Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-14
SIR. npYAN.s

Lie tOlONiuR etIlhDR OuS dre
taken from Mr.. Bryan's New York
speech:
Il congratulate President Roosevelt
upon the steps which he has taken to
enforce the antitrust lawe, and my
qualification Is not lessened by the fact
that he bias followed the democratic
ruther than :he republican platform in
every advance he has made,
sThe trouble Is that the republican
party is not in position to apply effective
has built up through special legislation
the very abuses which need to be
e~radicated.
Just another word in regard to the
laborinG mar. The struggle to secure
ar eight hour day is IAN international
struggle and it is sure to be settled iD
favor OF the working man. He is a
citizen ms well US a laborer and must
have time for study OF public questions
II he Is TO be an intelligent sovereign.
To drive him from his bel to his task
and from his task back to his bed is to
deprive the family OF bus company,
society o! his service and politics OF his
Influence.
"a corporation differs from n human
being in that it has no natural righte,
and, as all OF its rights are derived from
the statutes, it can he limited or 70
strained according as the public welfare
may require.
There never was a time when the
tariff reform coul1 be more easily en-
tered upon, for the manufacturers by
selling abroad cheaper Il Il at home, as
many OF them do. nave not only shown
their lngratitude toward those who built
the tariff wall for them but :hey have
demonstrated their ability to sell in com.
petition with the world. The high tariff
has long been a burden to the consumer
in the United States and It is growing
more II more a menace To our foreign
commerce because it Is arouslng re-
sentiment and provokes retaliation.
4As TO the right OF the governments,
Federal and State, to own and operate
railways there can be no doubt. II We
can deepen the water in the lakes alt
build connecting canals in order Il
q cheaper railroad transportation during
hall che year, we can build n railroad
and cheaper rates the whole year; IL w
, can spend several hundred millions OIL
the Panama canal to lower iranscontlu
. entail rates, we can build a railroad from
New York to San Francisco TO lowe
q both transcontinental and local rates.
Socialism presents a consisten
theory, but Il theory which i'll my iudg
ment does not take human nature int
4 account. Its strength is in it's attacI
. upon evils, the existence o; which i
q confessed. Its weakness is that i
would substitute u diseaae-if not
- worse one-for the disease from which
a We suffer. The socialist is honest in tn
belief TINT he has found a remedy 10
human lille, and he must be answere,
with argument, not with abuse. Tn
10 best why to oppose socialism is 4
remedy The abuses which have grow
up under individualism but which ar
not a necessary part OF individualisu
q and the ooner the remedy Is apple
y the better,
~@Plutocracy If abhorrent to a republic
y it Ii more despotic than monarchy, NOR
=, heartlcLs than aristocracy, more SELLS
than bureaucracy. 1t prcys upon I'll
. nation in time OF peace and conspire
. against it in the hour OF it's caiamit
CoDscienccless. ~companionl,s 81 an
devoid Of wisdom. it enervatcs its VI
taries while it impoyerishes it's victim.
"a II is already sapplng the strength Of tn
nation, vuIsarizing social life and max
a Tug a mockery OF morale. The time
n ripe for its overthrow. Lot us aitac
it boldly, making onr appeal to til
awakened conscience Of the nation i
tho name OF the people whom it hns or
pressed, in the name OF the homes whic
it has despoilcd and in the name o
+, religion upon which it has placed til
~ stigma Of hypocrisy"