The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
THE FARMERS COLUII.
Ed;ted BY the P;oneers Agriculturl
Correspondent.
Light From Kansas.

At last the bigoted Republican farmers OF
Kansas are awake from their long slumbers
Burning corn fuel has teen an eye opener.
The eleventh District Republican Conven-
zion Of Kansas In nominating member for
Congress instructs him as follows.
..We bid him" says the resolution. '.enter
the halls Of congress- free man. 70 battle
for lie msteriai and business interests and
the moral and political welfare Of this
great State" ...:
The ;Archeson Kansas Chsmpion. A
paper that for thirty years has
advocated protection has At last seen the
absurdity Of making farmers rich BY tax
ing them for the benefit of few million
aires and says. ~
The capitalists and manufacturers In the
East. aided and abetted By . protective
tariff, have made money in fabulous sums,
while the farmers Of the west have been
scarcely able to maintain themselves re-
specially. Not only so. but Eastern man-
ufacturers and capitalists have, by reason
Of this protective tariff, been placed In
position where their financial power gives
them practical control Of our Government
in all its departments, despite the votes
and wishes Of the people Of the Western
states-who, by reason Of being large
creditors. Of necessity borrowers OF and de-
pendents upon the East, are virtually po-
liticslly disfranchised.
The Western farmer has no interest what
ever In q protective tariff. His interest
rather lies in the direction of free trade--of
access to oil markets-wherever his pro-
d ucts may be in demand. 1t is for his in
terest to sell what he raises wherever in all
the wide world he can find . purchaser,
and thus provide himself with the means
of disposing Of his surplus crops. Not only
is he vitality interested in securing all pos
sible markets, but equally 80 in buying
what he needs ss ehesply as possible. Sell
where he may, and buy at the lowest
figures; this, selfish as il may seem, is what
most concerns the Western farmer.
Free trade will give the West the markets
Of the world. and an opportunity to buy
what it requires at less thsn half IL now
pays forIthese same articles.
Lumber, hardware, furniture, clothing.
groceries, and agricultural implements
these the West needs principally. Free
trade will bring these things to US at figures
far below protective prizes.
Protection continued twenty years longer,
and the West, with its vast agricultural pos
sibilities, would be q pauper bound hand
and foot. Let US who live here In the
west be fools no longer, but let US exercise
our common serse and protect our own in.
terests by obtaining, just as qnickly as pos.
sihla. the freest trade with all its attendant
ben e6ts.
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Not Working That Way.
Omaha World H erald.
The best legislation for the farmers
would be TO revise the tariff in such way
that the farmer would be relieved Of bur-
dsns, Tut the Republican party would stand
solidiy against any bill which looked that
that end. .'~
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Work for the Taxpayers.
Louisville Courier-Jourual.
The dullsst American mind can under
stand Mr.. Wells when hs says that ''for
every dollar that the government Of the
United States sxpends somebody must do .
whole days work" The present corrupt
congress means good deal Of work for
taxpaysrs. "
Farmers Prosperity. There are
politicians and writer's who seem to honest.
II bslisvs that II II can bsshown that con-
siderable number Of farmers are slowly get
ting ahead, no matter how slowly nor At
Whist cost Of deprivation Of ordinary oom-
forts OF life, great point has been made,
and tho claim that there is anything wrong
with our political and economic systems 10
thereby disprovsn. Il would be strange.
indeed, II In country 90 richly endowed
with soil and olimats % this farmer who
IL willing 70 work very hard, and practice
psrsimony In living that . Digger Indian
would consider stingy, could mot slowly get
ahead; and he who does 60 surely has no
occasion TO be thankful for laws, systems,
or practices that voueh hssfe him only so
much. Politicians need to understand this:
II every farmer in the land were, making .
fortune each year, that would not justify .
tariff, unsquat taxation. yer-capitalization,
or capitalistic conspiracies In unjustly
taking from him one dollar Of his profits.
That the farmer may exist. may even get
ahead more or less rapidly, does not atone
for The robberies he 10 tie victim Of. The
thief need not steal all man has 10 insure
his incarceration in prison; nor should cap.
italistic conspiracies be compelled to steal
all Of farmers substance before the
people are justified in driving them from
the face Of the earthi
Supremacy Of party for the sake Of the
spoils il involves 10 the one inspiring inn
pulse Of men and papers that can look only
through partisan goggles upon the heroic
attempt Of grelt masses Of wealth producers
10 lii themselves and their country above
the reign Of plutocrats and corrupt partisan
machines and methods.
The toilers Ct South Carolins and Mimi
esota are 6ghting in common cause, arc
depressed by the same conditions, subjected
to the same cspitalistic tyranny, and i l.
both meet and necessary that they stand
together. with partisanship and ssctionalism
scattered TO the winds and work 70 COM
mon cpd and for the realisation Of com-
mon destiny; paying no attention Whatever
10 papers, men or parties that would lux
urate in the pom? and power that come 70
them through the common peoples ldolatr.5
ous worship Of party godsi ".
You may join new political party. work
for Il and vote its ticket, but please do not
worship Il. There y enough idolitry In
the old parties, Il j not well % increase
tho supply II republic.
1he rich man u wise II his own eoncsit;
hs manienlas1lh ths caucus, hs runneth
The convenfion. hut the poor man that
18TH understanding ssarchslh out hiS name
On slsssion day, drANsth The deadly pencil