The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-11-05

IN Wall street dearer than it was be
fore, and making labor and labor pro-
duct less dear than it ever was be-
fore. You did not do that. 1t was
not you who gave to the national banks
the sovereign power to create money,
using the government credit-your
credit and mine-for their private be-
nefit, and giving them at the same
time the vaster power to expand and
contract the currency, control values,
and thus send panic devouring and
destroying throughout the land when
ever it suited their purposes so to do.
(Applause.)
Trusts Without Conscience
Surely it was not you who built up
year after year the tariff wall until all
the world was shut out and the home
manufacturer had a remorseless mon
opo1y and used it SO as to sell his
goods to foreign countries cheaper
than he would sell them to you. Sure
~, you did not do that. Surely, you
did not built wall so high that with
home manufacturer could create a
trust which has no conscience, no pity,
no limits to it's empirey and no river
where Alexander stops and weeps be-
cause there is no other world to con-
quer. 2
.~:.. imperialism at Home.
He alluded to imperialism in the
Philippines and said:
."Have we no imperialism here at
home? Everything that concentrates
power-everything that concentrates
wealth, honor and privillege--is i'm
perialism, and if we can break the
shackles here at home freedom for the
islanders follows as logical conse-
quence.
"Why is it that I appeal so strong
ly against Mr.. Parker? 1t is because
he won't fight Roosevelt, and he won't
let me do it. (Great applause.) The
dog In the Manager was a respectable
historical character, compared with
Parker, because the dog never did pre-
tend that he would eat the oats, and
Parker does pretend that he will do
1t. Three months have gone by, and
they have had all the doctors in, and
they have not found an issue yet.
daughter.)
Favors an Income Tax.
The Democrats used to say they
were in favor Of the income tax, and
there was some sense in talking tariff
reform then, because the income tax
would fill up the measure which they
had partly emptied by losing the
tariff tax. But the Democratic party
no longer advocates the income tax.
How then will they gain the money 70
replace that which they lose on the
tariff tax? What is their plan? Until
they state how they will get the money
to replace that which they lose in the
tariff taxes any talk about tariff re-
form is simply to delude and humbug
the people.
Another orator comes along and
says that the issue is the trust. Judge
Parker is going to smash the trusts.
And who is paying the expense? The
Standard Oil Company. daughter.)
1.-The Havemeye sugar trust. The
Standard Oil Company denies it. Let
H. H. Rogers deny it if he dare. H.
H. Rogers is the spirit of the Stand
ard Oil Company, and H. H. Rogers
made that donation to the Democratic
campaign fund. Let him deny it.
(Applause,)
Now, there Is the situation. Choose
between Parker and Roosevelt. So far
as am concerned, I would rather have
the open, manly Republican than the
hating, evasive, shifting, suffering
candidate who says: I am Dem
ocrat,' but doesn't say wherein he will
do different from what the Republic
an party overthrown. How car you
do 1t except by building up. party OF
opposition, and how can you oppose a
thing without weighing your opposition
SO that plain people can understand
1t? r:
|: People Must Rule Again. -.
"What must you do to be saved?
cannot believe that the great ma ority
.of the American people want this land
ruled by the few in the interest OF
the few. l believe that the people are
still in favor of the rule: OF the many
in the interest Of the many. What must
we do to- be saved? We must put back
+ into the hands of the people the reins
/ foof power which they have" allowed IL
slip out Of their hands. = (Applause. j
T. want to call your attention to this
that ii. our: Initiative and :referendun
and SImperative mandate q nd the right
ia. recall. lat + once lodg e The power
han s. the Init atiye
gu. say. ynat
ths net fersnd.