Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-20

to establish a tariff for revenue only.
and second to foster home industries.
In all the history of the Democratic
party. there were only two men whom
the Democrats pointed to with pride
only two men they considered worth
| remembering. and they were Jefferson
and Jackson. And then. he said. the
Democrats had no right to claim JEFF
ierson for he was in accord with the
Republicans, for he favored protection
A surplus is something that always
worries a Democrat Things ran along
until there was surplus. Some
said 10 lower the tariff. but Jefferson
said no. 1t was. however lowered
after eight years and disaster soon
followed as it has ever since. when
the tariff was lowered.
We cannot forget the disaster of
Cleveland's second term. There was
no trouble during his first term be
cause Of the same reason for which Par
'Ser now says that he can do no dam
age if elected, because the congress
is Republican.
The greatest duty of the government
Mr.. Hogg declared. was to see that
everybody is employed lie mentioned
he fact that employment was to be
had by everyone now. He cited the
vast steel industry at Pueblo. employ
ing thousands. as an object lession
If The governments policy, which pro-
yides work He also mentioned the
ingar factories at Rocky Ford, Sugar
City, Lamar, Holly. Grand Junction
md in the northern part of the state
look at these" said Mr. Hogg, and
hen say they mean nothing"
He had not long since visited New
,ngland. where he declared white
>enns or buckwheat would not grow
nut the land was filled with great
manufacturing industries Did they
mean nothing? Then coming a little
urther west, into PENNSYLVANIA and
he Ohio and tributary valleys. with
heir vast industries-did they mean
nothing?
He added a little to Mark Hanna's
famous phrase. stand pat" He ex
planned that someone had explained to
him that when a man playing poker
had hand that looked good to him
he says, Il stand pat" So Mark Hanna
linking the Republican policy was a
good thing said. stand pat" Mr.
ilogg claimed that St Paul was
GOOD Republican, for he said HOLD
asst to that which is good" and that
$ just what the Republicans are try
ing to do But Mr.. Hogg coupled the
two expressions together and said:
Hold fast to that which is good
and stand pat"
The combined output of our manu-
billion dollars, If we are better of
now than ever before he said, we dom
want 10 try any changes.
Samuel Gompers the great labor
leader has said there were three mil.
lion men out of work during the panic
rs soon as Mckinley got snow con
litions began to rapidly improve
He touched on the oft-heard Demo
cratic complaint that manufacturer
sometimes sell their goods cheaper
abroad than they do al home He ex-
planned that if more goods were man
ufactured by a factory than could be
sold at home there would be a surplus
Then what was going to be done with
that surpus-which was the better
for the country-to close down the
factory and discharge all the hands
until the surplus were used up, oil
sell the articles abroad and keep la
Dor employed. There can be no hap
pincss. no prosperity" he said. when
labor is not employed"
Everybody was doing well. and still
Tom Patterson was not satisfied. Pat
terson reminded the speaker of the
woman who recently applied for di
vurce' on the ground that her husband
was TOO good to her, agreed with her
in everything.
There was not a time in the last
% years, he said. when the Democrats
mad presented a measure of any bene-
At to the people. They had just kick
ed. and were kicking yet.
The Democrats say the Republican
party are robbers" he said, but II
we are SO much better of by being
robbed. then we had better have more
robbers"
while the cost Of living had advanced
II per cent. wages were 16 BIO per
cent. higher; labor was per cent bet
ter off and 33 l-3 per cent more men
mployed than during the last year oi
Cleveland's term. Did these figures
mean nothing to the kickers?
He quoted the report of a commits
sion of Englishmen sent over here to
INQUIRE into the condition of the labor
'ng classes, and they reported thai
iabor in the United States was 25 to
20 per cent better off than English
aborers. and admitted that such con
iition was on account Of the tariff
The Democrats claimed that the
arin lOstered trusts. but the speaker
allied attention to the fact that trusts
'Xisted in free trade countries just
he same. He believed that when
became apparent that the great ag-
reEations of capital of which so
much complaint is made were really
IN injury 10 the people, that action
would then be taken and they would