The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-09-29
AS THE FARMER SEES
ReASONS WHY HE BELIEVES ~
AND TRUSTS REPUeLiCANs.
They Have Never Deceived Nor Be.
trayed His Interests and Have Ar
grsssively Favored Liquidation for
HE Benefit.


rsckoned with and catered to. and al
parties put forth their best argument,
when addressing the farmer. Away from
the madding crowd. untrammeled by the
prejndices and false cries of the poiti
clan, the farmer calmly reads and thinks
and thinks and reads. and decides the
question with a discerning judgment tina,
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 Preside. with plenty of
time to weigh the question. he decided
for the gold standard, AND THE DEM
OCRATIC PARTY AND IT'S 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 common sense and calm consideration
to decide the question. and, seeing no
danger Of militarism or overthrow Of the
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.
Chaf Will Not Answer.
In the present campaign no new or
striking issue is presented. The Demo
Gratis arraign the Republican party, Willy
the President and hold forth glittering
generalties, but dehniteness 10 lacking,
and what would be gained by the cleo
eion Of Democratic President Is not APP
parent. A general calamity howl" is
no argument, and to secure the farmer
vote it is necessary to present more than
chat.
One term Of a Democratic President,
two years only of absolute Democratic
administration, was sufficient to prac-
tically paralyze business throughout the
nation, deprive the worker of the chance
to earn an honest living, depress values
and prices and make us the laughing
stock and subject Of ridicule OF the ma
Uons 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
Cd, Cuba freed. order established IN the
Philippine Islands and the people given
civil liberty in its fullest sense and the
opportunity of becoming a creditabls part
Of the greatest nation on earth. The sta
eility of the currency has been assured
b. the action of the Republican admin
6stration; the public debt reduced and
Interest charges lowered; laws passed
chat will bring the arid lands under cul-
eivAtion, and that, too, without tax or
cost to any person except the one d.
eectly benefited by the purchase Of the
hand from the government
The securing of the route for an 18TH
G1an canal, the construction Of which is
sew assured, is q GROWING triumph for
Q Republican President and the party,
and no one class will receive q greater
benefit from the connection Of the At
santic and Pacific by this great waterway
than will the farmer.
The opposition to the Cuban reci-
orocity bill, on account Of the reduction
Of the tariff on raw sugar, came largely
from q misconception of what the result
would be. Instead Of rstarding produc-
eion and lowering the price of sugar
bsets, the opposite has been the result,
and the production has been stimulated
and profits increased.
Benefits Of Protection.
The policy Of protection which guards
and develops the industries of our coun-
Try. cardinal with the Republican party,
b necessary 70 the prosperity Of the
farmer. A tariff on agricultural products
may not increase the price II the de-
mand does not equal the supply, but a
tariff which protects American labor and
home industries insures work at high
wages, plenty Of money and increased
consumption, ,nsuring high prices for
farm products.
The farmer is indebted to the Repub-
Gcan party for the rural free delivery
system. First suggested by the editor
OF 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. A Democratic Postmaster Gen
eral, supported by Democratic Presi-
dons and reported not only adversely to
che system, but that the scheme was
tmpracticable. Not until the Republ-
cans were again in full power was the
system given fair trial, and its entire
oractcabilty, as well as the great benefit
% be derived by the rural population.
fully demonstrated From $4,000 an
preparation for the trial of the system
Z mas grown to an appropriation of over
<ZO,OOO.OOO 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
n daily communication with the world.
and from the seclusion of farm life ne
smerges and becomes a part and parcel
q this great nation and is not only able
o 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
GARNER II now recognized as a big, broad
minded business man, and the discovery
y due to the rural free delivery system
established and fostered by the Repub
eean party.
The Republican party has always been