Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-05

has reached the place where he 10 the
most independent man in the world.
II he, in order to secure cheaper hat
or cheaper coat. shall turn the
American laboring man In the street
where will he find market for these
products Of his farm that he 10 now
selling at home7 Some OF these old
men have not forgotten the days Of
twelve and q half cent corn and eight
cent eggs. would advise my younger
friends to consult with them before
voting to turn the republican party out
of power and to replace 1t by party
that has pledged itself to enact a
tariff law which will be for revenue
purposes only
The Increased Farm Prices.
'"It had come to Ottumwa in 1895
and had said that II you elect William
Mckinley in sixteen years land win be
selling in the county at from, $125 to
$2oO an acre I would have been de-
clared a Fit suhjccr for Mt. Pleasant.
and yet such is the condition today.
The farm lands In Iowa would not
exceed in 1896 an average value OF $50
an acre, and think am within the
facts when say that today 1t will
far exceed 800 an acre. This wonder
full rise is the product Of sixteen years
Of republican rule. Does the world
anywhere afford such an example OF
prosperity? May not suggest that
the tremendous increase In wealth
has come, not to the interests, but to
the Iowa farmer. Today he sends his
children to college, rides In an auto
mobile, bedecks his wife with silks
and satins and In many instances 10
complaining because he Is not pros.
porous.
the Danger Of Making a Change.
Many men and women are clamor-
ing for change. But think 1t behooves
the American voter to ask himself
next Tuesday when he goes to Tho
polls If the change when 1t comes will
be up or down. If you're farmer do
YOU expect to receive higher price
for your farm products? If you are .
laborer do you think that conditions
will lie evolved by which you may BUY
cheaper ana receive higher wages?
Ask the farmer II he expects to taSe
less for his crops; inquire OF the
laborer IL he Is willing to work for
lower wage; inquire of the individual
who is to sell for less money II he is
willing to accept reduction, and then
determine II you can how that pa-tiCu.
lar product that you have to sell, he It
labor or the product of labor, Is to be
Increased in price and all other
articles reduced I. for one, believe
that no greater measure of prosperity
can be created and that we can IL. at
ford to experiment with new CONNER
cial policies.
In conclusion I wish to say that the
most important question for every
voter to consider when he goes TO the
polls next Tuesday Is what Is he go
ing to do with prosperity. And When
you enter the booth you should throw
aside all prejudices and vote for that
system that will most nearly conduce
to the welfare Of all the people. We
must remember that the people have
ruled and are ruling-that we need
give ourselves no concern In this re-.
public as to whether the people wills
rule because that will follow as
natural consequence SO long as they
have the ballot. We had better con-
Germ ourselves more largely with the
question OF what commercial policy
will bring to all classes prosperity and
chance In life. An intelligent people
will not long be enslaved by their
rulers. but commercial success is the
work Of lifetime. In four years We
can change our rulers, but 1t will cost
us a generation of effort to retrieve
lost markets.