Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-09-17
PARTIES and
THE ISSUE
POSITION OF DEMOCRACY AS OUT.
LINED BY Mr.. BRYAN.
The Only Hope of Relief from Iniqui.
tOuS Tariff Burden Lies in the
Democratic Party. The riaSSe of
American WOrkmen Fave no Share
in Tariff Profits,

The more the Thoughtful voters of
the country reflect upon the plat
forms of the two parties and upon
the respective speeches of Bryan and
Taft the more thoroughly they must
be convinced that the only hope of
relief from tariff burdens and iniqui-
ties is in the national Democratic
party. Appealing to reason and ex-
perience, Mr. Bryan truly says that
lower tariff breeds no panic, caus-
es no industrial depression and re-
suits in no reduction of wages. On
the contrary, business is thereby
stimulated, opportunities of labor are
increased and reduction of wages is
averted.
The masses of American mechanics
the carpenters, bricklayers, stone
masons, gas-fitters and typographers,
and the clerks in statesmen in count
ing houses and stOreS-what share
have they in the tariff save in it's
eXtortionate levies upon the earnings
of their labor and services? They
must pay tribute to the tariff-but-
tressed trusts for their wooden cloth
ing and blankets, their carpets, the
earthenware, glassware and cutlery
on their tables, the beef and mutton
they consume, and numerous other ar
ticles of necessity and comfort. Let
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escapes this rapacious system. If they
build or repair or rent a dwelling
they must pay fresh tribute to mon
opoly for nearly every material that
enters into it's construction. When
one of the family dies they are taxed
for the srhoud and stone that marks
the grave. At the same time they
owe the maintenance of their wages
thus grievously curtained solely to
their organizations and their earning
capacity and skill. How idle, then,
that the wages of employees in mills
and factories of the trusts Gas rule
much lower than the wages of skilled
mechanics) are not due to the same
causes but to wonder-working power
of the tariff.
A reduction in the tariff, then, will
put an end to the spolations to which
the masses of the American people
are subjected. BY this reform more
men will have greater purchasing
capacity. With the demand for more
commodities thus stimulated the num-
Der of industries will be increased and
there will be more demand for labor.
a lower tariff will promote the coun-
try's export trade. A secure hold will
never be taken upon foreign markets
as long as American manufacturers
are obstructed by high duties on ma
terials of production from which their
English, French and German rivals
are exempt.
Such is the irrefragable position of
the Democracy in the tariff issue so
masterfully defined in Mr.. Bryan's
Des Moines speech. Instead of the
dangers predicted by calamity howl
ers and trust beneficiaries the Demo-
cratic policy in moderating the bur-
dens of taxation to the millions Of
American toilers will bring only bless
ings in it's train. Where sinister in
dustrial conditions now exist, pros
perity will prevail. The whole po-
sition of the Democracy on the tariff,
policy, so striking in its contrast
with that of the Republican party is
summed up in the one great principle
of equal rights for all and special
privileges for none"