Warren sheaf., 1901-08-01
Ole Olson on the Tariff Issue.

IRON lShOnSlu, VnaC MS MANN nu,
Mister Bebkock, dat's it, dat's it
Veil, What ju, tank OF him aniha."
"Ole," says Pete, sole, ju mien dat
TELLER dat hjept Mark Hanna an de
Repooblikansk parti in generate tn
elekt a mayorltet fer Kongressen, an
dus tn prevent da durn. Demikrets
from doin somtin da no noting
about, eh?" h |
"Jes," says Ole, "Jes Pete, dat's
him evry teim. NJ 1 tank him a
purity smart Teller, all rite, all rite !
| see some ov desc papers around de
contri,' continues Ole philosophiz-
ing, ':da is callin dat man all kins ov
namns an not remember hur many
letters an speetches he sent os citi-
sens ov de United States ov Ameri-
ca. Pete, ju no, an no, dat vi vud-
dent bin it nu vi dat gentleman had
not run our campanyer,"
"Sertenli," says Pete, "Han nu what's
de troble vid dat man aniva. eh? Ole,
lu an mi, vi bin gud Repooblikans SO
long as vi bin, naturalisert, and l
suppose if de Repooblikansk parti
only will be as gud as it been, vi skall
bi gud Repooblikans. But still, Ole,
| believe dat man, dat Teller Bedrock
is a makta good man. He sees de
tlngs necessary fer de farmers as veil
as Ter de rich man. NJ What du da
kick on him so fer, Ole? Kan du ex-
plain, ell?
Ole Olson, assuming a stern look,
and conscious OF his Importance, be-
gan:
"Pete, you rimernber Cleveland all
rite" ...:"
''Hm, hm.'
':De teim when dat man from New
York vas President vas makta hard
days. ON vi kud loan monee fer so
per cent vi vas makta lucky chumps.
Veil, but de result vas vi vent not
often tn bank but stopt home and
an vorkt and svet. In '96, ANYWAY,
ju rimember vi simply tell de dele
gates to nominate William Mack
kinley, and vi vud elekt him all rite,
Ee done. vi done. An den vi tell
Mack kinley we want proteksion, vi
want more factories, vi want not so
many hoongri stomacks, vi want to
buy Sims fer our baretut chilrun, vi
want less tremps about around de
contri, vi tell him vi want to do NOR
tings fer oursels, an not by 'em from
England Or from Yermany or from
ami odder king. vi tell him, tn, ju
rimember, dat vi vud pay 60 cent fer
a fork vi use to pay so cent fer on de
kondishion, naturally, aniha, dat vi
all get some more dollars in our in
sid pocket-farmers, an mechanics,
all all-dan We have when Cleveland
vas president. So dat speekin' make
Mister Mckinley tankin all rite, an
he says on 4th ov March, 1897, he
saos: 'Jur want column makes me
tank ov en- Mack Kinley bill vi past
past back in 80 I tank dat will fix
ju out al rite. tell ju What will do
vid ju. [ call Kongress in unextra-
ordinary session an tell 'em What
want 'em to do fer ju. An den [ tell
dat gentleman from Maine, his namn
is Nelson Dingley, to work oop pro-
teksion tariff dat will suit our contri
to IT, Dat's What Mack Kinley
says, and he done it too. Yus 126
days an we have de Dingley dill a
law. Dat was purity good, wasn't t it,
eh?"
'Vell, l dunno" says Pete, "dat's
de way de Repooblikans allays du
business, aniha."
"But, says Ole, ':but dat amt de
reeson fer dem nokking Bebkock,
lemme tell iu. Vid de help ov de
Dingley law, Nelson Dingley ov
Maine, our industrier, .kommers,
manufactur, vol CROWN an all de
rest, has crowd so mutch- dat no
contri on cart beat us. Particularly
is dis de case in de irun an tin indust-
trier. In fakt, vi need de Dingley
law in all odder case Whatsoever.
But in the iron and tin industrier
Bedrock tanks an tank so tn, dat
it has served it's purpose. Ju see, vi
sell artikels in dis lein fer less monte
in anodder contri dan vi du here at
home. Our pitchforks vi make cheep-