Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16
HUTCHINSON AND HARPER
| SPEAK

HUTCHINSON AND HARPER
| SPEAK
| CONTINUED From Page ID
man Of the country lives, and he
should live better than the laborors
of the European countries and there
fore he needs better wages than they
receive. Thus the enactment of the
| Wilson bill brought it's natural results.
mot long after the enactment Of
the Dingley bill the doors of the mills
were opened and the prosperity which
the whole country has experienced
ever since began"
Notable Legislation.
| Senator Harper then dwelt upon the
notable legislation, that the last ses-
sion of congress brought into being,
mentioning among others, the pure
food law, the railway rate bill and the
Panama canal bill. He then turned
his attention to state issues and stated
that the results of fifty-two years Of
practically unbroken republican con-
troll Of the state were something of
which any citizen could we'll be
j Va
the republican party in power in the
state. NJ
Hon. j. G.. Hutchinson, was then in
troduced to the audience and spoke in
part as follows: Il have never found
a party that semed to me as wise as
the republican party. l believe it Is
the party of the country.xt have al
ways voted it's ticket and always in
tend to do so as long as believe it to
be the great old party believe it to
be now. This is a government that
must be ruled and controlled by par
ties and it probably always will be-.
You have had careful and COM
plete history of the republican party
and its various policies leading up to
| the present conditions so will begin
with the present"
Country Needs Development.
| After describing the dark and dis
NAL times that followed the enactment
of the Wilson bill in Cleveland's last
administration Mr. Hutchinson said:
why should this period of disaster
follow the enactment of tariff for
revenue only, bill? Because this is a
large country, possessed of vast wealth
in soil and mineral deposits. This
wealth needed and needs the develop
ment that the protective tariff alone
can give it. When we let loose Of
this vital principle we begin to go
back.
During the last ten years the CAPT.
tai invested in industry has almost
doubled and the profits have increas-
ed. Today the job hunts the laborer
instead of the laborer hunting the job.
Prices Need to be "Too High"
But, the democrats say that the
prices are too high, that wages are
too large, that it costs too much to
live. When you come to that time
when it does not cost too much to
live, you wont be getting the prices
you are now for your farm products,
the factories will cease to run, the Ia
boring man will go begging for a job
and his family will perhaps be starv-
ing. 1t has always been that way and
always will be.
There has been such thing as the
advocacy of reciprocity with Canada.
We have provided laws to protect the
farmer from just this thing. 1t says
to the Canadian farmer with his SO
to SIS an acre farm you can not come
into our markets and sell your pro-
ducts to the breaking down of our
agriculture.
In speaking of the government own
ership of railroads idea, Mr.. Hutchi-
son said "Mr Bryan has great ideals
but he can not put them into practical
shape or successful operation. There
is another man in this country with
high ideals but he has the faculty of
putting his ideals into laws for the
great benefit of the country That man
is Theodore Roosevelt.
"Mr. Bryan's ownership proposition
is an impractical tumble and is one of
the failures of the peerless leader,
yet it will be part of the Democratic
platform in the next campaign. 1t is
not only impractical but it can't be
done. 1t would bankrupt every state
| and even the nation. For that reason
we must be very careful that we do
not send to Congress either represen-
| tative or senator, who would listen to
that kind of nonsense"
| Mr.. Hutchinson was followed by
| County Attorney w. W. Epps, who In
a brief address described the changes
in the Australian ballot this year. and
later urged the election of the entire
republican ticket, state, congressional
and county.
A number of the county candidates
were present at the meeting including
the following: ]. D. Stephens, candi-
date for treasurer; J. R. Criley, candi-
date for auditor; w. B. Moore, candi-
date for treasurer; Edwin DUNCAN,
candidate for clerk; E. L. Scott, can
didate for coroner; and ]. S. Redfern
and G. w. Hatch.