Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-22


 tice In Taxation" = Quotes Sugar
 Masnate Havemeyer.
 Des Nioines, Ia., Aug. 22-Compar- i2gg tie attitude of the two dominant political parties on the tariff question, William J. Bryan. Democratic candi- date for the presidency, at the base ball park before vast audience fired another gun in the national campaign.
 He attacked the Republican prom ises of tariff revision and asked if the Democratic party was not justified when 1t included in its platform the declaration that .'the people cannot safely intrust the execution of this important work to party which is so deeply obligated to the highly protect ed interests as the Republican party"
 "The whole aim of our party" he said in summarizing, lis to procure justice in taxation"
 Mir. Bryan arrived in Des Moines accompanied by Mayor Frank w. Brown of Lincoln and his private sec retary, Robert r. Rose. The party was driven to the Slavery hotel, where the Democratic candidate held an in- formal reception in the lobby.
 At the station to meet Bryan were Mayor A. J. Mathis of Des Moines, Mayor Sears of Sioux City, Jerry Sul- livan, National Committeeman Wade, Fred E. White, Democratic candidate for governor, and many other promi- nent Iowa Democrats.
 Escorted by the Young Mems Bryan club and many prominent Democrats, N he proceeded to the baseball park, where he was cordially cheered before | speaking.
 While Mir. Bryan was speaking the Temporary platform on which were
 lated several hundred people collaps- h. Nobody was hurt, and there was lo panic, but Mir. Bryan was inter- spted for period while arrangements
 re made for him to continue speak ESg from the grand stand, where he Finished his address.
 Beginning his discussion of the vari- bus issues of the campaign, MT. Bryan kpoke on the tariff question in part as Follows:
 Mir. Chairman. Ladies and Gentle lmen-In my notification speech stat led that as the campaign progressed 1 would discuss the question Shall the People Rule" as 1t applies to the vari- ous issues involved in this campaign. begin with the tariff question be- cause it is the most lasting of our eco homie questions and the one upon which the leading parties have most frequently opposed each other.
 The Republican platform says that the tariff Is intended for the American manufacturers, farmers and producers, and especially for the wage earners. If the farmer and the wage earner are really the chief beneficiaries of the protective system, will the Republican candidate explain why the farmer and the wage earner have contributed so little to the Republican campaign fund? Is he willing to publish q list !, of contributors on the 10th day of next O[lVQEI uua diiON Ant itNAhC vantage of protection to the manu- -gactuar, the farmer and the wage earner to be measured by the contribu- sions received from each class? Why Is it that the manufacturers are ex- pected to furnish so large proportion of the money to run the campaign if. as the Republicans claim, the farmers and the laborers enjoy so large pro- portion in the benefits of the systeml Is 1t not a significant fact that the farmers and wage earners who are al- ways put in the foreground when the blessings of high tariff are being enumerated are in the background when the collections are being made ? Is 1t not significant that the manu- facturers. who furnish the funds. are so little advertised as beneficiariesI Is it not significant also that the wage earners, instead of the manufacturers. are always described as "the most di- rect benehclaries of the protective sys. temF"
 Democrats Tell Hew to Reduce.
 4Ht DcluOtialC DAAAAOth uot OtAAg demands a reduction of the tariff, but 1 1t plainly outlines the course to be pur- A sued in securing the reduction. It be- N gins by proposing that articles which Ncome into competition with articles tcontrolled by trust be placed on the kree list. What better place to begini Eears ago Mr. Havemeyer. the head of nbe sugar trust. said that the tariff k lsas the mother of trusts. and her chill dren are many. Secretary Taft in his notification speech says that an ex- cessive tariif serves no useful purpose, "but offers a temptation to those who would monopollze the production and the sale of such articles in this coun- try to profit by the excessive rate"
 Let me show ycu how the tarinf op- crates. have here a statement made by Mr. .H. E. Miles. chairman of the tarid committee of the National Asso- cIation of Manufacturers and head of the agricultural implement trust. The statement appears in the American In- sustries of Nov. 15. 1907. a paper uhich ls pow supporting the Republican tick <s and making a special fight against the labor plank of the Democratic platform. Here Is what Mr. Niles says:
 aT have made uoney every year out