Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-29


building material, and of manufactur
ing material, and of purchased labor.
The democratic party invariably |
and always makes it's appeal to the |
voter from the standpoint of the con-
sumner. 1t never tells the laborer that |
it is all important that he have good
wages, but it continually tells him
that it is all important that he have
cheap living expenses. 1t never tells
the farmer that the price of farm pro-
ducts is a matter of Importance, or
worthy of his consideration. but it
continually tells him that the price OF
nails and of barbed wire and of win
dow glass and of kerosene oil and car
pet tacks are OF great moment. The
democratic party has always and does
now insist that the consumer is inn
posed upon whever anything can be
obtained anywhere cheaper than in the
market in which he buys. on the
contrary, the republican party tells the
producer that his interests are being
neglected whenever it is possible to
secure a better market for the things
Re has to sell. than the market in
which he sells. The democratic
party always insists that it is unim-
portant who produces that which we
consume, providing it is cheap. The
republican party insists that it is rela
lively of no Importance what price we
pay providing the price when paid
passes into the hands of one WHO will
in turn be consumer of our pro-
ducts. The republican party believes.
in the principle so APPLY stated by ABB
raham Lincoln: If l understand this
thipg, said Mr.. Lincoln. when we buy
a ton of steel rails abroad. we get the
rails and the foreigner gets the mon
ey: but when we buy Il ton of steel
rails produced at home we get both
the rails and the money. Applying
this. the republican party has always
sought to protect the American pro-
Queer
But the opposition insists that the
American producer when thus pro-
tected takes advantage thereof. and
oyercharges the American consumer
1t urees-aiid with a show, Of reason
let me admit-that the American con-
sumner is sometimes compelled to pay
the American producer more than is
asked for the same article in foreign
countries 1t indicts the protectice
| principle as vicious and freighted with
! ravoritism. and il seeks a conviction
| upon proof that some American arti-
| cles are sold cheaper abroad than at
home. / am willing to concede the
4 fact. though / do rot concede the con-
| clusion. The number of articles sold
abroad cheaper than at home is, how
! ever. very small and relatively uniin-
| portant But be thew few or many, L
! do not personally object. And why
| not object? / will eyplain. we ac-
! tuaIly buv in this country. notwith-
| standing the tariff. MANY foreign ar
ticles cheaper than they are sold at the
door of the producer. German. French
! and Holland sugar. that sells at 1s
| cents per mound retail, to the very men
| who grow the beets from which the
sugar is made. is sold in this country
at lNe cents per pound after paying
co,,entors Of 5.,,st ons. . ~, Pc ,amnallea av-
| avn da,, in tba ,,lan6a, 1,a.,, 10 nd
| vance Goods and imnose nanaitias nor
| REPRESENTATIVE tba fact that thav are
| oninrel ~ The nrice actuaIIv mid nv
/ the innorter The law rea,lires goods
| to he entered at the repular whoIesaIe
,,,.,i,t ,S,.iSa IN +ha oc,,,,tr,- f,,a,,,
,rbanSa ,,,,rnrtad pu+ casas a,,i.e ev-
I erv day where mercbanfise is sold
| for exno,.t Ia The limited states below
| market mice and then the nenalty is
/ ;I,sistnd mon ana cnllacta,l ,,otritt
4 standing the GOOD faith Of lthe ironort-
er The Gern,an French and JoIIand
/ beet rrowers are hetter states,,,an than
/ some of ON. denoocratic orators Tnev
4 vsjIlinalv consent to nav ten cents per
nouiId for The small amount of surar.
! they consume If nv so doina the pro-
/ ,ilct of The beets tbey grow can he
| placed upon the American table. Per-
isonaIly viii nav any reasonable price
for barbed wire and for agricultural
timplernents. providing the wheat from
/ nv field. the beef from nv pasture and
the dairy product from my herd shall
/ feed the American artisan While he
produces wire to fence the fields of
South America, South Africa, Canada
and Russia, and the machinery to plant
and harvest the same.
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