The copper era., 1909-11-25

thirty-six, it would be strong enough
to take some more medicine. What
will a central bank mean? In the
first place it will mean the monop-
olizing of the money, as the branch
banks will have complete control of
the money situation. No small bank
can compete with the branch banks,
| because they can pay more interest
than the small local bank, and in or
der to compete with them the small
bank will finally have to accept their
terms and do as they propose. Not
| only that but they will gather the
money for the central bank, and
throw the burden on each community
of preserving itself. You have a
bank in your town and those people
are responsible to this community
only, and you would rather have that
bank than one that is controlled
1900 or 1000 miles away from here. 1
believe, my friends, that the Amer
lean people will not be in favor of a
central bank and that Mr.. Taft will
find in this question that he will also
have to take democratic position.
But 1 have spoken longer than
had intended; this is the third speech
| have made today and 1 have had
little sleep for the last three nights,
and think have said enough to in
dictate that 1 believe in democracy,
that believe that it appeals to the
conscience and the judgment of the
great, majority of the people; and, my
friends, am glad that in the course
of nature, I have the prospect of
living quite few years yet, in which
time expect to fight for the triumph
of these principles of democracy.
l owe a great deal to the American
people. They have rewarded me be-
yond what 1 deserve and 1 do not
know of any way 1 can show my
gratitude better than 1 can by fight
ing for the principles of democracy,
and I find great pleasure in doing
this work. 1 have lived long enough
to see a great many of our ideas
crystalized into important measures,
and think it is likely 1 will live to
see the election of senators by the
direct vote of the people. believe
L will see a declaration passed by
congress promising the Filippinos
their independence. 1 believe / will
live to See better laws passed effect |
ing the laboring classes, and I be-
lieve 1 will live to see before many
years a reformation of the tariff by
real reduction and in the interests of |
to protect their exhorbi- |
tant prices by legislation. When it |
is could and we need wooden goods we
have to pay many times the price |
that should be paid; it is a hardened |
system that is not influenced by shiv- |
ering women and children, and legis- |
lates against them in favor of the |
few. They say that they
must protect the sheep raisers of the
country, but 1 have not accustomed |
myself to dodge justice to the masses
to help 300 sheep growers in Arizona |
and HOO in Texas. l deny the right |
of the government to collect taxes |
from all the people for the benefit of |
a few. You have a mayor here to
whom feel under obligation for his
kind words this evening, and I want
to suggest plan to he and the city |
council to make their city govern
ment popular. You want to improve
your city, so 1 would suggest that
you tax the people 100000 a year
q nd divide it between twenty-five of |
your citizens to build them a nice |
house. 1t will give the brick masons,
the architects, and the carpenters |
lots of work and they will have to |
spend money with your stores here,
and it will make commerce for your
town. BY the end of ten years you
will have some of the most beautiful
in this city that there are
IN the territory, and also the knowl-
edge that you have the best form of
in Clifton that there is
What about the taxpay-
ers? Oh! they can go by the houses
On Sunday and look at them and they
will derive great pleasure from see
ing the beautiful architecture in the
houses. This is the very same system
which the government employs on
the tariff question. The great mass
Of the people are not interested in
these special privileges. When you
send your copper to market the price
IS fixed in London and not in the
United States and you are getting no
benefit from the tariff.
The democratic party stands for
The rights of the people and for the
interests of the whole people, and it
denies the right of the government
20 protect the few at the expense of
he mass. Protection is more dan
yerous than smallpox, for if you
lave the smallpox in your town the
people try to get away from it and
is spread is checked, but when we
nave a protective tariff everybody
Ties get anu get VI tnC
benefit of it, and those that have it
are glad and those who haven't
want it.
1 do not expect the republican
eaders to be Influenced by the pro-
:ests of the masses, and in this con-
1ection 1 am reminded of the story |
If the old colored man who complain
I'd of the extravaganza of his wife.
he said he never saw such an ex-
woman; she wants a dollar
n the forenoon and a dollar and
quarter in the afternoon and dollar
Ind a half tomorrow, and it is just
quarters and half dollars all the
lime. But his friend said, "what
loes she do with so much moneys"
The old fellow said, 81 don't know,
lain't give her none yet"
Those who know the leaders of the
republican party are not expecting
-eform and if they did get any re-
form they would be surprised. If
hey got relief from them they
would feel a good deal like the boy
,aid of his mother. The teacher
laid to this boy, Johnnie, if your
;ather was to give your mother dol
ar today, two dollars tomorrow and |
.hree dollars next day, what would
your mother have?" The boy re-
olied, "Oh! Ma would have a fit"
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