The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-03

wages lncnedSeQ SlSnllN leSS Aidn 5s per cent IL Is asserted that during tn same period the value of manufacture products in creased 5s.7 per cent am the inquiry is made does MT. Cannol and the other stand-pat congressman cal that a fair deal? An increase of 5S. per cent for the trusts and only an in crease of 9.4 per cent for the wage earn CTS?
 Much space is then given to the sub ject of corruption and the scandals il the republican party, particular refer ence being made to the allegations o Judge Parker just before the last presl dential election and which were violentl. denounced by President Roosevelt in public letter.
 Continuing the book says:
 'The report of the Armstrong commit tee of the New York legislature publish ed since MT. Roosevelt made his sweep ing and apparently impassioned but reail. crafty denials proves that Parker spok the truth and that Roosevelt was mis taken when he said the charge was un qualihedly and atrociously false
 Ship Subsidy Legislation.
 The proposed ship subsidy legislation il discussed at length It is alleged tha the real purpose of the bill was not dis closed by it's title. but rather it's objee was legalized robbery of the masses fo the benefit of a few engaged in the ship ping business.
 The subject of rate legislation is dis cussed in extenso and with regard to tn recent law enacted it has this to say.
 "The present congress enacted a lav amending the action of 1887 It would have been law had the republicans beer so disposed years.
 50 controlled by the railroads weri many of the republican senators tha this bill could not have passed this tim' CFifty-nnth Congress) without the unan imous action of the democrats and thu Presidents 'hlg stick which drove ant kept enough republican senators in line to pass it. At very acute stage of thu contest the President found it necessary to request conference with leading democratic senators. They gladly confer red with him. and the papers made grea note of this unusual act His position a that time was that which the democrats had occupied. but he was forced by thu opposition in his own party to give ground and to break faith with his democratic conferees by consenting to the 'broao court review. "
 Extravagant Appropriations.
 Attention is next called to the extrava gant appropriations of the Fifty-nintt Congress and in connection herewith ref erence Is made to the creation of de fciencies in violation of the law. Unde the head of departmental scandals Secretary Shaw Is charged with meg lecting the duties of his office, travelling about the country making speeches fol the standpatters and carrying on a cam paign for the presidential nomination il 1908 but still drawing a salary which h. does not earn. and setting bad exam pie for his subordinates."
 The controller of the currency is de clared to be inefficient by reason of tn failure of the Walsh enterprise and othe banks It is declared that the "littl' rogues are prosecuted, but the big onel are allowed 10 escape
 With the relation to their attitude to wards organized labor the book asserts that the democrats were the first to giv' 1t recognition. It's position is summa rized as follows:
 "It is safe to say there has not ye been a statute enacted by congress fo1 the relief of the worl<ingmen of thu United States or organized labor that thu democrats have not given it their heart, support
 Hostile to Labor Element.
 Taking up President Roosevelts post ton on the question, it is declared tha he is hostile to the labor element H. has expressed it in his books, it in h,' official utterances, and by his acts
 1t is stated that he regards repl esen tatives of labor unions as members 0 the "rogue's gallery" sleek, oily fel lows" "bulls of basha1s lazy, selfish brutal. violent murderous," "a mob
 Returning to the subject of tariff tn book asserts that President Roosevelt at various times In his career has beel a free trader tariff reformer and stand batter. and that he may lead move ment for tariff revision in 1908. An then 1t has this to say.
 MT Roosevelt has written distinct ly and unequivocally stating his position since he withdrew from the Free Trad club, it has been given out at Oyste Bay this summer that he is fully in ae cord with the views of Speaker Cannon and MT. Sherman"
 Motive Behind Big Stick.
 Under the caption The Motive Be hind the Big Stick it is charged tha President Roosevelt favors big corpora lions in Porto Rico and the Philippines and that he would make laws advantage ous for them; that he wants a big mill tary and naval force to include subsid ized merchant marine, and that he ha perverted the Monroe doctrine in the in tercst of the asphalt trust in Venezuela It is stated that not until he found necessary to win the democratic supper for his policy of imperialism, did he eve say a word in praise of any democrati statesman or democratic achievment
 Quotations follow from one of the presi dents books referring in alleged libel lous and scandalous terms to Jefferson Madison, Benton and others. The charg is then made that the president favor certain railroads, and accepts from them violates the interstate commerce law demands and receives money in favore hanks without interest, diverts funds ap rropriated for one purpose to another; al lows public money to pay for literar, bureaus to boom his policy.