The Iola register., 1891-03-27

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industrious man has right to chance
to work. We believe that every ma
chine and Invention ought to benefit the
workman as much as his employer
Now each machine displaces workers
and they get little or no benefit"
The settling of these questions is all
| You aim at, senator?"
Yes, but they involve some ot'nr
| Observation-Disclosures, woman's suf-
trage, the apprentice question, tie
eight hour question, etc. We in Kan
sas are generally in favor of woman's
suffrage"
That would no doubt work If you
always had the right sort of women
We'll, In Kansas we always have that
sort"
''EiOw about the tariff. senator?'
We favor reducing the tariff on the
necessities of life and increasing it on
luXuries. But We shall move slowly
here. In fact, we are not dangerous in
any direction: we do not wish to de-
strOy, but to build up. to preserve to
ioster and especially to protect all mems
rights"
Thus it will be seen that Judge PEI
fer talked well. | shall send him no
bill.
| called on Jerry Simpson at the Ken
more. He is younger man than I ex-
pected to tind-nOt over 4G--and he looks
comfortable, verify as if his pedal ex-
tremlties were environed in fibrous
integuments. He is a brunette. clean
shaven lsOmetimes) except fierce black
must&che, which serves to italicise his
fierce black eyes. A horny handed
farmer, he is frank and aggressive in
manner and will be horny handed bull
IN the congressional china shop. He
wants more first class money for every
body and Is bound to have it if the
printing presses don't break down.
IngaIl Is great talker." says Simp-
son. He is a patriot in his words and
pirate in his acts. To show you what
influences produced our revolution |
may say that | was nominated in a big
convention in which there was no law
yer and only two men wore white col
lars and none wore white shirts"
In Straightforward talk and in gener-
al observation-disclosures. Jerry Simp-
son will make himself heard in the
Fifty second house and will be pretty
numerous.
Close by his side will be ''Honest
John Davis" Davis is well built man
of 90, with short iron gray beard and
hair well salted. He has a strong
American face, voice and manner. and
he is bold and cogent talker. His
method Is conservative and conciliafOry,
but his principles are radical, and he
will be one of the best informed men on
either side in the Fifty-second congress
and bad man to tackle. He has been
an OmnlveroGS reader all his life and his
brain trigger is always set and his
tongue ready. Davis is one of the old
est photographers in the United States.
having studied Pitman's system in 1916.
and making it often useful as
editor Of the Junction CITY Tribune.
I'VE hold,' he said, ''that banks
should not be allowed to issue notes.
These should be printed and put out by
the government. The tariff should be
reduced till there is a deficit in the
treasury, and then greenbacks should
be printed and issued to pay ali claim
ants"
''Would these be redeemable?" 1 ask
ed.
mo, not in metal Each bill should
bear the legend, say 81 lone dollar, re-
'etvable for dues and debts This
would make it receivable for all taxes
md import duties and a legal tender.
This would keep 1t perpesually at par.
Another thing: Our Kansas farmers,
ems of thousands of them, have been
Unfortunate and can never get out of |
iebt without special relief. Iwould en- !
Ict law stopping the big interest they
lave agreed to pay and substituting a
lebt at l per cent intesert.
''How? This way: Suppose l owe you
l, 900 and accumulated interest on nv
arm. This new law would direct you
o add the interest to the principle and
20 to the treasurer of my county and file
he mortgage and an abstract of the
and get a check on the nearest
,ank for the entire debt. That would
atisfy you. Then the county treasurer
makes draft on the United States
reasurer for The money and gets it-in
risp, new bills. That satisfies him.
The United States treasures accepts the
mortgage on the farm providing it is
worth the amount of the mortgage) and
ends word tome when the per cent
interest is due. Is net that simple? 1t
S the first news l have had of the trans
er of the debt. That ought to satisfy
everybody"
Excepting" ventured to say, the
'eople of the United States, who would
ind themselves taxed the first year to
,ay 81 200, ,000, COO for farms that they
lave no interest in and don't want"
Il think" said Representative Davis,
that could show you that no such
hing could result and that the | per
ent tax would be generally raid. But
We have not time now"
Messrs. Baker and Otis, two of the
Kansas farmers alliance men who are
lOt orators, are here looking over the
icld. They are all poor, being either
or editors, and they live in
heap quarters and do not attempt to
plurge socially or put on style. There
> not a claw hammer coat in the crowd.
And our bankers are asking with bated
,reath, ''Is this the advance guard of
he Nisigoths?"-W. A. CrOffut.