The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-07

l I knew they were. Two of them have been partly under my instruction, in getting legal education, and I know their ability and industry. l should, have had to say that this commis-' sion made two reports to Republican Legislature, one in 1907 and one in 1909 and agreed unanimously. in rec ornmending a bill for new act, mak- ing our law more like the laws or other countries; but that these Re publican Legislatures had turned down their recommendation, and made no changes at all; and that if anything was to be hoped in the line of legis- lation of that kind to modernize our law, it would have to be looked for from a DemQcratic Legislature, be- cause it had beca proved by actual Republican Legislature to do anything but promise to reform, and promises unperformed are not worth much
 Could have said all this, with any propriety, when judge of the highest court in nay State? can say it now, and I do say it. But MT. Chandler has another charge to bring against me He says that it is an important means of securing legislation such as a Gov ernOr desires. for the Governor to have a. handsome. house in Hartford during the session, and give legislative dinners and receptions It has been so, he as- serts, and he must know; because he is himself one of the present Republican Legislature and knows ho6v their views can be best influenced. But, he says, it is not to be expected that Judge Baldwin will hire such 8 mansion, and he doesn't own one in Hartford. Where . then Is to be any source of power to a Democratic administration? The can didate of the Republican party lives in Hartford, and MT. Chandler assures us edness itself But elect Democratic Governor, and there will be no SaVor of the flesh pots of Egypt to rise to Rocky Hill.
 I should be sorry, gentlemen, if I thought MT. Chandler and the Repub- lican newspapers were right. and if arguments or twaddIe of such kind as that heard from MT. Chandler at Tor rington were to be the keynote of Re publican eampaigners. The issues of this election must be taken more seri- ously. I shall spend no more time on Torrington, trifling with them on questions questions Between Between the two parties. Which is right?
 The American people are giving par ticular attention this year to one very is whether they can trust the Republi- can party in power any longer; and that question depends upon another. Has the Republican party kept it's word? Has it given us what it prom ised? Has it, or has it not, bettered things for us during these last few years?
 There is one point on which there us start from that. The cost of living has gone up The man that once. say ed on $2 a day needs $3 now, if he would live as well, and save nothing. The coat that used to cost $8 costs $1O or SIP, and is made of shoddy instead of wool, at that. Meat, eggs, milk, butter, shoes. clothing of all sorts, they have all gone up and are going up-out of reach, almost. And cur iously enough there is some great com bination or trust in each of the main articles of consumption, and there is a high tariff on each of them-so high as to cut off any foreign competition.
 Gut off foreign competition, and an American trust can soon dispose of home competition. That is only the A, B, c of trade. Everybody knows that, OF at least feels that.
 The Republican platform solennnly asserts that all they want to do by tariff is to make it high enough to meet the higher cost of production here and give a reasonable profit to the manufacturer
 We are all in favor of that. But do they really mean it? Have they really in the Payne bill, measured the rates so as just to correspond with our high sonable profit to the employer? Not a bit of it.
 The way they frame Republican tar ifs, whether the Dingley bill or the
  princip1e-reminds me of the dry goods store where they were getting a, bar gain counter ready over night The proprietor began by putting up sign. Everything on this counter sold. for this day only. without regard t, cost Now, my lad, said he to a ne'V clerk whom he was instructing in the busi- ness, pointing to a roll of pir:k silk, put card on that marked "OEIy $2.39 a yard" But, sir" said tie boy, that's that cheap silk that onfy costs 90 cents a yard t'Yes, yes,'' vas the reply, 'but don't we say. that on this counter we sell without regTlrd to cost?'' That is just the principle of all their tariffs. The cost of 1'roduc- ton, protecting American wages-that is the talk of their platforms, but when it comes to business, tn sy put up tn rates without regard to cost Rhe bargain counter is spared. The labels look all right. But tI6a only bargains are with the trusts and for the trusts. The people are le2t out You get any intelligent Republican now, by himself. and have a heart to heart talk with him and you will find that he thinks these high tariffs are too high. But as party man, to stand by his party, when he tS7ks in