Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-22

capital is his muscle intelligently directed;
the rich and the poor-all all have slual-
ity of opportunity before the law and ali
ali must abide by and obey the law. Our
civilization is built upon obedience to the
law. BY this sign We conquer
I'VE enter the coming campaign with the
record of the republican party. under the
leadership of Theodore Roosevelt feeling
that we have made progress, and marked
progress. along the line of law and order
contemporary with the DEVELOPMENT of our
ma terial interests.
Shrinkages Of Wind and Water
I'm addition to this, and as a further il
lustration of the condition of the country,
let me call your attention to the fact that
the people of the United States now have
far greater wealth than the people of any
other country on earth. Capntal is abundant,
interest rates are decreasing and capital
seeks investment And while the law pro-
hibts unlawful combina tionS great block
of competitive private capital have been
and are being invested in all the industr fes
of the country. It can he easily foreseen
that when a legitimate plant comes into
competition with plant that is capitalized
for two or three times it's value the over
capitalized plant will go to the wall 1t is
an open secret that within the last two
Years the shrinkage from over capitaliza-
tlon has been many, many hundreds of mil
lions OF dollars. The property is all there
now, as 1t was two years ago, but the wind
ana the water and the gas have disap-
peared, greatly to the advantage of the
people of the country. And yet on the
average | say again, our people are better
employed and at a better wage and have
been for the last twelve months than ever
pefore And notwithstanding this great
shrlnkage OF fictitious values the millions
of people throughout the country who live
in the sweat of their faces do not know
thereof and are not affected thereby.
The Great Crust Buster
The trust buster who is ALWAYS .bustinp'
the trusts by word but never by action.
would lead the people to believe that all
the production of the country is under the
direction of unlawful combinations Be
hold how plain tale shall put that down
The statistics carefully and honestly gath
cred by the government show that COM
petition Is after all the great force that
regulates production and the price. If you
take all the alleged trust properties en-
gagged In production In the year 1900 they
produced IA per cent, while the independent
factories produced Sc per cent of the fac
tory product of the country. 1t is impossi-
bic to permanently corner capital and
muscle and the raw material which nature
has produced in such abundance
But why multiply words? The history
of the country from 1893 to 1897. for the
four years under Cleveland and democracy
as compared with what we have today.
tells the whole story That of Cleveland
WAS UldTheu with QiSSenSiOn and disaster,
not only to his party. but to the people, and
that of Mckinley and Roosevelt with har-
nony and prosperity unparalleled
The Blight of Anarchy.
1.-The last work of a republican national
convention, held at Philadelphia in the year
1900. was overwhelmingly Endorsed by the
American people. and the remarkably sue
cessful administration of President MckIn-
ley was continued, but in an hour of uni
VerSal peace, when partisan criticism was
stilled by the spread of prosperity the
blight of anarchy, imported from another
shore, struck down our chief magistrate
and brought the whole world to his bier as
mourners. Universal sorrow stopped the
pulse of industry, not in fear, but in pro-
found respect for the memory of the man
and the President who died brea thing Thy
will. not mine. be done for in that hour
a vigorous, energetic and enthusiastic young
man stood beside that death bed, pledging
his life to the policies of his predecessor.
We had confidence in that pledge, and
nobly has it been kept. The new Presi-
dent took up the burden of the office with
caution. but without fear, for he had the
republican party behind him and the sue
cess of it's policies everywhere in evidence
The last three years of the administration
have been marked by the same success as
those that preceded. and today. as in Phila-
delphia four years ago. there is no division
in the republican councils to the stand
ard bearer of the republican party.
Peaceful Administration
THE history of civilized government is
a record of peaceful administration under
established policies, not of new laws new
Interpretation. In the old world new
law or d new policy. affecting the general
welfare OF the people. Is an event of a gem
Grafton, In this country new laws come
more frequently. but those of a general
character rarely oftencr than once in an
administration. The Mckinley administra
ton was marked by new tariff law.
which restored prosperity: gold standard
act. which gave stability to our currency;
the annexation of Hawaii; short and tri-
umphaat war with Spain. which brought
freedom to Cuba and placed Porto Rico and
the Philippines under our flag.
THE administration of Roosevelt has
brought an end to the cry OF imperialism
with growing civil government in the Phil
ippines ard a free and Independent govern
ment in Cuba the purchase and authorize
ton of tire Panama canal: the arbitration of
the coal strike, and the decisions that
trusts are amenable to the authority of law
These arc some of the acts of the repub-
iican party under the administration Of
President Roosevelt. and there Is not a re-
sponsible American citizen WHO dares deny
that they have. one and all. been for the
general good of the whole people, and that
they are, one and all. lrdorsed by the peo-
pie.
and appeal to the people of the country for
a renewal of power to the republican party.
standing by our policies, ready to legislate
where legislation would be productive Of
more good than evil from the economic
standpoint, but refusing to legislate and
lose the substance of success in vain eff
fort to sc cure the shadow that abideth not,
and satjsfieth not either the intellectual or
material existence.
Charles Baker. sixtythree years old,
conductor on Roland Park car. Baltimore.