The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-10-02

with which he had grappled all the
other unusual crises presented to this
administration.
"The substantial results that he has
accomplished by which all rebates and
unlawful determinations have been
abolished, by which trusts and illegal
monopolies have been made to COM
ply. with the law, show what can be
done under a man with courage, with
knowledge of the situation, with the
power Of stirring up the people when
he has cohesive party behind him.
'If / am elected, as expect to be,
have the greatest pleasure in pledg-
ing all the energies and all the abili-
ties of which / am capable to continue
those policies, to make business hon
est and to keep every man within the
law humble or rich, and to devise
such statutory means of clinching the
Roosevelt policies and the progress
that has been made so that we can
count on the continuance of the high
moral standard that he has insisted
upon. 3 th
Promises Tariff Revision.
Now We are going to revise the
tariff, too. But it is going to be a
thorough revision, an honest one. A
revision in accordance with the pro-
tective system, which requires that
every industry in this country which
needs it shall have tariff measured
by the difference in the cost OF pro-
duction here and the cost of produc-
! tion in the countries abroad.
Now in the making up of that
tariff both interests ought to be heard,
and will be heard, because the people
insist on it and the crystallized senti-
ment of the republican party is in
favor of it, both to protect the indus
tries and the consumer But Mr.. Bry-
an says we can't get over the infiu-
ence of the protected interests. Hasn't
the republican party risen above cor
porate influence before? 1t is entirely
right that the protective interests
| should come in and be heard, and see
to it that their property and their
business is not destroyed.
/ "But, of course, they are interested
| parties and what they say must be
weighed with other evidence The re-
publican party will not pass a tariff
oil: that win destroy single industry
/ in this country, but, on the other hand,
! it does insist that excessive rates
shall not continue
/ "Now, the rates generally, or many
1 OF them, are too high. Some are not
! high enough, according to that stand
ard. The revision, therefore, will prob
1 ably be downward, but whatever it is
| am here to plight the faith OF the
1 party, in accordance with its platform,
/ that the revision will be honest and
exact, according to the measure stated
III the platform.
MIR. Bryan says they are going to
! have a tariff for revenue gradually.
| A tariff for revenue is one which dis
regards protective industries. In other
4 word !, lie is not going 10 gill all the
4 industries at once, but he is going to
| kill ITEM by chunks. His remedy for
| trusts is tc cut the tree right in half
I'VE will have trunks here just SO
! per cent of their original height, but
as Governor Hughes has pointed out,
| aI.G as the president las pointed out,
| 1t is utterly impossible to enforce a
rule that no plant shall be permitted
/ to make more than so per cent of all
the products or of any class OF
/ products, or OF any single product, In
this country, because 1t varies from
week to week, from day to day "A
man cannot tell when he is producing
one half. There is nothing to indi-
j cate whether 1t means single article
or class of articles, or still wider
division of articles. 1t is one of those
suggestions which is good for plat
form lrse hut good for nothing else
Policy Of Destruction.
II haven't the time to go into the
4 explanation of the operation Of trusts
but do say that Mr.. Bryan's proposi-
! ton to put all trust produced articles
on the free list viii not only destroy
the trusts, but their honest competi-
tors, who have had some chance since
Theodore Roosevelt began the prose
cution to suppress rebates What thai
means is d destruction OF the innocen
|. with the guil1y. Not only the limo
cent competitors, but the wage earn
ers Of the trusts themselves, so tha
the remedies he suggests are de-
structive and innpracticable
What Is the record or the repub
lican party for the past twelve years
i that 1t has been in power? 1t ha.
passed the meat inspection bill. th'
i rurc fool III the rate bill, the oppo
sition Of tile corporations has 'saeI
swept away and 1t has proved itscl
the rarty that has done Iilings.
"On the other hand, what has tll
leader of the democratic party to Of
{ fer7 For the past twelve years hi