The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-06

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MORE UNDER PROTECTION.
TOPEKA, Kas., Oct. 3.-Beginning
at Syracuse on the western line or
Kansas at s o'clock this morning, and
ending at Topeka with two monster
meetings tonight, William H. Taft to-
day reached the climax in crowds and
enthusiasm Of the campaign trip he
began II days ago in Cincinnati.
I'm my q years residence in Kan
sas and my 25 years Of experience in.
campaigning, l have never een any
thing to equal the triumph Of Judge
Taft today" said Governor Hoch.
s'The crowds in Kansas have been
phenomenal and the interest shown
the most inspiring. The days develop
ments leave no doubt that Kansas will
be right on election day." said Taft.
Expressions OF qualification and con-
fidence in most emphatic language
were also made by w. r. Stubs, nom
inee for governor; ]. L. Bristow, nom
inee for United States senator; SEN
ators Curtis and Long; National Com
mitteeman Mulvane and State Chair
man Dolly and 1T vas a tired, but man
ifestly happy train load of national
and state politicians that arrived here
tonight on the Taft special.
Emporia, Newton. Hutchinson and
Stafford furnished the banner crowds
Of the day. At each Of these places
the audiences numbered many thous-
ands, and in Garden City, Dodge City,
King City, Peabody, Florence, Strong
City and Usage City, the crowds were
correspondingly large. In the Il
speeches delivered during the day and
and evening by Nj. Taft, he not only
talked in detail Of the tariff and trusts
and labor, but furnished Kansas far
mers an itemized account Of the pro-
fits they made in the last year because
of the operation of the principle OF
protection as he put It, owe what they
made under the Democratic enforce
ment Of free trade. This was the nov
Ell feature Of his speeches in Kansas,
over what he has been saying in the
other states on the trip.
A bit of Kansas humor was injected
into the early hours of the candidate
when he was awakened to answer this
telegram which he did in the af1rma-
tive:
Syracuse, Kas., Personal. ITO Will
liam Fl. Taft-Hello, Bill. We live in.
the short grass country; we never
saw a president and will probably new
CT have the chance again, and we are
going to see If you endorse the Roose-
welt policies enough to take your Ted
dy early and let us take a look at you
at 6 q. m"
"The look" seemed very satisfactory
to the several hundred people OF SYRIA
cuse who came to the station, and Mr..
Taft not only gave them a short
speech, but divided his time with Can
didate Stubs, who took occasion to
make a strong endorsement Of the ma.
tional candidate as a man Of deeds.
not words, in distinction to his oppon-
emit Bryan, whom he declared to be a
mar Of words not deeds.
At Dodge City, there had been
placed on a grain elevator a large sign
which read:
Wheat 19OS-92 cents-Republican
Rule. Wheat 1866 cents-Demo-
cratic Rule"
Taking notice Of the sign, Mr.. Taft
said to his large audience:
Tho Figures.
Il have statistics a little more com
plete than that. The average price
for corn in Kansas in 1896 after four
years Of Democratic rule was IS cents
per bushel. Now it Is more than Al
cents per bushel. This Republican
price Of A cents for corn in Kansas
gave to the farmers OF Kansas for
their corn crop OF 1907 more than $40,-
900, 900 in excess of what they would
have received If they had sold 1t at
the Democratic price OF Is cents.
with respect to wheat, in which I
think this community is rather more
interested than corn, the average price
Of wheat In Kansas for the four Dem
ocratic years was 40 cents per bushel,
At present 1t is over 84 cents per
bushel and II your present wheat crop
has been sold at Democratic prices
1t would have left you $21, Oo0,0 900 less
than you get today.
For oats the Democratic price was
16 cents; for barley % cents and po-