Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-09
NO AID FROM THE DEMOCRACY.

the Alliance leaders.
NO AID FROM THE DEMOCRACY.
The dominant faction in the Democratic
party is strongly opposed to any scheme Of
that kind. In case no combination is effected
between these two parties, the Republicans
will have an easy victory, owing to the fact
that thousands of those Republicans who
voted the Alliance ticket year ago will
return to the party, as they are thoroughly
convinced that they were deceived and be-
trayed by those who pretended to be their
friends. In case the Democratic and Peo-
Piles parties do combine, the drift back to
the Republican party will be much stronger.
Probably three-quarters of those who
voted the Alliance ticket in the State q
year ago were Scandinavians. The emf
grants from the scandinavian countries are,
perhaps, the most intelligent, and, taken all
in all, the best class who come across the
water. They are naturally Republicans.
They may drift off to the Prohibition party,
to the Alliance, or anything else, but they
into the Democratic camp. They are an
independent, thoughtful class of people, and
if the leaders of the Peoples party should
attempt to join hands with the Democrats
it is safe to say that at least 75 per cent of
the Scandinavians in the Peoples party
would return to the Republicans.
BACK TO PROTECTION.
Now that the farmers of Minnesota have
had time to see and study the effect of the
Mckinley tariff act they are rapidly reach
ing the conclusion that it is beneficial
measure for them as well as for all Ameri-
cans. The increased tariff on wheat pro-
tects them from their British competitors in
Manitoba, and prevents the millers of the
State from bringing in wheat from the Sas-
katchawan Valley to mix with Minnesota
wheat.
AS long as this was permitted the milling
interests encouraged the growing of the
soft varieties of wheat in Minnesota. This
they graded down low and mixed with the
finer quality obtained from the British
provinces with considerable profit.
In the single matter of potatoes the
farmers of the Northwest were benefited
last winter and spring to the tune of sew
eral hundred thousand dollars, at least.
The crop was failure in Minnesota and the
Dakotas while unusually large in Manitoba.
Had it not been for the protection afforded
by the Mckinley bill the cities of Mime
sofa would have been flooded with cheap
potatoes from the British provinces, and
the Minnesota farmers would have realized
low prices for the small crop they did raise.
As1t was, there are numerous instances In
which Minnesota farmers realized enough
on their potato crop of 1890 to pay the en-
tire cost of the land and leave them fair
profit besides.
FACTS TOO STRONG FOR THEM.
Facts like these are toosmuch for the AL
lance and Democratic free trade combina-
tion, as the leaders of these parties freely
admit. A short time ago a well-known
Republican rode through Southern Mime
sofa in the same train with President Don
nelly, of the Alliance. Harvest had just
commenced, and signs of prosperity were
to be seen on every hand Pointing to
the waving fields of grain waiting for the
reaper the Republican said:
"What are you going to tell the farmers
next year, Mr. Donnelly? You can't talk
poor crops and low prices as you did last
year.
'God only knows" said the Sage, "but \
We'll find something for them"
And this is the situation in Minnesota
at present. The Republicans are again
secure and the Democrats and Alliance
leaders are hunting for something which
shall take the place of the much-misrepre-
sented Mckinley tariff bill in the campaign
next year.