Putnam patriot., 1911-08-25
MIR. DOOLEY ON RECIPROCITY LErom Woodstock Academy GIeanerl

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 T tell ye what said Mir. HennessB taking d chocolate colored cigar from between his lips and looking over the top of rumpled Record-Herald, Taft is a gr.reat man. Whativer he sets his back to Is goin through
 Sure, Jawn,s responded MT Dooley, "even if it was double spring bed. 'Tis lucky f'r us he never set them broad shoulder=rs agin tn tarif wall: 'twould have give way an swamped Us all in flood iv cheap European projucts Competition is tn live iv thrade, but our Infant lndusthries have grown so fat that we must let thim take life aisy-uo masher how zee have to take it But what has tn Fat Wan been doin now. that's called forth yer pathriotic remar-rks :"
 Why this here recess-eiprocity bill said MT Hennessy. Hes goin' to put that through in spite iv all tn Cana dians can do [ stop him. He's a gr-reat man"
 MT. Dooley removed his glasses and rubbed them thoughtfully with mol newly laundered handkerchief
 "Shure he is, shure he is," he re- marked slowly But don't think that ye ar-re tn Christopher Columbus in that discovery lawn Hennessy Why, man, his tailor knew it years ago An r-right ye ar-re I'm thinkin' it would take a big man IT to get us reciprocity with Canada \ small man couldn't hide tn issue well enough f'r to fool US all. But what i, this Reciprocity : Gan ye tell me that
 Contrary to his custom Mir. Dooley paused for an answer to his question Mr Henuessy looked injured. as the his friend were taking an unfair ad- vantage,
 Why it's-it's-well it's swappin' even, he said at length
 "Shure it is, an sight unseen, toe. said Mr. Dooley "Swappin' even an ex-eart fir an automohilel Shure were gettin' wan iv tn foinest ffth-rate markets in tn wor-rd. an all we're-re gvin thim in raytur-rn is tn biggest market anywhere in tn wor-rld"
 This here pa-aper says" protested Mr Hennessy this here pa-aper says twill be gr-reat thing fir the Ameri- can farmers"
 "So it will assented Mir Dooley re moving the short clay from between his teeth and with the stem of it gently rubbing a small spot back of his right ear Tt will be a er-reat thing fir tn American farmers-that is, fir tn sev- eral thousand iv thim that has moved to Canada I'm not so shure about tn rest If it was fserythiHo free il might be so. But it won't be that way. Now tn American farmer is a prosperous, seif-relyin' cuss, with several million dollars in tn savin's hank.--if ye cud only appreciate tn value iv statistics I'd tell ye just how many-an' iv eoorSe he can stand havin' tn things similar to what he produces come in free-t'r, as said befure. competition is th' life iv trade But lis not so with th' Infant Industhries. They're still in their swad- dlin' clothes. an need help. So tn Meat Packer baby an tn Milling lndus,hry baby an lot more iv them from tn National Nursery at Wall sthreet, they ioddle down to tn White House in their little pink pajamas an worstered shoes tall kniti'r them be their baby sister, tn American Woolen Company. i. an they says [ tn officer on guard, Pri- vate Detective Plains Clothes Sc eret- Service Gendarme No. es,sTs,- they whisper. Please, mister, can we