The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-08-07
ARE POOLING
THE FARMER
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Republican Senators Would Xiii
the Underwood Tariff Dlll-
Farmers Need It..
The, continued attempt on the;
part Of republican senator's to csh
vince the northwest farmers that
the proposed Underwood tariff bill
spells "ruination" to agriculture.
is not meeting with hearty apa.
proval by the farmers, for they
have learned from past and very
bitter experience that the old
republican howl that
a tariff upon wheat and other ag-
ricultural products is and has
been used onl yas.a bluff to keep
them voting protection for the
great trusts and manufacturing
industries of the country-and,
they have learned further that. a.
tariff on farm products has never
benefited them one penny, but on;
the other hand thru this repub-,
lican system of protection the.
farmer has been compelled to sell,
his products in the open markets
of the world in competition with
every and all agricultural .coun-i
tries; yes, and he has learned
more, and that is that he has
been compelled to pay more for
his agricultural implements; his
clothing; his shoes; his sugar.;
his nails and wire, and in fact,
more for nearly every necessary
of life, by reason of the republica
protective tariff, but all that the
farmer has had in return is a
tariff on his products and this
has never brought him one cent
in return. Notwithstanding these
facts our senators are almost
panic stricken at the mere pros.
pect of the passage Of the Under ).
wood tariff bill and are using the
same old methods to fool the
farmers so successfully used in
the past, but it will not work in
this day and age of advancement.
The farmers are studying the po-
litical situation and they know
from past experience that this is
the "old, old story" used for the
old, old purpose Of soaring them,
but it don't go down with the in
telligent farmer. Our senator's
have cried wolf, WOLF before,
but there was no wolf. President
Wilson and the democratic party
promised the farmers and the la
boring men relief; they promised
an honest, intelligent reduction of
the tariff duties (not the Taft
kind) and just as they promised
they will do. This the average
citizen demands and
this he shall have. Our senator's
may cry "ruination" but the old
time worn bluff don't scare the
farmers. They can get their
speeches in the congressional rec
ord and have them printed and
sent broadcast to the farmers of
the northwest, but the fact re-
mains that he Underwood ariff
measure will be made the law of
the land. 1t will meet the approv-
al Of the American people. This
and onl ythis is what worries the
for they can foresee an
end to republican protection and
can see the common people in this
rallying to the Woodrow
program of a tariff that
will help the farmer and the men
and women in the common walks
Of life. It is we'll that this nation
has man at the whelm who is a
real president of all the people.
The following from the Fargo
Forum (republican) of last Fri
day vening, commenting on Sen I
ator Commas speech, is worthy oil
careful perusal by every reader of
The Times, for it shows that the
Forum, although a republican pa
per, can see through the shallow
mask and is fair enough to come
to the rescue of the North Dakota
farmer and give him the honest
facts. The article, under the head
ing, Gronna Made a Speech" is
as follows:
Senator Gronna of North Da-
kota made q speech in the United
States senate yesterday. He LAM
med right itno that old democrat
ic tariff bill-for the sake Of the
folks back home-and he certain
ly did soak 'er a good one" As
Mr.. Dooley would say "Twas al
turribul slaughter, Hinnsy."
Mr.. Gronna is not going toj
stand idly by end see rank dis
cri,nination against the farmer.