The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
COL. YOUNG TALKS
Editor Des MOines Capital Guest
X. c. Ad Club.
FaVOFS Commission Form, Can
non and Present Tariff.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. IA pro-
gressive on modern ideas of city gov
eminent, good roads, better farms and
more school houses, and a standpatter
on the tariff, Cannon, Aldrich and the
record of the Republican party-and
from Iowa. That is Col. LAFAYETTE
Young, editor and publisher of the Des
Moines Capital He was here yester-
day to tell the Kansas City Advertis-
ing club about the workings of tho
commission plan of municipal govern
ment in Des Mcines, but admitted that
he had some ideas about politics as
Well
IF I could only induce our long dis
lance reformers to do a little work in
their own front yards I could forgive
them,' he said at the Hotel Baltimore.
IF they would let the tariff alone and
interest themselves in giving the cities
better government they would accom-
plish something. The American sys-
tenn of city government is not only
bad, it is silly No business could sue
coed conducted on such a plan. Can
you imagine Jim Hill running his rail-
road on the ward system and letting
his subOrdinates pile up obligations as
our city councils do? Here is a real
reform for your Victor Murdocks and
And for your Albert Cumminses and
Jonathan Delivers p" was suggested
Talks About insurgency.
"Ah.' said Colonel Young, I see your
inquiry about commission government
was a blind, and that 1 am expected to
talk about the insurgents. I do not be-
lieve insurgency is nearly as important
an issue as good roads. but If you
want my opinion 1 should say thai
Senator Cumnins is acting wisely if it
is his purpose to hand Iowa over to the
Democrats. insurgency is only new
disguise, the free traders have found
and the whole insurgent movement is
just grand masquerade. The coun-
try will find it out if they ever get in
power.
1.-THE tariff was made to promote
prosperity and it has done it, and so 1
am satisfied with the tariff as it is. As
for these attacks on Cannon, I should
like to see Victor Murdoch speaker
would show you a dance. And I should
like to see Joe Bristow running
Standard Oil or the rubber trust
Would they be insurgents then?
scarcely think so. [ mean no ref1ec-
ton on them, 1 am just Illuminating
about human nature.
Competition Father of Every Fraud.
I'VE always have had Murdocks. all
during the history of the world. There
. were Murdocks in the crusades. They
are the unleavened human 'critter
There are no crusades now, but the
tariff is left. They demand COMPETE
ton, they say. Well, We have compe-
tition in everything know of unless
it is Standard Oil, and competition is
the father of every fraud practiced
on the consumer. 1t gives us the sweat
shop and Shoddy in our coats it gives
us adu1terated food, short pounds and
shy gallons.
They are against monopoly and
have elected Eugene Foss to congress
from what was a Republican district
and count it a great victory. Foss
has become rich manufacturing pat
petition, and now naturally enough
he wants to import free food from
Canada for his labor.
Cheaper living means lower wages.
Do you see where insurgency is taking
you? Why, this hotel is so full I can t
get a room. 1t means you are doing
lots of business in Kansas City. If
/ could come here and get my pick
of the rooms it would be much more
convenient for me personally, but I
should not consider that condition of
affairs to be very much to the adj
vantage of Kansas City. No, I am
satisfied with the prosperity we now
have
Colonel Young will inspect jackson
county's roads this afternoon. He was
instrumental in building the River to
River road across Iowa from Council