Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
FALSE REASONING.

The Cresset of last week wishes l.
convey the idea that we have been COZ
tending that The new tariff law IS th.
panacea for all the existing evils
Among other things the CreSset saws
Since the tariff reformers came into power
this government has issued $50, OO0, 900 in
bonds. Before six months Mr.. Carlisle will
have TO insue $500O0O0O more The receipts
all along the line-cvcn since the German
Brice monstrosity has become a law-are in
sufficient and IL is not unreasonable to esti
mate that there will be q shortage of $50 OOO-
900 annually or 500, 600 600 for the democratic
four years. Can the voter be deceived b,
such estimates as apper in the INDEX? II,
knows that the government debt has increase
S5OO 600 and that any government or indi
vidual that spends more than its or his in
come must go to the wall
Our readers will remember that all
we have been claiming is that the pre-
sent tariff law with all its German
BrIce inIquitieS, is a better measure
for the people at large than the Nc
kinney law. While we always knew
that the Cresset is a cOrker on the tar
III, we had never suspected the that il
had sunk so deeply into the hopeless
pits of insanity as to charge that the
recent bond issue and the one threaten
ing us in the near future, was all on
account of the tariff There are none
so blind as those who will not see."
Anyone with the mere semblance of
intelligence can rsadiIy see at a MON
ent's glance that the bond issue is di
rectly tracable to our nefarious finan
cial system and the tariff is truly an
insignificant factor. But if it were a
factor, it would be all the stronger
evidence OF the menace of the McKln
lev law to the people aud nation, since
the bond issue was made when the
Mckinley robbery was in force. When
The unbiased man reads the above FROM
the Cresset lie can give il no weight a.
1t contains no reasoning, is void OF.
fairness and IS only vain presump
tion attributed to the wrong cause
Every one knows that it was the de
monetization of silver, and not the
tariff, that led 10 the issuing of inter
est bearing bonds.
The Cresset goes into a yeritable
midnight hallucination because We
said that Long voted to reduce the
state bounty on sugar, and like Long
admits that he did but says he was
compelled to DO SO by pOpulist house
How about the good senator's that vot
AL against H. fHbaN. ~. g.
VOrabie to the bounty system and had
the courage to practice what the
preached. Actions speak loude
than words" We know OF his actions.
we don't care for words But the Ores
set seems worried as to our position Oh
this bounty system. IL says: "Thei
after cOndmnlng Mr.. Long tor votlnL
for repeal, TIE INDEX cIlIenIsJ W
DObSon for favOrlng a bounty. W,
cannot see how this position can be ex
planned at ALL"
For the benefit OF the Cresset. W.
will explain" once more. We are op
posed to the bounty spStem and believ,
il to be a detriment TO the people a
large; but we don't believe a man ha
any right To parade himself as tn,
champion of cause when he has 10
cord 70 show him To be ON the contrary
side. la other words, he should be eli
ther for or against and not play tn,
lodging act. He should have the sam
opinion whether in Medicine Lodge o
elsewhere. The Cresset wishes TO leav
the impression that all the farmers o
the county are benefited by the boun
ty system because 1t produces mark
ct for cane and winds up by saying tina
the farmers OF Barber county are no
taxed TO build up the mill, that thi
money is raised in another part of tn
state. The Barber county farmer pay
ms share of the tax, and hence we sa,
again that the farmers of this count.
are fostering monopoly and receiv
no return, taken as class, while th
trusts are made stronger and bette
enabled TO plumber the people.
We wish To remind the Cresset agar
that sugar is cheaper now than it wa
year ago and that the duty on refined
sugar is less than it was under TIT
Mckinley law.