Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-14


sum in the book. His father told
him he was too fast. The father
told the son: Suppose a cat fails
in we'll. He crawls up the wall
two feet every day and falls back
three feet, how long will it take
him to get out? Next morning the
father says, "my son, have you
got that cat out of the well?" The
little fellow says. "Father, if fig
ures don't lie, that cat is half way
to hell by this time" (Great ap-
plause). Aren't the farmers in the
same fix of that cat?
That was high tariff well, and
the farmers of this country have
got great deal of ciphering to do
to get out of the we'll. Now their
heads are down; they are climbing
up two feet every day and Slip
ping back three feet every night.
You must reverse the policy and
get out of the well.
The Republicans have put a duty
on wheat, oats aud corn. Yet we
export $50. 600, 900 worth of wheat,
and s69, 600, 600 of corn yearly. In
stead of giving the farmers a mar
ket they are giving them taffy.
Then what is this tariff for? 1t is
to fool all these people. They may
fool the Republican farmers, but
they can't fool one of those old
rock-ribbed Democrats. They
know sugar when they taste it.
They increase the duty on corn,
apples, onions and cabbage just to
fool you people. That is the way
the Republicans propose to revise
this tariff. They say revise be-
cause revise means either up hill
or down. 1t is up hill for the
manufacturer, but down hill for
the farmer. Democrats don't talk
that way. We say we will lower
the tariff, and we mean lower. If
you will give US Democratic con.
gress and senate and Grover
Cleveland for President we will
lower the tariff for you.
Up in Iowa where they nearly
scared Mr.. Allison to death, they
promised to give the farmers 8
tariff on hides. But the manu-
facturers of Lynn, Mass. met and
scared the Republicans until they
left the western farmers with fret
hides. The thing to do is to take
the hides off of these Republican
politicians. Give them free hides
1 think the Republicans woulG
have reduced the tariff when they
promised to if they could done it
I think they would have been fol
free coinage if they could. Whel
they go up to Washington thei
owners in Wall street wouldn't le
them do it. They said that wa
all very good to talk about befor'
elections, but it wasn't business
and the Republicans must come t.
time. They say the tariff is 70
the working man. But how is it
Why, these fellows hired thei
labor in a free market trade an
pay him only s1.25 day!
The tariff don't benefit any on
except the man that owns the arti
Gle produced. 1t doesn't help tn
laborers. What the farmers wan
is customers. Somebody to sci
to. Then the country will dis
tribute itself around among tn
people that make it.
| Do you want to see our shipyard
busy? Do you want to emancipat
commerce? Do you want to n
duce taxes? Then you will hav
to join the Democratic party. Ou
Republican friends will only hav
to emancipate their prejudice to d
this. Fall in aud help US to elet
Grover Cleveland, that grandes
greatest and best Democrat v
have had in this country for
quarter of a century. Applause.
Now, my friends, will you a
with US to secure these great Of
jects 1 have endeavored to 8.
forth? We have lost the hous
of representatives; We have lost tt
senate, and the presidency of tn
United States The governme1
is in the control of the Republ
cans, monopolies, corporations an
trusts are increasing. The PEI
pie are down in the dust. tt
Democratic party is standing b
. tween you and oppression. "
are calling on every friend of loc'
, self government; every friend I
, right; every friend of the labor
of the country to come to o,
standard and help US to win gre
victory. We want you all-Dem
Gratis and Republicans and a
, others to study these questions car
4 fully and you will join US and su,
cess will crown our effort.
Hon. r. @. MILLS received
: ovation at the hands OF our poop
: Thursday. Few speeches ha'
. ever been delivered which con
, SO near the hearts of the peopl
. May the good seed sown bril-
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