The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-08-08
The Farmers. Interests.

friend on business matters, that the
American people liked to be humbugged.
He followed that idea through life and
accumulated an enormous fortune. III
he were living at the present time he
certainly would be more than ever con-
sinced of the correctness OF his iudg
ment
The issue in the campaign four years
ago was the tariff. The democratic party
canvassed this country very thoroughly,
claiming that protection, represented at
that time by the Mckinley law, WINS the
essence OF class legislation, was entirely
to the interest OF few privileged manu-
facturers against the common people, es-
pecially the farmer, that IT was uncon-
stitutional. etc. II the people would give
them the power they would change all
thus and bring back prosperity by
change to a principle OF tariff for revenue
only. That free trade would open the
markets OF the world TO the producer
and that we would enter into and at least
be on equal terms throughout the world
with England, besides removing that in
famous principle, class Legislation. 1t was
a beautiful theory on paper, far more al
Turing in fact through the arguments
laid down by powerful press and the
mAtchless eloquebce of democratic ora
tors. than the present free silver fallacy.
The people accepted their promises and
turned the government, president and
congress, over to them. They enacted
the so-called Wilson bill, or tariff for
revenue only, aimed at the absolute
destruction OF the protective tariff
theory, its author emphatically stating
that il was but the first step toward
free trade, which would be adopted as
soon as the expenses OF the government
could be reduced sufficiently, notably
the pension appropriations, which it was
supposed would become much less in
few years through death and the arbi-
trary rulings of democratic officials.
The Wilson bill has not been in opera
tion three years yet. 1t was the writer's
fortune to be one OF party of four or
five on n railroad train recently. One of
that party was middle aged farmer
from Sumner county, Kansas. from whose
dress and appearance one would judge
he was not over prosperous Two OF the
others were travelling men or drummers.
The farmer was rampant for Bryan aid
Watson, free silver, free trade, free every
thing. He was loaded for bear, and was
ready to let every body know it and why
One OF the drummers began to ques-
tion him, first about free trade and then
about the present silver issue, and asked
him squarely the question il he thought
free silver would make him prosperous.
He knew il would. Then the drummer
spoke to him in substance as follows: Il
do lot often talk politics even on the
road. l find it is better TO keep silent
because / am in business selling goods
and find il does me harm to express an
opinion regarding these matters among
strangers. represent the l.. A. Budlong
Pickle and Canning Factory, of Chicago,
Ill. They employ about four hundred
people at present. We put up and han
die all kinds OF canned goods, fruits, veg
etables, everything in that line. Every
thing that the farmers of this country
raise with the exception of some kinds of
grain. We are supplying understand ex-
clusively the jobbing trade or wholesaler
in car load lots. II you had been with
me in Denver, yesterday, / could have
taken you to business houses, one nota-
bly, Wolfe Londoner's, probably the most
complete grocery house in the city, upon
whose shelves were stacks upon stacks
OF canned goods, corn, peas, tomatoes,
beans, pumpkins, fruits of all kinds, ev
erything that is raised in fact by the far
mers OF this country, with the brands of
England, France and Germany upon
them; imported goods. Go with me to
any city in the United States, and / will
show you the same thing. They come
here by the ship load. / travel over the
states of Illinois, Michigan, Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska regularly, and in
every town make l find agents of Liv-
erpool house; importers selling the same
line of goods that do at prices that sim