The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-06

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general upbeaval and such state of un-
rest and discomfort as what we witness
IN this United States today. Why, IL did
not begin in the state OF Maine, 1t be :
OF New York, when Mr. Havens was
elected in a Republican district in spe-
cial election last summer by a most over
whelming majority.
Judge Erickson then gave some fig.
ures regarding the election, and cited
the uPheaval in other states. Continu-
ing, he said:
SO now, | am getting TO the point. ]
want to just speak few moments upon
the question of wool, because that Is a
question concerning which a great deal
has been said already in this campaign.
SO to speak, by the Republican organ Of
this city, And | want TO read TO you
how very adrotly and how very cunning
| " they attempt 10 deceive the people
| upon this question. They know very we'll
that since the Payne -Aldrlch bill went
| into effect that there has been n tremen-
Gous slump in the price OF wool In this
| section. Why. ] have very good friend
| In my home town, who has fifty TO one
| hundred thousand pounds OF wool today
cannot get his price for II They cannot
| tell us it Is because there has been n re-
duction in the tariff, because. as / un-
derstand II, the old tariff schedules on
enacted so 1t cannot be due 10 that. /
do love honesty. l love a person who is
straightforward. don't believe in beat
ing around the bush / believe that we
with one another and do not deceive the
people, But that is one ordinary prac-
| tlce OF Republicanism. knowing, as |
say, that there has been q slump in the
! price OF wool. they state that the low
price of wool and the lack OF work for
| the employees OF the wooden Industries.
| is due TO the agitation for the revision
OF schedule X OF the wool tariff. And
| they say they fear there VIII be further
| revision, Who is going 10 revise it? The
| Republicans are in power. The tariff Dill
| has only been in force a little over a
| year And yet already these people are
| preparing to mislead the people, 10 tell
| them that these things are due to agi-
tation for further revision of the tariff.
Who Is going to revise it2 They say
| there is no danger Of the Democrats get
| ting into the White House. the senate or
| the house Of representatives. But IT is
| true that even the president of the United
| States, when the bill was presented to
him for his signature, could not and did
| not Justify this schedule. and want to
read Just a line or two TO YOU from what
he said. You have all heard of that IA
| nous Winona speech by President Taft
| when he justified and praised the new
tariff bill, Among other things he said
| with respect TO the wool schedule, |
agree that 1t is too high and that It
ought 10 have been reduced, and that 1t
| probably represents considerably more
| than the difference between the cost Of
| duction here" So, If you are going to
abuse anybody, these doctrinaires, why
| YOU would better far abuse the Repub.
| Leans. Even the president of the United
States himself IS not satisfied with that
| schedule. and, | dare say, II this tariff
commission that has been appointed does
| anything at all, the first schedule revised
| will be the wool schedule, and II VIII DE
at the request and bchest OF the Repubi-
can president of the United States. Do
not blame the Democrats for these things.
| my friends. IL is not right. II is not
right at all The truth of the matter is
| that IL is not dhe tariff that is keeping
| the price OF wool down. The woolen mar
kets of this country are controlled aoso-
| lutely by trust and they pay you Tor
your wool Just what they please. And
| you know what that means,
Liquor Question.
/ am oath to continue because know
| you are waiting to hear the other speak
ers. There is, however, one other ques-
| tion which will be called upon to
discuss in this campaign, and that is the
| liquor question. | want to say 10 you,
my friends. that stand squarely upon the
Democratic platform. While 1t is true,
OF course. that that particular point and
that particular question does not directly
affect the duties OF congressman one
way or another. yet at the same time |
want my position understood. You who
were at the Democratic convention at
Provo know very we'll where | stand up
on that question. We had a glorious dis
tic discussion, l Will say. free-for-sll
believe that all there express themselves
freely and fully upon this important ques-
| ton. There was a disposition there. of
course. TO amend the platform. the plank
in the platform. but IT was finally
passed. have said already in my speech
that / believe that II Is always well TO
be fair to be frank. and to be open and
let the people know just where you are,
and then II you go one way or another
they will have chance TO check you,
gl,s, 90. .lNt nd Toll n,y
told us you would do thus and so! What
are you dojng2" And | think You Will
agree with me my friends that we should
not be vaciatng. but let us get exact
ly to the point on these things. Now
then our plank In the Democratic plat
form Is square out for prohibition, state
ficaton. and it pledges the people of the
state OF Utah that If they VIII elect a
Democratic legislature that the Demo-
Gratis will enact prohibition bill such
as VIII make statewide prohibition In the
state of Utah. What does the Republican
party pledge in its platform? Well.
am surprised that they said anything at
aIl. If they could not say anything more
than they did say II would have been
far better II they had said. "rhs ques-
tion does not need any consideration in
good enough. In other words they stood
pat on everything national They stood
pat on everything in the state. They are
satisfied with everything and even stood
even gone so far a 10 have said TO the
people OF Utah. "If YOU Will intrust us
to make your laws again We will give You
local option in the county, there might
have been a little encouragement In IT.
But they have not even done that, and In
my opinion If they should enact law I'm
conformity with their pledge In the plat
form, the state of Utah, so far as the
liquor question is concerned. would be In
worse condition than today.
Controlling the Traffic,
Today every city within the state has
IL in It's power 10 control the liquor ques-
ton. Every city may license or II may
refuse. 1t may regulate or 1t may pro-
hibit the liquor traffic. II cannot 90
outside OF the city boundaries. but ac-
cording 10 the decision OF the supreme
court few days ago the commission
ers OF every county can almost arbi
trarily refuse q license without giving
any reason for il. ! do not know If the
court wished to be so interpreted. IL
says that there must be reason: that the |
county commissioners must consider an
application for license. but having con- |
sidered that Is as far as the court can |
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