The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-09-10
FARMERS FOR PRoTecTIoN.

Grand Lecturer Whitehead, Whose Utter
auces May BE Taken OmciaI, Advocates
Protection ut the Recent Grangers' Con-
ference NJ Chautauqua.
At . recent Changers conference at
Chautauqua. N. Y, the lecturer Of
Pennsylvania, Gerard c. Brown. prob
ably excited by the war ON the farm
crs" literature which has of late been
spread broadcast throughout the coun-
try, took occasion to ignore the tradi-
tional proviso of the Grange forbidding
political discussion by merciless at
tack on the Mckinley Protective Tariff
bill. to the great disgust Of the audi
ence, which almost emptied the hail by
unceremoniously leaving it.
On his conclusion Mortimer White
head, the National lecturer OF the order,
who is by virtue of his Office, as its
name implies, charged with the indoc-
trinating of the same, promptly obtained
the floor. Awaiting himself of the
gap which State Master Brown had
made in the above named conservative
ruling which has hitherto obtained in
this oldest and largest farmers organiz-
alton. he very effectually used up his
free trade predecessor in an off-hand
impromptu speech, which was remark
able for its eloquence and convincing in
its logic. He truly illustrated the truth
OF the scriptural axiom, that ''out of
the fullness of the heart the mouth
speaketh," for his utterances had the
impulsive gush which character:zes
the outflow of spring torrent Select
ing the central theme of Worthy Master
Browns vituperative TRADE as his OBJ
jective point, he demolished it without
mercy. Our space will only permit
brief extract, as follows:
II congratulate you on the progress the
Grange is making. During this year we
have already established nearly double the
number of new Oranges that were estab-
lished in the whole of 1889. and last year
there were more new Oranges than in any
other year of the decade. There il no Dos
sible way OF getting an accurate record. but
We think we have now a membership of up
wards OF 100000 in good standing, with a
following of, perhaps, 2, OOo, 900 more. Wear.
proud Of the Mckinley dill, which insures
us fair measure OF protection. With an
increase of duty on hay from 81 TO 81, and !
the raising of that on POTATOES and eggs to |
q cents a bushel and five cents a dozen, We |
are able to de fy the pauper farmer of Europe |
and to hold our own with the merchant and !
the manufacturer. 1t is only fair that the |
workman who receives better wages should |
pay MS better pr csI. We are doing our best |
TO compel ayr cultural colleges 10 stop turn
ing themselves into literary institutions, |
and the Morrow bill we will oppose tooth |
and nail. We have already succeeded in |
Massachusetts, Michigan, Kansas and else
where, and within six weeks Brown Univer- |
sty in Rhode Island. thanks to ur efforts, |
has agreed to turn over its agricultural fund |
to the people fer founding u 8, parate insti- |
tuition"
Grand Lecturer Whitehead's noble |
advocacy of protection to American la
Dor may be regarded as an authoritative
and official acceptance of the same by
the time-honored and mighty farmers
organization of which he is the recog-
nized utnpiece.