The Colfax chronicle., 1890-04-26
SINGLE TAX DEPARTMENT.
Why HE Is A FREE TRADER.
There Seems to be No Protection for
Native Americans in the Amer.
lean TariH.

nave reached tho East, cannot be Tar
wrong. Still our people have sand and
still maintain confidence in the country.
There is a fine chance for free trade
Proragania ia the Republican majority
out. here. S. ID. Robinson. young
man whose father had written him an
upbrhiding letter because the SON had
voted the Democratic ticket obtained
some good advice and sent in reply q
letter that has been published in the
Northrestern Farmer and Breeder.
Here it is:
my Dear Father: lam sorry you feel
50 cns up at my voting the Democratic
ticket You say you think / have been
badly influenced. and that I should vote
according to my own Judgement /
will try to tell why l voted as did.
The most of the talk out here was
about tariff, and can't see any good
any more in . high tariff on things poor
people want to buy. SO just voted for
the low tariff party. have to work
pretty hard for every dollar I get, and
/ want things that l use to be cheap.
and am sure tariff doesn't mako labor
any higher. You know how il came
that lost my job in the mills at Pitts
burg; they just fired me and put an
Italian in my place. and at the same
time bounced Jo Wheeler and put .
newly arrived Scotchman to helping the
engineer al $L75 less per week than
10 had been getting. You used to tell
ms that tariff was to protect us against
the foreign laborers 1t didn't seem to
work in JOS case or mine. held it
down for three months in Beaver Falls.
but it is just about the same there;
these mills are full of foreigners. I
made only sSl in twenty-six days, and
seldom got in over five days in q week.
] paid s425 board. so you can see
about how / came out Protection
didn't seem to do me any good there.
and so lit out for the wild West. -
The first place / struck here was . big
farm owned by an old fellow named
Staples. l walked from tho station
to his place with two Swedes; one,
just over. could not speak word OF
English. Staples seemed like a nice
sort Of . man. asked me whore was
from and offered TO give mo dinner.
but he hired both the Swedes, and let
me move on" The next place
tried for work was at the Elgin farm.
The boss. fellow named Todd, told
me he had nothing but Poles on
his place. 1 heard about him after
ward, that he was regular crank and
when he wanted hand he would drive
all over the country hunting Pole
ssWelI then went to the Park farm,
about 1900 acres; they gave me my
dinner. but couldn't get . job. There
wero twenty-eight men at the table; all
but four were Scandinavians. am told
that all the big farmers out here would
rather hire Norwegians or Swedes than
Americans. and some of the big farm
ers send over and bring gangs Of them.
They say the foreigners work for lower
wages and are easier suited with regard
70 board and other accommodations.
Now, If the tariff is to help the like Of
me. there should be duty of $500 q
head on foreign laborers. One Swede
where am working now seems like q
pretty decent sort of a chap He came
over with his uncle a year ago last
spring. His uncle hasa farm in Min.
nesota and loaned this young man sec
aud told him 70 buy clothes with il tc
.rorcb ~ do him for five years He