The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-09-26

This same sewing machine is ship
ped 5000 miles to Uruguay. South
America. and sold by the South Amer
lean merchant for S35, which may be
represented by a line thus:
And the South American dealer paws
ocean freight on it for 5000 miles,
ocean insurance and Uruguay import
tax
Query. how much is the American
buyer of American made sewing ma
chimes benefited by the protective
tariff on sewing machinese
Twelve years ago Judge Ong of
Nebraska was making democratic
| speeches in Indiana. At one place he
| was addressing an audience of farm
erS and said:
I want to ask you farmers a ques-
ton, and l want you to take time to
| think it over After you have thought
| ii over, write me your answer ad-
dressing me at Geneva, Nebraska.
Here is the question:
| What is there that you farmers
sell that you get more for, and what
! is it you buy that you get for less
on account of the protective TARIFF
A few weeks later Judge Ong re-
| eeived a letter from an Indiana farm
i er. who wrote:
i I've been thinking your question
| over and 1 have arrived at the an
swer to it. The answer is: There
amt a ID thing"
If You want to get definite line on
the political outlook. Just ask your
selves these two questions:
Are there any men in my neigh
borhood who have habitually voted
the republican ticket who are now
supporting Bryan and Kern?'
| Are there any democrats in my
neighborhood VINO are supportig Taft
and Sherman
/ Here is sample of what the an
swer will be: James Watson is the
postmaster at Marble, Box Butte
county. Nebraska He has always
been a republican, but this year he
is supporting Bryan. He says he has
talked to many republicans in mis-
neighborhood. but So far as he is able
| to learn, only three are supporting
Taft Similar reports come-with
names and corroborating facts-from
every section of the country.
| The real facts of the situation are
| that the republican committee
private and confidential reports were
so pessimistic that it was deemed i'm
perative that Mr. Taft's campaign of
dignity and reserve should be aban-
doned and a rear platform campaign
/ inaugurated After bloviating for ten
or twelve years about Mr. Bryan's
'.undignffied methods of campaigning
and for weeks pointing with pride to
/ the fact that their candidate would
observe the proprieties" and would
not "belittle the dignity of a candi
date for such high Office" the repub
lican managers. fearing and trembling
have abandoned that high and mighty
position-and Mr.. Taft is striving tt
emulate an example that he and his
managers so long denounced
All this is merely the last, for the
time being, of long sequence FRS
they denounced Bryan for demanding
that the Filipinos be treated as thu
Cubans had been treated, and the re
ply was. where the American flag
has been raised it will never come
down." A few months later thu
American flag raised in Cuba came
down. They denounced Bryan TO
advocating what they termed a SO
cent dollar and said there wa!
plenty of money and only confidence
was needed Confidence was restored
the per capita circulation increased 81
lper cent-and then republican con
gress issued a no-cent asset currency
They denounced Bryan for making
campaign tour-and now they pu
their own candidate on the stump
They ridicuied Bryan for debating
into phonograph-and before thu
echoes of their ridicule had died ava.
their candidate was debating int
the phonograph-and selecting, too
the same topics that Mr.. Bryan hat
used They denounced Bryan for ad
vocating tank guarantee-and nov
republican state conventions are en-
6orsing bank guarantee They de
nounced the idea of publicity of cam
paign contributions-and now seet
favor by saying they will make public
all contributions after election.
II From Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio
Iowa. Nebraska, Colorado and from
the Pacific coast comes the cry Il
the republican national committee
Come over and help us or we per
ish.'
The republican committee practical
ly admits that Indiana is nOpelessl1
lost to the republican ticket this year
The special elections in that state las
week showed clearly the trend o.
Ievents. The legislature being callet
to meet in extra session, it was neces
sary to hold special elections to fill
several vacancies in the legislature