The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-28
DEALING IN FUTURES.

7 Nv ~ U
Senator Carey of Wyoming. who has
come 10 save Utah for the Smoot ma
chine-f he can-made his chief argu-
ment on the old. familiar Republican
lines. If Taft is elected the west viii
be smothered with prosperity; if
Bryan is elected, good times will be
deferred until another Republican can
be installed in the White House Alas
and alackadayi
Some way or other that argument
does not work as well as il used to; it
has been used until il is frazzled and
1t bumps right into the cruel, cold fact
that the existing panic. precipitated in
the midst of roaring prosperity, is
chargeable TO ROosevelt's administra-
ton.
Out west here, where jute whiskers
and tan compilations lead the tender
foot to suppose we are easy" Taft is
the apostle OF Rooseveltism. the chosen
upon whom Theodore's mantle is to
descend, the one man of all the world
who can and will continue the Roose-
welt policies OF course, in the intelli-
gent east things are different and Taft
is hailed as the savior of a panic
ridden stock market who will tone
down the Roosevelt system and put
the soft pedal on all this talk about
predatory wealth.
However. to return to Taft and Ca
rey. If Taft is to continue Roosevelt's
rough riding in the executive office.
how is he to bring his coolies of pros
perity. millions for investment?
Haven't we been told by the men who
have the money that Rooseveltism is
responsible for all our financial trou-
bles? Didn't he ramp and roar around
and raise such a disturbance that the
railroads had TO cut down their ex-
penses, throw thousands out of en-
ployment and quit abruptly all the i'm
provements and extensions under way
or contemplated?
Wouldn't Taft's election aggravate
that condition? Could the prosperity
Senator Carey so glibly promises be
expected to follow promise of an
other Roosevelt edition in the White
House?
Go to. These dealings in futures
have become tiresome. What the COM
mon man. the ordinary human who
works for salary or on day wages,
wants is some assurance that monopoly
In human necessities will be curbed and
the prosperity dividends distributed a
little more generally. The talk of mill
lions and billions to come sounds well,
but some reduction in the cost of living
with the earning capa-
city of the people will do better. OPP
tons on eternal and worldwide pros
perity come cheap when they cost
masses can't pay grocery bills or coal
bills or clothing accounts with these
futures.
To the average man who has
thought it out on pay day, the hope of
relief from monopoly, the only chance
Of an honest reduction of the tariff
which shall benefit somebody besides
the trusts. lies in the election of Bryan.
To this man Taft stands for the Re
pubiicanism which has built up enor-
nous privileged interests by special
legislation and which is still dependent
upon those interests for continuance in
power. He is tired of promises that
eventuate only in payment TO those
who thrive on extortion at the expense
Of those who have to struggle for ex-
istence. To them the rosy picture of
fair future is only a joke. cruel joke
endured too long.
Senator Carey's promises are too
muchy bimeby.' as the heather Chinee
puts il. He offers no bond for the full
hIlment of his prophecies, and his can
1idate can only promise-in the west
TO give them Roosevelt. more Roosevelt
and still more Roosevelt,
And the last year of Roosevelt bellies
every fair word the senator from Wy
oming utters so cheerfully by way Of
prediction,