Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-01

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Welt. who says that all laws must be
enforced.
1t is asserted by some that the tariff
is the mother of trusts, ana ttat tHe
killing of the tariff would XIII Inc
trusts. Well, how would the killihg Oh
the tariff affect a trust ike the otah"-
ard Oil Co., upon whose commodity
there is no tariff? What created thiit
trust? How would il affect the aiieseu
trust in anthracite coal, upon WIZ !.
there is no tariff. How ABOUT 'he p'ei
trust-WOuld revision OF the 'hr'ii vi
removal of the duty on peer XIII 'i'''
No, but it would ruin the men w"
raise the beer. Trusts exist Ill l'e'.
trade England and in Germany, ana
there are trusts here in things upon
which there is no tariff ANA wee versa.
The trusts are the natural result Oh
modern civilization and modern busl-
ness methods and necds-o1 All the
and all the fariii'ieS "ii'i'
make each man the ncighbor OF every
other man. TO destroy them ""u'" ne
to destroy everything else ana l" 20
back two generations to the reriou Oh
individual effort.
Here the sneaker told the story OF
the evolution of n little country NiiE'Se
at the magic touch OF Il f'ilir"''i' anu
described the rise from Il Slii'ui to''Ii-
try wagon shop of III" great ''u"epa-
kcr carriage making industry where
bv the selling price az the wagons mas
been reduced from $120 each to $50.
1t WAS a vivid illustration of the ad-
Of nf The tNOlllt Ion
from small to great things.
"When." he said. "they declare III
their platform that they want the
trusts destroyed they are elther lg-
norant or inSinccre. Wheh men set
out To run this government, they
should be honest and know what they
are about. Sweep away the 'ifiIl, ana
the trusts will become an International
system. 1t is better to have American
trusts. amenablr tn American EiWS
than to have international trusts De
yUnd the reach of our laws. Inc trust
system has it's evils. Everything has.
The progress of mankind is Il mel;in-
rhoIv struggle at best. We have our
trust evils, and also the power to cor
rect them in the strong hand Of the
correct them. And that's why the Re-
publican party has enacted Sucii
drastic laws, and even established Il
new department Of government To con-
troll them, and all offenders VIII be
punished as long as Theodore RooSe-
Welt is President (apl'lause). The Ike
publican party. then. is united Oh nh
ance. united on the tariff. united on
the trusts, and il is also united on the
Philippine question.
The opposition says that we ought 10
withdraw from the Philippines. Par
ker saws we ought not. but that we
SHOULD promise the F'ilipinos now what
we will do when the time comes. What
is the result of agitation ON TINS SUD-
iect? 1t sows the seeds of sedition i'll
those islands and tends to undo the
work of years.
Men like Coy. Taft who know say
that it will be generations before the
Irilipjnos are fit for Self-gOVernm@nC.
If this is so. then Parker's plan for IN
dapendcnce must be postponed long
time Why not trust our children to o
the right thing in this matter when th'-
right time comes? All of the justice
and .statesmWship in TINS country
won't die with this generation. If we
make a promise of Independence now.
it will begin dispute and ambitious
men. anxious for absolute power as
all Oricntals are, would claim that the
neople of the islands are ready now fo'
self government, and if we didn't agree
with them. then the torch and the dag
ger would spread terror and destruc-
ton from Manila to Mundane.
All the predictions of the opposition
concerning the policy of the Republic
can party in the Philippines have been
disproved. With that opposition in
power, and its purposes carried out.
there could be but one result-anarchy!
1t is Il great problem. one requiring a
firm hand. courage and great resource
fulness. All agree that in this matter
American honor and American inter-
csts are involved, and does anyone see
in the opposition any of these quail
ties? They are uncertainty itself on
all other subjects and chaos itself on
the Philippines. Here the speaker
devoted some attention to what he de-
scrihed as the fictitious issue of mill
tarism. Cochran. their most eloquent
orator. speaks almost entirely of it.
Where is it? We are at peace with all
the world. What do they mean by it?
Our army? Why. our army is many
times the smallest in the world in COM
parisOn with the size Of the nation it
serves. There is not twO-thirds Of q
soldier to every 100000 people. If the
army were to he distributed according
to the population, Portland would have
about one-half of n soldier. and Au-
gusta about one-thirtieth of n soldier.
Does any one expect that needle of a
hayonct will put down their liberties?
In the Philippines We have $1,000
soldiers among eight millions of savage
people and those 10000 are part of
the total army of $1,000.
DO they mean the navy? Well, We
have the greatest coast line in tn
world. and an extensive commerce. and
the sails of our future will crowd every
harbor where the American flag is now
unknown. Our navy is the smallest in
proportion to our numbers and wealth.
And. looking upon this little army.
the opposition dreams of empire. and
sees riding into power tomorrow the
mHn on horseback! Are you willing to
trust the government to a party that