Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-08

be reckoned with and catered to, and
| all parties put forth their best argu-
ments when addressing the farmer.
Away from the madding crowd. un-
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 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
Try AND ITS 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 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.
ID --" Char Will 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 not apparent A
/ general calamity howl'' is no argu-
| ment, and to secure the farmer vote
! it 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, deprive the work
er of the chance to earn an honest
living, depress values and prices and
make us the laughing stock and sub
! ject of ridicule of the nations of the
world.
Mckinley was elected, a Republi-
can congress enacted 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 been
assured by the action Of the Repub-
lican 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-
| ton of the tariff on raw sugar. came
largely from 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.
! IhC POlSy VI plOlcClIOu 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 of leading farm paper,
himself Republican, the idea was re-
ported upon and recommended by a
Republican postmaster general, adopt
ed and enlarged upon by the Repub-
lican party, appropriation made by a
Republican congress for an investiga-