Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-20
4 APR0SP[R|IY POINTER. |
An Incident That illustrates the
Political Situation in West
ern statea
Farmers Quick to See the Differ.
encs In Times Now and
in 1896.
Strongest Speakers in Iowa Called
on to Aid in Other
state.
;pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republ blican.
Des Moines Oct. 20.-The political sdt-
uation in Iowa and also in Nebraska
may be well illustrated by an incident
which occurred the other day in a small
town in western Iowa. A prosperous
farmer went to an Implement dealer to
buy a buggy.
You sold George French, a neighbor
of mine, buggy four years ago. That's
about what want" said the farmer.
Yes. replied the dealer, and here It
is. That is worth $685.
.Sixty-five dollars! Why, you sold
French his buggy for $55, and it is just
exactly the same buggy. You don't
claim there's any difference, do you?
This is another piece Of the blanked
trus. business. This is just what they
said would happen us if Mckinley was
elected and the gold standard get up in
this country. These trust fellows get to-
gether and put up a job on US farmers.
Here YOU are trying to rob me of $40 for
nothing at ALL
Well now, I'll tell YOU what I'll do. =
said the dealer. "Ill sell you this bug
gy on just the same terms that sold
one to your neigh Dor. You bring me 800
bushels of corn-that t 9 what it took to
buy the buggy at $50 four years ago at
10 cents bushel-you just bring me $50
bushels of corn and you can have this
buggy and that Studebaker wagon over
there, which costs $6y, and that plow
that sells for $18. I'll give you $40 in
cash besides, and still I'll be 81 ahead of
YOU.
! The farmer saw the point and cheer
fully paid the price asked for the buggy.
He saw that he was getting $110 more
for his produce than he did four years
ago and gave back only SO Of 1t to the
lworkingman and the manufactures who
made the buggy. Corn in western Iowa
and Nebraska four years ago Was gen
orally worth only Toto u centsa a bushel.
The average for the entire state of Iowa
was only IA cents. and over nearly all of
Nebraska it was 10 cents. Now corn is
worth 80 cents and old corn is worth 36
Ito SO cents. The farmers take stock in
tthe republican theory that they owe
these good prices very largely to the
protective tariff and the sound financial
tsystem Of the United States. They see
THAT when the manufa curing Industries
are all busy there is a good demand for
their produce, and they also welcome an
aexpanding market a broad and in the
new possessions. They are unaltera bly,
/ opposed to taking any chances on
tchanging these conditions.
4 Relying upon the ability of the farm
Iers to see what is to their best interest,
1.-THE republican managers regard Iowa as
ientirely safe for anywhere from 1000
Ito 100000 majority this year. AL those
who have returned from Nebra ska say
THAT the same conditions prevail there
land they feel sure that Mckinley will
carry the state. Chairman Weaver OF the
Republican state committee is endeavor-
ling to make the rest of the campaign as
Ilieyly8as as possible with the limited means
lat his command, go that the voters will
mot forget that there is an election this
q year. That is always the chief danger
a lin Iowa. Six or seven hundred speeches
are being delivered in the state every
lday and will be until the night before
Z election, altho the campaign work is
confined almost entirely to Iowa speak.
ers.
y
j, [by situation this fall which I believe
/ lie unparalleled in presidential elections
lin Iowa. said a. F.. Dawson, manages
!, of the speakers bureau of the republi;
& can state committee. For the last weel
or ten days of the ca mpaign an unusu
ally large number Of our stronges
Z speakers will be outside of the state
y Aside from the members of congress
,iwho will be speaking in their respectiy,
t districts practically all of our speaker
! OF national reputation. with one or tw,
) Slexceptiona will devote the closing day!
: Iof this campaign in the close state
! laround us.
THE generosity Of Iowa to her neigh
: boring states which are less secure po
i llitically can better be understood whel
lit is pointed out that during the las
4 week or ten days Of the campaign a par
Tor all ofstlle time of the following cam
& lpaigners will be spent outside of Iowa
Senator w b. Allison, Senator ]. j
s Dolliver Speaker D. b. Henderson, Gov
s lernor L. NJ Shaw, Secretary OF Stat
: G. Il. Dobson, Sidney A. Foster, John n
J. Baldwin, B. I. Salinger, ]. U. Sammis
e 10. B. Courtright. Judge p. p. Seeds,
r q. Saunders, H. w. Byers, Spence
Smith. Capt E. R. Hutchins, Rev. P. n
Nystrom, w. B. Emerson. o. G. Moen
some of the congressman and a consider
e able number of other effective speaker
n who could be named. The national com
g nittee s thus stripping Iowa of speak
: Iers ard sends none to fill their places.
= I'm the face of this shortage Lam gla
k to say that the various county chairme
over the state are accepting the situa
ton gracefully and are drafting tn
county and district speakers tothe ful1es
q possible extent in arranging meetings I
8 appropriately close the campaign. Mos
u of the chairmen take the same view q
the matter that Iowans generally holt
that this state with her commanding pc
|sition at the head of the republican col
: umn can well afford to be magnanimou
: to her 'erring sisters who are not 4
q firm in the faith, and that she is glad I
contribute so heavily toward the ger
eral success Of the party thruout the Nc
2 tion'
The coming week will be a very bus
one in the Iowa campaign. Senator Do
Liver and Governor Shaw will be speak
ins twice day nearly every day. Go,
n ernor Shaw's dates are Oct. %, Sydne,
u afternoon. Glenwood, evening; Oct. 2
Logan; Oct. =, Columbus Junction: oc