The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-30

one OF the national drill grounds. boil
of which Col! Pearre has in hand, an,
j. his own personal interest in it, hi,
) high ability, his commanding and at
/ tractive influence will certainly, fee
sure, secure them for Garrett county
/ Beside this, Col. Pearre is the friend
! of the laboriug man, of the old sol
diers and the soldiers of the Spanish
war. He will help to pass laws to
govern the acts of the trusts, and if
, the tariff does need reform. he is a
safe and efficient man to deal with
any of its numerous features which
are legion. The Democratic party
advocate the removal of tariff from
all trust goods, but that would be
practical free trade, for nearly every
commodity is already or soon will be
in the hands of trusts. Some of them
| believe, are detrimental to the in
terest of single or small concerns, but
a benefit to the country generally.
Whilst the majority are injurious to
all alike except their own members,
aud should be suppressed, or their
acts controlled. President Roosevelt
proposes to adjust the matter, and
necessarily must be backed by rea-
sonable majority of Republicans in
Congress, and you my Democratic
friends, whose business has been fos-
tered and built up under the protect
i've tariff the last six wears, weigh the
facts in every feature before you cast
even your votes for Mr.. Kenneweg.
With firm belief that every Republi-
can and many Democrats will vote
for Col. Pearre, am
Yours truly,
5. E. FLOWERS, SIR.
Mt. Lake Park, Oct Gath, 1902.
After writing the above letter,
find a supplement to the Garrett
Journal, the Congressional record of
Col. Pearre. Now gentlemen you who
read the Journal will probably re-
member the eulogies on Col. Pearre's
efforts to secure favors for Garrett
county by the establishment of the
U. s. fish hatchery and the army drill
ground in the county, printed in the
Journal at different times. But in
the supplement of the 23rd inst, the
J0117ldt seems to be looking through
its political glasses, which have so
jumbled and mystified the record of
Col. Pearre in Congress that it would
be about as plain to the wild man of
Hank Hunky Mink as to the majority
of well Informed readers. What do
the majority of the people know
about the bills Mr.. Pearre presented,
favored and voted for or against?
Nothing, absolutely nothing. In the
Journal item, "a word with the
Farmer" it says a farmers wife has
to pay double the price for sewing
machine here that it would bring in
Canada, Mexico or Europe, that when
they buy salt they pay tribute to the
salt trust, the same to the sugar trust.
Gentlemen, farmers, do you remem-
Der that you paid duty on your sugar
under the Wilson tariff. Why? Be
cause the great Havemeyer sugar
trust demanded its retentio on sugar.
But the two per cent. bounty that a
Republican administrationhad placed
on your maple sugar was removed.
That was retrenchment to balance
the account of the duty on imported
sugar, quite favor for the compli-
mentary vote you gave to Mr.. Cleye-
land.
The Journal asks why living was
cheaper in 1897 than since. The ans
wer is plain, because under the Wilson
tariff, idleness prevailed, people had
nothing to buy with, farmers and
others with anything to sell must take
what they could get and what the
people could pay. Garrett county is
underlaid with coal of good quality.
Many OF you desire to sell your min
eral rights, some have already, and
under the present prosperity many
more soon will will sell. What will
bring disappointment? Your past ex-
perience, ought to be satisfactory
answer. Electa Democratic Congress
and Garrett county coal land will
soon be on a par with the mountain
goat pastures. Gentlemen, this is no
exaggeration, but positive truth. To-
cal conditions play but small part
in the enhancement of values of your
property, you feel the effect but the
agency producing it can only be fonnd
in that complicated roll, protective
tariff, the REVISION of which is safer
and more sure to preserve prosperity,
fair prices and plenty, if done by a
Republican Congress than if done by
the Democrats.
| again leave the matter with YOU.
and | entertain no fears that you will
be deluded by the supplements con-
tents. Yours,