Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-10-31
The cEssET GETS FUNNY.

The Cresset last week attempts to
make sport of our article and as usual
lodges the main issue. we will still
continue our line, still urging the Cres-
set to inform its readers the amount
saved to the people of the 9TH congress
ional district by virtue of the new tar
iff law.
The income tax feature is estimated
by treasury officials to bring to the gov
eminent 100000 The increase of
20 cents gallon on whisky is estI-
mated to bring in $2e, 900 900. The tax
on playing cards will bring in Sis, 000,-
600. All these taxes are levied on ar
ticles that do not concern the people of
this community and any objection to
them or any attempt on the part of
the Cresset and the republican party,
to repeal those laws, will be in the in
terest of trusts, combines and million
aires and against the interests of the
farmers and toiling masses.
Now let US summarize:
Money saved the people by reason of
reduced tariffs. .Sl63, 900 600
Income tax levied on the wealthy
people. .45,OOO,OOO
Increased tax on whiskey.. 20, 600. 600
Tax on playing cards. go. L 500 600
Total SOS, SOC. 900
Increased tax on sugar. go. s., 10000
Net savings to the people S2l9,75O,OOO
Whether the above Is throwing fig
ures galore" or not they are some of
the reasons why Jerry Simpson voted
and worked and now defends the late
law.
These savings to the people Chester
l. Long is opposing and as the govern
ment must have money and the only
way of obtaining the money is by tax
alton, then Mr.. Long is opposed to the
taxation of the wealty, the tax on
whiskey and the tax on playing cards
and would repeal these laws and vote
to increase the tax on the consumer by
increasing the tariff. The Cresset says
that 'Messrs Eldred & Hinman were
beat out of So 900 by the legislature of
1891 cutting the state bounty down to
three-fourths of cent a pound and
were compelled TO go out of business.
This is charge of fraud of some de-
scription and is another illustration of
the veEality of the Cresset. Who
would think that the great religious
weekly and the republican party
would be so bold as to charge that
Messrs. Eldred s. Human were beat
out of 100000, and then advise our
farmer friends as follows:
In order for the farmers to vote to their in
terests they must cast their ballots for Cnes-
ter Long and James w. DObson.
Did anyone eyer see or hear of such
supreme gall. But with the republi
can party ''home industry" Market"
etc, are sacred terms, and any attempt
to alleviate the burdens of the poor
must be squelched. But Chester /.
Long is making great record for him
self. Mr.. Long looks wise and says he
would vote so and so on the sugar ques-
ton, that the late congress violated
every known night, that they repudlat-
ed an implied, if not an absolute, con-
tract made with the sugar growers of
the country by the repeal of the 2 cent
bounty clause and that HE will do HIS
part to rectify that great wrong by
which the sugar growers are ''beat out
of thousands of dollars" Great guns
and little fishesl What an lmmacu-
late fellow. We invite the people to
turn to page sol of thu Kansas State
Senate Journal of 1891 and read the
list of names of those voting for the
repeal of the cent bounty law, which
are as follows! Emery, Forney. Hank
ness, Hays, Howard, johnson, Kelly,
Kelly, King, Kirkpatrick, Locard,
LONG, Michem, Mohler, Norton, Roe,
Richter, Rush, Senior, Tucker, Wilson
and Wheeler. The senate of 1891 of
which Long was member was repub-
lican and as Mr.. Long and his associ-
ates voted for the repeal, Mr.. Long GER
tainly did his share to destroy the
"home industry located at this place
and TO the extent of his vote, "beat
Messrs. Eldred & Hinman out of
$4,000" so all this monkey bust.
ness" about Chester L. Long voting for
the interest of the farmer is pure rot.
Was he paid for his vote, or did he
vote his sentiments?
The Cresset further states:
Every housewife knows how much sugar
| she got for $l00 in 'R and she knows how
| much she gets now and also how much scare
| err the dollars are. The average school boy
can tell the difference between Ii and 20 If the
! editors of the INDEX can not.
Now we have taken some pains to
Investigate the above charge and we
present the following figures on granu-
lated sugar at Philadelphia.
Comparison of prices from the date of the
operation of the Mex inley law to the the pres
| ent time under both measures.
THE wholesale price Of granulated refined
sugar compared for the month OF September
for the last four years!
Sept. l. Sept. 10. Oct /
| lS9l ............4 lilo 81 -.
| 1872 ....5 1916 ......
| 1898 ..........59s bas ......
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