Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
AS THE FARMER SEES IT
REASONS WHY HE BELIEVES IN
AND TRUSTS REPUBLICANS.
They Have lever Deceived No B@-
trayed HE Interests aud Have A.
gressiveiy Favored Legislation Tor
His Benefit.

f4d'h id llDlidl NAibDdi6h 'ANlhN'
the fact that the farmer yote muso
be reckoned with ana catered to, and
all parties gut forth their best arSG-
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-
fcent results TO be attained by voting
for free silver, but this WAS not so;
the farmer might be deceived VIXEN
away from home, but at his W 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 owe of
freedom IL was said that the farmer
might be stampeded, 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.
Char VIII Not Answer.
In the present campaign no new or
striking issue Is presented. The Dem
ocrats arraign the Republican party,
vilify 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 % apparent. A
general calamity howl is no argu-
ment, and to secure the farmer vote
1t Is necessary to present more than
chaff.
One term OF a Democratic presi-
dent, two years only of absolute DEM
ocratic administration. was sufficient
to practically paralyze business
throughout the nation, deprived the work
er of the chance to earn an honest
living, depress values and prices and
make us the laughing stock and sub
5ect of ridicule of the nations Of the
world.
Mckinley was elected, a Republi-
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 op-
portunity OF becoming a creditable
part OF the greatest nation on earth.
The stability of the currency has beer
assured by the action of the Repub-
hcan 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 a 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 reci-
procity bill, on account of the reduc-
tion OF the tariff on raw sugar. came
largely from a m~isconception of what
the result would be. Instead of re-
tarding production and lowering the
price OF sugar beets. the pposit has
been the result, and the production
has been stimulated and profits IN.
creased.
Benefits Of Protection,
The policy OF protection which
tt'ttopc the INDUSTRIES or
our country, cardinal with the Rebub- |
hcan party. Is Necessary to the pros.
perity OF the farmer. A tariff on
agricultural products map not increase
the price II the demand does NOT
equal the supply, but a tariff which
protects American labor and home in
onstries insures work at high q
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-
nvery system. First suggested by
tne editor OF a leading farm paper,
himself a Republican, the idea was re-
ported upon and recommended bv a
Republican postmaster general. adopt-
and enlarged upon by the Repub-
party, appropriation made by a
hepublican congress for an invesfjou-