Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-03-22
SINGLE COPY FIVE GENTS
NUMBER 80

cent OF Che necessary rHlne 70 hALss1t - -
ing crop was on hand, at price oi loal = = =
cents per pound.
Now. what is the farmer a-going 70 90 ane1s
Il with duty on too Of such high pricesf Aeas
il the object Of this letter. Do everything yoe
can to get the binding twine on the fes 49,
do not think that there Is anything ne
would appreciate more than Just this one sf.,e-s
being on the free list. The farmer certsanly h-s
enough load to carry on the imposed hign Efass
prices on almost all everyday articles of neees
sity. a,,,.e
,gcTession IN l country where re got cut twins
has caused the shortness Of the present supply
consequently high prices on binding twine.
Our government ought to encourage its Psozse7
instead Of demoralizing their existence ano -
come The farmers must work hard before 80
is unat.red at the same time standing r1sks Ah1
chances to lose all by hail, storm, Cyclones =
sects, etc. and consequently its shame 2
him for saving his crop. the foundation Of pros
perity in land :, ~
Now, / have just written this 70 you = -
possibly do something Tor 10 ss1.an -
duty on binding twine, please DO %, ana yel - -
tainlv viii earn the praises Of every farmer n ls
limited states Sir have the honor 70 De youts
respectfully, LOUIS
I submit TO all who read these letters
that that is an unanswerable argument
in favor of free binding tWine ana aiS0
a rather hard knock against our new
tangled and senseless policy OF impe-
rialism.
ssBenevoIent sufocatien.0
s.Render unto Caesar the things which
are Casars,D "Give the devil his due
and kindred sayings are familiar 70 fne
ears of men. The Washington FosI
and / differ as to many things-indeea
nearly ali things politicaI-but when
that great goldbug, high tariff Journal
makes an invention or discovery ID
technical terminoIogy'' it Is emitted
To the praise. the unstinted praise, Of
all who wrestle with our congiomerate
and exceedingly live, not to say nvesy,
language. The Post has achieved the
distinction of evolving from its inner
consciousness a new phrase, a striking
phrase. a phrase that fits like glove,
q phrase which win probably survive
the Republican party, a phrase willen
ex proprio vigore viii go to every place
where our yernacular is spoken Il y
benevolent suffocation grows out
of our amazing conduct toward Porto
Rico, or Puerto Rico if you please, and
fills a long felt want. 1t is q ut COM
panion piece to criminal aggression
and benevolent assimilation" take
of nv hat to The Post for making
this timely and appropriate and bril-
liant contribution to our political liter
ature
Fleeing From the wrath to Come.
1t is said that. even after Noah had
built the ark and it had been raining
two or three days out of the predes-
I tined 10. certain antediluvians-the Re-
publicans of that day-sceffed at No
abs invitation to repent and remarked:
"Go ). Noah! 1t isn't much Of show
er after ALL" Everybody knows what
happened to them. They were the
Paynes, Dalzells, Cannons, Dollivers,
| Steeies, Grosven0rs and Tawneys or
that damp season.
But in all times there have been
those who had sense enough to go n
out of the rain. to tasse shelter from az
Impending Storm Ny good perstss
friend, Hon. George ". Faris Of Terre
Haute, Ind. is one Of these. Faris Is a
rampant Republican. splendid, hand
SOME StHIelustus dud Welt Will Liz
majority on the Porto Riean bill. But
Faris is one of the wise men who keep
their fingers on the public pulse and
their ears to the ground TO note the
movements of men. Faris is not going
to stand for reelection. Faris has
sense enough to fee from the wrath to
come. Three times hand running Far
is has carried close district By the
skin of his teeth. He knows enough
not to buck against fate. So Faris
goes back voluntarily to his law busi-
ness. which, | hope. viii prosper. Many
of his Republican brethren viii follow
him involuntarily in s.the melancholy
days of November"