The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-07-21
FROM GRAND LARCENY
TO PETIT LARCENY.

The New York World gives re-
cent interview with Hon. j. W
Kern, the running mate of Mir.
Bryan in 1905. on political condi-
lions and issues. Mr. Kern was re-
Gently nominated hy tine Indiana
stat" Democratic Convention for
United States senator. He is IA
clear, lorriblc thinker and expresses
himself in "A way that be who runs
may read and understand. We take
from his interview the following
i'r-u statements:
The Republican party being thr
parent of tn" protective system can
not ho expected to destroy its Off
spring Even the insurgents among
them cling to the system and pro-
claim its righteousness while de-
clariug Themselves in favor of re-
ducing the duty in certain schedules;
substituting, rs ii We're, petit lar
ccuy for grand larceny; plain, unos-
tCntutiOus burglary for highway
robbery. Only the Democratic par
~ can hc trusted to work out the
needed reform, but to fit itself for
the work ii must select for its lead
ers men free from alliances with
special interests; men strong enough,
brave enough aud discreet enough
to strike down all unlawful mouop-
olies that plumber the people, while
at the same time protecting and en-
couraging every legitimate business
enterprise in the land"
Tariff the Issue.
1.-THE question OF tariff taxation
will loom up large in the next cam
paign. People are now coming to
know that almost every i'll affecting
the body polite finds its origin in
the vicious system of protective
tariff legislation. The avowed ob.
ject OF that system is to shut out
foreign competition, but results
show that when that object has been
attained, domestic competition is
stifled by the formation of trusts
and combines, so that the work of
plundering the people may proceed
without let or hindrance,'
Mr.. Kern does not confne him
self to generalities. He gives spe-
cific instances of plumber.
"The few men composing the Su-
gar Trust, the Steel Trust and kim
dred mOnOpOlies can levy tribute
upon every home in the country ev-
cry day In the year. Take the Steel
Trust for illustration. There are in
this country 20,000,000 homes In
which the products Of that monop-
| oily are In daily use. Out of each OF
these homes there comes day by day
IA little stream Of moffey, all con-
verging ut the treasury of the Steel
company. Thus was the colossal
fortune Of Carnegie builded up. In
the same way scores of other great
! fortunes are being accumulated by
men who are favored by special leg
islatiOn.
"Under such system it is not
strange the wealth of the country
is being rapidly transferred from
the pockets of the men who produce
it, and centered in the hands of a
| few men.
1.-The American people perceive
the evil that surrounds them, and
as result the chances of Demo-
cratic success in the next national
election have frightened wonder
fully. The defiant, attitude of the
protected interests toward the peo-
pie, and the failure of the Taft ad-
ministration to carry out the pre-
election pledges of the party tend to
convince intelligent voters that in
Democratic success lies the only
reasonable hope of reform"
Frank Goodwin, the little Jackson
boy who was kicked on the head by
horse on the Fourth of July, was
unconscious for two days, but since
then he has continued to improve
and is out of danger.