The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-16
He Tells Farmers 1t Is
Great Imposition
On Them.
NEVER FRAMED IN
T H E. R INTEREST
Pays His Respects to Senator
Aldrich as the Servitor of Spe-
cial Privilege-"Restrictive
Tariff" Dam Which Is Hold
ing Prosperity Back
From This Country.

Gloucester. y. J.. August i5-Under
the glare o. hot sun. Thousands OF
farmers maszed aboa, Governor wood
row wilson mere to-day and heard him
make MS Grst campaign speech since
ne was officialiy notified week ago OF
his nomination 10 the presidency
The Governor spoke extcmporancous-
y from an improviaed platform at
Washington Park. where the farmers
OF New Jersey Delaware and Pennsyl-
Yania were participating ia q farmers
| cay celebration Tho candidate d1yelt
mostls UPON the protective tar.ff
which he called ;no restrictive tariff. 20
attacked Senator Aldricn and MS tariff
making associates. pointed GU, the
benefits o; a merchant marine IN con
necton with The Panama Canal ana
NAMED the influence OF express COM
panies In preventing the adoption Of
the parcels post
The Governor vas frequently inter
ruptcd b. applause ana cheers When
he finished speaking many Of the farm
ors crowded forward 70 shake hands.
Ihe Governor returned 10 Seaglrt early
tonight
At tho outset Governor Wilson ask
cd When did tho farmer ever occupy
the centre OF the stage ia our nolitlcsa"
He then declared that he had sell
dom seer the lnts.csis OF the farmers
REGARDED ia legislation and one OF
tho greatest imposition upon ihe farm
- OF this country that has been de-
viscd said the Governor lis the pres
eat tar'n legislation o; the United
states
His Indictment OF Tariff.
Ny 4naict'neni against inc tariff is
tina, 81 Represents special partnerships
and does not represen, Tho general in
terea, It Is long time since tariffs
We're MADE bY men who even supposed
that they were seeking 10 serve the
general interest. because tariffs are not
made by The general BODY OF members
of either house OF Congress. They
have in the past been made BY very
small groups % individuals in certain
committees Of those houses who even
refused Information to their follow
rnembers as to the basis upon which
Jules.
ono Of tic gentlemen VINO has been
most consplcuously connected with this
thlus has in recent Years prudently
withdrawn from public life mean
the one-tlne senior Senator from
Rhode Island Mn Aldrich al leas,
give Mr.. .Aldrich the credit OF having
had large weather eye He says that
the weather was changing IN Rhode
Isla nd-even Ia Rhode Isl.nd--as well
as n the rest Of the Union. that mon
who had long known that he WAS inn
posing upon them FELT that the lim.:
had been reached. and they were not
going TO be imposed upon any longeT.
They saw that he was not even doing
what he pretended 10 DO. namely. to
serve the special interests Of Rhode
Island. because he was serving only
some of the special interests o. Rhode
Island and not all Of them.
Tho tariff intimately concerns tie
farmer % this country. II makes l
great deal of difference to you that
Mr. TAT, the other day vetoed the steel
bill. 1t makes a difference 10 you in
tho cost Of practically every tool that
you use upon the farm. and It IS
very significant. OF ought to pc very
Significant To you that q Democratic
House OF Representatives. has just
passed the steel tariff reduction bill
over the Presidents veto. 4 thing
am informed IS unpreceden,ed In the
history OF the country that Houie
should have passed two tariff measure.
the wool measure and the steel
measure. over the veto of the Pres
dent,
Tariff measures are not measures
Tor the merchant. merely, and tho
manufacturer. The farmer pays Just
his proportion Of the tariff duties
. anybody else"
Means Benefit 10 Farmer
The Governor then explained the
81, uef;s that might accrue to ;he
farmer from the digging OF the Pam
anna Canal If the merchant marine Were
restored. Governor Wilson also took
zap the question OF the parcels post,
and declared that the farmer ought to
be deeply Interested in its establish
declared that he was also deeply IN
terested in the Democratic rlatform
which declares 1t is to be the duty
of the party 10 devote such funds OF
tho national government as it may
constttutionally devote to such pur-
uoses to the promotion OF Industrial
agricultural and vocational education
Tho Governor explained that the plat
form in this connection meant system
OF university extension to the farmer.
making available TO the farmer the
knowledge stored in the universities
OF the country on scientific farming
III prosperity is not to be checked
IN this country we must broaden or
borGers and make conquest of the mar
xets of the world. That Is the reason
that America is so deeply interested
| in the question of which I have al
ready spoken. the merchant marine and
t4dt Is also the reason why America Is
so much Interested in breaking down
that dam against which all the tides
&c our prosperity have banked up. that
great dam that runs around nj! orr
coasts and which we call the protec-
tive tariff.
II would prefer. to call 1T the re-
strctive tariff. ! would prefer to call
1t the tariff that holds us hack.
should prefer to call 1t tho tariff that
hens us In. the tariff that chokes US.
tho tariff that smothcrs u.s. becaus.
scontlnuea on Second 9egel Z