Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-11-04
A DIGNIPIRD DISCUSSION.
National Committeeman RYAN
Speaks on State and Ma
tlonal Issues.
TAXES ARE ON THE INCREASE.
la Follette's Reelection Would be a Ca
lamity-His Administration Has
Fomented Confusion.

as the same machine sold the housewife
OF MssJe2 or South America. The Amer
lean GARNER must pay more for the plov
manufactured in his own country. out
OF raw material furnished by his owr
country, than the Russian peasant has
10 pay for the same pillow.
We now have combinations COVERING
almost everything from sugar and lead
to brooms, soap and Collins.
No Mercy to Corporations.
The Democratic party takes the posi-.
ton that no mercy nor consideratior
should be shown to any combination NJ
capital that takes advantage of the nro-
tectlve tariff to mulct American consum.
ers. What is imperatively required is .
revision of the tariff, such as will modify
the rates and place upon the free isl
| all foreign goods that are the subject OF
! domestic monopoly.
The much talked of trust question is
one or great Importance to the American
| people. How TO regulate and how n
control the great combinations known as
trusts is the topic of the hour. The
Democratic party does not offer tariff
reform as a complete remedy for This
troublesome question. We do claim
| however, that if all trust-made articles
were placed upon the free list il would
destroy great advantage that the trusts
have over the small competitor and the
consumer.
Republicans Not in Earnest
1t is amusing to hear the charge made
| by Republicans in high station that tbe
Republican party has a much better rec
ord on the trust question than the Demo
cratic party, and the only explanation at-
tempted to be made of that charpa IL
that If ic RlQfno1 that in
Congress it was proposed by the Repnb.
lican party Ato submit an amendment to
the federal constitution which wouId an
thorize the federal government to control
the trusts, and that by Democratic votes
it was defeated. The well-known fact
OF the matter is that the Republican par
" as makeShift and as camDaiqn
dodge, during the last days Of that Con
gress, did submit such proposition
when they knew full we'll that the reso'
luton would die a natural death. and
that If it did not, it would take from
three to four years before ii could he rati-
ned by the states in the manner provided
by law. They forget to state that dur
ing the last session of Congress the Re-
publicans had an overwhelming majority
in both the House and the Senate. and
that not one step was taken by said
Congress towards passing legislation of
any kind or description in regard to reg
ulaling, cOnlfolnng or IN any way inter
fering with the trusts.
When the Republican party and a Re-
publican President announce their onpo-
sition TO the trusts, as a proof Of their
sincerity, ask them if they are willing to
stand for legislation placing all articles
selling abroad cheaper than at home,
upon the free list, and request promise
that bill will be reported from the
ways and means committee of the next
anfa AL 1,
Laboring Man Not to Suffer.
A very much favored argument used
by protectionists against modification
of the tariff is the one that the laboring
man would suffer by a reduction of
wages which would necessarily follow
any interference with the tariff. 1t
would seem as if this argument, which
has been so long and often used, would
by this time be quite thoroughly under
stood.
Who are the parties that are so much
interested in the laboring man? Are
they not the trust barons" who have
grown immensely wealthy under the pro-
tective system, who, during the discus
sion of this question in each campaign
shed crocodile tears for the laboring
man? / have no doubt but what the
'coal barons" who are involved in the
present unfortunate so-called strike, are
afraid to have the tariff modified for fear
the laboring man would suffer by any
interference
Labor Has Competition.
The laboring man now thoroughly I'M
derstands that his labor. which is the
only capital that he has and the only
article that he has to sell upon the mar
ket of the world, is in direct competition
with the labor of the world and has no
direct protection under any tariff system
ever adopted, and the very men who are
crying in the interests of the laboring
man are very ready TO import the cheap
est kind of pauper labor from abroad,
land it in this country and put it in d.
rect competition with American labor.
Farmers Have Been Misled.
The farmers have long been misled, at
least many of them, upon the question Of
high protective tariff. | believe they
now understand that the produce of their
farms is sold at market prices fixed in
the competitive market of the world, and
that the proceeds from the sale of their
produce they are eompelled-under the
protective tariff systemic expend in the
dearest market in the world, so it can
Justly be claimed that farmers of this
country sell their produce in the cheapest
market of the world and take the pro-
ceeds therefrom and purchase their ne
CeSS1IleS IN the ueuIeSI IdTkeL VI INT
world. 1t is the boast of Americans that
we are now able to undersell the people
of every other nation in the markets of
the world: if that is true it cannot be
| said that any other nation can underseil
us.
AS to State Issues.
Upon state issues Mr.. Ryan said:
Up0n state issues the Democratic party
I has adopted platform which clearly de-
/ fines its position upon the important
questions before the people of the state
OF Wisconsin.
Tells of Roses Record.
The candidates of the party for the
different state officers are all well-known
citizens of the state of Wisconsin, thor
oughly equipped and competent TO per-
Z form the duties OF the respective Offices
for which they were placed in nominal
ton The standard bearer of the party,
Mayor d. S. Rose of the city OF Mllwau-
kee, has been elected, thrSe times ID sue
cession, as mayor of the metropolis OF
this state. having been elected for the
third time last spring By larger ma
iority than he received in the two proceed
ing elections. This certainly speaks WEI!
for Mayor Rose and justiies the claim
that having acted as mayor Of the city
of Milwaukee for four anc a half years,
up to the present time, and conducted
the affairs of that great metropolis 10
the satisfaction of the large business in
terests Of that city, that his experience
as an executive officer has equipped aim
so that he win make splendid governor
for our commonwealth
The campaign in this state, according
to Gov. La Toilette, is 70 be fought out
upon two principal issues: First. the
question which has been developed and
brought forward through the partisan
( ship of Gov. La Toilette. known as the
( primary election law
Second, the question OF taxation in its
different phases
People Tired Of Party Fight.
! For the past FIVE or six years Gov. Ia
Toilette has been waging war against a
/ large element OF his own party. accusing
thar element fknown rs fhn S-alwart ele-
nentl Of eyerrlhln. That Is bad and cred.