Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-10-02

The democratic party believes IN the
United States of America. The Re-
pu blicsn party believes 10 the United
trusts OF America.
1.-THE trusts he said, rifle the
cradle and rob the tomb. They tax
the swaddling cloths of the infant and
lay their hands upon the cerements OF
the dead. They would, If they could,
put meters upon the breasts of the
mother and charge the hungry infant
so much per gram. He then took up
the illustration of the housewife,
showing that from the time she rose
from he" trusts m ade bed in the moru-
ing until she went back tired nights
she paid tribute to the trusts IN every
th ng she used.
But who are you going to have
curb the tIusts2 Are you going to
give them over to the, Democrats for
correction. who are their old enemies
or give them to the Republicans, ex-
pectiug the parents to kill their own
childrenY"
T he protective tariff was taken mp
for discussion by The speaker. He
onnteudpd that it was unfair for the
American farmer and wage worker to
nay more for the trusts made tools
they used aud the clothes they wore
than the German peasants along the
Rhine, and this was the result Of the
tariff.
Taft says that some tariffs should
be reduced, some raised. The voters
have right to know before election
which tariffs he would raise and
which lower. The Democratic party
says, put all trust made goods on the
free list. " In discussing the injunction
plank of the two platforms the speak er
said that the Republican platform
held that the injunction law should be
changed, the Democratic that it should
b chtnged and that no man should be
held guilty of constructive contempt
without a fair trial. He asked which
party the voters would commission to
make that change the Republicans
whose candidate had been the father
of the present practice. or the Demo.
cratic party which believes that the
writ of injunction should be protec.
tion from suffering and not a sword
for the destruction of the innocent.
"Wbat is the Republican party s
remedy for panics? That piebald
mou strosity. the Aldrlch- -Vreeland bill.
What is it? 1t is a temptation to the
financial sharks to bring on panic.
It Is a bribe of So, 900, 600 of emergen-
cy currency piled up in the vaults say
ing to these pirates bring on paniC
and you get me, do not bring one and
you don't
"And what is the Democratic rem
edy for panicsY What is a panic?
1T is loss of confidence. We pro
pose to enact a law in which every
man will know when he puts a dollar
in the bank that he will have absolute
security, and that he can get that dol.
lar back when he wants 1t.
"They say this would be unfair to
the bankers. am not in favor of any
law that would be unfair to them.
We ought to have the best banks in the
world, and that is what the Democra
tic party intends to have.
~ say protect both the noteholder
and the depositor That is fair and
not unjust, That saw it casts suspic.
ion on the banks Does not the gov.
ernment force the national banks to
guarantee its deposits with themH
Should not the private citizen be guar
anteed against loss as well as the gov
ernment?l Who is the best able to
lose his money the government or the
wage worker? Shame ON govern.
ment that would protect its own money
and not protect that of its citizens
"W We have tried the system in Oksla-
homs, and it works we'll The guaran.
teed banks have increased 81, 600, 900
in deposits, and the banks not gusran..
teed have decreased 1000, 900,
-Four banks failed and 1t was
posted that the state would pay the
depositors and the farmers were too
busy to come in and get their money.
There were no howlng mobs there"