The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-09
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MR.. IOWA FARMER:
STOP! THINK! LISTEN!

ana pou9nI a quarter SeCtiOn
Of good Iowa land one mile
from a railroad station.
paid six dollars an acre. The
Republican party had been In
power about six years. Times
were good; made money
raising crops; my land was
Increasing in value. In 1872
a lot Of politicians said the
Republican party was rotten:
that President Grant had filled
the offices with thieves; that
Grant himself was a drunkard;
that the Republican party's
usefulness was over. A third
party was organized. Some
Of my neishbors Joined.
stayed by the old party that
was making me prosperous.
Grant was reelected; times
continued prosperous; my land
continued to advance. Then
came the old Granger party,
the Greenback party, the Anti
Monopoly party, the is to I
issue. | stayed by the old
flag, for under its adminlstra-
ton was making money, was
prosperous and contented.
Forty-five years have lived
under a Republican admins
tration, and every dollar have
has been made under the man
agement OF this country by the
Republican party. have
enough and then some to sup
port myself and family, If
never do another days work.
sold that farm that | bought
for six dollars an acre, for
$4,000 an acre. Every dollar
that was added to the value Of
that farm was under Rcpubli-
can rule. Every dollar that
has been added to the value OF
an acre of Iowa land had been
under Republican rule. And
yet the Republican party was
not continuously In power
during this time. Oh, no. In
1894 the people wanted cheap
err living. The Democratic
party was In the saddle on
"Tariff for Revenue Only"
platform. You know the re-
suit don't need to tell you.
Yeu were selling your oats
and corn at fifteen cents
bushel, and hogs at $3.50. At
the end of cleveIand's admin
lstration your lands were not
worth as much as during the
last years Of HarrIson's adj
ministration. Everybody took
a rest. You got nothing for
your labor during those trying
years, except living, and In
many cases not that.
And now, what does the
Democratic party offer you
anything newt? Why, no;
Just the same old chestnut
Tariff for Revenue Only
just what you had in 1894 and
five and six. Mr.. Wilson may
be good mani think he is
bct what can he do? The
Democratic party is for a
tariff for revenue only" and
Wilson is committed to both
his platform and his party.
But hear some Iowa farmer
say: THAT is all right; ! agree
with you; am opposed to the
tariff for. revenue business.
So is the Bull Moose party
and 1 am for Roosevelt My
friend, stop right there. You
know, and know. and every
one knows that Colonel Roose-
Welt hasn't ghost of show
Of carrying Iowa. You know
the fight is between the Re
publican and Democratic part
les so far as Iowa is con-
cerned.
And now, my friend, what is
the difference to your pocket
book for the next four years
whether you help elect a
Democrat and tariff for
revenue only" by voting d.
rcctIy for the Democratic
rsrty, or withholding your
vote from the Republican
party by voting for "Bul'
, Mooee?" Every vote for the
, Bull Moose ticket by an Iowa
, Republican, Is a vote for the
I Democratic tariff for revenue
, policy. If Colonel Roosevelt
: gets forty thousand Republl
: can votes in Iowa, and VII
, son is elected by twent,
, thousand votes, the response
+ biiity for free trade and tar
: ift for revenue only prices
r to the Iowa farmer rests en-
r tirely with the forty thousane
: Republicans who vote the
. Bull Moose ticket.
As / have withstood Green
: baeklsm, Populism and Anti
: Metropolitan in the past,
: thank the Lord am able t
: withstand Bull Moose-isn
: now. And If those "Tarif
: for Revenue" days Of 1894 ant
+ five and six are to rise VI
: again and place the marke'
: price of 1912 farm products
+ below the cost of productior
I and all this brought about b,
7 the Republican farmers votin!
7 the Bull Moose ticket thanl
r God shall be able to look m.
( neighbor and my conscience
r In the eye with the full know
+ edge that the responsibilit..
+ of the results of Democratic
( supremacy and a tariff TO
r revenue policy rests not ur
K on my head.
r Farmers of Iowa. who Of yo'
r are anxious to try again tn
+ Democratic tariff policy7
r vote for the Bull Moose tlcl
+ ct Is as sure, as certain, a
i direct 70 brlnu about Deml