Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-02


are gliding sedately about the Tenth
district soliciting votes. That Is as 1t
should be, of course. but ] have a
quarrel with them, because, having
read all that seither has said which
has been put into print, I find 1t inn
possible to discover a difference IN
the real point of their appeal for
support. Leaving out the pretty
little p~latitudes which the.
speeches of both. my distinguished
opponents, I find that they are az
alike as they were-as all Republic
cans were-before the split-for- office
only in the party. They both argue
for the outworn creed which seeks to
convince voters that 1t is possible to
tax the people prosperous; that If
all the people will continue to sub
scribe a total of 50. 900. O0O, 900 annually
for the benefit of the special privilege
classes somehow the subscribers to
the fund will be made happy-by the
FAIRIES, maybe.
THE situation is a joke. My OPP
ponents must suffer from their strug-
giles not to laugh when they appeal
for continued protection for such
worthy infant industries as the Steel,
the Beef, the Cotton, Wooden and
Sugar trusts. Do my opponents sup
pose for one serious moment that
the voters of, the Tenth district have
not cleared their minds of all the
fogs and mists of that nonsense?
Every workingman in Essex County
knows that the poorest paid labor in
this country Is to be found in the
sugar reflneries, of Brooklyn; the
| steel mills, of Pfttsburg; the pack
ing houses in Chicago; the wooden
| mills, of Lawrence, and the cotton
mills, of Fail River.
Two billions . Year to Trusts.
'They know that the pro-
lection subsidy of two bill
lions annually paid by the people to
| the trusts never gets into the pay
envelopes. not any of II. The voters
have acutely in their minds thai Col
| onel Roosevelt was nearly eight
| years in the White House. with a
~subservient Congress always ready
to carry out his orders, but that he
never ordered, or requested Congress
to pass any law for the relief of the
/ people from the high cost of living.
They know that the same Is true
/ during the term of President Taft
| and they are not to be fooled by this
! long delayed desire on the part of
! either wing of the Republican party
! to do that service for the people they
have had ample opportunity to do,
| butsnever did.
"There are certain interesting facts
which my two opponents neglect to
| touch upon which I have no doubt
| those they. ask to vote for them
would like to have them talk about
| For instance, why do my opponents
| so artfully conceal the fact that /
voted for the bill to put beef, mutton,
| pork, ham, bacon, butter, eggs and
| cheese on the free list? Why not tell
| the people that such o bill passed
both the House and Senate. but was
vetoed by Mr.. Taft? If he had signed
| 1t. or If Colonel Roosevelt had ever
| demanded and secured the passage of
such a bill those articles of daily
food necessity would now be selling
as cheapiy in Essex County as they
| are in London. And, remember, my
| friends, that it is American beef.
! shipped all the way from Chicago to
London, which sells for from 8 to IL
cents a pound less than the beef
shipped from Chicago to Newark sells
for.
"The Trick Is Played Out"
mo, the trick is played out! the
people refuse longer to be frightened
by the sacred mumbo-jumbo my OPP
! ponents are talking about the tariff.
The people want the tariff tax re
dueed to the point where 1t will be a
tax only for raising mon to support
the government, notsa tax to help
support the trust barons. I voted
for every bill passed by the last two
sessions of Congress- to reduce the
cost of living and otherwise make
life easier. I consider that q fact of
sufficient interest and Importance for
my opponents to mention, but would
you believe it-they " say a word
about it,.
I'VE Democrats believe in n form
of projections; we purpose to intro
duce and pass laws protecting the
salaries and wages of the people, not
protection to pay unearned dividends
for the trusts"