The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-27
WHY NE FtOppED.

and ably stated in his talk Of Sep
tenber r to his fellow citizens at
Bradford. Some Of the reasons
which prompted the flop from the
Democratic to the Republican ranks
are worthy of the most extended
publicity. Let Congressman sibley
Fspeak for himself. -.a9'".1 ! +
You charge me with changed
opinions. This is true. Each day
of life differs from any day pre-
Feeeding. The man who stands still
or Rarks back to the dead past will
be left in the rear. r. 2. @.'... -.
| "New occasions make new duties;
Time makes ancient good uncouth.
They must onward still and upward
Who would keep abreast of truth"
u You Charge me with being flop
per. = Yes, I guess that is SO. If a
topper may properly be J defined as
one who did not know it. all yester-
day, is wiser today and aims for
progress tomorrow, then I am a
topper, ,ss,.,,,..s ......:-.
If a topper is one who finds a
position. of yesterday untenab1e to-.
day, and positively wrong tomorrow,
who seeks to leave the nntenable
position, the occupation Of which
would = stultify his, intelligence,
dwarf his conscience and work an
injury to his fellows, then you may
define meas a Hopper. s.Y.:
:: If looking at the present and
trusting for a grander future, rather
than facing$ backwards to. fan the
the smou1dering embers of the past,
constitutes a Hopper, please enu-
merate me as such.
| y. Whenever I see men who have
been working for one dollar a
day, able to earn two dollars; when
the man who earned two dollars can
have the opportunity to earn three,
| 1oWM flop as often as it may be nee
.essary to, help that condition for
that man to continue.
When from 1898 to 1896 At per
cent of the wage earners of this
country were unemployed or work
ing on short hours, and today only
rhree-eights of one per cent. of the
wage earners are unemployed, I
will flop, to help keep those men
employed whenever and wherever
it is dema nded,
When under a Free-Trade Tariff
bill we. saw our nation largely inn
porting its manufactured necessities,
and when under this administration
we are manufacturing not only for
ourselves, but are supplying the
other. nations with. the products
fabricated by American hands in
American workshops, you can make
a fair: guess that I will flop to help
the cause along, -
Last year we sent from our Ameri,
can workshops to foreign nations
| $3.50, 900, 900 worth of manl: factur'
ed products: this year $432, 900, ,ooc
and, with the assured certainty thai
with the present policy maintained
these exports will within six years
reach more than 81, 900, 900, 900 an
nually,:- thereby requiring double
the. workshops of the present anc
affording double the present opper
tunity for honest labor and homes
capital to meet with substantial re
i compense, Twill flop, and flop unit
I can be right side up in line with
that policy.
When pound of wool bring
the farmer from II to IS up to s.
cents to-day, and when mis- sheep
that, were only salable at a dolla
per head in 1896, are worth to-da,
Ethreeto four dollars per head,
will flop whenever it is required 70
me to do SO to help maintain tina
condition for the wool. grower
When I find that in 1896 we in
ported 23o, 900, ,ooopounds of foreig
; wool; in 1897, 321, 1,ooo,o 900 pound
of wool; while in the year 1899 W
imported but 76, 900, 900 pounds I