Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-16
REGARDS BRYAN
AS THE SAFER
REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS
MAN GIVES REASONS
TRUSTS UNDER REPUBLICANS
HAVE CONTROL
CALIFORNIA; Fruit and Canning Inter-
ests, Threatened by Banana and
Can Combines, Must Be
Supported


izer of the Good Government league Oh
San Francisco and the Traffic assocla-
ton of California; has prepared
statement of his reasons why ne Is
supporting Bryan.
Mr.. Jacobs has answered many OF
the arguments of Republicans IN sue
cinct manner, as follows:
"J am for Bryan because l believe
that the time is at hand when thinking
men and women must get together ana
face serious problems that confront
every good citizen of this country" l
speak not as a politician, but as an
ordinary business man, who mas OF late
years studied the political ana ecohoh-
ic conditions confronting us.
IT have been an admirer and sup
norter of Theodore Roosevelt for the
firm stand he has taken to bring be1ore
the people certain facts regarding the
prevalence and domination of the pre-
datory corporations.
"In former years 1 thought William
j. Bryan was a demagogue and an
agitator for disseminating the same
ideas. 1 now realize from present con-
ditions in our country that William j.
Bryan was right, and that he foretold
exactly what has come about, ana
what we may expect in the future, un-
less there is a decided change III the
administration and policy of our gov
Fault of Republicans
"It is sufficient to say that the seri-
Gus problems confronting the American
people TODAY were brought about dur
ing the last twelve years, While the
Republican party was in complete con-
troll of the government, including all
Ats legislative departments, as well as
congress and the senate.
WHO that is a sincere fr1end OF rep
resentative government can look Win
Indifference upon the attempts being
made to shake the very fundamental
principles upon which our government
was founded, viz, equal rights anu
opportunity to all, and special pflVl-
leges to none?
s'These are no longer attempts, be-
cause they have succeeded to such an
extent that it is going to take more E3r
than an ordinary shaking up to dls-
lodge certain men from the hold they
now have on the government, ana the
erasn they have on the financial ana
industrial affairs of our country
"a handful of parasites united To-
psether but working separately, mas
wound itself strongly around the great
and mighty tree of our government,
and the time is at hand when mighty
effort must be made to cut IL loose,
in order that the tree may survive, To-
gether with its different branches-the
people. The chains that enslaVe the
people must be broken in order that
natural conditions shall again prevail.
Grant Special Privileges
"Special privileges are building up a
snecial class. that, not satisfied with
the accumulation of tremendous wealth
running into hundreds of millions ol
dollars. still reaches out for more.
81 cannot believe that Hartman ana
L in their EFFORTS
ali the TRANSPORTATION facilities of our
country, are governed by the desire
for more wealth, but rather it is the
mania for power and domination, so
that they can be greater than tIF
power that gave it existence.
"Can it be denied that the panic OF
last year was deliberately brought
about by this coterie of men in wan
street for purposes best known to
themselves?
"Can it be denied that the Hartman
interests. backed by the Kuhn-Loeb
and other banking. interests of New
York have it in their power to make
or break anyone that stands IN their
way, whether large or small?
"Can it be doubted for moment
that they use this power, and have
forced competition on bended knees to
Mead to them to be saved from finan-
cial destruction?
"Do we not know that the steel
trust and it's subsidiary corporations
have the power, and use 1t, to crush
competitors?
HAS not all the history of the Stan
dard Oil company shown how it uses
its power by forcing railroad rebates
and otherwise crushing out compe-
tition?
Freezing Out Competition
co,,,o ,,,a+boHc haaD
adopted all over the country by sub
sidiary corporations, and thousands of
smaller men been crowded out OF
business and left on friendless world
to provide for their families?
"These are facts that cannot be sue
cessfully contradicted
"I am for Bryan because do not
believe that he represents the privi-
legged class, and I can only judge who
such as Van Cleave and Emory and
others, who have been bitterly as
sailing Roosevelts attacks on preda-
tory wealth and illegal combines are
now out making vigorous efforts in
behalf of Taft.
Il am for Bryan because / believe
he is earnest, honest and conservative
and will not start in by tearing things
to pieces, but instead of talk will care
and safeguard the peoples interest.
"I believe the fact that he has been
before the people for twelve years,
without single aspersion upon his
character, speaks volumes for his ster-
ling character and Independent man
hood.
"In this state much is being said
by Republican orators about the ne
cessity for protection of California's
fruit and wine industries.
Tariff Needs Revision
"No one can gainsay the fact that
the tariff laws of our country need
revision. and that the last Republican
congress, yielding to the public clamor,
declared in favor of the revision of
the tariff, and appointed a special
commission to take up and inVesti-
gate the subject in different parts of
the country during the recess of con-
gress.
81 am in favor of a protective tariff
to protect California's industries, but
I am not in favor of a tariff that will
continue to protect and make multi
millionaires at the expense of the
people.
I'm the operation of our present tar
iff laws private interests have been
fostered, and privileged class has
been favored.
From the Republican party these
special interests have been able to OBJ
tain special privileges, which have fos-
tered and built up trusts and COM