The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-02
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QUESTION DEALT
WITH BY GARFIELD
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d director on more imam one DOarQ.
How simple it would be for this man
TO elect some clerk as his stool pigeon
to serve on other boards. He chases
after shadows instead of substances. In
| stead of doing away with the indus
trial evils, his are methods for chican-
| cry and fraud. It is simply the idle
dream of man who has not thought
it through to the finish. He would
seek to impose a penalty upon some
| businesses because others have been
managed improperly. He destroys the
initiative for industrial endeavor.
Bryan tells us the tariff is the cause
of much of this evil. You can't take
| the protective tariff off of one single
man or corporation and impose it on
others. We have suggested in our
platform revision of the tariff. We
have promised the people that March
4 of next year, we intend to call Con-
gress to revise the tariff. But we want
| it revised along protective lines. We
| believe in tariff that will prevent for
eign manufacturers from underselling
home manufacturers, but will allow
only a reasonable profit to these home
manufacturers. We would have this
| tariff regulated so that when the home
manufacturers were obtaining an ex-
cessive profit the foreigner could come
in and underseI him.
Bryan poses as the special friend
Of labor. He endeavors to arraign
the labOring man against the Republic
can party on all things. Let us meet
him on that issue. l consider his
statement about the souls of men be-
ing in danger as instilling into the
minds of the people pernicious ideas
He tries to make believe one set of
men is trying to Cypress the other set
and to control their lives. Any man
who presents that argument is not a
good citizen. The Republican party
has treated labor fairly. 1t has not
picked out one set of men and said
you are our pets. We recognize any
man who earns his bread either by
his hands or brain as laboring man
| We recognize that there should be GER
tain legislation along labor lines. We
have reduced the hours of labor in
order to make possible the uplifting
Of mankind. We have specified the
hours man shall labor on railroads.
We have gone into the factories and
| legislated certain laws Of protection.
We have promoted laws governing
child labor. Why, Bryan talks about
child labor laws and says the Demo-
cratic party would have care for the
souls Of men. Look in South where
the Democrats are absolutely in con-
| troll. Look at the pale, wan cheeks
of the children in the factories in the
South; look at them and see what DEM
ocracy has done toward the child Ia
Dor laws. The Republican party has
gone further than the Democrats ever
/ dared to go. Where are the pure food
laws, the meat inspection laws which
insure pure food to the people. The
Republican party has attempted to do
that which will benefit the greatest
number of people. We do not believe
in experimenting, but advise going
slowly and steadily.
| Roosevelt, Labor's Friend.
Another point. which Bryan lays
special stress upon, is in regard to
TIC plouIcll VI COuIt iuJuuCLlCu. ne
says our candidate is the father of
injunction. He says Republican courts
are unjust and enforce the law against
the laboring man. Has there ever been
any one who stood by the laboring
men like President Roosevelt? He
says labor and capital must be pro-
tected equally and both must obey the
law. He has treated organized labor,
union labor, the same as he has treated
organized capital, union capital
When you analysed Mr.. Bryans
propositions they are fancies and in
his dealings with the proposition
about labor he has been unfair and
unjust He has tried to make the la
boring man believe he has been treat
ed unfairly. Look at his bank deposit
idea. 1t would make a good bank re-
sponsible for bad one. A set of men
could organize bank with the pur-
pose of fraud and when AZ collapsed
and they left with the NJ n the 9TH
er banks would have GOOD
the loss. OF course G. be
chased to Canada or Nc hink