The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-29

Truths.
vo have in this good land of ours GER
,,;n pcople known as confidence men,
.'L, have done considerable posing in
' "I agricultural communities. The farm
'' j. but little in town who lives Il
~''.,ouarativcly isolated life. whose trad
E * confined TO the sale of his own
."r1Jucts and the purchase of supplies
w. his own needs: and who. having hon-
ostlv fulfilled his own engagements. nat
,,~,raily believes other people TO he hon
~ is very apt to rely on n plausible
,,L. told him 10y Il graceful. bold and
,'~iib-toncued stranger. Vendors of pat
-nt hay forks. lightning rods. and gold
tricks have been most successful in our
,nr,l districts where there is little trade
and the daily paper is least read. but
tbn Tribune always has, n always
viii. so far as possible. give its readers
air warning against these gentry.
There is now a new class of farmers
friend, who are pcrambulatiny the coun-
try and seeking personal gain from the
fsrmcr. not by the gold brick but by the
Silver dollar scheme. Out OF love and
sadness to the sturdy cultivators of tho
SI these bold gents exhibit the silver
I,Iar as an object lesson. and promise
the honest farmer. that if he will give.
mot his written contract nor his prom
i>>ory note payable in bank. but will
rive to the chief of these wanderers and
his friends the control of his own future
and Of the destiny of this great nation.
tie value of his farm and all of its in
rreaSc snail he doubled.
Now we advise the farmer not TO be
Aoluded by these silvery promises. The
value of the wheat. and corn. and beef,
and pork. which the farmer has to sell
arucnlS upon the markets of Europe and
cannot in any way be changed or altered
bv these new tangled confidence men,
and no one knows it better than the con-
fioncc man himself. He proposes to al
low any owner of Il silver mine TO Jake
an ounce or Il million of ounces of silver
10 the mint and have every 30 cents
worth of it marked a dollar. and asks
the farmer to believe that when ne gets
two Of these irrcdecmable coins he will
be richer than when he gets an honest
cold dollar. Dc not trust these men;
they are trying to swindle you. They
have deceived YOU before. and if you
take their advice they will do it again.
-Four years ago some of these same
lmcnI told you how You were being i'm
poycrished by Republican tariff lcgisla-
lion, and promised that if you would put
th"m in power you would have good
times. You would all ride in better car
riagcS. be better clad and fed. and live
Ike lords. You took them at their word.
YoU helped thcm eject just such a Presi-
dent and Congress as they wanted.
They came into power in March. 1893,
aud for two years have had complete
coatrol OF all of the legislation and adj
m.njstration Of the United States govern
Honj. and fixed up matters just to suit
themselves. and now they come arOund
again and tell you that You are worse off
than ever before, and ask yon 10 take a
nrW KIND of remedy for your ills. Have
You not had enough of their wares? Do
Jou desire again to invest in any of their
peculiar agricultural implements? Do you
want any more of their patent hay
forks, or gold or even silver bricks?
-Four years ago they promised us a
tariff which would contain such provis-
ions as would deprive m%onopolies and
trusts of protection. but over the objec-
tions of President Cleveland the baser
'1rt of the Democratic combination en-
acted a patchwork unsymmetrically
framed according to the dictation of
Senators German and Brice. the repre-
sentatives of the wealthiest trusts on the
continent. And here is the way they
projected the Western farmer; they put
Il tarlif of 40 cents Il pound on iron ore,
~ or 10 per cent. On iron, H. cent on
every pound of rice raised on the South
err plantation, and took awaY all of the
tariff on wool, leaving the Northern
tanner unprotected on this. n of his
most important products. We refer to
ms as a well-known instance showing
now mnch regard these gentlemen have
Tor Your interests. Do you want to trust
such friends again?
One Of the greatest and most powerful
combines III the world is the sugar trust
with its capital of S7J.0 900. but the
enemies of President Cleveland. after
IIlt1tF 4 f1tjt n Of IN tnt. can't IN hInNNn
sugar, put an extra protective tariff OF
"A''lGlth of / per cent. on all rellcd
sugar, the effect of which was to give to
'i' great liavemyer sugar trust Il ON
pir'r monopoly of the refining of sugar.
"LQ IS sand To have increased the value
=, It's capital in the sum OF NS,Upo.WH',
We are not aware that these gentlemen
"a anything of Il like character for the
A~"FtA"rh farmer. ON the contrary, oW-
iS To their rev iSion of the tariff.
,t'F rut down and diminished all OF
IA Protection that the farmer then had.
Inc Tribune told you in lS1i that YOU
"u'Ii hc deceived and injured ana we
%>N y"l as sensible men if or prcdlc-
,oi.N hhv" not come true: Have You
i,ad enough of the patent medicine OF
i'''d TO You by these bold strangers or
wv iul want another dose:
AAd now the tariff having been al
.rr,d md changed and business democrat
~ factories shut down ANA Norkln'n
VII. 81 'naalnl ment and the niiion SEX
E.i diseased ilnauciaIly Il me-" remedy
>|&"c>tco. l.rNan and ms a~socl;itrN
l''I,'>' :" cure all our ills nud mas" Us
T''t'ry IF cabin" % cents Il dollar ana
,HH ADVISE Nou 10 relicv" yours Ives OF
"""' I"ti" dcht YOU may Indtvld'lilE
P"itctiiN owe by swindIin& your CON
Jung creditors ON of on'iall OF their
N' w" trust You will taxi" or Wafi-
mS W" verify believe that the farmers
Indiana. although in the honesty Of
T"r near. they may be deceived. VIII
mays Indignantly drive from their
.'iFS every man who asks them 10 save
"l'in money by rrpu1ialilIg their hon
oihSations and will add their mum
Kin TO the majority that will make Me
naIny President and save themselves
or ln' nag OF orr country from diSiion-
" ana disgrace.-Sonth Bend Tribune.
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