The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-27
FREE TRADE TARIFF "RgFoRM."

FREE TRADE TARIFF "REFoRM."
by Printing In the Congressional Record
as Their Speeches on the Free Wool 8iu
Extraets from IIer=y Georges Book.
Proteetion Free Trade. Democrats
Have Committed Ti,ernseIvFs 90 the Pol
fCy of Absolute Free Trade and the
Abolitiona Private og icrsAip in Land.
Said Mr.. Henry Wattersoh. OF Ken
lucky: The democratic party IS a free
trade party or it is nothing. The less
honest members of that party have made
and still make strenuous efforts to hide
this truth from the people. With their
free wool bill, and their free cotton tie
and cotton bayging bill and such other
free trade bills sent to the senate as
they see fit to pass before the adjourn
ment of congress, they will find their
task more difficult in the approaching
campaign than ever bcfore. Too many
bold free trade speeches by representa-
tive democrats have been placed on rec
ord, too many bitter aud unqualified
denunciations of protection in the ab-
stract for successful deception.
One little occurrence we particularly
wish TO call to the attention Of our
readers a
On April IL Congressman Burrows. of
Michigan, called the attention Of the
house to the fact that democratic con-
gressmen had been inserting. IS their
remarks on the free wool bill, long cx
tracts from Henry Georges Protection
and Free Trade" It further appeared
that this was merely the carrying out
OF scheme to give Mr. Georges work
wide circulation at public expense. A
number OF democrats had divided the
book between them, each taking com
plete number OF chapters in consecGe
tive order which were regularly IN.
serted by them in tho Congressional
Record
Thus the whole work was printed IN
the installment plan, and. having ap-
peared in the Record, could be sent free.
according to law. through the mails.
This accomplished. all that remained To
Go was for each member il the scheme
to order q la-gO number OF copies of MS
own 'specch," and the party had be-
tween them an equal number of Henry
Georges work complete.
We do not care at this tiz1c to con-
ment on the fragrant abuse of congras-
sional privileges in thus utilizing the
United States sgovernmentasa free trade
campaign bureau, nor do we care to
dwell upon any other of the disreputaDle
features of the free trade scheme. But
wedowantto call the attention of Amer
lean voters everywhere to the character
of the literature which these democrats
Il 81,
named tariff reform" movement.
Do you know who Henry George Is?
what kindof book his Protection and
Free trade" is?
Henry George believes that it Is NOR
ally wrong TO own land. that it Is 10
better than robbery. What z tcacler
and guide for farmers aad the hundreds
Of thousands of poor people whose ssy-
ings of a laborious lifetime are invested
in modest homes. His book on the tar
iff does not advocate tariff reform
However mach we may disagree with
him, we must confess that he is honest
n his co1victions = too honest not 20
see and to asi,nowledge the duplieity of
hat bogJs torn, He believes in fEcc
trade-as he delights 70 pat it hinseli--
FREE t-r-a-d-o-free trade That is, be
would arn.ailate every ccston house
to-m1rrov II ne cOuid. Anil such is
the dostrine the Democrats of the Fif1y-
5ccJ-d congress circulate as tariff re
form" Yet in a very few months their
army of hired orators win be around
abusing everyoue who accuses them IF
loaning toward free trade, ana again
their uniformed thousands OF paradcrs
VIII he shouting in unison from ole
nd of the country to the other. as thy
lid in 1855.