The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-06-15
A Woman on Reciprocity.


The Republican by one of our wome
readers in Taney county. She says i
her letter that she is not stump speak
er, but we will leave that to the read
ers of the paper:
"Who read Mr.. Joseph J. Russell
whose heart didn't almost break
speech in the House on the tarii
Mine for one. Just to think of tn,
poor whose heart is almost sinking ant
whose future is blighted by thinking o
placing everything on a free list like
Canada.
would love to know who is for low
tariff in good old Taney county where
people are just getting out Of the brush
and waking up to sense of their duty
Times were never better than they are
nox, and yet Mr.. Russell wants to
open a road into our country for othe,
countries to dump their stuff on with
out paying one cent to our country for
the fine market we have made for our
selves, He admitted in his speech
that in the last years with the high
tariff we have, that we have sold to
Canada, the country he wants to open
up free trade with, almost twenty-five
million dollars more than Canada sold
to US during the same length of time.
He seems to think that we have got
too much of Canada's money and Can
ada has not got enough of ours and he
wants the farmers to vote in favor of
Canada selling more of her stuff and
oar farmers selling less of theirs.
think it is to the interest of every farm
er to consider this proposition and at
the next regular election to kill such
nonsense by voting for the interests of
our own country and let Canada and
other countries take care of themselves.
Now think you sheep raisers; think
you lumber men; think you tie men;
think twice. you. laboring men; how
could you live and make ties for and
4 cents piece if we do get free trader
There will be more soup houses and
many more barefooted men and boys
tramping the roads in search of better
times and work. Now just look at ia:
cattle and hogs, and even milk cows.
Was there ever time in the history of
old Taney when you could get such
prices3 And yet Mr.. Russell says we,
want low ta1id and free trade. Look
where they will 60 to if we do get free
trade.
Now, how many OF you can remem-
Der in 1886 when most of the fac
tories in this country were shut down.
l oan remember that time when wheels
OF industry were silent. I have not
forgotten either in those sad days of
buying half of good fat sheep for so
cents, and eggs at and S cents per
dozen, fat hogs at ID and cattle at
3 cents per pound. Still, Mr.. Russell
wants US back in that same old rut.
Now while we have the low tariff rust
rubbed off of all the factory wheels, and
our larders are full and fine fat cattle
and hogs at our command, let US keep
them on high tariff and keep other
countries off of our markets, so we
wont have to sell the last old rcan COW
and the last old dominick rooster to
pay taxes. Let Miss Canada pay rev.
enue and help US. Now, farmers, look
before you leap.
Don't most of you farmers remem-
Ger those old patched breeches? Your
broken hearted wives and mothers
would patch and patch, and then turn
them wrong side out and patch them
again. Still, Mr.. Russell wants you to
undergo all that again. Can't you re-
member too, how sad you felt when
you would work all day for 40 or so
cents gnd then go by the store and buy
ABOUT as much as one person ought to
have and take it home to family of
or8, or maybe more. believe mos,
OF the farmers are well pleased with
prices, but if they yet low tariff and