The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26


 ed. seek to revise that benencsnt high tafiff.. why. should any man Ia ter eleven years of surpassins pros biil. business iansuishes and labor
 ssp sposeate sxpeetations by raisins the
 be much needed revival Of business.
 and that labor may again And employ l The voters of America are not like | iy to be deceived as to the tarin ques- ton by the stock arguments of the
 fhe average voter understands that
 the tarin Is tax to De paid by the
 Snows s that taxes in excess of the | needs of the government are unjust and oppressive and that extravagance
 in fyelnns for sls mere At0e purpose of creaains
 necessity for additional taxation, is
 pronisacy ..
 the use of the taxing power of the government in such ways that few bencficiaries may enrich Themselves
 by levying tribate upon the masses. is j T SEyery iesitimste business interest in
 the ceuntry is demanding tartn ro-
 The manufacturer who Is not | nonopolist is demanding cheaper raw
 material. and wider. fdarkAts for his
 The .workingman understands hat naces and enforced idleness. Ho
 knows that American ts,M ..wo workmsn with a
 genuity. with their improved Hachlu-
 cry. with cheap raw materials and
 earning for their employers more than twice as much as the laborers of any other country, have nothing to fear
 from competition with workmen any
 where. when the products of their la
 marksts ass ss of the UwV wora e Ths xmsrisan M
 workingman has had bitter experiences
 under the operation of the Dingley
 wall. trusts and combines have sprung up on every hand and with extortion
 ate prices confront the consumer on l every occasion when he seeks to buy
 the necessaries of life:
 Under this system the cost of living
 So increased as to absorb the esrnings 1 of the laborer after the most rigid
 economy and self denial on his part
 noteworthy fact when as an ineyitaele
 result of the fiscal policy of the Re-
 publican party. the panic of 1907 Came,
 hundreds of thousands of these
 American laborers who. were thrown
 able to draw upon the fabulous saw
 ings bank accounts so exploited in DO
 litical literature in recen. campaisns,
 state of destitution.
 The soup houses of lso7-s in the
 large cities of the country were
 sss''AAs,Ga ate Aess,peeiati"ns pI5i of Rspubliesn
 The farmer understands that while
 tected market where, on nearly every l purchase he Is compelled to pay trib-
 ute to. the trusts and tariff beaefiei- | plus pxoducts in free trade market l where he comes In competition with l all the rest of the world.
 upon the fact that the farmer of Cam | ada, Argentina. Australia. and other l civilized countries buys agricultural l cheaper than they are sold to him. l These Americn farmers read and think | and are fully advised as to the evils
 of system which invites such enor-
 Thinking people of all. classes are
 becoming Interested In the moral as- | In vigorous language. pointed the evils encs of aswoiien fortunes" the most | beneficiaries of this system.
 | ligersd in the the Senate last March. sx-
 ls who he dseiared @ 'sss eontroiIsd % Gi the mn in dustriai life of the nation. and held
 in their hands the buainess of the
 list shows that 1t is made up of men | who have been the beneficiaries of leg islation or favoritss in the admins
 The President rails against swollen ! fortunes as menaces to the public | welfare and as promotive of evils
 which eat at the very heart of so- As remedies he has suggested an in- come tax and an inheritance tax, that
 their growth may be to some extent The national convention of his party is silent upon the question of these proposed reforms, while the possessors of most of these swollen fortunes, al- lied as they are with the dominant forces of the Republican party, are | giving generous support to the Repub- l lican national ticket.
 The Democratic party, while favor ing the reform measures repudiated | by the Republican national conven- l ton, has another remedy. It would | by legislation, in large degree cut off present system are flowing from evs- | ry home in the land and emptying in- to the coffers of the trusts.
 1t would leave in the pockets of the | every dollar of the money they earn. ] save only such amounts as may be needed for the economical administra- | tion of the government.
 It would, by rigorous law enforce ment strike down private Inonopolies which prey upon the people, and. 70 | protect the public against extortion and imposition by the great public corporations, whether by excessive 1 charges or by the over issue of stocks | and securities.
 In other words 1t would undertake to bring about in government, reali- zation of that good old Democratic maxim of Thomas Jefferson Equal and exact justice to all men; special privileges to none"
 It has no war to wage on capital. It has no quarrel with corporations | honestly capitalized winch carry on a legitimate business. according to law. It will encourage the investment of captal In the development of the coun- try and protect 1t when invested. It will draw a sharp line between lawful business lawfully conducted, and unla wful business. or business car ried on in defiance of law and the rights of the public, protecting the one, and protecting society from the other
 It calls upon men and corporations lawfully engaged In legitimate busi- ness. not to ally themselves with men or corporations engaged in lawless ventures but to take a stand with tho Democratic party in favor of such re- N- Al