The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-12

that the 10 per cent duty on shoes ap-
piieS only TO those, the upperS of which
are made from COW hide or sole
cheaper than before this law passed.
cut the people of Kansas don't wear
Cow hide shoes.
So much for his inquiry about
shoes.
Buying Capacity of Corn.
He makes the marvellous statement
that under the Dingley and Payne
bills the farmer gets four times as
much for what he has to sell as he
received under the Democratic low
tariff. There is no defense to be
| made for the Wilson-Gorman bill
that was bitterly condemned by
Grover Cleveland and which he re-
fused to sign. but then there is no use
for any man to make such an utterly
false and absurd statement as Herbert
has made.
Let me analyze his statement con-
corning the farmers 500 bushels of
corn that he sold under the Wilson
bill and the other 500 that he sold
under the Dingley bill The average
price Of corn in the United States
during the years 1S93-4-5-6 according
to the Republican campaign book of
last year. was 32h cents bushel.
Five hundred bushels of corn at that
price would bring the sum of $162.50.
According to the same authority the
average price Of corn during the years
1904-5-6-7 under the Dingley bill was
ii 1-5 cents a bushel- During the
latter period the farmer would get
for his 500 bushels the sum Of 1921,
or $3.50 more than he received un-
der the Wilson bill. [ have consulted
the leading carriage merchants of this
city and find that the price OF bug
gies has advanced since 1895. the last
year of Cleveland'S administration. but
supposing that the price is the same
as the farmer only gets $3.50 more
for his 500 bushels of corn than ne
got when Cleveland was president
out Of this amount Herbert would
believe that he could buy self
binder, sulky pillow, suit OF clothes
and have a wad of money still left
out Of the $3.50.
Admires Liar-But-
I rather admire an artistic liar. but
Herbert Is so ignorant and so clumsy
that he is disgusting.
I might make a few other COM
parsons that would not be so favor
able to the Dingley tariff. For ex-
ample in 1896 the price of sheeting
was 5 80 cents per yard. For the
$162.50 that he received for his 500
bushels of corn the farmer in 1895
sheeting.
In 1907 the price of sheeting was 7-1o
cents per yard and for the 1921 that he
got for his corn he could have purchas-
ed 2647 yards of sheeting or 1886 yards
less than he got for his corn in 1896.
The price of ingram carpet Il quote
from our Republican campaign book of
last Year, in 1896 was 40 40 cents per
yard and for the $162.50 that the farm
er got for his corn he could have pur-
x r5s of a
the common people buy.
In 1907, according to the same auth
GRITTY. the price of this carpet had risen
to 81 35 cents per yard and with the
1921 that. the farmer received for his
500 bushels of corn that year he could
purchase 1856 10 yards or Just 141s
yards less than he got for his 500 bush
els in 1896.
The price of shingles in 1896 was, ac-
cording to our Republican hand book,
Which we all used, $3.50 per thousand.
For the $162.50 which the farmer got
for his 800 bushels of corn that unfort-
innate year of Democratic rule he could
buy $4,000 shingles and have so cents
left to buy his dinner.
In 1907 the price of shingles was $4.23
per thousand and for the $221 the farm
er got for his 500 bushels of corn that
year he would only be able to buy 81
900 shingles or 1900 less than his 500
bushels would purchase for him in 1896.
It is not well for US as Republicans
to try to connect prices OF corn with
the tariff. The fact is that the only
time since l have been in Kansas when
corn actually sold for ten cents bush
Ell was in 1889 when Benjamin Harri-
son was president. That low price OF
corn was not due to the protective tar
lift Any student OF economies knows
that the price of the farmers wheat
and corn, barring the fact that pecu-
liar local conditions which have moth
ing to do with the tariff may create
a higher price locally. is fixed by the
price in Liverpool.
But why continue this any further:
How does this man Herbert get into this
game anyway? Is his chieftain, Mr..
Anthony, afraid to come out and defend
lis record and therefore pushes Herbert
out to take his place?
Disadvantage of Heavy Growth OF Hair
can waste no more time on Herbert
Perhaps l have wasted too much a.
ready. For ignorance and mendaclty
he is the limit. He hungers for noto-
riety as a lean hound pup hankerS Tor
sweet milk and without sense or shame
goes braying and snorting about the
country like a wild ass OF the desert
Nature equipped him with some brains
but for many years he has used his
head entirely for the purpose of grow
ing hair instead of accommodating in
formation. This abnormal accumula-
ton of hair has kept from his skull the
| necessary air and sunlight and as re-
| suit his brain has become mouldy and
what he takes for ideas is only the
| fungus growth of a decaying mentality
! If he would wear veil when he walks
on the street he would not offend the
| eyes of the passersby and if he would
keep his mouth shut they would not
learn Of his advanced stage OF paresls
But 1 presume he will do neither.
Respectfully, I. A. McNEAL.
Reeder Defends His Record.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
Pardon my further intrusion, for
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