The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-10-07

| Cuba formerly Imported LOCO sacks
of flour annually, now it imports hmm
dreds of thousands of sacks. Germany
and France formerly excluded oul
meat, now they admit it freely.
AS an example of the benefit of a
protective tariff, ten years ago we i'm.
ported annually from 100000 to
100000 worth of carpets. They
are now manufactured in America
and less than 81, 900, 900 worth was i'm.
ported last year. Carpet manufactur.
ing is increasing wonderfully in this
country. In Kensington, in one east
ern state, there are 112 carpet mills,
supporting $4,000 people. At another
place, 5000 people, the entire popula-
tion, are supported by carpet mills.
| There are immense numbers of these
mills in the. eastern states and they
| are sixty days behind their orders.
The price has fallen by interior COM
petition. Carpets That were formerly
worth S. yard now sell for 50, and
So carpets now sell for IS cents yard.
The tariff on wire nails is 81, while
they retail at S2.05 and wholesale at
$3.50. Importation of them has
ceased. The iron industry is prosper
Gus. The speaker drew picture be-
tween times cf prosperity, when all
the mills are. unning, and hard times
when the mills are closed. When the
mills are running the farmers have a
good, cash market. If factories employ
thousands of men in Mankato, New
Ulm, Red Wing, Winona and all the
other cites about US, there will be a
better market for the farmers.
The Democrats say that the farmer
must pay higher prices than he ought
to. Anyone can escape paying internal
taxes by not using tobacco or smok-
ing. American clothing should be
good enough for US, and not imported
clothing. Philanthropists say that
this country should not permit such
distress in England as is caused by our
tariff laws. Hundreds of English
factories are closed, which they declare
was done by the Mckinley bill. The
best way for us to do is to find out
what they want and then don't let
them have it. England has never
been SO solicitous ofAmerican prosper
ity that we should truckle to what
My Lord or My Lady wants. You
should think first of your family be-
fore others, of your country before
other countries. We should sympa-
thize with those who have helped to
make us rich. Let US first make our
own country great, prosperous and
rich.
l have read of hold-your-wheat
Donnelly that he thinks tina the is 60
ing to be assassinated. God bless'him,
we all like him, but when we talk of
his being statesman 0, my! He
has settled down to one thing, that
we are robbed. distressed, ruined. If
we are so depressed, why do so many
thousands of immigrants continue to
come where they may be taxed, OPP
pressed and ruined? Some Of the
brightest of them came in the 50tieS
and have found that they have re-
ceived such good wages that even if
living is higher they can save money.
Many have good brick houses, big
barns and plenty of machinery. They
have sent money back to bring other
members of their families over. They
crowd the steerage of every ocean
racer. Why don't we see these for
eigners begging their way to the
sea coast to get a passage back to the
old country where they can live? Be-
cause the conditions here are so much
better. The farmers are we'll off.
My hired girl has money in two saw
ings banks and OWLS real estate and
has her annual vacation more regu-
larry than my wife-because she is
able to. Multitudes of people all
around us have earned their own
homes.
The Democrats want a return to
the state bank system. They fought
resumption of specie payments, but
ever since the law went into effect
mar has been able to 60 to banks and
call for gold, silver or paper money
for check. The Democratic plat
form wants the ten per cent. tax on
state banks repealed, which means
the return of state banks, which were
such curse. This is one of the great
est dangers of the day. With an I'M
equal currency the poorer always
drives out the better. The Republi-
can party is unquestionably right on
the currency question. We want
money that is absolutely safe for all.
President Harrison recommends
that every one should have the priyil-
age of casting ballot and having it
counted. Until there is liberty of
speech in the South the fruits of the
services and sacrifices of the old SOL
dierS will be unrealized. Gen. Weaver
was recently mobbed in cities of the
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