Evening journal., 1904-06-07

ERNAAA-
It represents policies which reduce the oc-
easion for aimsgiving to the minimum.
Its bounty is opportunity.
The Democratic party, on the contrary,
never fails TO express sympathy for the
over-burdened; but its policies, when put
in operation, never fail to produce condi-
tions which incfte sympathy. When the
products of labor find ready sale, and
labor finds correspondingly ready en-
ployment, then our opponents are loud
est in their protestauons OF sympathy Tor
the over-taxed and over-burdened people
They never congratulate; they always
eympathlze. They never rejoice; they al
ways bemoan. They seldom cheer except
al the prospect Of something worse.
Will Argue on High Living Expenses.
am neither prophet nor the son of a
prophet but 1 venture the opinion that
al least one-half Of the opponents argn-
mem during the coming campaign Will be
directed against alleged unreasonable Nv
tng expenses. You will be told that the
+ price of meat IS exorbitant; that the price
OF biead IS unreasonable; in short, that
The price OF everything you buy has been
.ndulv advanced, and ali because of Re-
publican policies and Republican legisla-
ton.
am confident. however. that before the
campaign proceeds very far there will be
furnished from the highest possible au-
thority in the United States, well-authen-
ticated data showing that the average
wages have Increased in larger proportion
than the average articles Of ordinary
household consumption. But Of this I DO
not care to speak at this time. Ny present
purpose Will be served by showing that
universal and constant employment at
reasonable wages. even in the face Of
high-priced living expenses, Is prefer
abe to employment for only a portion Of
our people, though at the same wages and
at much reduced living expenses. Catch
the thought. Employment for all our peo-
pie at a given wage. with living expenses
high IS preferable to employment for only
one-half our people with living expenses
however cheap.
No Suffering With Plenty Of Labor.
This country has never seen and never
will see suffering at a time when labor
finds ready and constant employment,
whatever the price Of food and clothes.
And the converse Of this Is also true. This
country always has been and always will
be filled with suffering whenever labor
fails Of employment, however cheap may
be food and clothes.
think can demonstrate either one OF
both Of two propositions. I can show that
the happiness of the wage-eaTner Is de-
pendent upon high-priced farm products,
and ! can also demonstrate that the pros
perity Of the farmer is dependent upon tie
ready and constant employment Of the
wage-earner. IN other words. it is easily
demonstrated that the property Of arti.
san and farmer is interdependent.
Phil Armour once said TO me: Il col
rich when comparatively a young man
by watching the coal and iron miners
Whenever they were employed l packed
every ham I could get my hands on. Ny
partaer would say, Phil you will break
us up ! would answer, no. they are
working now But when I saw the Goa
and ron workers quit / sold every ham
we had"
The farmers OF my state understand
this fully. It has been taught in every
schoolhousc. IN tent meetings in all groves
and from tho platforms Of ali towns. and
as a result, more farmers came to oui
recent Republican State convention thar
ever before and every one Of them cam,
determined that the American waee-earn-
er should be employed. In other words
the Iowa farmer went 60 Des M0ines OF
May IS 1904, to protect his market. WheT
wage-oarners understand this interdepend
ence as thoroughly as the Iowa farmers
understand It, they, too. will go TO Re
publican conventions to protect their mar
ket.
And what Is the market Of the Arner,cai
wage-earner? 1t Is the American con
sumer--an'isan, farmer. freight handler
business men and capitalist. The Repub
lican party insists that the American pro
ducer, to The limit Of his ability, shall sup
ply the needs OF the American consumer
The Democratic party seems to think
of no Consequence who produces tha
.whi,k wc consume. providing only Il !
icheaD. The Republican party Insists tha
1t is uoasurably unimportaut what prlc
wo pay so long as we pay the price Z
ourselves.
What High Wages Means.
Higher wages mean more and bette
food for the waee-carner. more and bet
ter c'othes for his family. a better roo
for the homo, ana therefore better mar
ket for ghc farmer. Higher prices 10
cattle and corn mean more lumber 70
farm buildings, moro barbed wire 70
fences. moro and better clothes for
happier family, more and better furnitur
for the home, better carpets. better car
riages. and more and better implement
OF agriculture. ana therefore better mar
ket Tor the wage-earner.
In other words, both the wagc-ea rne
and the tarmer-yes. the business ma
and the capitalist as well-spend in on
way OF another about al their income
It Is spent either for improvements on tn
farm. OF for aittls home in town. o
IN the education OF children. OF in IN
construction of railroad, or I'm build
ing a ship, and ninety per cent. Of II goe
directly or Indirectly for labor or for III
products OF labor.
Whenever the Republican party is Il
2swsk ana lbs policies are in operation