The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-10-16

want the republican party and its pol
icies to rule or do you want the
democratic party and it's policies to
ruler" asked Mr.. McCleary."
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I. "Mr Hammond, believe, ].
j. moved to make the nomination j.
i of Bryan unanimous at the +
j. Denver convention. I stand on i
i the republican platform and for i
+ the election of Hon. William +
!. Howard Taft. Whether Ham +
! mond stands for the democratic j.
+ platform and the election of +
+ Bryan will appear LATER" said i
i Mr.. McCleary. +
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Proceeding to discussion of the
tariff question, Mr., McCleary stated
that the question is: How shall the
tariff be revised? He then covered the
ground which has been gone over by
him in his logical and scholarly
manner He read democratic plat
forms which denounced protection as
fraud and protective duties as I'M
constitutional. He called attention to
the two methods of revising the tariff
the American and the British. The
British system imposes a duty on non
competing articles - purely a tax,
and the American system imposes a
duty on competing articles protection
and revenue combined. The British
system means a tariff for revenue only.
He repeated his explanation of the
tariff plank of the republican party.
The, business depression is caused by
the uncertainty of how the tariff is
to be revised. So long as that uncer-
tainty exists the business .depres-
sions will continue. = Mr.. McCleary did
not want the audience to 5confound
business depression with a financial
panic as the two were in no way diden.
| teal. - si-rN fl nat ts& ,aEt.oU 81
.s, Tariff On Oats. 49, -.
Mr. McCIeary said that it is reported
that oats can be raised in the Argen-
tine Republic and shipped to New York
and sell at 40 cents per bushel. There
is tariff of Is cents per bushel on
oats. If these are the facts a. republi-
can congress will raise the tariff on
oats and protect the American pro-
Queer. (Applause.) ~ z125'..
The democrats had an opportunity
to get at the trusts, but they did not
craps that opportunity. Tn framing
the Wilson bill they put duty of 30
per cent advalorem on raw sugar, which
had been on the free list and increased
materially the slight duty on raw SUI
gar. These articles should have been
relieved from the grasp of the sugar
trust The republicans put anthracite
coal an the free list. There is a duty of
60 per cent on bituminous coal
Yet there is anthracite coal
trust The mother of trusts
in the intensity of COM
petition. Men do not go into trusts
because they want to but because they
are forced into them by intense compe-
tition.
There is a duty on both pine and
hardwood numbers, but for, years the
pine lumbermen were alone in the
trust business. How can 'one cause
produce two different results on two
different, articles? ety
Mr. McCleary gave the democratic
party poke when he related how
congress wanted to submit consti-
tutional amendment to the people,
the adoption of which would grant
congress the power to control and
regulate the trusts. The vote on
the measure was: Republicans, aye,
III; democratic, nays, lis. That shows
how much the democrats want to do
away with the trusts.
Mr.. McCleary wound up his remarks
with reference to Mr.. Hammond's
unwillingness to recognize his own
party.
s'The party should say just what it
means and candidates should subscribe
to its platforms" said Mr.. McCleary.
Here he quoted from Mr.. Taft's speech
of acceptance which showed clearly
that both gentlemen are standing on
the same tariff revision platform.
81 have never seen the word dem
ocratic on Mr.. Hammond's campaign
pictures" said Mr.. McCleary.. He wants
you to forget his democracy. He
ought to confess his democracy. Bryan
does not want his past read, but he
is making promises for the future.
Hammond Was introduced.
Mr.. Hammond was introduced by
M. 0. Page, a young man who talked
like a weather prophet. He made the
remark during his little speeche of
introduction that Mr.. Hammond was
to continue as congressman. This did
not seem to make much of hit with
the audience.
Mr.. Hammond told the crowd that
Mr.. McCleary was trying to put a.
democratic label on him. Mr.. McCleary
has never denied this impeachment,
but rather has admitted it with con-
siderable exhibition of vigor.
Mr.. Hammond started out with the
proposition that there were several