The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-10-12
THURSDAY, OCT. y, 1911.

The Republican party which has so
long boosted itself to be the party of
constructive legis lation, united and I'M
defeated, stands today disorganized and
dismayed in 'front.' of militant Democ.
racy. The Republican party who
wrote into their national platform a
promise to revise the tariff, and the
President who was their nominee upon
that platform, told the people that this
revision would be downward and in the
interest of the consumer. This party
stands convicted at the bar of public
opinion as betrayer of public trust
and having obtained public offices un-
der false pretenses. Instead of lower
ing the tariff, as they promised, they
raised it. Instead of relieving the
consumer, as they declared they would
they increased his burdens. This party
had the etlrontery TO write into ma
tional platform an unfair, un-American
declaration, guarantee of profits by
taxation to the manufacturers, mon
opolies and trusts out Of the pockets OF
every other industry in the nation.
No declaration in that platform offer
ing by taxation to guarantee a profit
10 the farmer, TO the laborer, to the
merchant, to the lawyer or to the doc
tor. Their labor might be without
reward, but from their pockets the
Republican party proposes to take
their earnings in order to give profit
"a reasonable profit, as we are told
to the trusts and monopolies. We all
know the old adage to be true, that
what is one mans profit is another
mans loss.
And yet the Republican party would
divert the governmental function Of
taxation, which is for the sole purpose,
as intended by the trainers of the con-
stitution, of raising money sufficient to
defray the expenses of the government
economically and honestly administered
to the pockets of the manufacturers
monopolies and trusts from the earn
ings of all the rest of the American
people. 1t never was intended that
taxation should be used for this pur-
pose, the states could not have been
formed into union upon this basis.
1t is un-American, un-Democratic and
dishonest This party OF the protective
tariff that so long told US that it was
only for the purpose of enabling infant
industries to stand upon their feet has
allowed them TO continue unweaned
for hundred years, until they have
grown SO strong that they have banded
themselves into mighty monopoly to
plumber and Cypress the American
people and send their goods into far
away Japan, Russia, Australia, En-
gland, in fact to all the rest Of the
world and sell them much cheaper
there in open competition with the
world.
But the Republican party, so long
united upon this system of robbery,
has become divided. Their once un-
broken ranks have become discovered.
And now We have Republican party
divided into two factions, one a stand
pat element and the other an insur-
gent force. The difference between
these two contending forces is as to
the amount of loot that shall be taken
from the taxpayers OF this country.
The insurgents say, Steal by the pro.
tective tariff, but do it moderately. and
the standpatters say, Take it all De.
mocracy raises the commandment
Thou shalt not steal" The people
at last have become awakened to this
system OF protection and the Democrat.
ic party has been entrusted with the
control OF the House OF Representatives
and how well they have met the
promises they have made is but a re.
sumo Of the recent legislation OF the
congress of the United States.
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