The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-29
No two q to This.

S. W. Bradford, we'll known to our read
ers, in q letter TO Farmer and Breeder takes
the ''bull BY the horns". in this fashion
hear himl
aside from traditions we fail to see any
material difference betv cen Republi ,an and
Democratic parties except on this question
Of tariff. A man in favor Of tariff reform is
q Democrat whether he votes that way or
not. A person can no more be q tariff re-
form Republican or q protectionist Demo-
Graf, thar he Gun be q Presbyterian Catholic
or N Inf lei Christian"
What have our farmers Alliance leaders 10
say to this3 Do they still cling to that
grand old party Of organised hypocricy
which has appointed Warmoth. the notorious
corruptionist and chief Of the
Louisiana Lottery ans
collector Of customs at New Orleans. Can
we not organize In Bottir eau; let US keep
The ball a rolling.
The Republican editor who says '.the
tariff is not q tar" but refuses to supply
his American subscribers with sugar at the
same price our American refners sell to
foreigners, Or even at the higher price for-
eign refners will sell to Americans without
thu duty being paid. confesses his bluff.
y ~
When the total wages paid for refining
sugar is 10 cents per 100 pounds, why
should the American redner have protection
of $l.l0 to $3.50 on 100 pounds beyond the
tax on his raw material: Does not l4cts.
per 100 pounds give him his labor free Of
cest, aud is not all the rest a steal?
The iron mills Of Pennsylvania ply only
f2.42 per ton in wages for making pig iron.
Why should they have protection Of $672
per ton? IL not protection Of $2.42 equlva-
lent to giving them panper labor. and max
ing the pauper's support a public charged
What is he remaining $3.50 for? A steal?
A duty or foreign woo!en* OF 7 per cent.
will give our mills ample protection to cover
the difference in wages between America
and Europe. They have 68 per cent, ani
demand more IN. Y. World.
STAY Laws or Ruin-Which?
Reader!. just look ut this situation once.
Here is ! farmer with his land mortgage d
10 q town loan shark, NJ the scandalously
usarioas interest wliica prevails In Dakota.
There is not the remotest chance Of tho
iarmer ever paying of the principal, for as
4 matter of fact he cannot scratch together
enough money to meet even the interest If
it was to save his life.
Is not this farmer in q condition Of prac-
teal slavery to his loan shark master!
Ills farm ohattcls, stock and machin Dry
have passed to the ownership Of q rapa
cious Sbylock, who can foreclose Al d throw
the miserable debtor out into the country
road whenever he chooses to do so.
The farmer. If he was alone in the world,
might be content to have the demon do his
worst-but as a rule be is not alone. but
has . wife ard little children depending
upon him. and through these does the loan
shark terrorizc and compel him to become
an ahject slave.
J. r. Rogers, the lofty souled and patri-
otto editor Of The Commoner, Of Newt, IN.
Kan, is laboring NIGH and main with the
producers Of his debt-ridden State TO make
them insist on having the legislature pass o
two year stay law. during which time no
m ,Itgsges shall be foreclosed on real or
p%ersonal property. nor either the interest
or principal Of any deb. b colleotable BY
i
Western farmers! A twc-year stay law
is . necessary condition precedent 70 pour
emancipation.
You can't gef any righteous legislation 90
long 10 these wol6sh ShylOOks have cot
their fangs set in your throat.
You must stop these terroriats, who SCARE
you out Of your independent votes.
A two-year stay law will make these YER
min hunt their hOles.
Farmers you Dan compel your legislatures
TO pass this stay law.
You can speak TO venf I bribed and bought
Lawmakers In . way that viii make them
tremble and obey.
II you do not do il. and that promptly,
your enslavsd children, twenty years hence,
will scorn you a. bastards, who did not de-
serve either liberty o. prosperity-Farmers
Voice.