St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-20

made up, s3s." Why" said l. "are A mer-
replied the tailor" there is combination
among American manufacturers on best
quality OF suiting." "Well," said |, 81
will take the imported goods, inasmuch
as the foreigner must pay the duty. You
may make up the suit and l will send a
bill for S12 to the foreigner, for you say
you had to pay that amount on this
piece of goods. II tank you will have
one bad time before you get that Sl2,"
said the tailor. IF 1 do not get it."
said, II will send the bill to Gov. Nc
Kinley, for he has told us that the for
eigner pays the taxes" l am still look
ing for that foreigner.
My next experience was in the state
OF South Dakota. There l found the
farmers receiving as high as 40 cents a
bushel for their wheat and 20 cents for
their potatoes. Il presume were it not
for the fact that there is tariff on
potatoes that Ireland would be
shipping IN potatoes by the car
load into Dakota). Either through
conspiracy or a coincidence
on the part of the railroad companies
and the elevators, the farmers of Min
neSOta and South Dakota receive barely
enough for their grain to keep them
from abandoning their farms. This
state of affairs has grown up under a
Republican administration, and is I'M
fortunate, not only for the farmers, but
for the Republican party. The state
ment OF Mr.. Pillsbury to the French
banker. that the elevator companies are
making profit of 40 per cent per an
mum, is on record and has not been
burned, la Peck.
| saw apOthpr oiphf in South noI,nt,
which was enough to make an angel
weep. The women were gathering up
cow chips and piling them up to dry for
fuel. while those anarchist breeders in
pennsylvania are putting up hard coal
at the rate of % cents week until 1T
sells at S11 per ton. The men III South
Dakota are now wearing pieces of hard
oal in their shirt bosoms for studs.
l believe there is tariff on coal.
What are you going to do about it? If I
had my way, would elect Gen. Weaver
for our next president. for believe that
the Peoples party has more generally
the interests of the masses at heart than
either OF the old parties; but as between
Mr.. Harrison and Mr.. Cleveland, l be-
lieve that Mr.. Cleveland and his party
more nearly represent the people.
There are some things in which l am
still in doubt, but there are few we'll
mounted in my mind. | believe that
high wages and other expenses in this
country may be attributed more to the
action OF the trade union protector. [
believe that the cheapneSs of many of
our manufactured goods is largely due
mot, as is claimed, to high tariff, but
TO the improved machinery and
methods which have come into
use within the last twenty years.
l believe that the farmers can
get along with little less tariff on po-
tatOes and wheOt without suffering, and
that many of these infant manufacture
ers, with their capital and improved ma
chinery, can compete With the foreign
manufacturers without tariff. | no.
tice that the Republican national COM
mlttee are frying OleOmargarne in good
shape out of the Eastern manufacturers
L am not surprised that the carpet
manufacturers, the WOODEN manufact-
urers, the steel and iron and other in
dustries are handing over $4,000 checks
to the Republican national committee,
they would be unworthy if they did not
After voting the Republican ticket for
sixteen years, wish to serve notice that
the partnership is dissolved. l presume
the business will go on just the same,
but as for myself, am through fighting
the battles of my ancestors.
The Republican party-can no longer
make pack horse out of the farmers
for the benefit of few millionaire man
ufacturers with my vote. IDelieve that
Henry Clay, if he were alive today,
would be opposed to McKinleyism. For
he said in 1924: Give the manufactur-
ers protection for ten wears, and after
that they will not need any" Yours re-
specially,
only A TRAVELLING MAN"
Minneapolis, Oct II.