Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

and publish it not in Askelon! 1t costs less in
America to produce certain classes Of articles
than in foreign countries. For instance, the
average cost of pair of shoes in America is
az cents; in Germany, IS cents. Cheap labor
or cheap machinery: which? What about COM
petng with the pauper labor of Europe? What
of good wages under protection? Is the Amer
lean operator worth more than the European?
Still another fact hobs up to confound the
Dineleyites, and that is American goods are
sold TO Europeans at lower prices than to home
customers. Whoopce! "America for Ameri-
cans!' citizen of Denver lived abroad in
Munich, for some years. Recently he returned
to Denver He published i'll the Denver Post
a statement showing the difference in price of
American goods in Munich and in Denver A
table steel set cost S.; in Denver, near $50;
same brand. Cheap goods for the hated fer
egner and dear goods for the dearly beloved
Americanl All in the name of "patriotism and
protection" So far, no one of the working
classes have been protected except the wheat
farmer, and Providence protected him by sail
ing in with famine on his brothers in the old
world Providence does not seem to be caring
for the New England operators, the cotton
grower of the South or the hog raiser of the
West, and if Providence don't care, who does?
Governor Pingree (Rep. }, of Michigan To-
dav all the trusts and monopoies which are
bleeding the country have taken refuge under
the wing of the Republican party, because they
fear the Democratic party, which have kicked
them out. In my state, the railroads, which
have never paid their just share of the taxes,
have been the faithful ally of the Republican
party. l have had something to do with the
effort OF the people of Michigan to get ead-
iustmeut of railroad taxation and rates, and
every railroad attorney and doctor, every little
country newspaper editor who has a pass,
every politician who hopes for financial favors
to elect him. is out of breath crying, "Pin'
gree is not Republican. They CRY this be-
cause was elected OH the Republican tieket by
a majority of sc, 900, and they do not want me
reelected. King Doodle cries 81 am the party
and there is none besides me-"
JUDGING from the tone of the Chicago Record
editorials the 'birds of ill-omen" are roostng
high in the "Sucker" state. The Record
seems to think that the Tanner administration
is iackal administration Just think OF the
state of Lincoln, Grant, Logan and Dick Yates
having for governor man who slew one OF
his fellow men under circumstances that lndl-
Gated murder! Think OF a man who hid in the
wilds of Missouri, who is uneducated and unrc-
fined, standing in the shoes of old Dick Ogesby!
Verify, Altgeld, with all his faults, was the
embodiment of grandeur beside Tanner. Tan
ner and his henchnen are "birds of ill-omen'
that Pincree tells us of. A great feast for the
buzzard has been spread by King Doodle, but it
is the fresh blood and quivering flesh OF grand
men, pure women and innocent CHI ildren.
THE Monetary Conference again met at In
dianapolis, Jan. 25th, and proceeded to lay
plans for regulating and putting the finances of
the country on 'sound" basis. Hugh H.
Hanna, Marks brother, presided at the meet
ing. About 400 delegates were present.