The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-30
WILSON ENLISTED
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE

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an officer l can shoot just as straight
as a private
Gov. Wilson. In his speech, talked
Of the farmers share Of prosperity
with existing tariff laws lie said in
part
III is strange That We should nave
put OF so long looking into our gov
eminent to see whether it is in tact
run according TO tine rules we origin
ally laid down for IT, Dut it rs Ger
tain that we are looking mto it very
SHARPLY Indeed without the least dam
ser ulat we snail bee deceived again as
: To it's character. Our idea OF IL has
been nom tile nrst that 1t was ii senu-
me partnership aud that all were upon
one footing ana were TO share alike.
nut very interesting thing mas
come to light That is not ln fact the
/ Way Tie sV.vrnncHt has been admin
islsred IA our time IL has been in
the hands OF saif-cOnstituted trustees.
aud the partners A4so seldom been
allowed real governing voice in its
administration.
After Lines of rImniIton.
We had opposed that we were
conducting the national business along
, We ind that as matter oil fact v..
have been conducting ii along the
ines laid down by Hamilton Hamil-
/ ton believed that the common run OF
( mon had little qualification for sucn
/ business tnat II could Doe really com
pretended and wisely directed only b..
those who Led ln commercial aud i'm
@u-lriai enterprises ana owned the
'hiti bodies of property in the couu-
try and ia our ,ime the leaders OF
inc republican party have consciously
/ or rnconsciously adopted his notion.
These men financed party cam
! paisns and were always on the In
Slde when party policy was to be de-
J 'ernlned rarin schedules the foreign
/ po'icy ot the country. the CHIEF ex-
/ pendltures Of the governmcnt=everv-
! thing went as they suggested. while
the rank and hle OF Us fared as we
! might and We're happy IL we had any
small share IN tho prosperity which
! they ORGANIZED for themselves They
/ We're the trustees. we were their
/ wards and took part IN the common
ne as they planned and directed.
E Nv nat went on I'm the trustees meet
/ ings we were very seldom aIlov.oa n
iean-learned. indeed only by lmper
! ,iheht inqu!r,. only by congressional
/ investigations or trials in court. tho
JUSTICES complained sadly. interferel
win the regular course of business.
Z Mr.. Roosevelt has proclaimed him
/ ser convert 70 tho protective policy
say convert because he at one
( time very frankly avowed q differc,,,
Z opiNion-ant has said that while we
admitted that no doubt some duties
( were too nigh ana ought 20 be lowered
on the whole the policy pursued by
republican administrations had been
,he right one. and he thought the
prize money which had been
received under that system by
b legitimate booty.
Who supplies the PIundcr.
: The snaiogy is very interesting
one. Prize money IS generally acquired
! ~ capture and not by any process
! % earning. hut MI Roosevelt Is a.
] ways frank and saws that his only OBJ
lection 20 the system Is that too much
{ ~ the prize money remains in the
hands OF tho officers and too little Of
IL is distributed 10 the crew. Ills own
object he avcws TO be to sec TO il that
moro % tho prize money gets into the
pay envelopes Of those whom the free
hooters employ The Interesting point
wish 10 raise now is who supplies
the plunder. from whom IS the prize
The present Democratic Congress
had tho old fashioned idea or govern
ment They supposed that its benc-
hts and projections were 70 be dis
tribnted and equally shared 1t i'm
! troduced and passed the bin which
became known as the farmers free
| list bill Tina, bill put many indispens-
able things on the free list Most
/ prominent among them Were agricul-
tural Implements because the Amcri-
Fan farmer pays more for mis- agrl-
cultural implements than any other
farmer Ia the world. The American
manufacturers who make agricultural
implements. soil them much cheaper
on the other side Of The water on
the other side they undersel the local
manufacturers OF AGRICULTURAL mple-
ments. and prove hy their eager
| ness FOR the foreign business ana