Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-01
AN OCTOGENARlAN PROTECTIONIST.
Says that the Republicans Could
Have won Easily if they had
Stood by their Guns.
Amerlcan Economist.

american economist.
/ knew we Protectionists were being
whipped out of our boots by our own
blunders.
First Of all, our honest President
hlundered in sigualy falling to stand
like a rock for his friends against the
dastardly attacks ofhis own and their
enemies, the Insurgents, who were
bound to rule or ruin. They were de.
termined to wreck Eastern prosperity
and throw our needy bread winners
out Of employment, not having the
quality of brains to know that robbing
our wage earners of their jobs would
rob the West Of first-class market for
its farm products. Short sightedness,
thy name is Anticipated insurgency!
The Protectionists began a mere de-
fensive warfare by talking altogether
too much about the real causes of high
prices, instead of using two-thirds of
that time and two-thirds of their
printers ink in striking straight from
the shoulder; in charging Insurgents
and Free-Trade Tariff Democrats with
the deliberate intention of robbinp
needy bread winners of employment
by cutting down Protection purposely
to bring want and woe to our work
men; intending that wages be cut so
per centum by compelling 100000 to
remain idle while their wives and
children would suffer cold and hunger;
and all this for the sake of office and
its emoluments, and that those with
money might thus live cheaply at the
price of the blood and muscle of the
aeedy.
On, that Republican spellbinders had
but thundered these political truths in
the ears of the people, instead of stand
ing on the defensive; yea, hiding be-
hind Quaker breastworks manned with
Quaker cannonl
And then grand old Joe Cannon, the
lifelong champion of needy wage-ear-
ner, was almost forced to stand idly by
and sec the sneaking attempt to crush
American workmen by Free-Trade tar
i'll Insurgents and Democrats. Ave,
and Uncle Joe knows that rine-tenths,
If not ninety-nine one-hundreths, of
all the trenzied shrieking against him
was inspired by the determination of
the Insurgents and other Free Trade
Tariff foes Of American workmou TO
crush labor under the iron heel of
American markets glutted with for.
eign goods.
win Insurgents gain by their das-
tardiy conduct Win Bevoridge profit
by his endeayor 20 crush our needy
bread winners? Yes; am sorry to
confess that every lnsurgent will gain,
IN that each and all would willingly
part with an eye to destroy the sight of
American wage earners.
They are without principle, save the
principle of wrecking business sufn-
GENTLY TO destroy the prosperity of
American labor.
Just mark how easily Foss, of Massa-
chusetts, won by pure and undehled
brazen assault and false, frenzied char
ges 10 cover his own lack of TRUTH
Don't you remember, vividly, how
wealthy Fos3 and millionaire Douglas
worked their neat little bunco gamer
Recollect how they ahriekod aud Yell
al that If the IS per oentum were re-
moved from hides they would see that
shoes were materially oheapeued? gFs
Nevertheless, the very wee Tthat the
- per oentum duty was removed, these
snakes la tho grass put up the price Of
shoes from 50 cents 10 one dollar per
pair.
Some people might eall this tall ~.
ugi bus far lall from me TO uae such
rough language and so merely term