Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-11
-rooi Farmers"


August 8, 1887. Hon. Joseph Medill,
editor of the Chicago Trib, ne discussing
the tariff, and denouncing The republican
and democratic parties like for their
subserviency to monopolsiic manufactur.
ers, said:
Where. then, will you turn for relief
from the oppression of thu war tariff
Not TO the democratic party. for that
would be leaning on broken reed. nor to
the probibitionists. for they don't care
whether IL is voted up OF down, and
rather prefer cheap whisky believing IN
the dogma of doing evil that good may
come" Where then, is the remedy from
the hedry burden Of a .tfty PER cent tar on
the necessaries Of life. both imported and
domestic? There is only ore element or
class able to remove ii and hat Sampson
is sleeping in the lap of DE- lilah and will
not awaken. l. OF course. mean the
farmers, the piuRdered. unpr 0tected. ttcen-
ty fire millions Of geese Ike farmers teho
permit Themselves TO be plucied Of almost
eUery feather By a hundred thousand pro
tected' mOnOpotists So long AS the simple
minded. bucolic class do not "kick" off
the burdens laid upon them congress will
not disturb the war taxes and manu-
facturers corresponding bounties. The
lubricants live localized in cities and plot
and scheme for the promotion of their
selfish interests and bring their united
lobby influence to bear on members of
congress. whereas the farmers live iso-
lated and scattered, aud cant or don't
combine in defense of their interests.
hnn ff4h N M a.
sented and unconscious of what keeps
them poor. They are captivated by the
serious cry Of protection o American
industry" tho they get none Of az; and
of the value OF the protected" home
market to them, rs if protected monopo
| lists eat any more than other men. Not
until the verdsnt, imposed upon agri
culturists wake up to u realization of the
confidence game being played upon them
will the war tariff be reduced or re-
| formed; but when will they get their
eyes open and sct1 In your lifetlmei
| II is useless to look on either of the old
parties or to the new one (prohibition)
| for relief, because without p 'essure from
the farmers they will not bulge an inch.
But Sampson (the fsrmers) IL under the
spell of Delilah (the manufac turers). and
his locks are shorn and lie feels nc
strength to resist
| The conclusion of the whole matter Is
that until the protected manufacturers
themselves ask congress to reduce theil
protection bounties in order To enable
them to cheaper the processes of tabri'
cation with view TO finding fortIgr
markets for their surplus wares, there
| will be no reduction of the high tariff
and no relief from The hedoy IUrden Il am
poses on the fool farmers and Oppressed
consumers But when will that ne?
Yours truly.
J MEDILL
| There is the true gospel from Jo
seph Medill. Che very sblest American
editor since Greeley. But now Mr. Me
dill has gone back TO the republican par
ty. 1t is more important (te says tina
the party should be preserved than tina
the infamous robber tariff should be re
formed.
But, MIR. Medill. tue "fool farmers" ar
up in arms. A million OF them are nov
organized to down the infamous wa
tariff. Let no man doubt that they vii
take Mr. Medil's advice when he was
patriot rather than partisan.