The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

TIE BLIND LEADING THE HIND.
The Democratic machine iea=ers
in this State icing IN gloom. despair
and darkness. sens for the blind sea
ator from Oklahoma 10 lead them IN
to iight- Senator Gore came and
saw and compassionate With them.
II vas truly O case Of the '.slind
leading the blind" lie las gone
and has left them In confusion worse
COMPOUNDED
In order that our readers may
fully appreciate the force OF what
we have just said, We viii give them
the only star argument which Sen
ator Gore made for the return 20
Democratic policies.
In his speech at Reidsville he Is
quoted In the Raleigh News and OBJ
server az saying:
"I wish IL could be arranged
by way OF experiment, so that
every article imported into the
United States could bear tag.
showing the price OF the article
plus the tariff. and also the price
of the article, less the tariff. and
| wish il could be arranged, by
way OF experiment, so that ev-
cry Republican could by the ar
ticle at the price plus the tariff,
and every Democrat could buy
the article at the price less the
tariff. Thus it would be Unto
every man according TO his
faith"
Senator Gore gave his benighted
Democratic leaders this fragment Of
purported wisdom and has gone on
his way.
Now, let us see for a moment
what his argument means and where
it will end when carried to its log
ical conclusion. II every article
which the farmer buys that has been
increased in price on account of the
protective tariff should have a tag
on it showing just what that in
crease is, and if every Republican
farmer should, as Senator Gore de-
sires, be required to pay the full
cost, including the tariff duties, and
if every Democratic farmer should
be allowed, according to Senator
Cores wish, to buy the same arti-
Gle, less the tariff duties, then we
submit that to carry out Senator
Cores argument and illustration to
it's logical conclusion that each Re-
publican farmer should be permitted
to sell his cotton at the price that
it is now bringing under Republican
policies at sixteen cents a pound, and
each Democratic farmer should be
required to sell his cotton at the
prices that it brought under Demo
cratic prices, that is. at five cents a
| pound.
Every one will admit that this is
| logical and fair. Now what will be
the result? The Republican farmer
with one 500-pound bale of cotton
would be able to buy $50 pounds oil
coffee, with cotton and coffee at the
present prices. On the other hand
the Democratic farmer, with the
same 50O-pounG bale of cotton
would be able to buy only three hun.
dred pounds of coffee at the prices
which existed in 1896, under the
| Cleveland administration.
Again, the Republican farmer with
one bale of cotton would be able tc
buy 800 pounds of sugar, with
cotton and sugar at the present
prices; but the Democratic farmer
with the same 500-pound bale O
cotton, would be ole to buy only
500 pounds of sugar at the prices
which existed during the Clevelan,
administration. The same illustra
ton could be carried on through
long list of the prime necessitie
which every farmer is forced to bu,
with his cotton and other produce.
The Caucasian is most heartily il
favor of carrying out the experiment
suggested by Senator Gore as an oh
ject lesson to each man and as
means of convincing him as to HOY
he should vote.
Yes, we agree with Senator Cor
in his concluding sentence, when b
says: Thus it would be Unto ever
man according to his faith
Senator Gore is a man of grea
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