Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24


per cent. tariff on prayer meetings.
prolonged laughter.) Did you vote
forsthat, Brother Brewer?
Altar of Roses, musk, rosemary, ber-
gamot, free. Castor oil, 80 cents per
gallon. Naughter.) So the rich have
their rosemary and musk and all the
sweet scented perfumes free, but if the
poor man wants little oil to oil his
road cart he has to pay tariff OF 80
cents per gallon on it. LApplauseJ
Common wool plush cloak for the poor
mans wife, 100 per cent. tariff, while
the seal skin cloak for the rich mans
wife is oniy 35 per cent. [Cries OF
''shame!':] L should think it would
require an immence amount of partisan
zeal to come before an audience and
defend a system of that kird. [Cries
of that's so.''] Here is bait for the
German vote, 'sauerkraut and bologna
sausage, free" Don't we manufac-
ture sauerkraut and sausage in this
country2 [Laughter.] The Mckinley
bill puts hides on the free list, and puts
20 per cent, tariff on boots and shoes;
the farmers have been furnishing the.
hides; they have been skinned all these
years under the guise of protection.
ferries of that's true.''l l have list
79I articles of daily consumption that
The Mckinley bill puts an increased
tariff upon. / would like to ask my
friend to tell us why it was tue Nc
KinIey bill raised the tariff on glass,
why on blankets? Why it was the
Mckinley bill put increased tariff
upon every article of tableware, every
article of hardware, clothing, etc? L
want him to answer bow he can stand
up here claiming to be friend of
labor and vote for free diamonds and
precious stones, and 75 per cent. on
window glass, and why free stuffed
birds and so per cent. on blankets; free
rosemary, bergamot and other sweet
scented things for the rich and put a
high tariff on the necessities of the
poor. Under republican rule we have
today 245, 900 retail liquor houses in
1
this nation today bears the authority
and stamp of the republican party.
In 1898 the enormous
sum of ST ,507 900, 900 was worse than
wasted over the counters Of these re-
publican institutes. More in single
year than is involted in six years of
tariff Cries of "tDat's sO.'l But
my friend comes here and goes wild
oyer the tariff, but don't dare to crook
his finger at the saloons here in Micbi-
gan or elsewhere. Applause. One
hundred and fifty thousand lives was
the penalty we paid in 1898 for the
Republican saloon policy in this Nation.
Mr.. St. John: l refer now, my
friend, 10 the private mortgage in
debtedness on the homes of this coun-
try, just as have read them here to
you from the official statistics.
[Cheers.] During this time the
population increased % per cent. and
wealth increased 80 per cent, while
the private debt resting upon the
homes and property Of the people OF
this county Increased 156 10 per cent.
; In other words, three times greater
than the increase in wealth and SIX
times more rapidly than The increase
in population. Where will the govern
ment soon be at this rate? When the
teacher of school said to Tommy, a
: pupil: If a frog is at the bottom of a
we'll and he jumps up two feet and
falls back three, and makes a jump
every minute, where will the frog be
i'll thirty days?" In hell" said
Tommy. Laughter So | say that
if the Republican party's admins
tration of the government results III
; increasing the indebtedness three
times faster than the wealth has in
creased and six times faster than the
population, you can see that this coun-
try will soon be with the frog. Zap
plause.] We don't stop here. Under
this system the farmers whom my
friend tells you are so prosperous own
ed in the year 1860 half OF the wealth
of this country; in 1870 it had dwindled
down to one third, and this under Re-
publican rule, don't you see? Ia 1880
about one quarter; in 1890 about one
fifth. Thus the farmer will soon join
the frog. [App!ause.l Under this
Republican system of protection -
that our friend tells you about we find
to-day that 8 per cent. of the families
of the United States own IL per cent.
of the wealth. This is official from
the census report. Just think of it, 9
per cent. of the families of the United
States own al per cent. of the wealth
of the country, while 81 pei cent. of
families own but 8 per cent. OF the
wealth, and yet talk to me about such
system blessing this country!
MISSOURI democrats will stand no
r more monkeying. They have served
t emphatic notice upon the goldbag
: Kansas City Times that they are prac-
0 tically unanimous for free coinage of