Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-24
KELLY THE BAKER IS TIRED OF REPUBLICANISn
 AND ITS TRUST WAYS
We'll Known Waterbury Republican Says Change is Needed-Republicans Have Failedto Keep Their Promises-f Parker is the Man Bring Relief He. With Many Other Republicans Wi II Flock to Him.

Thomas Kelly, the well known
 baker-farmer of Waterbury and Mid
 dlebury, was in meditative and pen l 1tent mood to-day at his summer res-
 1dence beside Quassapaug lake when
 Democrat reporter had a chat wfth
 him regarding current questions. MT Kelly is naturally of a cheerful dis position, but to-day he appeared
 somewhat gloomy and Respondent, l hds strange mood reminding the re- porter of the antics of man who had gone wrong and was thinking of
 returning to better ways, but was de- 1 tered from doing so through personal
 pride or shame as the case might be 1 and the influences of environment.
 After few remarks about the pros
 poets of prosperous potato crop MT l Kelly remarked with some emotdon
 that he regretted to find it necessary
 ito state that flour is $7 barrel to-
 day and adding that he should not
 care to purchase much of it at that
 price, because he believed that it was
 not likely to go beyond that, on the
 contrary he expected to see 1t come down.
 II don't know whether I ought to
 say tt or not" continued MT Kelly, but 1t does seem to me that the time
 is ripe for the people of this country
 to bring about a condition of things l which will make it impossible for a l few men to corner breadstuffs and fix l the price at figure which puts mariy things out of reach of the common 1 people and render them even lux
 ury with the well to do. When pub l lie officials allow a handful Of men
 to regulate the output of wheat so as l to make at necessary to run flour LID to ST barrel it is high time that all l thoughtful men commenced to make | little investigation on their own ae-
 count and with a view solely to guarding the interests of themselves
 and their families. After a few men have cornered the 5O0,0OO,OOO bushels of wheat in this country 1t becomes
 an easy matter for them to regulate
 the price of the article, but if these l speculators knew that in order to
 make kings of themselves in the mar ket they would have to get control of ! the billions of bushels of wheat raised all over the world then their task
 would be practically impossible and
 the price of bread would not be con l stantly huctuating and never would go beyond a fair margin of profit for
 the dealer in grain Of themselves l they never could bring about such a l condition of things as we have here l to-day, but men charged to perform 1 their duty to the best of their skill and ability for the common good of all come to their rescue and enact laws which prohibit us from buying 1 Whate we need from our neighbors by l imposing big duty on the imported | article. Everything the people of
 this country need and which cannot be produced here in quantities large enough to meet the demand should
 come in free of duty, or, if anything to make it prohibitive If the tax is too high the fellows on the inside are
 at liberty to charge what they please, l but if we were in position to say to
 these speculators, if you do not make l your price right we will deal with our. l neighbors, then you might expect ito see the price of everything that en- ters into the cost of living within the
 reach of all The republican party is in position to do this, but 1t does
 not seem to be moving in that direc-
 tfon. Things are going the other way. The price of everything with the exception of labor is .on the in- crease and this is due to the fact l that every commodity with the ex- ceptton of labor is protected The l democrats are not able to bring abour
 changes: Would they do it 1T they were at the helm? Would Parker and his associates pay a little more attention to the welfare of the many. and little less to that of the few l than Roosevelt and his advisers? If the working classes and the business men of the country could be convinced that he would do this very large number of republican votes would be cast for Parker, not because he Is the nominee of any particular party but on account of the desire of the people to better their condition-to avert | what threatens to eventuate in the perpetuation of a system which might"
 Here Mir Kelly paused and the,
 scribe took occasion to remind him | that he was in a measure responsible for the existence of the evils he saw on all sides and inquired if he had
 seen the error of his way and conclud-
 ed ito again become associated with
 the party of the people. MT Kelly is one of the most prominent repuDIi- cans in Connecticut and the reporter was overjoyed at the prospect of her aiding the announcement of sucn a
 notable convert ito democracy, but the
 baker didn't pretend to have heard a
 word which he uttered. As matter
 of fact he resumed his subject while
 the scribe was speaking and conclud-
 ed leaving the newsman to surmise
 what ticket the great Mckinley man
 will vote this fall. Why" he start
 ed off, apparently growing angry,
 whats the use trying to deny certain
 things? Look at the cost of lumber
 and building material and then con-
 sider the result and see who are the
 sufferers There ds no incentive for
 poor man to buy building lot to-day
 because it costs a fortune to put a
 house on it. This was not so in the past and the change came so suddenly
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