St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-26
And l hope since you are a prosperous
Republican farmer. you will pay for it

UClulO tOU oCll AOtli UCht ClOps
Philo was leanin' INTO the bin when l
when talked about payin'. He never
was less than year behind, and he
never will be. But if these MeKindlin
bills keeps on I'll be darned if any of
US ketehes that close up after while.
Philo filled his sacks, and then he sez !:
"Sol, you've got the rOng idee of this.
This tariff law is blessin' in disguise"
"Tha didn't need to disguise it SO
much," seq Mike, but made him mo-
ton to be still, and Pbilo went on:
"What the country needs is to develop
her resources. Now no manufacturer
is making the money you think he is.
lie is proper glad it he can get 10 per
cent gross profit. This bill will make
his goods sell for little more, l know.
Ii will pinch you and me for a few
years, but we will get used to it after Il
while, and then we wouldn't have it
manufacturers bein' better paid, can
raise the wages of labor. and then labor
can buy more feed and things, ard then
you and i can git a better price for what
we raise, and will be as well Off as we
air now"
Twill we be emmy better Off" / asst
him.
We'll. don't know as we will,'' sez
PhiIo.
Then what's the good of bein'
squeezed two or three years?" SEE l.
oh" seq he, 1.-The country will be
developed and labor will be ennobled.
and we will take our proper rank among
the nations of the earth"
sed, "Oh, FOOT" and | slapped one
Of the horses before l thought; but
was mad.
Now" seq ], "Pve got a big family.
$50 this year. It'll cost every farmer in
Minnesota just that much with my size
family, or he'll have to go without lots
OF things he needs and has earned and
ought to have. 1t don't make market
at home nor abroad for a bushel Of
wheat nor barrel of flour. Jim Blaine
seq that. and for once the devil has
scared the truth out of him. | won't
never git even with that loss if l wait a
hundred years. Pm tireder of protec-
ton than ever was before"
oh" seq PhilO, cheerful like, 'every
manufacturer in the country Is tired OF
protection tor his naborS. All of them
wants free trade for everybody but HIM
self"
''Why?" / asst him.
'"Cause protection is good thing
only where it helps a man,
''Well. them" SEE |, "Seen' it helps
one man and hurts five, the American
pepel is set of fools to stand it. For
every one man that manufactures there
must be many to buy. Ithelps him and
hurts them. Tina are five to one. If tina
can't Outyote him, by gum! we need a
duty Oh branes to encourage some
man to produce 'em. And then you
say manufacturers don't make 10
money. why, this pillow, made at South
Bend. Ind, and sold to me for SIG, is
sold in Brazil for 50. This feed cutter,
that L paid $1l for, is sold there for Sc.
Why can't tina sell at home for So If tina
can there?"
Philo SEE, "Oh. you must have more
patriotism. more American pride, SOS
to help your countrymen compete with
the foreign maker in the markets of the
wOrld.'
I've heard that so often it makes me
sick. | don't see why an American
farmer amt as good as a greaser in
Rio. Phllo kinda frightened up cause
didn't say nOthln', and he seq:
You two men will soon see the
wisdom of this law. Why. wages is
goin' up already; factories all over the
land is shOwin' sines of renewed
activity. The whole country feels a
glow of warm prosperity, and
SOL" SEE Mike, interruptin', IL can't
work for you no longer"
"Why?" seq |.
"'CauSe the wages amt big enough
''Mike sees the benefits of the Me
Kindlin bill now" SEE Philo, latin lit
tie and rubbin' his hands.
NO" Mike went Oh. II am goin' to
hev more wages or quit. The law SEE
it, and mean it,
l seq: "All right. Mike, you can quit"
but | hated to, for better man never
drawed breath.
"PhilO." seq Mike, you'll need man
through seedin' and corn shuckin'. You
know what can do. Will you hire me
and pay me SCI month more than Sol
does?"
seen what Mike meant then right
away, and j guess Philo did. too. for his
jaw fell and he scraped around on the
barn floor with his scoop, and at last he
sed:
swell. you see, Mike, the benefits
amt quite got down to us yet.
couldn't give you no more than Sol
does, for man come to me yistiday
| from the farm tools works and he's
williD' to work for s4 less than you're
StttiH DuI HCAb yCois vi
"PhilO, you're gOshdum FOOL" SCI
Mike.
"Whut's that?" sez Philo, pickin' VI
the scoop.
"Oh, sed yOn was fool: that's all,'
! Mike told him, and he got up and walked
| to the windO. careless like, and went tC
fixin' his galus.
"Why?" seq Philo.
"Cause," seq Mike, "a man that dom,
know when he has load enough hain't
| got sense enough to eat. If the Repub
lican party said tina wasn't no snow
you'd sweat in the middle of winter
| That McKindlin bill amt got an honest
| friend from sea to sea, and if the farm
erS and wOrkingmen of the country
have any sense tina will dam the party
that made it clean off the face of the
EARTH" SOLOMON JONES.