09 Oct 1884
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1884
Page
1
The verses rail against high tariffs and broken promises to workers and farmers. It cites idle mill hands, falling prices for grain, and shrinking wages while vowing that times will improve as Cleveland takes the chair, urging voters to seek change.
A Democratic tariff reform advocate,Farm ing Hart, debates with neighbor Ester Moore and Captain Wooley about how high tariffs hurt farmers and workers. They discuss protectionism, effects on prices, wages, and taxes, and cite readings and politicians as they plan further talks.
A farmer urges the farmers and the Democratic House to reexamine and pass a revised tariff bill. He insists the bill will protect monopoly opponents and benefit ordinary people. A farmer offers to explain tariff impacts next Saturday evening in detail.
A conversation on tariff policy debates how to fund the government. Farmers argue for ad valorem taxes and criticise the tariff as unfair, while discussing surplus revenue, internal revenue and the need for reform within a corrupt system. The dialogue features Captain Wooley, Mr. Hart, and Mr. Tilden’s warnings about governance.
About 1500 people from Illinois Iowa and Missouri attended the Rand Park Keokuk gathering with Gen W W Belknap presiding. Notables included Supreme Court Justice Miller Judge Johnston and many regional leaders.
A laboring man laments no orders and looming factory closure as he describes economic distress under Republican policy. Farmers and workers urge reform and tighter government finance, while a daughter sings in the parlor about the old tune “Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be.”
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