The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-10-29
BRYAN ADVANCE AGE J.
OF PROSPERITY
Remedies Which the Demo cratic Party Offers to the
Restoration of Confidence and Quietude and an
Even, Equitable Prosperity The Roosevelt Panic
Measures Republican Failure

Tho effort of the Republicans to I
create a Bryan scare have not only
fallen flat. but Mr.. Bryan is taking
the wind from their sails by pointing
out the necessity of remedies and pol
ieies advocated only by the Democrats
for the restoration of confidence and
the return of prosperity:
Tho Democratic party is absolutely
necessary to restore prosperity. The
Republican party has had its chance
and IL has failed, We are now i'll the
midst of a depression for which nat
Ural conditions furnish no excuse.
Artificial conditions are responsible
for the present business prostration
an those artificial conditions Ori2i-
na d i'll Republican policies. The
bu ness failures for the nine months
rnl ing Oh September 80 were 1913
n lumber, and the liabilities amount
d TO $179,OOO,OOO. II meant that If
he assets are worth, in fact, the
mount at which they are placed,
here will still be Il loss of $4,000, 900
10 account for.
This tremendous loss comes at Il
time when crops are reasonably good
and when nature has not withheld her
bounty. 1t comes when the Republic
cans are in complete control. They
have President whom they eulOgize
lit their platform, Il Senate completely
in the hands of the Republican party
and a Republican House of RepreSen-
tatives dominated by Il despOtic
Speaker. We can assume, therefore,
that they have done everything they
could do consistently under their poll
cieS to prevent u panic, and vet the
panic is here. 1t comes, too, when we
have a tariff so high that even the
Republicans promise uneQuiYOcaIly to
revise IL immediately, and Mr.. Taft
Inn. rod riHNis hot
vision will probably be downward.
What does il promise to- do for tho
protection OF the public? What poll
CieS has it that look TO Il restoration
of prosperity?
"A member of the British cabinet
said recently i'll a speech that the eX-
ports of cotton goods from Lancashire
had increased eleven per cent over
last year, and he declared that the
cotton exports Of the United States
had fallen Off fOrty-tiVe per cent il
the same period. If this is true, how
will the protectiouiStS explain it?
'Thc Republican party cannot cs
cape from its record, IL is importan
10 protect the public. because its poll
Cies have for their object not the ad
vancement of the general welfare bu
the enrichment OF IL relatively small
number OF the people at the eXpens
of the rest of the people. Ii we ar
TO have prosperity, we must reStor
Independence in industry. The Re
publican party does not promise thi,
On the contrary, il pledges itself t
a continuation of the policies unde
which trusts have grown and fattene
ut the expense of the public.
The Democratic party does prom
Use to prevent the creation Of privat
monopolies. To have prosperity W
must have harmonious cooperate
between labor and capital. The Re
publican party does not promise thi
On the contrary ii promises to cor
tinue' the policies which estrange
labor and capital, and have made Il
bot troubles acute. The Democrat
party promises justice between labt
and capital and a restoration OF peat
and friendship between employer ar