Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1896 — WORSE, AND MORE OF IT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WORSE, AND MORE OF IT.

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to John Bull’s invasion there, why not object to his invasion here,-at home, in our own markets? ft there is to be a lockout of Mr. Bull from Venezuela, why not also from the United States? Wise Western Words, The safety of our American institutions against foreign invasion lies not only in a patriotic citizenship which at a moment's notice would create a volunteer army of defense, but it also consists in tiie great natural resources we -enjoy; Destroy the wool industry and what would be thea’esult in case of a foreign war, with our ports blockaded ami dependent upon foreign wool to clothe our army and our people? This is, in my opinion, one of the strongest reasons for protecting and Mastering the .productions of wool.J. W. Babcoek, M. C. frdin Wlseohslu. Bradford’s Christmas Greeting:. May your Christmas be uPmention-

ably happy, and yonr New Year one of unc h e ckered’ prosperity. No breeches of Delight and Love, Thro’ Life may you e’er see, But, where you go, may Fortune strow Unmentionable glee May Joy and Peace, that never cease, On you be always “spoons,” And Care and Doubt be both Played .OuK ’ Like Cast Off Pantaloons. What a shame and insult to Amer-

lean labor, when the exports of shoddy made goods from England alone, during the last eleven mouths of 1895, reached the following gigantic figures: Wool ; . £140,552 £452,876 Woolen and worsted l yarns 9,778 142,787 I Woolen tissues......., 267;179 1,386,607 i Worsted tissues 1,031,481 4,333,055 £1,448,990 £6.415,325 Increase £4.966.335 YANKEE. Bradford, Eng., Dee. 21, 1895. Points to Ponder Over. Eleven Southern States mined 28,321,608 tons of coal in 189-4, or more than twenty times the product of same States twenty years manufactured goods nine months of 1895 were $145,393,586, against $133.378,609 a- year ago. It is to be hoped Cdngress will arrange to meet the Government’s ordinary expenses by protection to American industries rather than aid aliens to get our gold and displace our laborers by filling our inarkets with foreign made goods.—Clapp's Circular. John Biill’s Motive. The reason why Jehu Bull is so anxious for us to have sound money Is bej cause, under tariff reform, he is selling us so much more of his goods that he is interested in the nature of the payment of our debts. The Tariff Reform Club works hard to carry out John Bull's ideas. Democratic -Paper’s Views. y ' There are perhaps few men In the country who have clearer.conceptions on theoretic finance than Mr. Carlisle; but in practical finance he must be ranked among the babes and sucklings. —The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin. ' *~** Protection —Free Trade. 1 The exports of 1895 in domestic iner i chandise were $75,812,338 less than in 1894; and the Imports Xvere $76,975,343 greater in 1895 than in 1894.—Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, Dec. 16, 1895. A’ Higher^ Wall Wanted. To check the imports of Japanese manufactured goods, tariff rates of protection must be established very much higher than those under the McKinley law. ' ‘ Good Republican Policy. Raise revenue, qot debt. Increase wage earnings, not Interest payments.