The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-02
A LEBANON FARMER
Replies to Republican Begging Letter
for Campaign Funds

ringhaus' begging letters for a
contribution to help the Republic.
ans carry Missouri on purpose"
this year. Mr.. Luthy made the
70 lowing reply:
LEBANON, Mo, Oct. 20, 1906.
Hon. 7. X. NiedrinRhaus, Chair.
man Republican state Com.
mittee:
My Dear Sir: am in recaipt of
your letter in which you say: We
are trying to carry Missouri on
purpose this timc-wOn't you
help?' | also received the remit.
lance blank. Your letter also in
forms me that the Republican
party has given the business man
good returns on his investments, to
the laboring man fair remuneration
for his work, aud has given you
aud yours happiness and pros
perity." Then you make the pa
thctic appeal, eau You afford to
allow the party and your own in
terests to be endangered for want
Of few dolIars?"
| have always hated an migrate,
and If eau be shown wherein the
Republican party has brought auy
degree of prosperity for me-, or
happiness to myself aud family, |
would feel it my duty to properly
recognize the obligation. But
wherein has the Republican party
gwen me prosperity, or brought
amy degree Of happiness to my
family! am Il farmer, and feed
aud rlothc my family off the farm.
/ All the members OF the family have
given OF their time and energy to
make the business successful, and
/ have been vain enough to sup
pose that the small degree OF pros
perlty we have enjoyed has been
due to the industry, skull and ener.
gy Of the members of my family.
1t is true, believe, that the Re
publican party has levied a protec-
tive tariff on wheat Of - cents IA
bushel to protect the farmer, yet we
are forced to sell our wheat at IS
cents a bushcl, aud at Il time, ne
cUrding to Mr. Secretary Shaw,
when the people of the United
States are consuming seven bushels
per capita, and according to the
same authority, We only consumed
three and a half bushels during
the Cleveland administration, tut
wheat sold at - cents then, against
6j cents bushrl now. DO You
think n farmer ought to contribute
anything ON this showing We are
raising apples IN this country, and
the Mckinley tariff places dlty
of - cents a hu>hel on apples
. Choice apple, are selling here at 20
cents a bushrl--I cents less than
the tariff. Don't you think it bad
enough for the apple grower to vote
the Republican ticket without pay.
ing for the privilege | am com
] PEELED, in pursuing my business rs
Il farmer, to buy wagons, farming
machinery, sewing machines and
other implements of industry, and
yet am confronted with the shame
iul fact that many of these articles
of absolute necessity for the farmer
are sold abroad to the foreigners
manufactured here and shipped to
foreign markets Sd to 80 per cent
cheaper than thry are sold to me
and my neighbors. There can be
no doubt in my mind that these
things are done by the Republican
party-the Diugley tariff, Repub.
lican measure, makes il possible for
the protected manufactures to i'm.
pose these burdens on the people.
1t is bad enough for people to be
deceived into voting the Republican
ticket, under these circumstances,
without paying for the privilege.
But, is it not true that the in
crease of the volume Of our money
has produced the prosperity of
} which our people boastl In 1896
business Stagnation prevailed, and
the Democratic party claimed at
that time that it was due to lack
of sufficient VOLUME of money. The
Republicans, however, denied it at
the time, but now rejoice in the fact
| that they have added 80 per cent to
the volume of money, and great
prosperity has followed that in
crease. What act of Congress, OF
executive order, has added one dol.
lar to the volume of our money
What act of Congress, or of the
Republican party, has produced the
large yield of apples, corn, wheat
or cotton, or any of the fruits OF
the field, without which there car
be no prosperity in this country!
Inasmuch as | am not in sympath,
with the Republican party, aud dc