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of millions of dollars every year, and that what we need 

 is a slight reduction of the tariff, say five per cent, and 

 this will afford the necessary relief and make the people 

 happy and prosperous. If such nonsense as this was 

 talked to the newsboys in our cities they would say ' ' rats. ' ' 



The following from Colemart s Rural World briefly 

 states the manner in which the people are misled, and 

 offers some wholesome advice: 



"Much of the advice given to farmers in this, the 

 Presidential year, partakes very largely of a political char- 

 acter. Men's eyes are perfectly blinded under the influence 

 of prejudice. They are unable to think correctly, or see 

 to walk straight; how, then, can they direct others? The 

 most superhuman efforts ever made are now being put forth 

 to convince the farmers that black is white, and white is 

 no color at all. Our own best word to the readers of the 

 Rural World is to avoid being led into a mistake by these 

 clever but unscrupulous demagogues. Neither party will 

 enable you to raise figs from thistles, or to make bread out 

 of a stone. They are particularly anxious, impressively 

 solicitous for the farmers' welfare just now, and the latter 

 can afford to accept anything they say, no matter how 

 plausible or on what subject, with a good many grains 

 of allowance. Hold your own. Bide your time. Keep 

 your own counsel, and finally, when the time comes, do as 

 you think best." 



In referring to this question, the Southwest says: 

 'The partisan press and partisan politicians, in their 

 eagerness to make political capital for party purposes, are 

 ever prone to exaggerate and distort the facts of history 

 and experience. In the present effort to push and keep the 

 tariff question forward as the only issue before the people, 

 the methods of distortion, exaggeration and suppression 

 are resorted to with more than usual audacity and reckless- 



