Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-29

that he was getting high prices for
his crops. If he wants cheap cotton,
he should vote for Bryan. He'll get
cheap cotton all right, and be lucky
if he can buy cotton even.
THE fellow who is getting two dol
lars day for his labor is buying sir
loin steak to eat. The man that gets
his seventy-five cents day buys meat
clear up near the horn with a piece of
the horn in it to chew on so he'll
think he's eating something.
There's big cotton mill over in
China that hires 10000 men. They
get fifteen cents day for their work
Eat rats? No-rats are a luxury
they'd be glad to eat rats if thew
could buy them. They make cotton
goods cheap over there. 1t takes
three men to do the work of one
American. Now GU bring in that
Chinese goods here without tariff and
you'll be putting 10000 big Americans
out OF work in order that $4,000 rat
eaters can go ahead in China. And
yet Bryan wants free trade! He says
the tariff needs revision. Well. I say
the same-but I'll revise it up and
ne wants to tear it down. Am | a
standpatter? No, I'm a Republican.
It's not the mission of the Republican
party to destroy-but to regulate and
build up. Willie Bryan always starts
out strong after thing, but like de-
feated race horse, he comes under the
wire Hopping. o William! What
strange phantasies you ADVOCATED"
Dog Eaters or Beef Eaters?
Mr.. Dobson then spoke of the differ.
ence it would make in the United
States steel mills if Hungarian steel
could be shipped in here free of tax
alton. "Over in Hungary they make
steel cheap. Half million metal
workers turn out the finished product
cheaply-and live on dog meat. Over
here 100000 steel workers are living
on the best of beef cuts. Would you
have that Hungarian steel come IN
here free of tariff put 100000 dog
eaters to work and put out 100000 big
beef eaters over here in your own
country?
when Bryan was in Des Moines
the other day the only single refer
ence he made to the tariff question
after stating that the issue was one
of tariffs, was that it didn't cause
panic in 1916 when it was revised"
Taft Versus Bryan.
The speaker related briefly the con-
dltion of affairs financially in the U.
S. treasury at the close of the last
Democratic reign, stating that it was
necessary to mortgage the cold
farm" for $155,00O,000 to make up the
deficit. He then reviewed the condi-
ton today, when there is surplus of
S83 100000 now in the treasury and
'all farm hands are paid Off" He
lauded Taft, speaking plain truths and
telling them briefly. He touched on
the Republicans diplomatic career, his
work in the country's affairs, his work
in the Philippines, in Cuba, in Pan
anna and dwelt more at length on
Taft's magnificent support of the en-
ployer's liability act Then in closing
he swung on to Bryan once more.
William, what did you do in the
four years you were an executive in
the nations affairs? Nothing.
William, what did you do for your
union laborers? Nothing And did |
you get them an eight hour day, Viii |
lie? No.
William, the only states where you
got. support and get it now, is where
he whip of the employee is on the lab
BRING mans back; where food is cheap
md labor cheaper; where sirloin steak
8 unknown to the working man and
hey are all chewing pieces Of horn
% fool their stomachs."