The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-09-19
HE DEALT WITH NATIONAL
ISSUES.
On the Platform With Him Were
Senator Daniel Shell and CT N.
Grandchildren. Thos. Ham.
bly, Introduced the Sen
ator to the Audience.

referred to his early boyhood exper-
fence on the farm, and spoke of the
great progress that the science of
farming had made. His presence
here" he said, twas for the purpose
of meeting with the masses Of the
people of Minnesota and as their
representative he was simply game
ring, the sentiment of the people of
this state and to help to work out
their wish in the legislation of the
country. As representative of
the people, he ought to stand firm
with the people. Every step of
national progress is an experiment
no nation has had our experiences
and great difficulties surround our
pathway. And upon the people
rests the responsibility of working
out our nations problem.
The Industrial elements turn
their eyes toward the government.
The commercial life of the Pacific
seeing the possibilities Of Oriental
trades, the sugar industries of the
south. the semi arid wilderness
of the great west VIII ,se great plains
are yet to "blossom as the rose"
turns their attention to Washington
and in response they are the study
of the government. Reciprocity
was touched upon. James G.
Blaine in his great Bangor speech
declared reciprocity an impossibility
and was never called down by the
American people for the declaration
We cannot allow Brazil to bring its
coffee the only product of that land
into Our country free against any
individual commodity Of this count
~ We cannot allow the fabrics of,
France against the fabric of New
England or in other words, there is
no comparison between the purchas
ing power of an American citizen
and that of any other nation in the
world. In 1880 we abrogated the
Repipocity Treaty with Canada.
That country, our neighbor was
enjoying the privilege of selling to
us $25, 900. 900 worth of their prod
ucts while we in exchange could
send only 100000 to them. We
all believe in Cuban reciprocity.
We owe it to the 100 brave young
men that sleep at Arlington beside
the. veterans of the civil strife to
make Cuba's future as prosperous as
it can be. The American sugar
syndicate of that island would gain
800, 100000 annually unless the
ideas of President Roosevelt shall
be embodied in the legislation of
the house of Congress and the
Senate. On the first problem the
speaker said that it made no differ
ence to him whether the trust
raised or lowered the price of an
article one single cent, but that
no one man or combination of men
SHOULD be permitted to say what
the price of any article of purchase
should be. Genius always finds the
field that is easiest for exploit.
Genius seized upon the opportunity
finished by our protective tariff and
as result the cesars, Chrlemanages
and Napoleans of industry have
been developed in the form of
Rockfellers, Havermeyers and etc.
Regulation by Legislation is necess-
airy. In 1891 the greatest Of all
steel trusts was formed yet two
thirds of the steel of this country is
produced by other firms than this
by giant corporation. To take off
completely. the tariff from the
goods manufactured by this great
combine would be doing the Samson
act of pulling down the whole
structure of iron mandatory to
the destruction of this great source
! of wealth. The speaker here offered
his theory of trust regulation
| which was the killing off of the
sub-corporate management of these
| industries and giving publicity to
their workings. In all the senators
ad dress was wise conservative,
statesman like and won the entire
| audience that filled the grand stand
and showed conclusively to the
people of this community that
Minnesota Legislature made no