Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27

crease In The prosperity ~ workin.men.
not merely by an increase In the daily
wage. but by q further Increase In the
purchasing power Of wages. Men Who tell
US that the price Of farm products have
fallen and that the farmer for that reason
Is a sufferer forget that while the price
of wages has risen on the farm the ef-
deiency of labor has INCREASED so that The
cost Of pr od1ction has beeH reduced through
the aid Of machinery. while the wages
OF the individual lkborer may have rissn-
While wages remain at their present rate
I hope fher~ --i!l be { further and further
continuance or decrease in the cost or Nv
Ing. There Is no way in which | can be
admitted TO a snare in Gods bounty ex-
csrt through a fall in the prices OF the
nfcessaries Of life. While we have "A ex-
istence
a System of Mutual C~o-Operation.
which is but another name for civilized so-
ciety, all are admitted 10 a share in every
bounty which providence showers upon the
earth. The dweiier in the tenement, stoop-
ing over his bench. who never sees a neid
OF waving corn. who has never Inhaled the
perfume Of grasses and OF flowers. IL yet
made the participator In all the bounfies or
providence. In the purifying influences or
the atmosphere. in the ripening rays or
the sun when the product or the soil Is
nade cheaper 10 him every day By the
abundance OF the harvest. tApplause1 IL
IL from his share In this bounty that the
Populist wants 10 exclude the American
workingman. To lin we say In the name
of humanity. In the name of progress. you
shall neither press a crown OF thorns upon
the brow Of labor nor press s scourge upon
his back. tAppiause-j You shall not ROD
him OF study. OF progress In tie skill OF
his craft. and yor shall not obscure the
golaA. prospects Of a further improvement
In his condition by a further cheapening OF
the cost OF living as wei as by a further
Dissertation OF the dollar which Is paid TO
him. applause
The man who raises his hand against the
progress OF the workingman raises his hand
against prosperity. He seeks 20 restrict the
volume OF production. he seeks 10 degrade
Che condition OF the man who is steadiiy
Improving himself and in his own improve
ment Is accomplishing the Improvement OF
all mankind. but this attempt viii fall
DO not regret this campaign. The time
has come when the people Of this country
viii show their capacity for self-soyeru-
ment. They will prove that the men who
have led the world in the pathway OF
progress will be jealous guardians OF I'D
erty and Of order. They are not TO be Sc
duced by appeals 10 their cupidity or
moved by threats OF inquiry. They viii
forever guard and jealousy guard and trim
the lamp of enlightenment and progress
They viii ever relentlessly press and crush
under their heels the flaming torch or Popu-
list dissent. Popuiist agitation and Popuiisf
destruction. When this tide OF agitation
shall have recedei this assault upon com
mon honesty and upon industry shall have
been abated forever. the foundations OF
this republic will remain undisturbed. This
government ~iIi still shelter a 3eopie In
dissojubly welded 70 liberty aud order, jeal-
ously fortiidin- any distinction OF burden
or of privilege. conserving property. main
tanning morality. resting forever upon the
broad basis of American patriotism and
American Intelligence.