The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-08-13

show how the apologists for Mckin'
| ley's disastrous tariff are fiounderlng
THESE gentlemen should get together
| Now this wool question Is a matter
| of vital importonce to Ohio farmers
THE annual wool produce in Ohio is
/ not far from twenty-six million
pounds, So IL makes a difference OF
nearly a 81, 100000 year to Ohio wool
growers whether the farmers of Ohio
are allowed to sell on free or fair
market, or under the Mckinley tariff,
restricted market.
We PRINT elsewhere, from the pen OF
| j. Alex Lindquist, a table which proves
conclusively that Farmer Bryan's state.
ment is eRtirely false, that foreign
woods are lower than last year. This
is not disputed anywhere. Instead of
foreign woods being lower than last
year they are HIGHER. We commend
this table to the farmers and wool
growers of Stark county. 1t is a COM
plete Knockout of McKinley's Lake
side speech and Farmer Bryan's COM
| munication.
Neither is the statement true, as
made by Farmer Bryan, that the grade
of Ohio wool, worth 2S cents can be
had in Canada for Is cents Canada is
not a wool growing country. Accord
ing to the special report on wool issued
by the United States Bureau OF Statis-
| tics, the entire wool product of
British North America, including
Canada, New Brunswick, Manitoba,
and British Columbia, only aggregated
4,4O9,OOO pounds, or about one-sixth
the wool product of Ohio alone. Why
did not Farmer Bryan compare Ohio
wool with the price in Africa. 1t
would have been just as pertinent to
this discussion.
Mckinley predicted last year, that
his wool tariff would make Ohio wool
worth 40 cents. How is 1t, that IL is
now selling for % and 26 cents. Nc
Kinley made no reservations in his pre-
dictions. His theory is that Protection
makes a good home market entirely III
dependent of any and all foreign mar
kets.
1t is now demonstrated that McKin-
ley's predictions on wool, like his full
some promises of better times under
his tariff bill, have sunk deep into the
dire limbo of criminal delusions.
Farmer Bryan left the Democratic
party and landed in McKinley's camp.
He now finds himself the laughing
stock of his neighbors, and is Jeered at
as a dupe. But he still sits on the Ounce
block and makes If possible bigger
ass of himself than he did last October.
But he will fool no one this year.
Last year free silver was Farmer
Bryan's hobby. Now he fails to men
tion silver once.
Mckinley, in an interview in Pitts
burg, Aug. 4, 1891, said on the silver
question:
"The Ohio Democratic silver plank
will not help the Democrats with the
farmers, who are intelligent and have
studied those questions for themselves"
Here is the same Mckinley, who
courted Farmer Bryan in 1880 with a 4
free silver letter, now criticising the
free silver plank in the Democratic
platform.
Now will Farmer Bryan please issue
another circular reconclling the McKin-
ley of 1890 with the Mckinley of 1891 |
Another point in Farmer Bryan's
He attributes the
business failures to Generalization
caused by the Democratic victories of |
1890. This Is remarkable claim for |
man to set up, who, during the cam
paitin of 90,claimed to be Democrat /
over his own signature in public cir
cular. But the victories last year, in
all the Western States, were more Far
mers' Alliance victories than Demo
cratic victories. Does Farmer Bryan
of the Farmers Alliance, claim that
these Farmers Alliance victories were
a bad thing for the country?
In other words does Farmer Bryan
now concede that he was the active
member of party that has brought
disaster through a victorious election
Farmer Bryan charges that the Dem
Dcratic party of Ohio,i 1889, taught the
Democratic wool growers that the
reduction of the wool tariff by John
sherman and his compatriOts of the
senate and House, was for the purpose
If robbing the farmer and enriching the |
oreign producer. Farmer Bryan does
lot seem to know that such men as
ieorge l.. Converse of Columbus, and
'thers of like kidney, were in control
" the Democratic machine then. The ,
ditor of the NEwS-DENIoCRAT never
rained with that crowd. But happily
or good government and farmers |
hance, Converse and his ilk have gone | !
yer to the party of monopoly and
oOdle, along with Farmer Bryan.
The Democratic party of to-day is a ,
alby VI JuoGlSC, SQuollIJ huu pEOSEcSb, 1
D full accord and sympathy with the
masses. |,
Here let us close, with a sentiment q
rom that veteran soldier, honest old l
armer and tried and true humanitar-
IN, Col. Jesse Harper of Illinois. He :
ttered this, in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. a
1891: Ii
THE people of Ohio are soon to wit d
ess the most aggressive campaign in this 4
tate against John Sherman and Bill Nc /
inley that ever took place in any State 4
nd at any time in the political history of I
lis country. The great cyclone which
ruck Kansas last fall and wiped out of
Nistence the $1,000 standing Republican
ajority and buried Ingalls, out of sight, | a
going to be doubly duplicated in Ohio q
lis fall, with the result that not enough =,
Shermanism or McKinleyism will be | y
IT to make decent funeral.n III
Col. Jesse Harper is a leading orator "