The Penn's Grove record., 1892-10-28
Mrs. Cougar ON the Tarin.

Mrs. Cougar In her speech In Woods
town handled Mr.. Mckinley very
roughly. She said you can't make a
woman believe the tariff is not q tax.
She has an Irish neighbor In Indiana
who wrote to his relatives 10 Ireland Ia
send him some socks. Before he got
them he had to pay So tariff. As the
Irishman had read Mr.. McKinley's
speech in which he said the foreigner
paid the tariff he asked Mrs. Cougar
where to get the S.. She advised him
to write 10 Mr.. Mckinley and ask him
where to apply. She wiote for him but
Mckinley has not answered.
She visited one of the original tin
plate factories in Indiana, established
under the Mckinley law and found an
iron pot and a tin wash boiler. But
near her home there now Is q genuine
tin-plate factory. They import the
plate. also the tin. You don't here
anything row about American tin
mines. There are o They also
imported the Welsbmen who dip the
plate into the imported tin and make
American tin plate. In speaking Of
the out put Of the tin.plate mills which
are established under the Mckinley
bill she said 1t will take the Republi-
cans at the rate they are going 1872
years to settle the tin question.
Mckinley raised the tariff on tobac-
CO 10 catch the Democratic tobacco
raisers in Connecticut and gives q
bounty to the sugar planters to bribe
them at the expense Of other people.
He raised the tariff on wool to catch
the sheep rai5ers and wool Is cheaper
than before. 1t promised a home mark
ct for the wheat and corn Of the west
ern farmer and wheat Is cheaper than
before. 1t promised increased wages
to the working man. She has spoken
before thousands of workmen and has
asked if their wages have been raised
and she has not found one. Yes, one.
He was a clerk in a store and his wages
had been raised, his employer said be.
cause he had made more on dealing In
rags. She told him rags were on The
free list. She don't believe Peck's re-
port is true. One of the ludicrous
sights Of the campaign is over Harrison
and Reid's portraits Protection"
and underneath Reciprocity" which
is the same as protection and free trade.
The farmers who have more grain
than this country can consume takes u
load to England which needs wheat and
corn, but have manufactured goods
which he must take. When he arrives
in New York Uncle Sam says you must
give me 40 per cent. of that. When no
gets home he thinks lie may - well
been down to Jericho and fell among
robbers.
Mrs. Cougar illustrated her state
ment that the consumer pays the tax
by relating this dream:
L dreamed that 1 had died and gone
below. l asked Mr.. Satan to show me
around and let me see who where there.
So he did, and / didn't see any farmers
or wage-earners there. Everybody
looked like bankers, editors, preachers
and so on. Then l asked:
But, Mr.. Satan, haven't you farmers
Ur wage earners here?n
"Oh yes, F" he replied, s.both Of them,"
and he led me into a room where / saw
a great many people hanging by the
ears, and asked what this was for and
Mr.. Satan replied:
"Oh, these are farmers from out
West, who voted for the Mckinley bill
under the promise that 1t would reduce
their taxes, and wage-earners from
Massachusetts, who voted for 1t on the
promise that it would raise their wages.
They are too green to burn, 50 we have
to hang them up to dry"
She said they wont have to be dried
out this fall, as as you can't fool them
all the time. The Mckinley law is a
shameless fraud.