The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-08-26
A Simple Case Of Now and Ihen.

weeks ago patted itself on the bacl
and declared that as a Republican
pa Ger it was the only real thing il
the Illinois metropolis. OF cours,
there was the Tribune, founded b,
Joseih Medill, and there was th,
Chronicle, owned by John X
Walsh, but they did not belong 70
the pure and undefiled class of par
lty newspapers. During the old
Medill days the Tribune showed In
dependence Of party on some ques-
tions-particularly the tariff
though Loyalty supporting Republi-
can candidates. And as for the
Chronicle, well, ever since it was
launched on the journalistic sea il
has had pain in its insides whicd
has affected It's temper. So long as
things didn't 90 to suit it in the
Democratic party it claimed to be a
democratic newspaper. And then
when matters were arranged some
what after the fashion il had been
lcontending for it suddenly discov
cred that il want d TO compete with
the Inter Ocean as a John jacob
Townsend, name e-blown-in-the bot
tie Republican organ.
But even newspaper Of tie In
ter Ocean stripe-aOs so vche nent
in it, assertions of IL osganistic re-
.cprd --ha lucid spells occasionally.
Wn'le they lat something is likely
TO he said which may be worth
while. Even the most hide bound
Republican newspapers occasionally
acknowledge the way the protective
tariff plumbers the people for the
benefit of tie protected trusts.
Now that the election approaches
and the Republican platform and
President Roosevelt have both de.
clared that protection must be ad-
hered to, the organs grind out the
same tunes.
The Inter Ocean is perhaps the
most intensely partisan and truly
lcYal of all the Republican organs,
yet in September oil last year il evi
dently felt that the Republican par
ty must be stayei 10 the wayward
course OF protecting the few at the
expense OF the many or disaster
would be inevitable The editorial
referred to shows that the boasting
of President Roosevelt about our
prosperity under Republican poll
cies Is only for part Of the people
and that the m jority are getting
worse of through the increased cost
OF living. The Democrats have so
often proved these facts that il is an
old tale and one thought by many
to be exaggerated for partisan pur-
poses. But here comes the bitter,
biting blast from this organ Of pro-
lection which in a sane moment
tells the truth when il says:
Yet it may be doubted if one
half the heads Of American families
are in asflvorable position as they
were in 1897. The third party
the majority who are neither capi-
talists nor able to fortify themselves
behind labor union walls-is today
giving more proportionately than in
1897, while getting only the same.
When capitalists combine to raise
prices, reduce expenses, or antici-
pate profits it is this third party
hat pays the higher prices, stands
stands the reductions of expenses I
and converts the anticipated profits
nto real ones"
Ii is we'll to ponder on that and
,cn,ider whence it came, to thor
,ughly understand the admission Of
he enormity Of the crime that the :
republicans have fastened on those
4 limited incomes and then further
onsider another paragraph from !
he same deliverance
"The plain Truth is that fully
ne half of the workers of the Unit
4 States-the men whose incomes
re from $500 to $4,000 a year, the !.
nen who are neither in trusts nor
ibor unions, have not been getting "
heir share of the national prosper : :
y. They are working for tn pros :
erity Of capital and organized la =
or, but no one is working for them.
nd under this burden they are
ecoming exhausted" : :
That is, the Inter Ocean says, !.
the plain truth" But the mem
no control the dominant party still = !,
lout "Let well enough alone, 4" ="
Stand at, Hands off " lhis
epublican organ thus admits two
Iings. One is that the Republican :
riff policy is unwise and Injurious,
I'd the other is that it is only by
ganization that working men have
'en able TO maintain themselves
4 Counteract To- some extent the
Just determinations imposed by !,
publican tariff laws Indiana
Ills Sentinel.
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