The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-21


Wheat. according to the same author.
prices: 1888. SIS; 1894. al: isS. 500: is9&.
.2s: 1887. sos: ISIS, So; 1889. 5S.i. showing
q higher average during the last three
years than during the four precedinE-tno
fourth year ~ not complete. but wheat
u now above the average.
According n the same authority ccttoo
| planters received the following prices:
isss. 69: 1894. 40: 1896, 7.59: 1896. sc: 1897.
SO: 1855. 4.55: 1899. rs. howing . higher
cieveiand's administration than during
the three years Of Mr.. Mckinley's admin
tration-the fourth year Is not yet CONF
plete. but cotton IL now above the aver
age price.
Advance In Merchandise.
When. however. the farmer attempts
| to use his income In the purchase Of the
nccessaries OF life he finds that the trusts
have raised prices. He must pay more
ware. stoves and agricultural implements.
More also for oil. sugar. clothing, furni-
ture. etc, and In addition to these drains
upon his income he must meet an increase
Let the parent calculate how long Il
will take a farmer 70 become independent
under present conditions: let him con.
trast the lot Of the farmer with the lot
| of the man who profits by governmental
Iayoritism and grows rich py .ne eSpivne-
strumentality OF monopoly. and tnen
let him answer the question: is the
l NOuDk man. AD-AlOIIs i mas h"o
farmers son, or the farmer himself. any
lican party?.
bers and Importance come the wage earn
ers. What Is the trust doing TO Increase
the wages. shorten the hours. improve
the condition.. or protect the rights or
the iaboring mann Is his present prospect
an inviting one? IL he. receiving q iair
share Of the proceeds q his toiis Ana ssa -
the working man has q ful dinner
pail / ask. in the FIRST place. whether
a fun dinner pail Is all ina, a ia taoor,ns
Garner TO say that his thoughts are en-
tirely centered upon his physical wants.
that the iaboring man Is all stomach
They act upon the theory that he conn
plains only when he is hungry. and -
happy whenever his hunger Is appeaseo.
The Full Dinner Pail.
IN a hull dinner pail were the only
had plenty to eat. II would still be neces-
saIy Tor the republican party to snow
icies and the iahoring mans food supply.
II pountiful crops come to the farmer ne
does not thank a republican administra-
ton. If a famine abroad raises the price
OF farm products here the farmer does
not thank the republican party for bring
ing the famine. If an unexpected and an
gives any respite from financial strin-
gency. can the republican party claim
credit? The question Is not whether
the laboring man Is able to exist under
present conditions. but whether he Is en-
joying his share Of the blessings OF the
country. and the protection OF the gov
with the trust magnate. and see which
fares the best at the kerds of the re-
publican party. Inquire also whether
But even IL every laboring man was
could be traced to republican, legislation.
still the laboring man is a citiEen. ana
must look at political questions from the
10 barter away future security; he cam
not AFFORD to sleep while his industrial
Independence Is being destroyed. Neither
can he be enticed into an imperiaiistic
tran. no matter how well the trap may
be baited with food.
During the last campaign laboring men
were threatened with idleness by en-
ployers who desired TO coerce them into
the support of the republican ticket
Many OF them were tod not 70 fe.urn nu 20
cessfui at the polls. After the election
some OF these employers closed down their
shops and others reduced wages. II adj
vances rave been made in any branch Of
Industry since 1895 remember that some
advance was necessary to compensate ior
the reductions which occurred after the
last election"
At this point Mr.. Bryan touched
upon the coeycive methods employed
by republicans in 1896. showing also
the oppressive tendencies OF all mo-
nopolies. He mentioned also the dis
examinations of railroads n favor oil
capital.
of Militarism.
lis your son safe when a large military
establishment Is being bcjlt up to pro-
svct syndicates organized to develop dis
tant lands? When Mr.. Mckinley was in
augurated there were only 5000 soldiers
IN the regular army. In December. isss
standing army be increased to 10000 men
A republican house of representatives
p nsaS tb to S DO his aon Sid afss4 t RasS treaty Z 0s q
peace was signed and before hosulfties
! broke out In Manila. Why did we need
! issued by the Philippine Lumber 4 De.
ve.opment company will explain. The
! company has an office in the Merchants
/ Loan q Trust building. 15 Adams street
atlons are pending for timber rights. and
some valuable timber rights have already
are rapidly approaching completion. NJ
I other company can compete with his ons
: in getting a first foothold I'm the islands
: and for several years at least this com
pany will be ahead of all competitors.
Ii also quotes from an article In thu
: American Lumberman In which appear,
E countries. the labor problem Is easily
A solved by the Chinese labor: which 4
2 | plentiful ana falfiy GOou- Inc capitaI
I ist may zee an advantage In milttarisu
and Imperialism. but where Is the labor
: ing mans share7 He will furnish SOM
for the army and will help to pay thu
expenses OF war. but he has no part Oh
4 the profits. AS some one has expressed
IL. his lot IL to Die for the dividends ol
Q Dives
"is your son safe when the doctrine o
equality before the Law IS repudiated. ant
G when the arguments which nave ever beeI
used In support OF kingcraft are called In z
: Justify taxation without representation. ant
$ Government without the consent OF tn
: governed? Many have given their supper
I e an imperialistic policy without full
: realizing what Imperialism means. Mr.
. Gompers. president of the Federation o
I: Labor. in his report made to the organixa
ton last December, warns the laborinl
I man to beware of the dangers Of imperial
= ism and says: But beneath II all there y
d the purpose OF those who have lost faith u
s the principles OF our republic, those VIII
: have no confidence in or reliance upon IN
3 honor, honesty and stability OF our peopl
n and our form OF government and who ain
. to erect n throne of despotism upon IN,
tomb OF freedom. whose initiatory step !
: a large standing army. and who. witt
: militarism rampant, hope to crush out tn
Q memory of. ard the aspiration for, tru'