Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-09-15

L ask brief attention. 1t IS the effort
to place capital on an equal footing
with. if not above, labor, in the struc-
tUre of government No
men living are mere worthy to be
trusted than those who toll up from
poverty; none less inclined to take or
touch aught which they have not hon
estly earned. Let them beware OF sur
rendering Z political power which they
already possess. and which. if surren-
dered, will surely be used to close the
door Of advancement against such as
| they, and to fir new disabilities and
burdens upon them till all of liberty
shall be lost
The warning is even more needed
now than it was forty years ago The
| Army and Navy Journal is already
justifying the colonial idea, and de-
claring that fate has decTeed for US
| destiny in which an imperial execu-
| tive, free from the restraints of
written constitution. viii govern sub
| jects according 10 his own pleasure
| The Investors Review. published at
! Boston, in its issue of July IS. says:
Only blind person can fail to see
! that remarkable transformations of
| one kind or another are in store for
| the race; hence the folly of asserting
| that the policy OF this country, which
/ is destined to play such leading part
! be governed for the most part by pOlit-
! zeal E1axims uttered more than a hun
! dred years ago. The greatest evil
! which now confrOnts this republic is
! the clamor raised by certain faction
| for a settlement of our problems Of
| state by just such q method as We have
been deprecating. Considerably more
than a century ago a certain notable
! declaration was made in this country
! % no 10 oil oh fn hEa
| free and independent. This is merely
a generalization of the French school
| Of VOltaire and the encyclopedias. 1t
is a dictum absolutely lacking founda-
ton in history and incapable OF syllo-
! CYSTIC justification. 1t was. however.
| a handy phrase for US to employ when
asserting our right to break away from
the mother country; it suited the ex-
igencies of our situation in 1176 ad-
| miTably. though in itself but bit OF
| Sublimated demagogism. The declar-
| alton was a serviceable means to the
| Ell that was at that time desired To
bring forward this declaration in this
/ year, 1900, in connection with our
treatment of the Filipinos and the Gu
bans, is as gross an absUrdity as ever
was practiced. To do SO Is to offer an
insult to the intelligence of the people
who first subscribed to the declaration
in question"
But why quote from newspapers as
to what may be done hereafter in the
presence of a law already enacted
which makes subjects out of Porto
Ricans, withdraws from them the
guarantees of the constitution and as
serts the power of the president and
congress to govern them without their
consent and tax them without repre-
sentation-a power as unlimited and
tyrannical as was ever asserted OF ex-
ercised by any ruler in all the history
of the human race. This doctrine has
not yet been approved By the people;
it furnishes the supreme question OF
the present campaign. In the pres
ence of these perils the laboring man
has a responsibility commensurate
with his opportunity. Without 4 large
percentage of the laboring vote no par
ty can win an election in the United
States. The men who work for wages
can, by throwing their votes on the
one side or the other, determine the
policy of this country. They need not
march in parades: they need not
adorn themselves With the insignia of
any party, but on election day their
silent ballots can shape the destiny of
this nation, and either bring the gov
eminent back TO it's ancient land
marks or turn 1t into the pathway fol-
lowed by the empires Of the old world.
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Dairying in South Australia is re-
ported to be in precarious condition
owing to the prevalence of drouth, es-
pecially in the regions around the
North and South Wales boundary line
Some Of the country has been reduced
to a veritable desert, as there has been
little rain for two years. Water exists
only in the streams in boys and thou
sands of cattle have become begged
trying to reach the water
After generation of use, the silo is
today more popular than ever. True,
there are even today comparatively
few silos, but in the regions where the
largest numbers have existed in the
past, the most are being built today
This is hopeful sign. The fact is the
Eilo is not always a success. 1t must
be properly handled to give good re-
suits. There have been failures and
these failures have discouraged some
farmers. But the successes have beer
so many, that, in the minds of the
most progressive dairymen, the value
of the dairy is 10 longer a problem.
Investigations show that many Of
cur farmers that produce milk fail to
realize the value they should from the
skim milk. The writer has been in
creameries where the farmers had Sc
little use for the skim milk that the
creamery manager was glad to get rio
of it to the citizens of the neighbor-
ing village at one cent per gallon. This
was a good thing for the citizens, but
, 1T showed q great lack on the part OF
, the men that had produced the milk
We have no doubt that many of the
farmers that produced that milk and
didn't want the skim milk were feed
ing their poultry on a grain ration thS
, year round.
; As relates to oleomargarine, the
skies in Pennsylvania are clearing A
new Dairy and Food Commissioner has
! been appointed and he has taken hold
of the work with will. Already more
than geo suits are being prepared fol
and will be pushed as soon as the
grand jury meets, which is in Septem
Der. Most of these suits are against
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