Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-05
BEVERIDGE SPEECH
AT YOUNGSTOWN

workers ever would be paid the
American wages of the present day,
he would have scoffed.
All this has come during Repub-
lican administrations. We plan to
continue and increase Il. The max
imum tariff which We will enact will
enlarge the markets for American
products, as Germany in the same
way has enlarged the markets for
her products. Markets mean indus
tries to supply them; industries
mean demand for labor; demand for
labor means high wages.
Recovery from the Panic.
We are quickly recovering from
the briefest panic In our history. Let
workingmen contrast that panic with
the one that occurred under the last
Democratic administration and then
answer this question for themselves:
Will the election OF Mr.. Bryan or
Mr.. Taft best help the rapidly inn
proving business Of the conntry?
And remember that active business
means well-paid employment.
The Navy.
A nation without power is ma
tion without influence. A maritime
nations power is in her navy. With
longer coast lines than any three OF
the greatest commercial nations COM
blned; with far-hung possessions and
n foreign commerce which In quar-
ter of century will pass that OF
England and Germany together;
with the canal giving us undreamed
of advantages In foreign trade, the
republic must build navy as great
as these tremendous facts require.
We are midway in that work today,
and we mean TO so on with that pro-
gram OF economy, safety and peace.
Had our navy been as. large In
1898 as II Is today, Spain would not
have gone TO war and Cuba would
have been freed by diplomacy; yet
the actual cash. spent In that little
war would have built two navles as
great as the one we have today and
maintained them for a score Of
years.
Bryan's Navy Surrenders Monro'
Doctrine.
| Mr.. Bryan and the opposition are
against any navy except to protect
our coasts. But with such a navy
what becomes OF the Monroe doe.
trineg The Monroe doctrine is not
sanctioned by international law
Il rests on the strength OF our navy
alone A navy large enough only
Ito defend our coasts" means aban-
donment OF the Monroe doctrine.
Also Il admits that we may have 20
defend them. yet confines us purely
20 defense. But often In war, the
best defense 10 attack. We are no
Parthlan nation. shooting arrows be-
hind us as we fy. A peaceful heart
and a sti ong arm are the best pre-
yentiyes OF war.
Comparison Of Bryan and Taft.
This 10 a campaign OF. candidates
even more than of platform. The
question is not which candidate Is
most upright. patriotic, brave. for
both are equally so. Both mean
equally well toward their country
The real question is which candidate
will make the best President? Which
Is the wi,est and steadiestg Which
man would you choose as admins
traitor OF your estate? Which would
you select TO manage your businessY
Which has the best training and the
most experience?
Mr.. Bryan never has handled a
single foreign problem. He has gov
erned no Philippines. regenerated M
Cuba. built no canal, avoided no
alien danger. saved US from no
threatened peril. Mr. TAFT has done
all this.
Tan the Experienced.
II was he whose counsel President
Roosevelt sought at every crisis OF
historic administration; he who