Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-19

American workmen. Secondly, Americz}
manufacturers. forced to compete wftf
the foreign producers. would reduce wagsl
and the result would be- disastrous for th{
laborer. who would get both less pa !
| and icsS work.
| Manufacturers admit that with factorie4
| thoroughly established and with changed
in the economic conditions Of the country
a shaving off Of the tariff schedules 4
essential. They ecstcnd. however, that d
revision of the scssedules Is to be made n
is much wiser to trust II to the party
that enacted the Mckinley tariff brlI
rather than to the party which brought
| industrial disaster upon the party by th<
enactment o- the Wilson bill. ManuzAcJ
turers in the western part OF the stat
have made statements showing how Z
| reduction Of the tariff by the Democrati(
party which believes in tariff .or rove
nue only would affect them.
with the removal of protection by
tariff on our product" says the Alumni
um company of America. of Niagara
sali-, "every branch of business, frou1
The mining OF the ore to the manufncl
zure of the finished article for daily use
would compel our workmen to compete
seceivlng very much lower wages
In our business tho cost Of manufacl
ture Is very largely wages In one forr.x
or another, as the raw material in the
-rouad Is 80 abundant as not to have
any value"
F. N. Trevor. treasurer of the Trevot
Manufacturing company of Lockport. said
on the question Of protection:
"It Is u oardinary principle that tad
Foundation OF the prosperity OF the whoiel
people Of the United States Is that OF
protection. It makes no difference what
IS ones walk In life, he Is more or less
directly Independent on this principle OF
American policy for his degree of pros
perity. In no country on tho globe have
the masses attained to such comfortable
state as In the United Stntes."
DENVER. Oct. NV. J. Bryan ad-
dressed a large audience last night IN
Nhich he gave vent to apparently Much
Feeling, indicating that he In considerable
ruffied over the way things have been
going of late. 1t was in the auditorium,
and on the same platform that Governed
Haskell made his famous speech and was
apparently the whole choose during the
Democratic convention. This same Has
kell. who planned tho Democratic plat
form and censored the Cleveland resoIu-
tions. had to resign because Of his con
nection with Standard OH and other dis
agreeable exposures. II WAS on the same
platform that few nights previous ex-
Senator Patterson had openly denounced
certain OF the Democratic candidates.
and in the face Of Patterson's opposition
to Hughes Mr.. Bryan came out strongly
Tor the election of Mr.. Hughes. It will
be remembered that Mr.. Hughes is down
for the largest contribution made to the
national Democratic campaign fund and
OF course 1t would be base injustice for
the presidential nominee not to say q
good word for Hughes although his bosom
friend Patterson openly declares Hughes
to be the greatest foe to tho common
people. owned body and soul by tho cor
porntions.
The speaker appeared to be worried and
is showing the strain Of the campaign.
The train bringing him to Denver was
late and his time was limited. being com
PEELED to take the train for tho east
Democrats are In hope Bryan's visit will
Offset the inroads mnde by Taft ten days
ago. but Republicans do not believe ths
commoner made any converts-
DENVER, Oct. H.-It Is understood Tom
Patterson will go counter to Bryan IN
his newspapers regarding the election OF
Charley Hughes. There is music in tha
air and local Democracy is much con-
cerned over the outcome. The managers
realize that Patterson still has large
following among the Democrats and II I'D
urges them to do SO will vote against ths
Speer-Hughes local ticket.
HONOLULU. Oct. 1.-THE second al
vision Of the Pacific fleet arrived off this
harbor at midnight last night. The a.
vision consists of tho cruisers Tennessee
Washington and California, with tho tor
pedo boat destroyers Truxton. Hopkinl
and Whipple In tow. They sailed from
Pago Pago. Samoa, October 6. three day.
behind the first division Of the fleet, hav
ing been delayed by the belated arrival
of colliers.