Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05

Shall that movement be carried out. or
wrecked? It's concrete expression Is tie
Roosevelt policies. Shall they be saved
or lost? Had the about-facers in both
parties, who now are powerless, succeed
ed, they could not have wrecked the
movement but only have delayed it. For
the people would Lave gathered Roadway
again until their purpose was worked
out.
But extravagant schemes and emo
tional agitators can wreck IL.
I'm the American peoples mighty moral
advance, thus far successful ly led BY
Theodore Roosevelt. the gravest question
is whether we shall place our comman-
ders standard in the hands OF is most
trusted captain, VINO will lead us safely
and surely along the we'll marked course
We are following. or in the hands of
those who will lead us on Zig-Zag marches
after rash adventures until the whole
movement dissGlves in the peoples dis
gust and the worlds ridicule.
Seven years ago we started upon the
great work OF modern and humane legis-
latiOn that has made the Roosevelt period
historic. In those years Nc passed the
railroad rate bill. the meat inspection
and pure food laws. the irrigation law.
the employers liability law. the law for
bidding railways from requiring employees
to work an inhuman number of hours
without rest The safety appliance act,
the Chinese exclusion act and the govern
ment employees liability law.
These Are Not Bryan's.
"All these arc republican laws Each
of them was opposed secretly or openly
by both democrats and republicans. But
each Of them was urged by n republican
President, originated by republican
statesmen and somc of them were not
even thought of outside the republican
party. For example. even Mr.. Bryan
never dreamed of the meat inspection
and pure food laws. yet these laws means
more TO the health of the American peO-
pie than all the curious devices he ever
proposed.
'In these seven historic years we have
also advanced the American name
throughout the world. increased toward
us the good will Of nations and added
TO our lasting power in international af-
fairs. At home and abroad our work al
ready done has been vast that the
world speaks of it with praise and Won
der: but we are midway in that work,
and the question is whether re shall go
on until we finish il.
Mr. Bryan complains that it is not
finished now. But brick al time is
the way TO build house. Would you
trust an architect who promised 20 build
1t IN the wink of an eye? The nstanta-
neOuS statesman writes no sount laws
works no lasting reform. Aladdin rears
none bue imaginary palaces
'Of the work that rema.. g. the first is
make will protect American industries,
and also open foreign markets to Ameri-
can products. straight-out revenue
tariff is ancient: a single protective tar
1T is out of date. We republicans pro-
pose to keep up with the times The mod
ern tariff is a maximum and minimum
tariff and the republican idea is to meet
other commercial r tons with their own
weapons. Such tariff will sell abroad
many head of live stock. barrels of flour
manufactured articles. where one now is
sold. This increa- in trade means new
employment for the laborers new mar
kets for the farmer. Prosperity depends
on trade and trade depends on markets.
Favors Commission idea.
"Nor will We stop there. Republican,
Ism means advance. Tens of thousands
of American citizens are demanding a
tariff commission. The great organized
producing interests-manufactur farm
ers, stock raisers-have petitioned Con-
gress for this common-sense method of
handling this intricate question, as Ger
many. France. Japan and other agrees
siye Notwithstanding nations are ham
ding their tariff question. Yet the only
hope for tariff commission is in the re-