The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-12
Republican Candidates
Letter Of Acceptance.

AOVhAiAuNN AANAh RAtt -
and Is u be punished accordingly he
viii he the frs TO pay the penalty
for either he will be turned adrift en-.
fireiy. OF his wages will be cut down
20 the starvation point AS conclus.
lively shown by the bulletins OF the
bureau uf labor, The purchasing power
of the average wage received by the
wage worker has grown faster than
the cost OF living. and this in spite Of
the continual shortening of working
hours The accumulated savings Of
the worlSingmen OF the coun'r ry, as
shown by :he deposits in the savings
baniys, have increased by leaps ana
bounds Al no time in the history OF
this or any other country has there
been an cru SC productive of ma erial
benefit alike to worlongmen and en-
ployer. as during the seven years thai
have .ust passed.
Tho farmer has benefited quite as
much as the manufactures, the merch.
ant and The wage worker The most
welcome and Impressive fact estab
lished by the last census is the wide
and even distribution Of wealth among
ali classes of our countrymen The
chief agencies in producing this dis
tributiou arc shown by the census to-
be the development OF manufactures,
and The application Of new Inventions
TO universal use. The result has been
an increasing inteTdependence Of agrl-
culture and manufactures. Agricul-
ture is new, as It always has been,
the basis OF civilization The six mill
lion farms of tie United States. oper-
ated by men who, as a class. are
steadfast. single minded, and indus
trious. form the basis of all the other
achievements of the American people
and are more fruitful than all their
other resources.
IN closing what have 10 say about
the system of promoting American In.
dus'ry let me add a word of cordial
agreement with the policy of IN some
way including within It's benefits, by
appropriate legislation, the American
merchant marine IL is not creditable
TO us MS nation that our great expory
and import trade should be well nigh
exclusively in the hands of foreign
era.
Insists on Large Standing Army.
II Is difficult 10 know II our oppon-
ents are really sincere in tfelr de-
mand for the reduction Of the army
n inslncere there Is no need for con-
ment. and II sincere. what shall We
say in speaking to rational lersons
Of an appeal to reduce an army Of
sixty thousand men which is taking
care Of the interests Of over eight,
million people? The army Is now rel
ativoly smaller than it was in the
days Of Washing on, when on the
peace establishment there were thirty
six hundred soldiers, while there
We're lees than four millions of pop
ulatlcn; smaller than IL was In the
peaceful davs Of Jefferson, when
there were ffty-One hundred soldiers
30 Ave million three hundred thousand
population. There is now one soldier
90 every fourteen hundred people II,
this country-less than one-tenth OF
one per ceut We cannot be asked
seriously to argue as to the amour
OF possible tyranny contained IN these
figures The army as It IS nov is as
small as II can possibly be and serve
its purpose as an effective nucleus for
tho organization. equipment and sup
ply OF volunteer army in time Of
need II is now used, as never before.
for aiding in the upbuilding OF the
Organized militia of the country Tile
war department Is engaged IN a sys-
tematic efiort TO streng hen and de
velop the national guard in the sever.
al states as witness, among many
other instances the great field man
oeuvers at Manassas, which have