The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-10-07

wards the moon would reach 10000 miles
beyond that luminary, they were, by
pooling their traffic tariffs, con6scating
the farmers products, without a corres-
ponding benefit to the public or the gov
eminent in the payment Of taxes, which
were not 1.-THE of what the farmers OF
the land had to pay for the support Of the
government. The west and south has
been drained OF its wealth by iniquitous
tariff legislation in favor OF eastern man.
ufacturers, while the money supply is
contracted SO that our people cannot pay
the enhanced cost of clothing and other
manufactured supplies. Col. Lewis said
that he differed on the floor of the house
with some OF his party friends. but his
conscience revolted at the insolent agrees
sions of the money power in congress
and he had raised his voice in denunci.
alton of their influence on the floor OF
congress.
He again referred to the claim that
prosperity had come amongst us, and ex-
pressing himself as being of great hope
and wish that such was true, neverthe-
less showed how unfair was the claim.
Said he "who shall say a man is prosper
Gus because by waiting ten years in des.
peration and want, he has through the
plaques visited by providence upon dis
tsnt lands across the sea been enabled to
pay off the mortgage which, like q para.
site, had been feeding on his life's well
fare? What natural right was there in
any set OF men or government to force
that man to mortgage himself; why
should he be called blessed because OF an
accidental opportunity to get the first
legitimate returns for his labor. Is it true
that for so long the poor man has been
denied natural right that now upon it's
first appearance he has forgotten that it
was always his right and blesses it as a
miracle? Who here will say that a man
is in prosperity who, when he no sooner
happens to obtain first return for his
toll, is forced to pay it out to get his
home and honor out of bondage? Who
forced him into this last ten years of i'm.
poverishment and bondage, why man
and his misdirected government. Who
now is in the slightest rescuing him :?
God, in his mysterious mercy. Then
upon what claim can any political party
make OF credit or advantage. Behold
where the farmers are to a small degree
benefited, the toier in the town is crush
ed beneath low wages and high prices
for his necessities. So, too, the farmer
no sooner obtains his return for his earn
ings and products until it is snstched
from him by the aggregate monopoly con-
trolling bis necessaries under the name
of "trusts"-see how these corporate ag-
gregations were voted by this last special
congress. Millions as a'giit in return for
election contributions.
The sugar trust-this gigantic COM
bine who controls the price of sugar Civ
en- as lump premium to the sum of -
millions in one week by legislation and
tax put upon the consumer of sugar
which goes to this law favored set Of
men OF twelve million annually and ten
million more as bounty-seventy million
in cash. To the farmer for the "protec-
ton" or encouragement of beet sugar not
one cent. To the farmer as bounty for
his wheat and oats like the beet sugar
bounty bil-beat completely. No relief
for the farmer-only increased taxation.
The boot and shoe trust given on the
price Of shoes two and half million
The lumber trust four million. To the
coal trust four and half million, and as q
crowning infamy one hundred and TWEEN
ty.five million dollars given to the manu-
facturers Of wooden clothes called pro-
lection to the farmer'-when all the sheep
in the United States is estimated at only
the sum of ninety million dollars. The
manufacturer draws down 40 a rebate all
the tariff he pays, puts it back into his
pocket, then charges it again to every
person who buys clothes. thus defrauding
the government, cheating the farmer and
making fortune OF millions out of the
poor, taxed individuals OF the land. Yet
he is held up as being vested with a
blessing of prosperity. Lot him wait just
long enough to realize the nfamy secret
ly and silently perpetrated upon him and
he and his generation will arise and drive
from the face OF the earth his despoilers
and destroyers.
Behold how by law the railroads are
permitted to rob him. They are given
all the land that is his by God given law.
endowed with a domain OF homes and
farms exceeding in area all the Is colo
| MES which your fathers taught to free
from George III. These roads besides
making countless millions from the mort
gazing of these lands to foreign syndi-
Gates and selling them TO outside corpo-
rations, have capitalized themselves for
eleven billion dollars.
In the meantime, the farmers, by their
toll, grew products to such q quantity,
taking the figures OF Prof. Tiffany, that i,
would take cars in a continuous train
/ from New York TO San Francisco suffici.
ent to cover 5219 tracks. Their live stock
and swine would have covered both sides
of FIVE aud hall Of these tracks. This
product of toll and labor had to be ship