River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-29


the fact that the farmer" vote must be
reckoned with and catered to, and all
parties put forth their best arguments
when addressing the farmer Away from
the madding crowd, untrammeled by the
Drejudices and false cries Of the pOlltl-
cian 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 Of the benefcent re-
suits 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 freside, with plenty of
time to weigh the question, he decided
for the gold standard, AND THE DEM
OCRATIC PARTY AND ITS CANDI-
DATES ON THE NATIONAL TICK
EFT NOW SAY THAT THE FARMER
DECIDED RIGHT. In 1900 the cry
was imperialism, and with his love of
freedom it was said that the farmer
might be stampeded, but again he allow
ed comm0n-s sense and calm consideration
10 decide the question:, and, seeing no
danger Of militariSm or overthrow Of the
established government 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 Will Not Answer.
In the present campaign no new or
striking issue is presented. The Demo
Gratis arraign the Republican party, Willy
HI oil mo
gcncraIities, but defniteness is lacking,
and what would be gained by the cleo
sion Of a Democratic President is not APP
parent. A general calamity howp' is
nO argument, and to secure the farmer
vote it is necessary to present more than
chaff.
One term Of a Democratic President,
two years only Of absolute Democratic
administration, was sufficient to prac-
ideally paralyze business throughout the
nation. deprive the worker of the chance
10 earn an honest living, depress values
and prices and make us the laughing
stock and subject Of ridicule of the ma
lions of the world.
Mckinley was elected a Republican
Congress enacted a consistent protective
tariff industry was revived, factories
started, unemployed given work at the
highest wages ever known, consumption
stimulated, values restored, Spain defeat
ed Cuba freed, order established IN the
Philippine Islands and the people given
civil liberty in it's fullest sense and the
opportunity of becoming credltable part
of the greatest nation on earth. The sta
biIity of the currency has been assured
by the action Of the Republican admin
istration; the public debt reduced and
interest charges lowered; laws passed
ahat will bring the arid lands under Gull
aviation, and that too, without tax or
cost to any person except the one di-
rectly benefited by the purchase of the
land from the government.
The securing of the route for an 18TH
milan canal, the construction of which is
now assured, is browning triumph for
q Republican President and the party,
and no one class will receive a greater
benefit from the connection of the All
Iantic and Pacific by this great waterway
than will the farmer.
The opposition to the Cuban reel
procity bill, on account Of the reduction
of the tariff on raw sugar, came largely
from Il miscOnception of what the result
would be. Instead of retarding produc-
ton and lowering the price of sugar
bcets, the opposite has been the result
and the production has been stimulated
and profits increased.
Benefits of Projections.
The policy of protection which guards
and develops the industries of our coun-
try, cardinal with the Republican party
IS necessary to the prosperity of the
farmer A tariff on agricultural products
may not increase the price if the de
mand does not equal the supply, but
tariff which protects American labor and
home Industries insures work at high
wages, plenty of money and increased
consumption, insuring high prices for
farm products.
The farmer is indebted to the Repub-
iican party for the rural free delivery
system. First suggested by the editor
of a leading farm paper, himself a Re
publican, the idea was reported upon and
recommended by a Republican Postmas-
ter General, adopted and enlarged upon
by the Republican party, appropriation
made by a Republican Congress for an
investigation and trial of the proposed
system. \ Democratic Postmaster Gen
eral, supported by a Democratic Presi-
dent, refused to eXpend the apprOpria
lions and reported not only adversely to
the system, but that the scheme was
3mpracticable. Not until the RepuDH-
cans were again in full power was the
system given a fair trial, and its entire
practicability, as we'll as the great benefit
so be derived by the rural population
fully demonstrated. From q $4,000 APP
preparation for the trial of the system
1t has grown to an appropriation of over
S20,000,000 under the friendly encour-
agement and aggressive business policy
of Republican administrations. No other
one thing could have been of such great
benefit to the farmer; it has placed him
In daily communication with the world,
and from the seclusion of farm life he
energies and becomes a part and parcel
of this great nation and is not only able
to read of the doings throughout the
world, but the facilities afforded for
frequent and prompt communication en-
able him to take part in its affairs. The
farmer is now recognized as a big, broad
minded business man, and the discovery
as due to the rural free delivery system,
established and fostered by the Repub-
lican party.
The Republican party has always been
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