Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-13
JOSLIN.

late corn. Now we want some rain to
start the timothy and fall grain that has
been sown and to revive the pastures.
The republican rally at Joslin on Sat-
urday last was fairly attended with quite
| sprinkling of ladies. There was not
the enthusiasm, however. nor the number
present that there WAS TWO years ago.
There was no singing as of ,yore. In fact
everything seemed as solemn and as
quiet as if the people had gathered to.
gether to listen to a funeral sermon.
If the republicans had increased their
vote in Maine, Arkansas and Vermont,
the nights would be as light as day with
| the bonfires they would be burning.
Some OF the republican speeches we
have TO listen to now a-days, remind us
| of the man who attempted to play the
| national anthem on fiddle. with but
single string. l pity lawyer even that
| has to plead on both sides of question
free trade, reciprocity and protection
| in the same speech.
The republican platform this year de-
clares for the most sweeping tariff reform
ever hard Of. In fact. if the republican
platform were literally carried out, it
would be absolute free trade. And in
| all friendliness to Charles Searles we
| would say, that we cannot see how he
| can ignore his party platform by speaking
in defense of and eulogizing the McKin
ley bill.
| Wheat 60 cents per bushel. Will any
protectionist please show me why. if it is
just, constitutional, right and proper to
pay two cents per pound bounty upon
sugar. why the farmers OF this country
| should not receive a bounty upon 80 cent
wheatf Come. Hon. William G,st, E liz
tor Johnson. Howard. Wells and
Charles Searle. will you show us the rea-
SOM Is this the equal rights" euaran-
| teed in the Constitution of the United
States?' Is this calamity howiine."
Mrs. Earheart and MIR. Wiedmsn's new
residences are approaching comp ION.
They will file applications for insura nee
in the Coe and Yuma Mutual.
Mr.. Kempster. of Whiteside county,
addressed the Inhabitants of what is
called the starvation district" between
Hillsdale and Erie. on Saturday evening
last in the interests Of the peoples party
Of that locality to an appreciative aud
fence.
Republicans are rejoicing over Maine
and Vermont because their vote did not
fall off any more.
On Saturday last in bis address at JOS
lin Charles Searle spoke In defense Of
both the Mckinley bill and free trade
reciprocity. 1t is amusing to see man
attempt to walk down both sides Of the
street at the same time. Friend Searle
said that The was opposed 10 trusts and
so was the republican party, and that
protection was in no way connected with
trusts from the fact that they existed in
free trade England. That msy all be so.
but look at it differently. As see it
competition is the father. or the real
cause of those combinations called
trusts The competition that exists
in England is what l would call natural
competition; that which comes from n
natural increase of the shop keeping and
manufacturing classes; just such free
trade competition as exists in this coun-
try among the farmers. If competition
in England becomes so sharp in certain
lines of manufacturing and shop keeping
that they cease to be remunerative, they
must grin and bear il, or combine to-
gether for the purpose of fixing prices
The British government will not render
any assistance to one class at the ex-
pense of another. The farmers of this
country like the English manufacturers, il
their business is overdone. so that they
have to raise wheat for 60 cents pei
bushel, and live hogs at three cents pei
pound. they must work out their OWL
salvation with fear and trembling The
,, government of this country will not legis-
late for their benefit, and il is right here
where the robbery and dsmnable injus
! tice of a protective tariff comes in In
this country there is free trade compe
tition. and there is protective com
petition. If any manufacturing
business is made very profitable by plac.
ing import duties upon foreign good:
there is an unnecessary rush into tina
particular channel. business becomes
overdone, prices unrenmerative, if a com
binstion is not formed to prevent tina
from taking place Therefor, as see i
competition is the real cause of trusts. il
both countries, and competition will ulti
mately ride rough-shod over protectiv,
tariff if trust be not formed to proven
that from taking place. MIR. Sesrle'
speech was a very lengthy one. He made
the remark that it waa the tendency Of 6
protective tariff to reduce prites, anG
clinched it by saying that tin, tin, Amer
lean tin was cheaper today than it wa
before the Mckinley duty was place.
upon it," The question then arises
wherein has the manufacturer been bene
| fitted, and how long must the laborinl
man wait for an increase of wages? / an
getting heartily sick of the average cam
paign speaker. The great tendency seem
to be to exaggerate. think it would 3
| e much better way if one candidate fror
each party would address the voters fror
the same platform, making 15-minut
speeches, rs did Stephen A. Douglas an
Abraham Lincoln Would it not hav
been much better il Mr.. Altgeld and MI
Fifer had met each other upon the sam
PLATFORM And would it not have bee
much better il some democrat had bee
present to reply TO Mr.. Searle.
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