Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-21
FARMERS OF MAINE:

protests and appeals have been nob responded by
Names Senators and Representatives They fighting 10y
ally for interests uphong their hands that
they have barred themselves the trlsts OF their
opponents: To sustain Senators Frye and Hale their fight
against reciprocity farmcpplng project necessary
for every Grange and every farmer of Maine forty them
with personal letters OF encouragement Are doing your
part: Are YOU sending them OF information which
shows the position and the prospect OF the Maine farmer if
this measure be passed?
WTH TIE EXCEPTION kENNGBEc JOURNAL the large
daily newspapers Maine boosting the reciprocity bill with
might main they crdeavorins rush through with
giving the farmer opportunity foE hearing; they
attacking the kcnncbeC Journal for lis stand with the farmers
and they arc nccrng bcling tie appeals OF the
for fair play Unmn, Of the irt diligence OF the farm
ing communities they dnonncng the kennebcc Journal
the organ trusts Because have dared oppose them
ard voice the interests of which have to feel ourselves
part they deno,ncc
We FARMERS, and the organs
which think they rely upon the support OF those who do
crops asa and offer gratuols insult the tirs
the soil
The Kenncbcc Journal proposcs support te Maine dele
cation Congress fight for the Farming Interests of
Maine regardless OF political consequences itself and its
owners BECAUSE We BELIEVE IT Is RIGHT. In months
the kcnnebcc Journal DAILY and Weekly has than
devoted itself farming topics and interests and for its en-
that direction the Editor receiving let
tiers OF approval and congratulations
As THE FARMERS NEWSPAPER MAINE taking
stand against which believe to be nnca to the
majority of subscribers and farmer friends
intend be bued OF this position by the slur
and sneers contemporaries We desire present the
views individual and organzed) this vital
question.
We subscribers and their neghbors and friends to
write It's We will only present Your views through the
columns the kennebee Journal but will forward
letters Frye and Hale assist them i'll their battle
at the front.
ARE you WITH Is FOX YOUR Own INTERESTS Ii YOU are
Send 1olru
to YOUR friends and them Send marked copies your
Congressman Senator'S Frye and Hale the President and
then Senator's and Representatives OF other States
Ii YOU wish to save Maine the injustice of this
become active Write for extra OF the hcncbec
Journal and distribute them
THE RECIPROCITY BOOSTERS that YOU
necdessv alarmed that months will adjust conditions
that YOU will not know that you have been robbed i'll the inter
ess of protected manufacturers
How do they know: Who has studied this question in all its
detail: The Inconsistency OF the position of the President and
his followers this question is the fact that they avo
cate permanent tariff make study of every
phase the tariff question Can they honestly claim to know
lust what the immediate and following effect of this agreement
is to be?
THEY ADMIT THAT SOME INTERESTS Musr SUFFER the
benefit of the whole Who suffer but the farmer? What
they giving the farmer i'll return Tor what they are taking
away?
Write the President and Secretary Wilson and ask them
Why the farmers of Maine be made the chief victims
OF the first toward free trade ASK them that Send
copies OF this paper your Congressman and mark these
graphs.
Ii YOU wish the kennebcc Journal fight you help do
it. Give us your ideas and will voice them
Write today. Washington and the kennebcc Journal We
your moral assistance if do the best
work for YOU We do intend indulge in personalities
OF to assa anyone We intend fight this carly
and late and Of until portion of the
burden OF this beginning borne by
other than the farmers
Are you with US?