The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-10-18

trifiing with one or the other of these
great classes. The indications are
clear that he is preparing to give the
short end of this deal to the farmers.
It seems that 4 number of his follow
ers are now openly demanding the
tree importation of food products. 1t
is reported in the newspapers that at
a recent meeting of Roosevelt sup
porters in Union Square, New York
City, Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease, the we'll
known Populist orator, now support
ing Roosevelt, declared amid great ap-
plause that they would insist on the
free importation of all food products.
And when We look at Mr.. Roose-
velt's speech before the convention of
his new party in Chicago on August
9th, last, we find additional cause for
uneasiness. This speech is Mr..
Roosevelt's own platform, referred to
as his confession of faith. In it he
shows his attitude toward the tariff.
He says:
I'm my opinion the American peo-
pie favor the principle of a protec-
tive tariff, but they desire such
tariff to be established primarily in
the interests of the wage Garner and
the consumer"
There is no consideration in this
for the farmers. While the farmers
are workers of the most basic econo-
mic importance, they are OF classed as
wage workers nor as consumers, and
tariff primarily for these classes is
likely to leave the farmers in the lurch
In furtherance of his especial concern
for the wage workers Mr.. Roosevelt
goes on to say:
mo duty should be permitted to
the workers receive their full share
Of the benefits of that duty. In
other words there 10 no warrant for
protection unless legitimate share
of the benefits gets into the pay
envelope of the wage worker"
According to the terms of the state
ment this rule would be applied to
agricultural industry, and in all the
complex and varied conditions of our
industry, how could any one deter
mine what would be a legitimate
share to the wage workers? We
know very we'll that our workers get
a very large share, but could statis-
teal commission show this properly
Mr.. Roosevelt's Empty CRY of Fraud.
The whole career of Mr.. Roosevelt
is conspicuous for insicerity and false
pretense, and he caps the climax OF
it in the present campaign. He loudly
IL <I,o ,,1%os oS ~.1rraec:x,oe bet
Senator La Toilette, the faithful work
er and true leader of the progyessives
denounces Mr.. Roosevelt as no pro.
pressive at all and calls on him to
show where he obtained the funds
sKpent in his primary campaigns. Mr.
Roosevelt claims votes for himself or
his new platform on the ground that il
is corrective for Socialism, but thu
Socialist leader in Congress, Mr.. Der
ger, declares of Mr.. Roosevelt that hs
will "be remembered ~ one OF thu
most aggressive and most strenuou,
propagandists for the Socialist Party
ever known" Mr.. Roosevelt alst
asks for the votes of Republicans OF
the ground that President Taft wa
not fairly renominated at the Re
publican convention in Chicago. Thi
statement is not only absurdly false
but also peculiarly insolent, coming
as it does, from the man who has Sc
out to destroy tn Republican party.
The plain fact is that Mr.. Roosevelt
demanded a revolution in the organi
cation and procedure of the conven
ton for the purpose of securing tn
nomination for himself. when he saw
that his efforts had failed. The con
vention refused to be stampeded int,
upsetting itself. As is declared b,
that well-known, independent news
paper, the Springfield Republican
which has not been friendly to tn
Presidnt:
"Mr. Taft's nomination this yea
10 a. regular and honest as was tn
nomination Mr.. Roosevelt himsel
| gave to him in 1908, and anybod
not erased by the T. r. obsessio
must know it"
President Taft Must be Re- Electet
i. Having in mind all the circumstar
ces of the nomination, and the pla,
forms and records of the candidates
and the situation of our agricultur;
population, l am profoundly impres
sed with what seems to me the urger
, necessity of supporting Presider
Taft in his campaign for reelection
. We know exactly. where he stands an
| the ground he stands on is by a
means the safest for Our welfare {
) all the people of the United State
Therefore l can not do otherwi.
) than to appeal with all the force an
Y influence / have, to those who ha,
at heart the preservation OF our il
, stitutions and our cherished interes
and pursuits, to stand firm against II
: effort now being made to destroy II