishes TO make a hssty retreat Let him |
ask the old people there if they remember |
anything about what was called BARLEY |
times, when on account of the dearness /
of flour, people had to live on bailey |
bread. and hsnd-loOm weavers could not |
get hour enough to make siZeing for their |
wsrps. to prevent the threads from break |
ing. consequently could scarcely earn |
enough to keep soul and body together. !
Being in England all through these ex- |
citing times which preceded the abolition |
OF the corn laws when those two grand |
old men. Golden and Bright were adj |
dressing mass meetings and championing |
the peoples cause, my blood runs chill |
through my veins in referring TO the mat |
ter. One incident | remember distinctly,
that two men were employed to walk the
main thOrOughfares from morning until |
night, each carried pole and upon each |
pole was loaf of bread; one loaf repre-
sented the size of shilling loaf then. and
upon the ether was the size the shilling
loaf Of bread would be when the corn
laws were abolished. This object lesson
showed the people what free trade meant:
cheaper bread and more of it. and not
free trade and starvation as Howard
Wells would have people believe.
Howard Wells reasoning that because
two conditions exist, one must he cause
and the other effect. and that therefore
free trade is responsible for sill the poverty
and starvation that eXist' in England |
therefore, as matter Of course, protec,
ton is responsible for all the destitution
and starvation that exists in France, Ger
many and the United States, places him
in rather an unenviable predcament
MULTUM IN PARyo
The 81. Louis Far