The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-09
TRUSTS PREVENT
LABOR ADVANCE
ASSERTS WILSON.
concluded sTona Pass ons.)


closely married with one another in
our recent political practice that it
is impossible TO discriminate between
them.
"And this gives me an opportun-
| ty to allude to something that
read very recently in an influential
newspaper. 1t was an editorial in
which | must say that the editor did
me personally more than justice.
But he saw iii me an unintentionai
Macchiavelli. 1t said in effect, This
S an honest man; he honestly be-,
ieves that protective tariff is I'M
constitutional, and If he gets
nance. being an honest man, he
viii upset that unconstitutional ar
-angement. That is good reasoning,
but it was entirely inconsistent
With anci her part of the editor al
which very kindly ascribed brains
% m. One of the things that every
we'll informed man knows is that
lbout half the people in the United
States are Democrats. AS we'll in
'ormed man, know that they are
,ngaged in every kind of industry.
nd that they could not unite to ae-
omplish economic murder and de-
truction without also deliberately
comprising economic suicide. So
ar, as | a,n myself concerned, |
would with tie greatest respect call
he editors attention to a little ut
erance which I ventured to make
'pon accepting the nomination for
he Presidency. in which explicitly
aid down the program which
bought we ought to pursue with re-
ard to the protective duties. | said
hat they ought not to be changed
kept in such way and at such a
ate as would not in any way inter-
ere with the course of sound busi-
'ess in the United States. | also
aid, and that is what makes this
Daranthpsis applicable to my dis
curse, that we were going to begin
With those particular items in which
We found special privilege intrench-
ID. We know what those items are.
The gentlemen who enjoy the spec
al privileges have been kind enough
20 point them out themselves; and
What we are interested in first of all
With regard to the tariff is getting
he grip of special interests off the
hroat OF Congress. We do not pro-
1ose that special interests shall any
longer camp in the committee rooms
If the Committee of Ways and Means
If the House and the Finance Com
nittee of the Senate
Those of us who handle the ma
>hinery of politics know that the
treat difficulty in breaking up the
control of the political boss is that
he Is backed by the money and the
influence of these very people who
are intrenched in these very sched-
tiles. could write you out a list
If you were interested in it of the
gentlemen, not exceeding half 4
-hn ~ In
ture of New Jersey. All that | had
to do was to stand them up in front,
metaphorically, of audiences all over
the state of New Jersey and call the
roll and their power was broken by
the mere exposure.
How are you going to get a free
government? That is the point.
The absolutely necessary first step
IS to disentangle it from the things
with which it has been entangled.
What we want, is free markets for
our commodities and free markets
FOR our labor; and we haven't got
them. What we want Is free enter
prise for one thing; but we haven't
rot it. What we want is free COM
betting water routes that will enable
us to handle the heavier kinds of
our goods in transportation without
depending too much upon the rail-
way routes; and we haven't got
them, and can't get them as things
stand now. What we want Is gen.
uine conservation of our natural re-
sources and we can't get it as things
stand now"