The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-10-29
BRYAN ADVANCE AGENT
OF PROSPERITY
Remedies Which the Demo cratic Party Offers to the
Restoration of Confidence and Quietude and an
Even, Equitable Prosperity The Roosevelt Panic
Measures Republican Failure

Thu effort of the Republicans to
create Bryan scare have not only
fallen flat. but Mr. Bryan is taking
the wind from their sails by pointing
out the necessity of remedies and pol
iCieS advocated only by the DE- mOCrats
for the restoration of confidence and
the return OF prosperity:
THE Democratic party is absolutely
necessary to restore prosperity. The
Republican party has had its chance
and ii has failed. We are now ill the
midst of IL depression for which nat
ural conditions furnish no excuse.
Artificial conditions are responsible
fOr the present business prOStrat ion
an, those artificial conditions OriGi
ma ii in Republican policies. The
bm ness failures for the nine months
IN, ing OH September 80 were 1913
n lumber. and the liabilities amount
d to s179,0OO,0O0. 1T meant that if
ne assets are worth. in fact. the
mount at which they are placed,
here Will still be Il loss of $4,000, 900
to account for.
This tremendous loss comes at Il
time when crops are reasonably good
and when nature has not withheld her
bounty. 1t comes when the kCpubIi-
cans are i'll complete control. They
have IL President whom they culO9izc
in their platform. /, Senate completely
in the hands OF the Republican part y
and a Republican House OF Reprcscn-
iativcS dominated by dCSpOtic
Speaker. We can assume, therefore,
that they have done everything they
could do consistently under their poll
cics to prevent panic, and Vet the
panic is hero. IT comes. too, when we
have tariff so high that even tho
Republicans promise HnequiyOca1ly to
revise it immediately. and Mr.. Taft
has yenturcd the opinion that the re-
vision will probably be downward
What does it promise to do for tho
protection of the public? What poll
t.ies has it that look to q restoration
of prosperity?
A member of the British cabinet
said recently in Il speech that the eX-
ports Of cotton goods from Lancashire
had increased eleven per cent over
last year, and he declared that the
cotton exports of the United States
the same period. If this is true, how
will the protectionists explain it?
''Tbe Republican party cannot cs
cape from its record. 1t is jmpOrtan
to protect the public. because its poll
CieS have for their object not the ad
yancemcnt Of the general welfare bu
the enrichment OF . relatively small
number OF the people at the expense
Of the rest of the people. If we arr
to have prosperity. we must restore
Independence in Industry. The Re
publican party docs not promise this
On the contrary, it pledges itself t,
continuation of the policies unGe
which trusts have grown and fattene,
at the expense of the public.
THE Democratic party does prom
Use to prevent the creation of priVat
monopolies. To have prosperity w
must have harmonious co-opera ito
between labor and capital. The Re
publican party does not promise this
On the contrary it promises to con
tinue the policies which estrange
labor and capital, and have made Ia
Dor troubles acute. The Democrat
party promises justice between labo
and capital and II restoration Of pfac
and friendship between employer 'an