Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-07-26
WASHINGTON NEWS.

a continuation Of Republican rule
means a stin further surrender OF
the government to the Bg Business
.phnderbund. the C, b. p. orators
and newspapers are trying to raise
the spee6e Of hard times, and to
make It seem that business will tsL
ter in the event of Dsmocraec sue
cess
SucA .inbecilities as thds Fever
weary the Republican 3Aind With
out resard to the truth. and unim-
pressed by evidence to the contrary.
these men go on shouting the same
old heresies. The hard times" hSt.
esy is a twin brother of the long ex,
ploded doctrine that a protective tar.
itf protects AnOIican wcgkilgmen,
when eveE school boy Knows that it
does no sucb thing.
Abrief, history Of recent American
business depre9ions provides a full
andosufficient answer to those foolish
arguments. The last panic ia this
country, II will be remembered. Oc-
Cured hess than five years ago, wten
the Republicans were in full control
'of the machinery Of the gOvernnknt'
Theodore Roosevelt, who has a cure
fOP all Known politicd evi's. was in
the White House when this panic.
shicb gas the least excusable panic
the nation ever had, came about.
The Republicaa party wss in full
possession Of the government when
the panic q 1873 came about. Like
wise. II was this party that was In
power when a panic came in the ear
" part of 1884, ana the country retov
erred from that panic during a cam
paigh that sesulted in. the e.ectOn q
q Democratic president. The Repuh-
lican party was In control of all
branches of government forIour yealf
previous to the panic Of 1893. which
vas a currency panic clearssdue so
the Republican silvsr Purchase law
Of 1890, This law had depleted the
gold reserve so rapidly that before
the Harrison administration could gel
out of office 9 few millions in gold
we're borrowed IN New York in or
der to keep the reserve at more than
800 .OOO,0O untii this administration
coAld get out Of office, and thus
throw de responsibility on the IN
coming Democratic administration.
The New Yo& bureau CT stati tics
publishes figures showing that month
aftep month more persons were EN-
ployed In identical industries from
the election Of Cleveland until the
following June than for the same per-,
iod the year before.
The silverpanic Of 1893. which was
due entirely to Republican legislation
b the only one for more than a half
century that did not occur while the
Republicans were In fell possession
of the government. Yet Republican
orators. true to their habit Ct OBJ
iscusing issues and raising false cries.
go tight on trying To make 1t appear
that Democratic success mears hard
times.
TIE BIG ISSUE
United States Senator La Fslette,
in Ae closing chapter Of his autcbi,
ograRhy, which has been running in
Go American Magazine and which
soon Is to be published in book form,
gives what he considers to be the one
big issue now confronting the AmG.
lean people. He says: o
In twenty-five years Of political
struggle | have found one great issue
ovevshadowing all crhers-the en-
croachmen& Of the powerful few en-
the rights d the many. All the is
sizes q today are phases d this one
great question. How shall the indiv!d-
Sal, the farmer, fhe worker. and all
those wha pay tribute. be set free
from the unjust exsatlons Of the tar
III, the railroads, and other forms Of
oppression by special INTEREST,"!
When Roosevelt became president
the total STOCK and BOND Issues o.
the trusls was s3.7S4.OOO.OOO When
he turned tie country over to TAFT.
this total had grown to s31. .S72. .OOo.-
900. seventy per cent Of which 10 wa
ter. - O
The people Of this crhntry are pay
Ing dividends on all this watered
stock in the form Of unnecessarily
high prices for the things they eat,
use and wear"
HOW DISSOLUTION" HELPS
The Standard OIL eompatys pro-
fit figures for hte six months since
January first-the first six months
Of operation under the terms Of the
Ovw,-a~ 4.