The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-16

saw IN me an unintentonal Machivelli /
Il said in effect This Is an honest /
man; be honestly believes that a pro
tectiye tariff Is unconstitutional, and
II he gets chance. being aB honest
man, he win upset that unconsutu- /
tional arrangement That is good
reasoning but Il was entirely incon-
sistent with another part of the edi-
torial which very kindly ascribed
brains to me. One OF the things that
every well informed man knows is
that about half the people in the
United States are Democrats. AS al
weii informed man. know that they
are engaged id every kind Of indus
try, and that they could not unite to
accomplish economic murder and de-
struction without also deliberately ac-
complishing economic suicide. SO far,
as I aim myself concerned, would
with the greatest respect call the cd
itor's attention to d little utterance
which / ventnred to make upon accept
ing the nomination for the presidency.
IN which | explicitly laid down the
program which / thought we ought to
pursue with regard to the protective
duties. said they ought not to BE-
changed except in such way and al
such a rate as would not III any way
interfere with the course of sound
business in the United States. also
said. and that IS what makes this
parentheais applicable 70 my dis
course. that we were going to begin
with those particular items in which
We found special privilege inrenched.
| We know what those items are. The
+ gentlemen who enjoy the special privi-
I leges have been Kind enough to point
OUT themselves. and what we are IN
| terested ia first Of ali with regard tc
the tariff IS getting the grip OF spe
cial interests Off the throat Of con
4 gress. We do not propose that spe
eial interests shall any longer CANT
| in the committee rooms of the com
mittee Of ways and means OF tn,
house and the finance committee o.
the senate
Those OF us who handle the machin
ery Of politics know that the grea
difficulty is breaking up the contro
Of The political boss is that be i
backed BY the money and the innu
enee Of these very people who ar
intrenched in these very schedules.
. could write you out a list. If you wer
) interested ia it Of the gentlemen, no
exceeding half a dozan. who used Il
1 own the legislature Of New Jersey. al
/ that had to do was to stand them d
q in front. metaphorically, OF audience
t all over the state Of New Jersey an
!. call the roll and their power wa
! broken by the mere exposure
i How are you going to get a fire
i government? That is the point Tn
d absolutely necessary first step is t
+ disentangle it from the things wit
which it has been entangled. Wha
d We want is free markets for our con
/ modities and free markets for ou
i labor and we haven't got them Wha
j. we want is free enterprise for on
j thing; but we haven't got It. Wha
e We want is free competing waite
d routes that win enable US to handl
il the heavier kinds Of our goods
e transportation without depending to
much upon the railway routes; an
e we haven't got them, and can't 9,
s them as things stand now. What VI
r. want is genuine conservation Of ol
& natural resources and we can't get
Is as things stand now.
a Have you noticed that the troub
y about conservation Is that the go
Y eminent Of the United States hash
g any policy to present. It is simpI
81 marking time, it is simply standin
s. still. Reservation is not conservatio
" we know perfectly well that thel
g can't be workable program uni
j there is q free government. And viii
q want to point out to you is this; Il
s. center Of all our economic difficultii
is that there is not freedom Of ente
" prise IN the United States.
q 4 am not interested IN dlsturDir
s the great course of business in til
p country but / am interested in e
e fiehlng Il am interested IN varyir
Ia IL. And / know that the only way