The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-24
WHAT IS THERE TO
GAIN BY CASTING A
VOTE FOR BRYANT
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porations and the railroads. 1t is hard
| to state and more difficult to believe
all that has been accomplished In that
short period.
Taft Real Successor.
Our friends, the enemy, proclaim
that because they foretold all these
evils they and not the republican party
are the legal successors to Roosevelt 1t
is wise father that knows his own son
and recent developments of an episto-
larry character show that Roosevelt has
some ideas as to his legal heirs. The
question is, after what has been done
in the way to give the county govern
ment, which it acknowledges with
pride, and the time has come for
change in the administration, will you
change to a party, and gentleman at
it's head, who has been everything in
turn and nothing long and to whom an
issue appeals not for it's real character
as much as for it's usefulness on the
platform7 Advocating as 1t did, free
/ silver in 1896, and again in 1900. 1904,
in spite Of the demonstration OF its So
phistical and useless character. how
can you trust the political Judgment OF
the man who leads it ON other issues?
Is there a man in all this great crowd,
who is in favor OF the free coinage of
silver today? 1t is a. dead issue and
what killed it but the republican party,
and because of it's honesty and true
business integrity.
The Tariff Question.
"But we have some issues that this
town and county are interested In.
The tariff Is one Of them. The re-
publican party is pledged to give tar
if revision and has specialized the
plan it will act upon. 1t takes the
difference between the cost Of produc-
ton here and abroad and imposes
custom that Is equal to the difference
in the cost OF production counting
these three elements: The cost Of ma
terial, the cost of labor and fair pro-
fit to the producer or his interest on
the capital invested. Taking that diff
ference we have the measure to which
| Luo epuDIlCdu pal ID plCu6Cu. IL
protects every individual and gives ev-
cry individual the same measure. The
democrats say they would have the
tariff reorganized upon a gradual adj
agitation. This would disregard the
protection promises under which the
industries of the country live. It
would cut off an arm at time from
one year to the next leaving the indus
tries helpless and others would have
| to take their places. The workmen,
who now are skilled in some particu-
lar line would have to learn a new
industry.
1 THAT is all in theory No one
would deny, unless he is a democrat
put to it by the exigencies of argu-
ment, that in the transition, protected
industries would have to go down and
the working man would have to get
along with less wages.
Cause of Panic.
Bryan says this panic which we
have had-it was panic only in one
sense, was due to the republicans, be-
cause it occurred during a republican
administration. Alright, we will let 1t
go at that, as We are very willing to
compare it to the panic of 1893. That
was remembered for four years and
We will not make this one that long
unless we do SO by the election of the
democrats. 1t all came about through
an excess of prosperity. There had
been over production and too much
confidence. Whoever heard of dem
ocratic panic being caused in that
way? The country had stretched out
too far in the hope there might be
more capital made, plants were ex-
tended too far and the people became
frightened at the revelations Of the in
fidelity of trusts. 1t came finally
through a lack of confidence. The
railroads wanted to borrow more
money but could not.
But this panic only visited the
country in spots. You didn't hear
much about it here. West of the
Mississippi there was no such thing
and when l talked about it out there
l found they didn't know what l was
talking of, so l quit. The farming
communities knew of no such thing
as a panic. The farmer is the most
prosperous element in the country.
There has been a gradual resumption
of business. Things are getting better
all the time and contracts now are
being made contingent upon the sue
cess of the republican party. Although
Bryan seems to think so, there is no
cause for political argument in this.
The business men know their business
and they believe the November cleo
ton will determine whether the coun-
try is going back to prosperity of a
year ago or going down to the limit
of democratic panic-about four
years of depression.
| Bryan to be Feared.
What is there in the record of the
democratic candidate to assure the
business men that he would not, after
his election, take advantage of his po-
sition to institute change in our fin
ancial system? He could do so by an
executive order. Sound economic
theory leads the business men to fear
Bryan. They are afraid he might at
tempt to put this country on silver