The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-10-06
AS THE FARMER SEES|T
REASONS WHY HE BELIEVES IN
AND TRUSTS REPUBLICANS.
They Lave Never Deceived Nor Fee
trayed His Interests ;.ui ii;.vs y :
gressively Favored Legislation lu-'
His Benefit.

the fact that the farmer" vote must
be reckoned with and catered to. and
all parties put forth their best augu-
mcnts when addressing the farmer.
Away from the madding crowd. UNI
trammeled by the prejudice and false
cries Of the politician, the farmer
calmly reads and thinks, and thinks
and reads, and decides Ii 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 orsthe 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 ITS CANDIDATES ON
THE NATIONAL TICKET NOW
SAY THAT THE FARMER DE
LIN nlO1l1. LII 1OVO iAG Slf
was Imperialism, and with his love Of
freedom it was said that the farmer
might be stampeded, but again he al
lowed common ems 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 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
throughoutthe nation, deprived the work
er Of the chance to earn an honest
living, depress values and prices and
make us the laughing stock and SUBJ
ject 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 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-
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-
o except the one directly benefited
by the purchase Of the land from the
government.
The securing of the route for an
1sthmian canal, the construction of
which Is now assured, is a browning
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 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
mas been stimulated and profits in.
creased.
Benefits of Protection.
The policy Of protection which
guards and develops the Industries of
u country, cardinal with the Repub-
l1can 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 nv
the editor of a leading farm paper.
himself a Republican, the idea was re-
ported upon and recommended by a
Republican postmaster general, adopt-
ed and enlarged upon by the Repub-
llcan party, appropriation made by n
Republican congress for an inyestiga.
ton and trial Of the proposed system.
A Democratic postmaster general.
supported by a Democratic president,
refused to expend the appropriations
n reported not only adversely to thc
system, but that the scheme was i'm.
practicable. Not until the Republi.