Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-17

honorable associates. He never would
have looked at this woman for a mo-
meat even then, but for her wealth; yet
she gladly took to her embraces this
polluted offscouring of British aristoc-
racy.
Such is the revolving use to which
the wealth, thus unjustly extorted from
you by war taxes in times of peace, is
wasted and prostituted!
1t is common cOmplaint..of alliance
men that the rate of interest in Kansas
is too high. and that there is not money
enough to keep up prices of produce.
That this is not true is shown by the
fact that interest on money in New
York is to per cent a year, accord
ing to the security, and that the real
trouble is an unequal distribution of
money. produced by the constant repub-
lican war tax legislation in favor of the
East, all the expenditures of this ex-
travigant administration being East
for harbors, forts, big guns, war ships,
lawyers, Office-holders ETC., with money
directly extorted from Western farmers
who are compelled to sell at free trade
prices, and buy everything needed at
Mckinley war tax prices. Is it any
wonder the East is rich and the West
poor?
Now if all sales of farm products
must be at free trade prices, and from
this there is no possible escape-never
has been since the rebellion ceased. and
never will be while grass grows and
water runs-why in the name of all
that is reasonable! why not buy at the
same prices too2 Does free trade
cheapness scare you only when you buy,
like red rag shook alta bull?
Get over this foolishness-good
friends get over it. Think only of
yourselves and your families, and your
many years of unrewarded toll, and
not at all of your hypocritical friends
who rob you with every breath you
draw. Strike down this indirect but
never falling way of robbing you, as
suddenly as you would stop horse
thief caught in the act. Do so fearless
ly, without fiinching or hesitating. In
the words of Congressman Bryan, OF
Nebraska, "Order them to take their
hands out of your pockets and keep
them OUT e-ss.s-s,s55s.
Having freed the slaves, now free
yourselves from slavery a hundred
times more debasing, CALLING and de-
grading. Did not Jay Gould, himself,
the great spectator of the people, prop
erly describe this last most infamous
tax when he said that hereafter the
man who had used two coats would be
compelled to get along with one-and
he who had but one must do without
any?
The late Justice Miller, of the U. S.
Supreme Court, a republican, thus very
properly describes this system of public
robbery:
ITO lay with one hand the power of
government on the property of the
and with the other, bestow it
on favored individuals to aid private
enterprises, and build up private for
tunes, is none the less robbery because
it is done under the forms of law. and
is called taxation. Beyond a cavil
there can be no lawful taxation that is
not laid for public purpose
A SUGAR TAX MILLIONAIRE's PALACE
"A THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
BALL ROOM.
1.-The exterior of Mr.. Theodore Harve-
house, at the southwest corner
of Madison avenue and Thirth- eighth
street is imposing. Within, the wide
hall is decorated with ivory and gold;
the ball room which is said to have cost
$50, 900, is in Louis Quinze style, white
and gold, carved out of solid oak. The
dining room and drawing room, on the
other side of the hall, are superb apart
their walls being hung with
rare old tapestries York Sum-