The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-12
CHEAP FOOD. CLOTHING. ETC.

clothing, cheap food, cheap imple-
ments of labor-in short, cheap nee
essaries; that they are not interested
in cheap whisky or cheap tobacco,
and that, if compelled to take the
latter cheap and the former dear
they will surely resent the injury
Democratic Governor >Boies' mes
sage to the Iowa Legislature.
He demands cheap clothing, cheap
food, implements of labor which
make the chief necessaries, high
whisky and high tobacco. Now let's
exa mine these elements and see who
and how it effects the farmer and
the laboring man.
Cheap clothing; that sounds well
until you ask where it is to come
from in this country. The farmers
raise wool, cotton and flax, tor sale.
II clothing is cheapened, the prime
m ovement is to cheaper these arti-
cles of production and the farmer
loses on them, as the democracy de-
mand that all raw materials for cloth
ing be shipped into this country free
of duty. So that instead Of citizens
of the United States competing with
each other in prices, on these pro-
ductions, they will be compelled to
compete with all the world. But
Governor Boies demands cheaper
food, and as farmers raise wheat,
corn, oats, hay, rice, potatoes, chick
ems, butter, fruit, hogs cattle, sheep,
eggs, etc, they must stand the
cheapening process which will be
to open our ports for free COMPETE
ton by taking off the duty on i'm
ports. Thus it let's Canada, Mexico,
South America, Europe, Asia and
the Islands Of the sea, ship in all
their surplus to New York, Boston
Philadelphia, Norfolk, Charleston,
Savannah, Jacksonville, New Or
leans and other ports. When this
is done where are your markets.
The democracy say that they de-
mand cheap food and the only way
to get it is to cut down the prices on
every thing the farmer raises. Al
low us to refer to the fight against
the cheap ice-kept beef, shipped
here and to other points, from Chi.
cago and Kansas City. Suppose
you permit the stockmen of South
America, where it costs nothing tt
raise cattle on her fertile plains, tt
ship beef into this country free, wha
prices would our farmers get. w
shall have cheap food then at theil
expense.
Cheap implements of labor; VIII,
makes them? the laboring men O
this country. To give cheap i'm
plements of labor effects two classe
of people: the manufacturer and tn
laboring men. The manufacture
can stand it better than the lahore
as to cheaper an article, is to deduc
a part of the profit from the price q
labor and to admit the manufactur
ed goods Of the world is to glut tn
market, which drives home manu-
l featuring out of existence, thus de
stroying home markets. This give
the democracy their hearts desire
cheap food, cheap clothing, chea
implements, and cheap everythin
for us who do not produce upon tn
farm or labor there, or work in tn
factory or anywhere else.
But the Governor prefers hig
whisky and tobacco, which is ban
rupting the people of the Unite
States. Two billions a year al
spent for these two articles, whic
are neither food. clothing, necess,
ries, or implements. Greater fo
tunes are made from liquor tina
from any other kind of manufactu
ling, which means less to the labo
er. But the liquor men assist Ii
democracS in carrying the election
so that party says lets keep whisk
5 up asst results in wealth to OF
! friends. The TIMES says if We mu,
I have whisky, lets have it cheap
: twenty-five cents per gallon, then
will not pay great manufacturers
make it. We remember when whis
ky was % cents per gallon, ther
: was not near the amount of drunk