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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25

ern bank is to keep the money OF the
country circulating through the chan
ncls OF trade. This can only be done
when the depositor has confidence in
the soundncss of his bank,
Panic is the spectcr that haunts the
waking hours Of every business man,
and panic is most frcqucAtly precipl-
tatcd by the small dcposItor losing
confidence in the security OF his place
OF deposit Once imbucd with that
idea, he rushcs to withdraw his
money, and we are brought face to
face with all the evils OF a suddenly
restricted currency To remedy this,
the republican party offers the Emcr-
gcncy Currency Bill OF the last Con-
grcss, which permits national banks
to issue currency based only on their
assets, and gives to the Government
q first lien on those assets to redeem
the currency
Under this plan every issue Of ad-
ditional currency by a bank cxhauSts
its assets and tends rather to excite
than allay the fear OF the dcpositor,
50 the effort OF the bank to meet 4
pressing need only increases the d.
mand upon its strained resources.
The Postal Savings Bank will give
security TO deposits, but it purchases
this relief at the expense OF putting
the government INTO the banking bust
ness and the individual out; and the
funds gathered by the government IN
these Postal Banks will, il present
republican policies are continued, De
concentrated in central places of de
post, and in the end go to swell the
volume OF Wall Street speculation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
OPEN MARKETS DEMANDED.

The enormous balances of trade of
which our Republican friends SO fire.
quently boast are constituted in large
part of agricultural products and raw
material. The country would be bet
ter off il both were consumed at home.
The only hope of restoring Our flag to
the seas and giving TO us that pcrma-
nent prosperity that should be the con-
slant accompaniment of new and fer
tile territory is by opening to the in
dustry OF Our citizens, and TO their well
known ingenuity and productivity, the
markets of the world.
Under a tariff that recognizes the OBJ
legation to raise revenue rather than to
protect investment, our commerce would
be released from the rctaliatory duties
that foreign countries are now putting
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
NOT FAIR TO MERCHANT AND FAR
MER.

To what other industry or business
does the government guarantee profit
The merchant must purchase his stock
of goods and take the chance of fall
ing market or a lack of trade The
farmer must plant his crop and bestow
upon il unremitting toll. and take all
the chances of unfavorable seasons, of
constantly changing price, and of
open competition in the markets of the
world. In every line of industry the
citizen must run the risk himself but the
Republican party now proposes the gov
crnmcnt shall guarantee the investment
of the manufacturer, and out OF the
pockets of other citizens shall come the
money to make good his profit.
The time has come when, as recog-
nizcd by President Mckinley, our
manufacturing industries have reached
beyond the limits Of the United States,
and the needs of our people are not
more taxes, but more markets.
II would have been well for the
country had his party needed the wise
words spoken by him as he stood on
the brink OF the grave at Buffalo, and
looked with prophetic vision into the
future
"Our capacity to produce" he said,
"has developed so enormously and
Our products have so multiplied that
the problem of more markets requires
our urgent and immediate attention.
$500. "A system which provides
mutual exchange of commodities is
manifcstly essential to the continued
hcalthful growth of Our export trade.
We must not rcpose in fancicd Sc
curity that we can forever sell every
thing and buy little or nothing. If
such a thing were possible, it would
not be best for us or for those with
whom we deal. We should take from
our customers such of their products
as we can use without harm to our
industries and labor" 49,.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
REPUBLICANS ATTEST THE SEVERITY
OF BUSINESS DEPRESSION.

A recent republican Secretary OF the
Treasury has said: The stringency of
1907 is generally conceded to have been
the scverest the world has ever wit
messed" And on August Goth last, at
Ccnterville, Iowa, Mr.. Shonts, president
OF a great railroad system, the man Sc
lccted by Mr.. Roosevelt as the one best
fitted to perform the greatest task of
the century, the building OF the 18TH
milan Canal made the following state
ment:
I'VE have before us an illustra-
ton OF what even temporary ces-
sation of the transportation devel-
opmcnt OF the country means. A
year ago there were I,67s,oOo rail-
road employees in active service,
and they received nearly SI,Ioo,-
100000 in wages during the year,
according to statistics collected by
the government. Fully one-quar-
ter OF these men are now idle at a
loss in wages approximlting ST.
100000 for every working day. A
year ago the railroads were spend
ing $I,25o,ooo,ooo for supplies; now
they are spending not more than
SSOo.ooo.ooo This means a falling
off in railroad expenditures of 3d.
100000 4 day, and il is impossible
to accurately state the number of
men in forests, mines and fact
ries who have been thrown out Of
employment by the shrinkage Of
the demand for equipment and sup
plies, but they are numbered by the
tens of thousands"
II this be true as to a single in
dustry. we may we'll imagine that
were the facts known as to the en-
tire country, the nation would be
shocked at the disclosures.
Mr.. Samuel Gompers estimates
that 100000 men today are seeking
jobs. The closed shop and the open
soup house are this year threatening
republican supremacy, instead OF fur
nishing the climax for republican ora
tory.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
DOUBLE DEALING PLATFORM.

After these announcements, and
after the men making them had be-
come the nominees OF their rcspcc-
tive parties, we had n right to believe
that this question had been removed
from the realm Of political dispute.
But now comes the republican plat
form with its home rule plank de-
lbcratcly giving to the city the right
to annul the power OF the State. If
those desiring the open saloon on
Sunday can by uniting with either Of
the great political parties elect 4
board OF police commissioners and
an excise commissioner favorable to
their view. then these officers may
disregard violations Of that law. and
the Governor Of the State would be
practically powerlcss to enforce it.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
EFFICIENT NON POLITICAL POLICE
FORCE PROMISED.

One thing above all others must be
recognized ii police force is to be
efficient, mu-t be kept out OF poli-
tics, The individual policeman has
the same right a, any other citizen
TO his party preference, but on duty
he must be a peace officer, and not a
partisan. When the force becomes
an adjunct OF political machine, both
the police and the party are corrupted
by the power it wIclds -.
If | am elected Governor OF this
State. no police force in any city un-
der board appointed by me will be
used to control an election or per
mittcd to exercise its power for the
benefit Of either party at the polls or
any faction at a primary.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
ALSO GIVES LABOR THE COLD sHoUL-
DER.

The Chicago convention not only re-
fused the demands made by the labor
leaders, but proposed to give the force
of statutory law to the present proceed
TIRE in the Federal Courts, and since
then we have heard nothing more of
Mr.. Hadley's plank, but only of his ap-
proval Of the republican policy.
Under the Sherman antitrust law,
rs construed today by our courts, the
labor union is twin brother to the
criminal trust. In the last Congress
labor begged OF the republican party
to be relieved from this odium. Not
only was their request denied, but in
boastful language the republican leaders
announced they were responsible for
legislation. For years the republican
party has refused every reasonable de-
mand of labor, and yet with full knowl-
edge OF that fact the votes of laboring
men have maintained in Congress re-
publican majority. Has that majority
not a right therefore to believe that
those men approve their course? 1t is
the sheerest folly for laboring man TO
pretend he favors the bills proposed by
the American Federation of Labor, and
then go to the polls and vote for re-
publican Congressman.
He knows full we'll whatever may be
the pledges that republican Congress
men make; he will at Washington enter
the CAUCUS of his party; that caucus will
again choose Uncle Joe Cannon as
Speaker of the House, and Uncle Joe,
if elected, will appoint committee that
will never permit a labor measure to
come before that body So every la
boring man should realize in this cam
paign that when he votes for a repub-
lican Congressman he votes for the
perpetuation of the present procedure
in injunction cases. and against the
right of jury trial in cases of indirect
contempt, and for retaining on the
statute books the law that makes la
Dor union a criminal trust, and every
member of it liable to fine and iniprison-
ment.
THE PANIC A THORN IN THE SIDE.
For many years it has been the slo-
gan of the republican party that demo-
cratic success meant financial depression.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
STRONG WORDS FOR FELLOW NoMI.
NPTg

Hastily and imperfcctly I have at
tempted to trace the issues of this
campaign. In conclusion, | wish to
say for my associates upon this ticket,
that democracy has never presented
better men to the voters OF the State.
They are each and all gentlemen Of
the highest character, able to WORTH
" fill the positions for which they
have been chosen.
Supported by such a ticket, rely
ing upon the business of our cause
and the intelligence of the constitu-
ency to which we appeal, we go forth
to meet the enemy confident of VIC
tory.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
BRILLIANT TRIBUTE TO W. BRYAN.

We go with all the greater conf
dencc because we follow the leader
ship of one whose like has rarely
been seen in this or any other land.
Twice defeated for the high Office of
President, relegated by his enemies
to obscurity, with the boast that
never again would he be able to at
tract passing comment in a news col
umn, he stands today the foremost
citizen of the greatest nation on
earth. Without the power of patron
age or wealth, by the mere force of
his genius and the dynamic power Of
being right, he has shaped the poll
cies OF the country. He forced his
victorious adversaries to abandon the
platform on which they had been
successful and adopt the principles
OF those whom they defeated To-
day. without regard to party affilia-
ton. eighty million people revere him
as the model citizen of the republis;
man of the Hottest character and
n patriot of purest purpose.
He is, confidently believe, the best
beloved man that walks the globe.
From the hearts of all who love lib
erty and hate oppression, there is GO
ing up today prayer that will swell
into pean of thanksgiving when the
wires next November carry to every
hamlet the glad tidings that William
]. Bryan has been elected President
Of the United States.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25

protected manufacturer By this policy,
manufacturers are at first stimulated,
but the natural result is soon felt in an
over supply for the home market, and
the manufacturer seeks to sell his sur
plus abroad. Here he finds he must
face retaliatory duties and an unfricnd.
ly market, for exchange is the law of
international commerce, and no people
will long buy from those to whom they
cannot sell So with limited market
unrcgulatcd by foreign competition, the
manufacturer meets the problem by a
combination that limits production and
fixes price at a point just below the
cost Of the foreign article with the
tariff added Thus the protective tariff
naturally and inevitably brings forth
the trust, and the folly OF a party pre-
tending to oppose the trusts and yet adj
vocating a high protective tariff must
be apparent to every thinking man.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
HADLEY BACKS DOWN ON FEDERAL
COURTS.

Some months ago, if one might judge
from the utteranccs accredited to him
by the press, Mr. Hadley was very
much inclined to this democratic doc
trine, but now that his party has an
nounced its policy, we hear nothing
more from him along that line. If he
believes in this preservation of the
states rights, and honestly desires to
see it put in force, he should announce
his preference for the election of a
democratic legislature that will send
to the Senate of the United States a
man in harmony with. this great princi-
pie, and the election of democratic Con-
gressmcn to maintain it in the popular
branch OF the Federal assembly. But
perhaps Mr.. Hadlcy has seen a new
light upon this issue, as he has on other
questions. We were told through the
columns of the Missouri press just be-
fore the gathering of the convention at
Chicago that Mr.. Hadley was on his
way to that great body armed with a
resolution demanding that the Federal
Courts no longer usurp the jurisdiction
of the states, and that the cause of men
who laborcd be protected from the too
liberal use of the injunctive process.
We were told that the Missouri delega-
ton had already decided he should
be its member on the platform commit
tee in order that he might press these
resolutions. but when Chicago was
reached, and Mr.. Hadley had opportuni-
ty to confer with the leaders of his
party, we were informed he would
yield his place on the platform commit
tee to Senator Warner. and when the
time approached for discussion of
these issues on the floor, his place was
taken by Nelson Crews, his colored al
ternate from Kansas City.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25


This year the Republican party, re-
cognizing the growing sentiment over
the country demanding 4 reduction in
tariff schedules, Incorporated in its plat
form a plank intended to deceive the
people into believing that it proposes
reduction OF tariff duties. Republican
promises OF tax reduction are not new,
but Republican performance along that
line would be a novelty to American
history.
In 1903 the Republican platform de-
mandcd a reduction OF taxes, and at
various times since then, when pressed
by public sentiment, they have made
platform pledges OF that character But
whenever Republican Congress
touches a tariff bill they always raise
the tax. This year, fortunately for the
people, that they may understand fully
what is meant by this Republican prom
Use OF revision, the platform lays down
the rule by which the tariff is to be re-
viSed First, it must be high enough to
cover the difference between labor cost
at home and abroad. This is the old
Republican campaign cry, and this the
limit heretofore demanded in tariff tax
alton. But now they have added that
the tariff must, in addition to covering
the difference in labor cost, be high
enough to guarantee profit to the
American manufacturer, To prove that
these words are not mere surplusagc,
and that they have a meaning, it is only
necessary to consider the conduct OF the
Republican party in convention at Chi
cago. Before the platform committee a
resolution was offered demanding
tariff merely equal to the difference be-
tween the cost OF production at home
and abroad, and il was defeated by a
vote bf 81 to l. II was again offered as
a minority resolution in the convention,
and defeated by vote Of os2 to
So So here is a distinct and positive
change in Republican policies, and an
absolute demand that the revision OF
the tariff shall include a promise of
profit to the manufacturer never be-
fore included in party platform. In
the light of this pronounccmcnt of
the party, we can better understand Mr.
Taft's suggestion, that it must be re-
membcrcd that revision means rails
ing where taxes are too low, as well
as a lowering where the taxes are too
high, and we may well believe that
should the Republican party be success
full in this campaign, this platform will
be construed to mean that present
schedules are too low, and the read
justmcnt OF them will be upward in
stead Of downward
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25

upon us, our home market would be
free from the domination of the de-
stroying trust, wages would be increased
and cost OF living reduced, and every
branch of industry would take on new
life and activity.
Nothing has added so greatly to the
concentration of wealth in few hands
as the operation of the tariff law and
the growth OF the trusts it has neccs-
sarily created. The great distinction
between democratic and republican poll
cies is this: Whatever mistake democ-
racy may have made, it has always
firmly stood opposed to special privi-
leges, and whatever virtues republican
ism may have possessed, it has always
stood for favors to special classes. AS
long as this great principle stands as
the line OF differentiation between the
parties, there can be no question as to
where lies the interest OF the masses.
THE TARIFF KEEPS UP THE TRUST.
Never again can the republican party
contend that the removal of the tariff
will not destroy the trust. Last year
all the great newspapers OF the land
joined in a demand upon Congress for
the removal of the duty on wood pulp,
and every republican editor voiced the
assertion that this removal OF duty
would break up the print paper trust,
and relieve him from the grievous cX-
actions it imposed Will those repub-
lican editors now deny to the farmer
the relief they demanded for them
selves2 Will they pretend that the
remedy so eflicacious in their behalf
would be of no value to him. The
sauce for the editorial goose will sure
ly make good dressing for the agricul-
tural gander.
In the attempt to control the trust
under laws that have encouraged it, the
republican party has year after year
wandered farther from the principles
on which the government was founded,
until today they are threatening to at
tack the integrity OF the states, in order
that the general government may have
sufficient power to crush this creature
of its own breeding We demand that
the rights of the states be preserved,
and that the power of the general gov
eminent be used only to supplement the
power Of the states.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
NO MORE OF ILooTEp SCHOOL FUND.

The republicans no longer raise the
cry Of looted school fund or bogus
school certificates. After four years
possession OF the books. they have
been compelled to admit that charge
was false and libclous, and by their
silence they now confess that OF the
more than 100000. 10000 of State
funds which have passed through
democratic hands since 1873 not a
single dollar was ever lost to the
treasury of the State. Were they
candid with the public, they would
admit the school certificate is as good
as the bond of the United States. and
that it yearly yields to the school
fund three times as much in interest
as would be received were those funds
now invested in accordance with
former republican demands.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
GUARANTEE OF BANK DEPOSITS.

The guaranteeing by the State of
deposits in the banks has become a
question OF absorbing interest. The
action Of the banks during the recent
panic, when they were compelled to
suspend the paying out of cash,
alarmed the people. The recommen-
dation by the President for the es-
adjustment of Postal Savings Bank
system has alarmed the banker. The
most important function OF the mod
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
WHERE DOES HADLEY sTAND7

We have today n similar situation
in St Louis county. Here local re-
publican officials arc charged with
having refused to enforce the law, and
nj the command Of the Governor the
Attorney General is cndcavoring to
have the courts perform the duty cf
the local constabulary This rcpub-
lcan platform is 4 deliberate piece Of
double dealing. promising in one
plank to the people Of the country
that the saloons shall be closed. and
in the next promising the people OF
the city they may keep them open.
| demand Of Mr.. Hadlcy that he
either rcpudatc his home rule plank
or admit to the people Of the State
he docs not propose to enforce the
law rs to the closing Of the saloon
on Sunday Is it possible that since
the published interview TO which
have referred Mr. Hadlcy's scnti-
mcnts have changed. or were his
views modified to meet the wishes
Of MIR Otto Sticfcl. a prominent St.
Louis brewer, and Mr.. Charles Nagcl.
the national republican committee
man, general counsel for the greatest
brewery in the State whom we are
told by the press helped to shape the
issues for this campaign
Like the platform Of their party in
the nation, the platform OF the re-
publican party in the State is as no
ticcabIc for the things it omits as the
things it includes They dcnouncc
the Senatorial primary law, but fail
10 announce they favor any plan Civ
ing to the people the right to elect
their Senators by direct vote. Under
this Senatorial primary law, dcmoc-
racy has given to the people as near
" as it may be done under the pres
cnt Constitution of the United States,
a direct vote for the election OF a
Senator, and we favor such change
in the Constitution as will give this
privilege to the people.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
HOME RULE A SOP TO ADVOCATES
OF SUNDAY SALOON,

| charge here and now that the
home rule plank in the republican
platform was put there for a specific
purpose, and that purpose was to
countcract the promise made in the
next lines OF the platform, that the
saloon should be closed on Sunday.
! had supposed the policies Of both
parties in relation to the liquor tra!-
fc had been settled by the previous
declarations OF the candidates.
At the beginning of the primary
campaign. in order that no man might
be led into voting for me through
anv mistake as to where | stood on
this proposition. ! announced my po-
sition through the columns of the St.
Louis Republic in the following in
tervicw published December 9th
1907, and widely copied by the news
papers of the State;
cowHIRp's CLEAN CUT DECLARATION
"The office of Governor is an cx-
ecutive office. His duty is to enforce
the law, and no man can or ought to
be elected Governor OF Missouri
about whose sincerity OF purpose to
enforce the law there is any question.