Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-19
II n d, At Democratic Banquet
0o16oc h,fIiAoc On the 9th at Abhens,
AO~ASS0 VON HIV~0 Senator Hedges, Of 0athe
N one Of tbs Leading Democrats Of tbs Stats and
HOciFi0Y1 Prominently Mentioned For GOvsrnOr, Delivered
=0lNI=tV tbs Relieving Excellent Address

JlNdI ou6olJ NAV16, :,
wooden goods are still controlled
by a hand full of men. Revision
| take it, meant relief and Its
definition is being sought by the
American people who will deter
mine its meaning by its influence.
in raising or lowering the cost
of living. l feel confident in the
prediction that Kansas can be re-
lied upon to set its seal Of dlsap-
proval upon the late COMPRESSION
al action. The people OF this
commonwealth, a state that ranks
fourth in assessed valuations, sec
ond only in individual wealth.
will not tolerate a repeated die
tatiOn by Rhode Island as to how
Kansas representatives shall vote.
Revision meant downward revis-
ion or the platform was intended
to deceive and if the latter, we
see a pitiful spectacle Of a great
party bartering its dignity to
gain support, and showing woe
full lack of political courage.
In Milwaukee on the oath Of
September, Mr.. Taft said
1T is my judgment that a re-
vision of the tariff in accordanc
with the provision of the pledg-
es of the republican platform
will be on the whole a substantial
revision downward. AS the tenn
porary leader of the party 1 do
not hesitate to say, with all the
emphasis Of which l am capable,
that if the party is given. that
mandate Of power it, will perform
| its promises IN good faith
There was widespread. feeling
that democracy s declaration fol
tariff revision was but; secondary
an indefinite something came frs
and over Swallowed revision. This
lack Of confidence was general
1t was not satisfied by any leader
Of national renown. The temper
lof the west was not judged right
[ly, and our party made the IA
| tall blunder of temporizing. Or
the other hand, Mr.. Taft made
many converts by his promises
and the reSult-a tidal victory
The extraordinary session Of co.
greSS is clOsed-itS enactment'
history. 1t finds itself an accom-
plice, a tool, a plastic piec,
Of political perfidy, that ha
been moulded and fashioned t.
suit the convenience, within anC
caprice of Aldrich, CannOn-Payn
the political agents of CONNER
cial combinations that have grow
bold as they have dominated ano
controlled the congress of the Tn
tied States. And Mr.. Taft pledg
ed a revision downward. | vii
+, cite but a few specific instance
that affect Kansas directly.
The majority party asks for
tariff only to maintain a hig
standard of wages. Let us Sc
as to this.
The shingle weaverS' assoc
> alton establishes the price of saw
ing and packing shingles both i
British Columbia and the nortf
: weSt-17 cts. a thousand fO
saving and Is cts per thouSan
for packing-tOtal 80 cents an
, that is the exact amount of dut
imposed on shingles under tn
g Dinglely act-just enough to COY
i. er the entire cOSe of manufactur,
Last year our firm imported fiy
b cars of British shingles and pal
s a duty of $325.OO that went
r the gOvernment-but we bougf
f 1000 cars in the past twent
: years, all in the United State
= and we have paid the America
t manufacturers 100000 more fc
D these 1000 cars than we coul
e have bought them in British G.
lumbia and this 100000 is tn
f tribute that our customers hav
/ paid to an already plethoric shi1
- gle combine, whose individu;
D members oft times declare a yea
ly dividend of Is per cent, an
e they pay just the same scale &
| wages that the foreign Shingl
I men pay. The Aldrich bill raj.
e es the duty on shingles to So ct
Y a thousand. The duty on struC
tural steel has been increased 4
t per cent, With the supply Q
timber almost exhausted, Stet
should be admitted free to dimi1
t iSh the cost Of building. TIL
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