The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-10-06
AS THE FARMER SEESIT
REASONS WHY HE BELIEVES IN
AND TRUSTS REPUBLICANS.
They Have Never Deceived Nor Be
trayed His Interests aud Have Ag-
gressively Favored Legislation for
His Benefit.

all DaTIloS put IOEtu CuclK UcSL "a u
ments when addressing the farmer.
Away from the madding crowd. I'M
trammeled by the prejudice and false
cries of the politician, the farmer
calmly reads and thinks, and thinks
and reads, and decides the question
with a discerning Judgment that leads
to a decision which is honest and
right
In 1896 it was generally feared
that the farmer would be deceived by
the great promises made or the bene-
ficent results to be attained by voting
for free silver, but this was not so;
the farmer might be deceived when
away from home, but at his own fire
side, with plenty Of time to weigh the
question, he decided for the gold stand
ard, AND THE DEMOCRATIC PAR
TY AND IT'S CANDIDATES ON
THE NATIONAL TICKET NOW
SAY THAT THE FARMER DE-
CIDED RIGHT. In 1900 the cry
was Imperialism, and with his love Of
freedom it was said that the farmer
might be stsmpeded, but again he al
lowed common sense and calm cOnsid-
Grafton to decide the question, and,
seeing no danger of militarism or
overthrow of the established govern
ment by the new order of things,
forced upon Us by the war with Spain,
the farmer again cast his ballot for
the Republican ticket, and time has
proved that his judgment was good
and his decision right.
Chaff VIII Not Answer.
In the present campaign no new or
striking issue is presented. The Dem
ocrats arraign the Republican party,
Willy the president and hold forth
glittering generalities, but definite
ness Is lacking, and what would be
gained by the election of a Demo
cratic president is not apparent. A
general calamity how'll is no argu-
ment, and to secure the farmer vote
1t is necessary to present more than
chaff.
One term Of Democratic presi-
dent, two years only of absolute Dem
ocratic administration, was sufficient
to practically paralyZe business
throughoutthe nation, deprive the work
er Of the chance to earn an honest
living, ~depress values and prices and
make us the laughing stock and sub
feet of ridicule of the nations of the
world
Mckinley was elected, a Republic
can congress enacted a consistent pro-
tective tariff, industry was revived,
factories started, unemployed given
work at the highest wages ever known,
consumption stimulated, values re-
stored, Spain defeated, Cuba freed,
order established in the Philippine
Islands and the people given civil
liberty in its fullest sense and the OPP
portunity Of becoming a creditable
part Of the greatest nation on earth.
The stability of the currency has been
assured by the action Of the Repub-
lfcan administration; the public debt
reduced and interest charges lowered;
laws passed that will bring the arid
lands under cultivation, and that,
too, without tax or cost to any per-
son except the one directly benefited
by the purchase of the land from the
government.
The securing Of the route for an
isthmian canal, the construction of
which is now assured. is a crowning
triumph for Republican president
and the party, and no one class will
receive a greater benefit from the
connection Of the Atlantic and Pacific
by this great waterway than will the
farmer.
The opposition to the Cuban reel.
procity bill, on account Of the reduc-
ton Of the tariff on raw sugar. came
largely from a misconception of what
the result would be. Instead of re-
tarding production and lowering the
price of sugar beets, the opposite has
been the result, and the production
has been stimulated and profits In
creased.
Benefits of Protection.
The policy of protection which
guards and develops the industries of
our country, cardinal with the Repub-
lican party. is necessary to the pros
perity Of the farmer A tariff on
agricultural products may not increase
the price If the demand does not
equal the supply, but a tariff which
protects American labor and home in
dustries insures work at high wages.
plenty of money and increased con-
sumption, insuring high prices for
farm products.
The farmer is indebted to the Re-
publican party for the rural free de-
livery system. First suggested by
the editor ct leading farm paper,
himself Republican. the idea was re-
ported upon and recommended by
Republican postmaster general, adopt
ed and enlarged upon by the Repub-
lican party, appropriation made by a
Republican congress for an investiga-
ton and trial of the proposed system.
A Democratic postmaster general,
supported by Democratic president,
refused to expend the appropriations
and reported not only adversely to the
system, but that the scheme was i'm.
practicable. Not until the Republi.
CANS were again in full power was
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