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


care of his soldiers and the officers espe-
cially have enough to eat. was out to
Fort Logan yesterday, and have four mil
itary posts that l visit at times. Go to
any of them and you will find not an ar
ticle in the canned goods line, and they
use lots of them, that does not bear for
eign brand. Uncle Sam is very patriotic
under democratic administration, He
pays no duties of course and patronizes
foreign markets almost exclusively. We
all of us remember how solicitous the
democratic party was four years ago
about a market for the farmer
While this conversation was going on
the other drummer left the car, but re-
turned in few minutes with a sample
case IN his hands. Opening it he took
out a package and spreading it out upon
the farmers knees, showed it to be a sam
pie case of fine knives and cutlery, and
said: There is n case of fine pocket
knives and within it is one hundred and
twenty styles. Ten of them bear the
American brand and one hundred and
ten the German brand. l have other
cases OF goods in our line OF hardware,
queensware and glass. All OF them bear
about the same proportion. We furnish
those grades cheaper than they can be
manufactured in this country. The same
thing exists in all lines, especially wool
ems. All the best grades can be manu-
fac ssured with the cheap labor OF Europe
at less cost than we can do it here
As they rose TO go the first speaker
held out his hand to the farmer, and in
effect said: "My friend. you are in favor
of free trade. free silver, free everything,
and expect il will bring you prosperity.
1t will never do so. This country is the
finest market in the world. Its people
eat more and better food, dress better,
have better homes, with more and better
carpets upon the floor more OF them ride
in carriages, have more and better
schools; have more OF everything in fact
that makes life desirable, than any other
people in the world. Europe has been
watching us with hungry eyes for gem
GRAFTON. We have taken few top rails
from of the off the fence and tie demo-
cratic party openly declare they expect to
remove the rest as soon as it is possible
TO do so. Mr.. Bryan is rampant free
trader, always has been. With the house
/ represent it is right now a serious
question whether we can maintain our
selves and compete with Liverpool and
pauper labor. We have had to cut down
our labor to about the last notch they
will stand without starvation. My salary
is cut from 1890 last year to $1,000 this
year, and we may have to close up entire
tuih hcaiiy ioui peopic
into the streets IN idleness, myself among
them. have always been democrat,
and voted for Grover Cleveland, but /
cannot stand free silver with free trade.
The two together will bankrupt this
country in two years, My father is an
old German, and he went through the
free silver period there before coming to
this country. He says it will bankrupt
this country and believe he is right.
The democrats fooled us once on the
theory of free trade and now come with
another theory. Let us go back to the
old principle which has been tried and
proved success. Rebuild the old fence
aud let them understand that we do not
want their products unless they pay well
for the privilege of selling them. That
will again start up every manufacturing
institution in this country, give employ
ment to labor, and home market for
your products, paid for in gold il you
want IT.