The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-31
BRYAN ON ROOSEVELT;
 HARMON ON THE TARIFF

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 in the State. in peace and in war. Only
 unlike the Republicans. Democrats do
 not regard rich men as the ideal of I of the government to produce them.
 while all cannot be rich. And the De-
 from all forms of oppression and .in5us. tfee, free from needless taxes. ii,ferfer-
 ence. disturbance free to decide for I pect of happinesy and to ,oiiow what way unmolested.
 . Americans are Ca,ne.
 The Americans are a just people
 q fair chance for all and no favors they will abide the result. all those | ana there are great majority. who
 nave not thrived as they feel they should. They cannot be stirred gain st I those who have done better. Perhaps after All, wealth might not have proved
 blessing to them or to their children.
 pecially on the part of the Government which is maintained by all for the common benefit but which has increas- ed the gains of sonie at the cost of dition which drives the unsteady to socialism and spreads discomfort saionE the people creating the risk of hasty and iHconsiderate action
 Now swollen implies unnaturaf- ness and wrong. It cannot apply to fortunes reached by the wholesome methods of industry enterprise and tunes now so that the President pro. poses in order to reduce them. to overthrow the system of inheritance which has existed for thousand years. and our constitution. too7 How it Is that the rich were allowed to go to proving on athe people. as he says, and get such . grip on the country that
 Snys ten opps gssr. oyss oa s ss. ss wss were on guard? Nobody was permit ted to become predatory in Democratic times or to set the strangie hold on And the trusts. predatory of course 1 they cannot help it, that is what they are for. unnatural combinations and force on the people the burdens of nio- nopoly. Such things. whatever their form. have been outlawed ever since justice sat on bench.
 They say in Europe that every man had to carry a soldier on his back. Here every man has to help carry hun- dreds Of trusts and the birth record shoms asiv that s nssriy sysFy 9ns of ths Sn has had the making and enforcement of laws during that pefiod1
 All this time the Democrats pro- were poweriess to do more But what did they know about the proper breed Of prosperity2 Yet not until the. past few years. since the last election and
 
 run again, has the President. or any. of his friends, shown concern about these things And now 1t is mostly denun- scare but seldom hits. like shooting at the flock fin EuuntnE. -sSsse s<ass4f
 Trusts Due tc Upfaar. TarIas,
 lam certain that but few fair and trusts and the nnnatngal distrlbutleH ehleAy due 10 the sni { tynoue and nhT in fa'I torss sss'I aneRsnssd iof ainSss sussSa even
 we know nov what &n enormous fund the Repnblicaa Committee had the troubles of the times were due to the repeal of the Mckinley tarin though they began under it and it was the President refused to sign it Most of that fund came from interests which demanded greater support from the Government. The election was pro- 70. though the money question was
 aso these interests were promptly neSedGlss seS.ssa WRich sGM ana as everySody s knows they proceeded to do and with no stingy hands
 Ever since the civil war. when the idea of high duties for the beneft of favored industries was first carried out, each Republican tartm had swell ed these benefits. The last one made then higher than ever the highest In \ ~ s.The ' pretext at first was aid during infancy and then reduction and with drawal on establishment. But the ben- eficIaries promptly capitalized the good wih of the government and kept de- manding more and lnore as they al- ways VIII 80 long as their interests those of the people who are taxed for their benefit.
 things produced at home might cost tax. they would cost less as soon as the industries were established right at our doors. Yet ir spite of enor by reason of machinery and others wise the difference In prices at home and abroad have steadily increased; compelled to pay more for American goods than the makers sell them for after the cost and risk of shipment
 f.There wassa hope that some relief might come to the people In their iloTnes when the PreA4dent and Mir . Taft met this, imposition, In ordering meekly submitted. they have never
 Then there was the, false pretense cover differences in wages paid Amer tcan worknien, but it has been shown beyond dispute that the taxes are In every instance many; often very many. | times more than these dffferences. In some eases they are more than the en- tire pay roll If this was the iura why were not some of the workmen invited when the law was drawn as well as the proprietors7 This was l pure sham like the tariff on wheat etc., to fool the farmers S.s1
 But the great thing was to be the i advantage of competition among home | industries when established to reduce | prices to the people, ConipSttion did | SD, out so did the prices Had | not the people voted to. be taxed for ] the benent of the manufacturers? Why | then should that benefit be lost. or any | of it. from competition among thena- | selveS? So we have the trusts to con | troi productI5n and keep up prices
 DinEfey Laws OppressIon
 Careful estimates show that for ev- | cry dollar the government gets on | goods imported the men favored by | profits on fheir products.
 'To make the injustice worse the | cardinal principle of tarin taxes which | the Democrats have always followed | have been dsregarded. .
 That the amount of the tax should | depend on the needs of the government | administered. H
 That the chief burdens sh ould be | laid on InNuries.
 That duties should bo according to | value only and not so much For each | article which makes the poor pay the | pay for the higher grades.
 Tn short the amounts taken from the people for established and success | sul manufactures by virtue of these excessive tariffs are simply graft. Pro- tection has become a false Dretense 4Wf EN.H. f..rr