Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1911-09-07

of 1929 100000 was collected by the
United States Government, but thu
unparalleled outrage Is that the pro-
ducers In the United States of the
thirteen billion dollars worth Of
goods were enabled because of the
protective tariff to increase the price
of their goods so that they made
ninety-two millions of consumers pay
them a tribute of about four billions
Of dollars.
President Taft said in his speech at
Cincinnati when a candidate for Pres
ident. on September %, 1908: IF I
am elected President promise the
nation I will use every fiber of m
being to carry out honestly and de-
Gently the tariff revision promises Of
the Republican platform" Two days
later he said at Milwaukee,: ct is my
Judgment that the revision Of the tar
III In accordance with the pledge OF
the Republican platform will be. on
the whole. substantial revision
downward" After the Payne-Aldrich
bill was passed which increased taxes
he signed it, and called it the best
Republican tariff bill ever enacted"
According to Democratic faith in
making all tariff schedules. the tariff
tax should be lowest on the necessa-
ries Of life. and highest on luxuries.
The enormous tax provided for In the
schedules CT the Payne-Aldrich bill
increased the price on every article
on which II Is levied and helped to
make the cost of living 60 per cent
higher than 1t was ten years ago. A
good law Is that law which benefits
the greatest number of people, and
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this test.
There are four things every man
wishes to obtain as cheaply as pos.
sible:
A home Tor himself. wife and chill
dren.
Clothing to protect them from the
Edibles to support life.
Farming implements and mechan-
les tools with which to labor.
Republicans in the existing tariff
law put a tax on lumber, with which
the home is built. and a heavy tax on
wooden and cotton goods with which
clothes are made, and a tax on edi.
, bles. and a tax on farming nipple
ments and mechanics tools. Demo
Gratis have done all they could to
make these articles free or as nearly
free as possible, but President Taft.
as | have already stated, vetoed the
bills and was sustained by the Repub.
licans in Congress, as it required two.
thirds of the members to pass the bill
over his veto. The people have
great remedy-change of administra.
tion-elect a Democratic President OF
the United States and turn Repub.
licans out of office
The conditions are favorable in va.
rious respects for change of admins.
tration, and especially because the
Republican party is divided into two
factions, the Insurgents and the
Standpatters. A distinguished Demo.
cratic Congressman said not long
ago: The difference between them is
as TO the amount of the loot" Insur.
gents say. Rob by the protective
tariff, but rob a little" The Stand.
patters say, Take it ALL" but Democ.
racy appeals to the command which
comes from Sinai and says. Thou
shalt not steal"
Farmers and Laborine Men.
/ know l am addressing today al
audience composed largely of farmers
and laboring men, and | confess
nave otiOu6 lCcliDSS anu
for everything that concerns them. r.
was reared on farm, and although |
practiced law many years | have also
owned farms many years, and have
farm now. All classes and all kinds
of business depend upon the prosper.
ity and success of farmers and labor.
ing men. When farm crops fail or
diminish, business of all kinds Ian.
guishes. l am in favor OF cooperation
and organization. both among farmers
and laboring men.
A majority Of our population live
on farms and more than half our
State taxes are paid by the farmers
and the majority Of our farmers are
Democrats. The Democratic party has
from the foundation of our govern.
ment chamrioned the farmers cause. |
while the republican party has Grip |
pied his interests and the interests OF |
laboring men by compelling them to |
pay tribute 20 trusts. monopoles and |
combines. and carry the burden of op |
pressive taxation.
There should be no stay.athome
vote among the farmers and laboring |
men at the next State election. Demo |
cratic administrations have enacted |
prove agricultural conditions, while |
no Republican administration has to
its credit a single act to upbuild agri-
culture In this State, and when shs
iate Republican convention was held
ct Louisville the platform adopted
did not mention the farmer or labor
ing men. but the fourteenth plank OF
the Democratic platform Is as follows:
I'VE favor organization and co-opera-
don among the farmers and the labor.
ers of the State. and the enactment OF
such constitutional laws as will pro-
tect them from the greed and oppres-
sion Of the trusts and monopolies OF
the country. which are the direct fruit
of Republican legislation"
Kentucky had no Department OF Ag-
nculture until I had the honor to be
Governor OF the State. recommend
ed to the leneral Assembly the pas
sage Of q bill establishing Depart
ment of Agriculture and authorizing
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