The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-11
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Melville d. Landon, better known
a. "Eii Perkins," thus talked 10 .
reported Of the Minneapolis TFibune
about tariff and the Nebraska sugar
Industry: "The present tariff Il
having o dreadful erect" said the
humorist, with o sarcastic twinkle
In his eye.
"I've come all the vey from
Pautuxet and Providence on the
Merrimse, through Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Kansas snd Nebrsska,
and I'll tell you about 10. On the
train roing 10 Ware, Mass, where
they MAKE Jerseys and knit goods, ]
met Q Boston business man. He
fairly cried % he told what Q mis-
fortune the Mckinley bill was 10
the country. 1T has ruined my
business he said"
"what IL your busIness?" I asked.
"I sm Q Boston importer, sir" he
said; zone Of the largest In Boston
used TO send 1900, eco . year 10
Chemnitz. Germany, for Jerseys sud
knit goods, and now our business IL
ruined. We can't import these
German goods any more"
"well, what are you going to do
about it?" I asked In deep sym
pathy.
"Do," he said, "vhy I am going
up to Ware, and I've 20; to make
terms with those Ware Yankees 10
make these things."
"And you'll spend the q, 900, 900 In
this country, will your"
"Yes sir-compelled 10 keep Il In
America"
"well, that II terrible" / said.
at 10 an awful shame that you
noble Boston and New York import
ers can't send $500 .0oO. 900 every
year out Of this country, but are
compelled by this miserable Me-
Kinley bill TO spend Il here and
build up miserable American man.
ufaetures. 1T IL esd and 1
actually shed tears Of sympathy for
this patriotic importer"
"But the worst Of ALL" continued
Ell, almost tearfully, 1.-THE worst Of
all is the way those criminal farmers
down In Nebraska are making white
beet sugar and running the Eastern
importers. The Christian importer
used to send out $50, 000, 900 10
Germany and Cuba every year for
white sugar. Now what do you
think this rascally Mckinley bill
has done? Why, Il lets common
black sugar come In free and pays =
bounty Of 2 cents per pound for
home made Nebraska white sugar.
And what 10 the result7 Why these
rascal Nebraskaites, backed by the
wicked farmers, have shipped ex-
pensIve machinery from Germany.
put In thousands Of acres Of beets
and are now turning out 800 barrels
Of white sugar . day. Yes, more,
they have corrupted all that Platte
River country and they are putting
up sugar machinery ct Norfolk,
Sioux City, Iowa and Lincoln.
Next year they will take millions Of
wheat and corn land and cover II
with beets. More wicked workmen
will flock there, they will raise the
price Of wheat and corn and meat In
this country and keep $4,000, 900 q
year from going TO Germany and
Cuba. Oh, Il 10 awful how that
dreadful Mckinley bill is running
this country! And then, bye and
bye, when those wicked Nebraska
farmers all get to making sugar In
stead Of wheat, why sugar will 60
down and wheat will 60 up, and
then those sweet Christian import
ers who live in brown-stone houses
In New York will have to handle
American products or stsrve. Poor
importers! What wicked, selfish
American manufacturer and farmer
they are who want to make every
thing cheap In this country, save oil
our money and stsrve those poor
European monarchs!" and Ell
groaned and wiped his eyes with q
red bandanna.
"But where will this all end? ?"
"It will end In wicked mapufact-
Of linen, oil, wool,
glass, cotton, silk, clay, wine and
tobacco springing up all over the
The poor importer will be
frozen out, the t6oo, OO0, 900 now sent
TO Europe will be expended here,
farm products will be eaten up here,
money will be flush, land will 60 M
and the wicked American farmer
and rascally manufacturer will be-
come rich, while the poor patriotic |
Christian importer and his friends,
The monarchs, will starve. Yes, I'm
down on this wicked Mckinley bill. |
You hear me?