The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-29

made to you, and the prophecies Of
ruin II you continued the gold stand
ard. He said that silver and wheat
went together. He said that silver
was worth fifty cents on dollar and
wheat was worth fifty cents on q dol
lar, and therefore you would keep
wheat down to fifty cents on dollar
as silver went down. The year had
hardly passed before silver went
down and wheat went up, and wheat
has been going up ever since. I don't
know what it is here, but suppose
about 81 cents, and other products
have gone up in proportion. The
truth is, that the last twelve years
have been nothing, so rar as Mr..
Bryan is concerned, but refutation OF
every prophecy OF evil he has made.
Party's Position.
Now the Republican party is not
pledged to protection as fetch, it
isn't that the name protection so at
tracts it that it cannot get away from
1T, but because it believes in the prin-
ciple Of protection as means OF sup
porting the industries of this coun-
try, and furnishing a market to the
farmers of this country so that they
can get good prices for their product.
Now the theory OF protection is this:
that when you put On customs duties
equal to the difference in the cost of
production between this country and
countries abroad, you will enable the
manufacturing establishments and es-
adjustments for producing things in
this country, and by competition be-
tween them, by the inventive genius
OF the American working and the
American business man, by economic
and business ability of American man.
ayers, you will be able SO to reduce
the cost OF production that in the
competition the prices will go down
behind the tariff wall, and the people
will get the benefit Of that reduced
cost of production. l repeat, that Is
the normal operation of the tariff,
and 1t operates that way unless there
is combination between the pro-
Queer which creates a monopoly, and
the monopoly reducing the cost OF
production. it may be, takes advan-
tage by reason OF the control of the
output. of the rates imposed by the
protective tariff.
Trust Operations.
"NoW it becomes important. there
fore, that that measure OF protection
should be kept down to what is really
the difference between the cost OF
production abroad and the cost of
production here. In the course of ten
years, by the normal operation OF the
principle which have explained
here, the cost OF production with re-
spect to any articles has been re.
duced. Being so, tariff ought to be
reduced, and the Republican party is
pledged to a revision of the tariff
which will reduce 1t to the measure
OF the difference between the cost of
production here and the cost OF pro.
duction abroad. Now the party has
promised that in its platform. It has
promised to do exactly what it will
do, and 1 am here to say for the Re-
publican party that If you give it the
mandate OF power, that is what it will
40. II took some time for that spirit
to crystalize in the Republican par
ty claim to be one of the early
men in favor Of a revision of the
tarln; but l said this, that we must
wait until the public opinion of the
party reached q point by crystaliza-
ton where the party would take that
policy We did wait for two years,
and now the party is pledged and we
intend to carry out revision that
shall be honest on the one hand to
protect the industries by the measure
l have stated-the difference in the
cost of production-and the consumer
the other In other words, the evil
dence to be taken, shall be evidence
from both sides.
Bryan Answered.
Now Mr.. Bryan says: You are
not going to do that The political
industries own, you. They contribute
to your political campaign fund, and
IN that way control congress- Well.
II there Is anybody contributing an
over amount, l am able to state as
the leader of the Republican party
that he does not know it. II there is
any deep pecuniary interest that is
aHected and willing to make contri-
buttons that demoralize and debauch,
we nave not reached the point in this
;ampaign where any such demoraliza-
ION or debauchery has become posi-
Die. The truth. is the Republican party
showed in its present administration
nat it was able. in the rate bill, in
lie meat inspection bill, in the pure
'ocd Dill to rise above bitter corpor-
2ie opposition. And with the pledge
Htiich 1t has made to the people, |
aave not the slightest doubt that it
will proceed with the members OF
congress that you elect, imbued with
the sense OF duty that you implant in
them, that this revision must be