The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-10-11
new TIMES,
NEW ISSUES.
Equal Distribution Of Wealth
the Great Problem.
new PARTY, new PROGRAM
Why Roosevelt as Candidate of Unit-d
Progressive Party can<Get Results
and Governor Wilson aaeCandidate of
BY GEORGE L. RECORD.


The needs of the times demand a new
program of reform which neither of
the old parties can produce, and the
new party has therefore been formed
upon new program.
The great issue in the last analysis Is
the more equitable distribution of
wealth The country feels that those
who do the work do not get their fair
share of the product Some get more
than they earn. Others, the majority.
get much less than they earn. This is
the essence of slavery, which, as Lin
coin said, was the world old fight to
prevent one man from saying to many
men, you earn the bread and i will
eat It." There are many disquieting
signs. Huge fortunes are piling up in
the hands of few. The prices of the
necessaries of life are steadily rising,
and wages, il they increase at all, do
not keep pace with the increasing cost
of living. In hard times thousands
of people are thrown out of work and
experience actual suffering. In the
great cities the horrible poverty Of
large congested sections, with the in
cident of sweatshop labor alarms all
thoughtful persons. The census shows
an average wage of less than 5000 per
year, which is too little for the support
of family. The railroads are increas
ing freight rates directly or indirectly,
which the people pay in the enhanced
price of everything they buy, all of
which comes over the railroad The
financial institutions of the country are
under the control of a few people, who
can give or withhold credit. Child Ia
Dor and the labor of women In fac
tories are becoming more frequent.
The disappearance Of the independ-
ent farmer owning histDYn land in
the west and the erowth1n his place
of the tenant farmer, who is com
PEELED to yield the bulk of his crop for
the rent of his land is another very
bad sign. The possession of the ore
beds, coal mines and forests of the
country by few Is powerful mo-
nopoly by which the people are robbed.
The excessive tariff is familiar to all.
Here then, is n tremendous problem,
or series of problems This situation
calls for new remedies, and on every
new proposal or issue the people divide
irrespective of their former party affili-
atoms, just as the Wings and Demo
Gratis divided on slavery. Therefore,
the old Republican party and the Dem
ocratic party are both hopelessly split
upon these modern questions, and moth
ing can be hoped from them; besides
which the Republican party is con-
trolled almost wholly by the corporate
interests of the country, and the Dem
ocratic party is in large part so con-
trolled The Progressive party, on the
other hand is a united party, and pre-
sents new and promising program.
! Our first proposition is that the gov
eminent has drifted from the hands
of the people into the hands of the
great corporate interests, exercised
through an alliance with the political
bosses of both parties, who work for
their own pockets all the time. Moth
ing can be done until we get the gov
eminent out of the hands of these in
terests and back into the hands of the