The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-02

A Republican Paper Score. =
for Trying % Fool the Farmss.

A Republican Paper Scores .
for Trying % Fool the Farmssa<
Philadelphia Telegraph.
OF I'll the silly things Mr.. Ner,..
has yet done, In connection viz
tariff question, his report to The Man,.
favor Of the Ways and Means ComssI
bin Is the most grotesque. WIS, sa1
BILE sense 10 there IN trying "a ~.
farmers OF the United States n
statement that their industry ~
prostrated on account OF the crosss
Of American markets with foreirr
cultural products? In order Ia hs,f1
this utterly absurd declars,ios
Mckinley 10 driven 10 quote the lima.
Itiou Of sugar, tea, coffee, fruits ,oEs'
animals, fibres. The latter INCLUDING y
hemp, jute, etc. What does tLs n
Industry In nine-tcnths OF the nv
Estates amount 10? II is practicaI, \
known In t~hirty-six OF the for,,,
states. How much tea and coat.
! raised In this country? The impo,,.'
: OF animals, % everybody knows. I "A,
lily confined 10 first-class breeding ~
brought III BY fancy farmers. tn
: pet men have clearly shown thS
! class OF wool most needed 10 Mi. ~,
''.try % not and cannot Do grown
!, probably.
The fact Of The matter is-spd M
= kDows the truth more clearly lhso :
Mckinley himself-that when h
our total agricultural imports a, M
I" 1850, U00.0OO he 10 guilty OF the y
|idiOtic deception. This siaiem,m
sImadc for the purpose Of carrying xhI
ia false Impression Until Mr.. NII
salley's report appeared, the friend. 4
= 60 called Farmers TariG' bill wetcl
IN content in speaking OF agricultural
.. ports coming into competition n
American productions in placing
amOunt In the neighborhood Of s5l
IsslOOO. This, too, 10 an outside fignn
!is At least very largely the result old
y with Canada. When this argument }
r.. qnickly met and demolished, IN Y
'od columns and elsewhere. Mr.. NcEi'
= and his friends shifted their grenll J
'od made . bold advance that must I
..' them ridiculous In the sight OF III
III. lgent men every where. Ii beingt n
e. shown that this o75,0OO,O0), even n
farmer got the full benefit Of It. Y
Ibe moro than swallowed up Dnds
OF Tariff bill In The increased cost Old
siIing and other necesssries Of life,
Op- came necessary 10 swell the figaro I
pull the wool, ~ possible, still IN
TO- over the eyes OF the doubling asriul
n lists. Mr.. NsKinley's report, ID "
spect, will prove . boomerang n
God most destructive sort.
20 IL don't pay TO indulge IN thai
deception o. any time. The bill
before the House and before thSa /
= land Il must stand o. fall upon \
What the people want 10 the fac
lWant 70 know how their ipdus.
- lgoing - b Affected, for good %
this proposed logislatiors andFN.
duty 81 tho Republican loaders
Uuggle with the hgures. nor %
; cent The facts IN any particular
1.-The pressure Of the party
Through studiouo lnloroproek
b. bin may b passed not based upo
or equity. but Il will Be tho woFs
Ieai blundor % N. There Win.
come Z reckoning ume, ard =
ooetly period for all thoso ~
THE deteSnIned effort 70 makY
!. :. lculsural element Of the c0uT
that Il g being specially caI
tariff revision q this tiQess -
Islands, has the appearance Of
OF the boldest and NEST unscs
political schemes ever stfemps
tplaip English, Il rests On . moupt
fabric o. lice and Ignorance.