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

oita Aou4Ht 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 1879
q lot OF politicians said the
Republican party was rotten;
that President Grant had filled
the offices with thieves: that
Grant himself was drunkard;
that the Republican party's
usefulness was over. A third
party was organized. Some
OF my neighbors 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 /
issue. stayed by the old
flag, for under its adr,inistra-
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, II o.
never do another days work.
sold that farm that | bought
for six dollars an acre, for
S165.oo an acre. Every dollar
that was added to the value Of
that farm was under Republic
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
er 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 a
bushel, and hogs at $3.50 At
the end Of cleveland's admin
lstration your lands were not
worth as much as during the
last years of Harrison's adj
ninistrstion. 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
a 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
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 | am fer Roosevelt" My
friend, stop right there. You
know, and | know, and every
one knows that Colonel Roose-
welt hasn't a 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.
rectIy for the Democratic
rsrty, or withholding your
vote from the Republican
party by voting for "BuIl
Mooce?" Every vote for the
Bull Moose ticket by an Iowa
Republican, is a vote for the
Democratic tariff for revenue
policy. If Colonel Roosevelt
gets forty thousand RepublI-
can votes in Iowa, and Viii
son is elected by twenty
thousand votes, the RESPONSE
biIity for free trade and tar
if for revenue only" prices
to the Iowa farmer rests en-
tireIy with the forty thousand
Republicans who vote the
Bull Moose ticket.
As have withstood Green
backlsm, PopuIism and Anti
Metropolitan in the past,
thank the Lord | am able to
Withstand Ball Moose-ism
now. And If those Tariff
for Revenue" days of 1894 and
five and six are to rise up
again and place the market
price of 1912 farm products
below the cost of production
and all this brought about by
the Republican farnero voting
the Bull Moose ticket thank
God shall be able to look my
neighbor and my conscience
In the eye with the full knowl-
edge that the responsibility
of the results of Democratic
supremacy and a tariff for
revenue policy rests not up
on my head.
Farmers of Iowa, who Of you
are anxious to try again the
Democratic tariff policy? A
vote for the Bull Moose tick
eft Is as sure, as certain, as
direct TO bring about Demo