The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-22
Exposition of Interrelation of Capitalist and Laboring Classes as One Man
 Sees Them.
EFFECT OF PROTECTION
How Low Tariffs and High Compare in thc Way They Affect Govern mcnt and Pcople.-Nicw of
 the Campaign Ideas.

1 problem or governmental enigma too deep and intricate for him to work out or solve that so looking upon the slit uatIon he trusts to the judgment of some other man, basng his conclusions upon some few statements of his rather than to line of reasoning of his own, and believing the man of or- dnary intellect fully capable Of un- derstandlns the fundamental principles which undcrlle our system of govern mont and the principles and theories which enter into a discussion Of pres ent governmental abuses and proposed reforms, the writer makes bold to ask the columns of the Journal-Courier to tho readers thereof who arc about to take part in the coming election some idea and conclusions arrived at through twelve years of reading and observation.
 Mir Voter: Does it not appear to. you that there arc just as noble, hon egy and true men ih ono political party as n another2 And js it not often uaGo plain to you that there arc some dishonest, self-seeking men in each of the parties? Does It seem that it makes little difference 10 you personal ly who Is president and which party is In poNer9 1T ae, win you kindly try to follow ths line of suggt stive reasoning and judge for yourself whether the samo ra iruc or ra'sc9 Whether fl he logic or nonsense?
 Has it not been wisely said that, "Nhat is ono mans meat Is another mans roison9' And can if not he as truly said That which means great prosperity to a foN men often means poverty to tho many? 10 not men considering politlcal questions or is- suos judge, more or less salhshly and from the standpoint of their business or their position In society? on the other hand. can we doubt that we have one of tho best governments aver 1eyised2 And is not the great found5- tion principle uron which if has grown go great and upon which t as a repuh- lic must continue e rest lt it is Co cn duro the fest of time. been thai 2 Imajorii' of the people should rue and make tho laws in and fer the interest and welfare of tho majority or greater number ot ta citizens? kuh though men dlfor politicall, from selfish mos tircs do not many more differ because thog think differently as to what laws would prove hest fer the many And Is not tha difference in opinion based largely in tho two well known views If society taken ae 3 Wholo2
 You know Thomas Jefferson believed and taught that laws should he framed prinarilA in the interest of and should operate directly for the welfare of the common people tho Che many) while Alexander Hamilton believed that log lelatiun should favor the few who were more highly endowed intellectually and otherwise, that they might he In a better position to aseist the many In other words Jefferson believed in pro viding for tha many, leaving it te them to make good use of the fruits o' theeir labor while Hamilton would . the hands of the few and let thom deal it out as they see ft lest the many waste their substance
 And do we not lnd men to-day who think the laboring men depend upon tho capitalists more than tho capital ists depend upon the men who toll ? Who think that society as a whole s suspended from the top rather than held up from beneath? Imagine the lahorcr and his parachute destroyed and of what value would that which is commonly called capital he, and what would he the fate of its possessor But were the capitalists and their possessions on the planet Mars, would not labor proceed to create new cap ital2
 And is 1t not right al this point that the ordinary seeker after truth stum. blcs and is led astray by those whc from selfish interests or misguided zeal try to induce him to believe that
 his welfare depends upon that of those above him. Ii does in part, nc doubt, But does it primarily? Is not this the real question to be. decided
 Let us try tho effect of a homch illustration May we not compare or think of our government, or rather OI the people under it, as being one great industrial coach on the road to higher civilization and achievement Sup.
 pose we think of 1t as being drawr
 l,Kt N,,tt Tg,p
 crs, mechanics. Wagc-oarncrs, etc.. while in 1t ride all of the great Cap. tains of Industry" bankers and Capi. talists in general Consider the roar. way and the coach as the property of the government.
 For a time after this roadway was laid out according 10 the plans and specifications of the constitution of tho United States, and while it was kept in repair by our rorefathers, the law makers of those days, this great coach
 moved forward rapidly, Now that fl shows the effects of time. and the roadway has been neglected, we hear . craakIugs and groans, shouting ant cursIng, all of which seems to ac. complish as yet but little more thM
 to impress upon most of us tha
 something needs doing and must ht done if we arc to attain the goal to-
 ward which we have been travelling, ! Those inside the coach say that tn,
 springs are not "elastic" enough. The,
 feel the jolt of hard times" prove,
 that the carriage In which they rid,
 needs attention and they are yer, anxious to have the government fix f tfor thcml by giving them more . "elastic currency"
 The toilers on the road feel that tn,
 government should remove tho "higj
 tariff Instructions, trust prices, "stock gambling, and other ncquar |, tics in tho distribution of the rc
 wards for labor which sCroN the road