Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-10-04
WHAT WILL PETER ANSWERE

high tariff taxes waS in the interest
of the workingman and that if they
robbed Peter it was i'll order that they
might pay Paul good wages The as
Scrt.on was only half true They
robbed Peter. but Paul never got has
share of the plumber.
Now that the democrats have given
some relief to Peter and have secured
him against some of the forms of rob
berry To which he has been 50 long
subjected, it is pertinent IL inquire
what does he intend to do about it:
Win he rejoice i'll his freedom and
demand more, or VIII he, With apps
tolic merkupSS. 30 back to his bonds
again and open his pockets To the
plunderrS!
To drop the metaphor, Will the PEG
pie of the United States. business
men and Workngmcu alike, restore
the government To the M'kinlry.t"s
and place the Mckinley law back ON
the statute book?
That is he main question now be
fore the American peopl" and one
that must not be lost sight of by
them.
For twenty years the people de
mandcd tariff reform and thau tariff
taxation should be reduced. For
twenty years the republican orators
promised them reform, urging, us
they urge now, that the tariff should
be reformed by its friends They
claimed at every clcc, on, as they
claim now, that 10 commit tariff lrg;s-
lation to Il party hostile to the tariff
would be foolish and unwiSr
Year after year the people trusted
Them and still whenever the tariff
was performed" it was i'll the dircc-
ton of higher duties, not lower, until
at last the elimination OF all robbcr
tariffs came, the atrociouS Mckinley
law. Then the scales fell from the
eyes of the people and they saw they
were dcludrd and betrayed. They
rose in their rage. like Samson, and
swept that false party from power,
Never were traitors more completely
overthrown than We're the republicans
in the elections of 1880 and 1892. The
government was handed over to the
democracy and, hostile or not. they
were charged with the duty of tariff
revision The world knows why that
duty was not completely performed.
but Il also knows that Il long step
was taken in substantial reform.
The relief is being felt everywhere.
and evidence of it may be seen in
the glowing furnaces, III the Wh'rlin2
spindlcS, in ;he busy workshops and
in the otti .cS of merchants. With this
impressive testimony before uh"r
eyes. are the people again ready to
give power to the high takers to over.
turn this prosperity
That is what will happen # the re-
publ an party is restored to power.
For years they promised tariff r..
vision. and for years they denied ii
to the people Can they again he
trusted ON the same promises?
TARIFF AND BUSINESS.
4 correspondent who is obviously
more of partisan than Il business
man asks this paper to explain why
Il tariff reform journal admits tn" al
vcrtisementS of Mr.. Wanamakcr into
it columns which are calculated to
prejudice the public against the new
tariff law. First of all. we would an
swcr that the advertising columns OF
all reputable newspapers are open t.
the political and personal CONVICTIONS
of all advertisers so long as they do
not wantonly aSsal the convictions OF
interests of others. But in the case
referred to by our correspondent MI
Wanamakcr'S method OF advertising
is simply on the bass of broad and
sound business principles.
A new tariff policy adopted by Il na-
tion such as ours always leads 70 more
or less revolutionary standards and
methods of business, and he IS tn"
wise business man who earliest Ap-
preciates the changed conditions and
adapts himself and his business 70
them. -Four years ago, when IN" Nc.
kinIey tariff bill became Il law Mt.
Wanamaker was then cenSured by
some Of his republican friends because
he advertised the truth about the com
ing tariff. That tariff was mad" g
increase prices Of the everyday n"''tS-
sar,es of life. and Mr. Wanamak"r al
though member of the cabinet. an
nounced the fact frankly IN MS al
vnrtisrmentS Of those times ana urged
the public to purchase at once, a.
goods would very soon be largely IN
creased in price The Mckinley larii
was enacted and increased prices os-
trnstbly for the purpose af incr"a~in
wages Of labor, Mr. Wanamakcr then
told the truth about it Just aS b" :
telling the truth now.
The Wilson tariff bill Is Intended 70
lessen prireS Of the necDSsarieS Of life,
and must II course lessen the value 81
STOCKS IL goods IN hand by merchants
which were purchased under the Me.
Kin1oy law unless bought ar greatly
depressed prices While the severe
depression during the last year has
prevented the extreme prizes II the
neeessaries Of life that might have
been exacted. AMI while Inc reduction