The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-25
[ Ryan SPEAKS
On The TARIFF
Greeted By Large and EaiNuSi-
aStiC Crowd al DeS .M0lneS.s
HIGH Tariff OPPRESSES POOR

Gays the People Cannot Safely Entrust
the Revision Of the Tariff to a Party
Which Is As Deeply Obligated TO the
Highly Protected Interests As Is the
Republican Party-Each Individual
Should Contribute His Share to the
Support Of the GoVernment-Goes to
Chicago to Meet Campaign Managers
Des Moines. Ia. Aug. 22.-Compar-
ing the attitude of the two dominant
parties Cn the tariff question. william
j. Bryan. Democratic candidate for the
presidency. at the base ball park be
fore a vast audience, fired the FIRST
gun In the campaign. He attacked
the Republican promises of tarin re-
vision. and asked If the Democratic
party was not justified when IL includ-
ed IN its platform the declaration that
"the people cannot safely cntrust the
execution OF this important work To a
party which is 80 deeply obligated to
the highly protected interests a. the
Republican party"
The whole aim Of our party" he
said. In summarizing. lis tn secure
Justice in taxation. We bclcyc that
each individual should contribute 10
the support Of the government ln pro
portion 90 the benefits which he re-
ceives under the protecting govern
ment. We believe that a revenue tar
IN. approached gradually according 10
! the plan laid down in our piatfirm.
will equalize the burdens OF taxation.
and that the administration OF an in.
come tax will make taxation still more
equal"
Mr.. Bryan. accompanied by Mayor
Frank W Brown. or Lincoln. Private
Secretary Robert Rose and several
correspondents arrived here from lin
coin. and were met at the station by
Major A. }. Mathis. of Des Moines
Mayor Sears. or Siou. City; Jerry
Sullivan. National Committeeman
Wade. Fred E White. Democratic can.
didate for governor and many other
prominent Iowa Democrats
Mr. Bryan. escorted by the Young
Mems Bryan club and many promi
nent Democrats. proceeded 70 the ball
park where hc was cordially cheered
before speaking. Upon the conclusion
OF his tarin speech he addressed an
overflow crowd in the auditorium. and
emphasized his views regarding the
election Of United States senator's by
direct vote of the people. Mr. Bryan
left Des Moines for Chicago. where he
will remain three days and hold a few
conferences with his campaign mana
gers
Shall the People Ruler"
Mr.. Bryans speech was in part as
follows:
In my notification speech / stated
that as the campaign progressed
would discuss the question, Shall the
People rule?' as 1t applies 10 the var
ious issues involved in this campaign.
begin with the tariff question. be
cause it is the most lasting of our
economic question. and the one upon
which the leading parties have most
frequently opposed each other.
The Democratic party in its plat
forms and through its representatives
in congress has for years pointed out
that the tariff schedules are excess
lively high and ought to be reduced
but the Republicans have until re-
Gently refused to admit that there was
any necessity for reduction. They
now confess through their platform
and through their presidential candi-
date that the need for revision is so
great as 20 justify the party in declar
ing 'unequiyocally for a revision OF
the tariff. and the need is so urgent
that the work is 10 be undertaken at
a special session OF congress imme-
diately following the inauguration of
the next president
IF in revising the tariff the RepuD-
lican partS is to work upon exactly
the same plan Tor a plan contemplat-
ing a higher rste). what hope have we
that the new tariff will be lower than
the present one? Are the present lead
ers more honest than the ones who
framed the existing tariff ?Are they
not in fact. the same men who are
responsible for tarin extortion during
the last decade?