Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-04-21

and still leaves the great refining
sugar trust where il can continue its
frauds on the government and where
It can still rob the people under the
| tariff laws. But | must not elaborate
on this tariff bill which will stand as
/ a monumental fraud upon the masses
/ of America until they hurl from
power the party which enacted it.
And what could we expect, whaI
| can we expect of the party which had
enacted the Mckinley and the Ding
| ley tariff bills? bills which brought
into being the army OF hated trusts.
| The very party which had made pos
sible the trusts and had legalized
their plumber of the people. placed IN
the last platform the most offensive
plank ever found in any financial
platform. They knew that the labor
ing men had seen through their false
pretenses that high tariffs benefited
them, and they made bold bid for
the support Of the favored manufac-
turers and declared for tariff which
would give "a reasonable profit to
American industries
platform they profess that they have
kept.
And it is now the creed of that
party that the masses must pay trib-
n tn <.ln
reasonable profit.
Who are to be the judges of that
reasonable profit? Is it to be the mass
es or is 1t the lobbyists maintained in
Washington by the trusts? Go study
the Payne-Aldrich bill and you will
see. Are the reasonable profits to be
estimated on the capital actually In
vested IN the industries and trusts
thus singled out, and pampered, or on
their stock diluted and watered many
times?
10n IS now bringing lawsuits against
these trusts which have thrived and
tGttened under ~epublican rule For
more than dozen years William J.
Bryan and other democratic leaders
nave declared that the true way to
deal with these malefactors was 10
treat them as common criminals and
put them behind the bars. There have
oeen lawsuits. good many motions
ana demurrers, few judgments and
lew nnes which could easily be paid
out OF their i'll gotten gains. bur
where is the criminal who has been
treated Like common violator OF
the law and placed in a prison cell ?"
Mr. Jones scored the insurgent pro-
fesslons OF tariff reform, pointing TO
the record of their professions and
performance IF you ask them to
stand by the democrats in their war
icr economy" he said thew will saw.
We must have protection of Amer
can industry first and economy after
ward.
But, said Mr.. Jones, in their gener-
osity they will say:
IF you keep the insurgents in Of
flee we will give you the fun of see
ing us draw, our salaries, our in
creased salaries, and of worrying the
regulars, and then about once in
generation, about 30 of us will ION
your $50 democrats and change one
~ the rules CT the house You will
70 = Ell ars and insurgents Joining
y feeble criticism and apology or
their own infamous tariff bill Some
VIII crlticise one schedule, some an
other but not one of them will dare
TO advocate tariff for revenue. That
would take him out of the party fold.
Each viii have his petted, favored in
dustry to protect. They are all like
the Scotch fisherman who once wrote
to an English statesman. 81 am an
enthusiastic free trader on all arti-
cles except behring's"
Unadulterated Effrontery.
Mr.. Jones said that if ever there
was an instance of unadulterated eff
frontery since time began it is this
pretended zeal of republican leaders
on tbs question. 1t is only the old
trick OF coming new high sounding
phrase to- divert attention from old
abuses. What party was it That gave