The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-04-18
RossED eY REPUBLICANS.
The Farmer Betrayed by Ssis selfish snd
MxpncrIttcnl Friends.


The Farmer betrayed by Hi~ seiu.h snd
nypocrlttcal Friends.
Tho average Republican farmer Is
very sincere and honest in his political
opinions. but deeply infatuated with tho
power and grandeur 81 tho grand old
party" so Infatuated that he Is impa-
ticnt 81 the least thing that would inn
putc fallihility TO such a splendid or.
ganization." Protection has given pros
pcrity TO American industry and saved
the American toiler from the Degrade
tion OF paupcr labor in Europe. rrotcc-
tion has given 70 US farmers matchloss
home market for the sale OF every thing
we can produce. lie will say: Per-
haps we pay small tribute to protcc-
tion as VOL as small tax to tho Gov
eminent, but that is but casting our
bread upon tho waters. 10 return ere
many days 10 US thousana-foll In the
increase OF our homo market and gen.
cral welfare and blessings to all tho
people, Tell him that his nearest rail-
road depot Is his home market; tell him
that for every thing no sells there tho
price is fixed in the free trade m arket
Of tho world. at Liverpool. Eng: that
ocean freight, railroad freight. commits
sion charges. etc. are deducted out Of
the price ruling in tho frce-tradc mar
ket Of Liverpool. The largest portion
OF his sales may never smell salt water,
yet he has paid the freight 10 Liver
pool. or. in other words. II was
deducted from the frce-tradc market
price. Tell him that all imported goods
have added to the price the ocean
freight. All American goods sell for tho
same price as the imported, and al
though they never smclt salt water, yet
protection enables the home market to
add the ocean freight on all American
goods. Tell him he pays all freight on
all he sells 10 the free trade Liverpool
market and pays all freight on all he
buys OF protected American goods to
his depot home market, and that the on
tire freight business Of all these great
railroads comes out Of the farmers
pockets. Tell him that he pays tribute
Of abolt sixty per cent TO protection
and n tax Of the same to Govcrnmcnt
on every thing lie consumes Of goods
American industry and he starcs at you
with opcn-cyed wonder and amazcment
for there IS the blessing OF home
market and tho terrible image Of Brit.
ISL free trade. that 10 him is some I'M
defined horror. that threatens ruin and
bankruptcy TO the whole Nation lie
believes all this as he believes and has
faith in his religion. Long time ago an
old man and his son went to the woods
70 hunt squirrels. The old man soon
found squirrel on the top branches Of
smoke cleared away the squirrel was still
there. lie aimed and fired again; still
the squirrel remained stationary. The
son came up on hearing the report Of
shots and said: dad, let me havo a
crack at him and III bring him down"
The son looked tree all over but could
sec no squirrel. lie said: dad, there
amt no squirrel on that tree. Tho
squirrel that's on that tree. dad. is all
in yer eye. Yer muslin git mad at
Teller fur telling We. dad, that see q
louise in yer cye-lashcs. and every time
vese looks up yesc takes the crawleF
Aur SIulrrtl. uiu- Alas. All<. the
splendor bestowed upon the Republican
party Lincoln. Chase. Sumner, Seward
and Greeley has faded away. and the
pleasing dreams to be realized to the
tillcrs Of the soil through projection Il
American industry have all proved to
be myths. and the golden promises Of
home market for all the fruits Of his in.
dustry are all In their eyes. The poor
homcstcader Of the plains Of Kansas.
Nebraska and the Dakotas Is still
dwelling in his dugout or sod hut.
clothed in rags; the water runs through
his broken shoes, the cold wind blows
the rain through his old hat, and his
heart is filled with sorrow for the suffer.
ing Of his wife and children who freeze
for the want OF clothing and coal. while
the poor miner In the coal regions SUI.
fers for the want OF corn. The protec.
tion and Government tax on the tat
tered remnant on his body, when now.
made the cost enough for two such
suits. Oh! how protection has blessed
the tiller OF the soil,--John T. Lind.
say, in Chicago Herald.