Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-09

good reasoning; but 1t was entirely
inconsistent with another part of the
editorial which very kindly ascribed
brains to me. One of the things that
every we'll informed man knows is
that about half the people in the Uni
ted States are democrats. AS a well
informed man, | know that they are
engaged in every kind Of industry,
and that they could not unite to ac-
complish economic murder and des-
truction without also deliberately &C
complishing economic suicide. So far,
as | am myself concerned, | would
with the greatest respect call the edi-
tors attention to a little utterance
which | venured TO make upon ac-
cepting the nomination for the Presi-
dency, in which / explicitly laid down
the program which thought We
ought to pursue with regard to the
protective duties. | said that they
ought not to be changed except in
such a way and at such a rate as
would not in any way interfere with
the course of sound business in the
United States.
Il also said, and hat is what
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my discourse, that we were going to
begin with those particular items in
which we found special privilege in
trenched. We know what those items
are The gentlemen who enjoy spec
ial privileges have been kind enough
to point them out themselves; and
what we are interested in first of
all with regard to the tariff is get
ting the grip Of special interests of
the throat Of Congress.
Publicity Killed New Jersey Bosses.
"We do not propose that special
interests shall any longer camp in
the committee rooms Of the Commit
tee of Ways and Means of the House
and the finance committee of the SEN
ate.
Those Of us who handle the mach
inery of politics know that the great
difficulty in breaking up the control
Of the political boss is that he is
backed by the money and the influ-
of these very people who are
intrenched in these very schedules.
could write you out a list, if you
were interested in it Of the gentle
men,, not exceeding half a dozen,
who used to own the legislature Of
New Jersey. All that | had to do was
to stand them up in front, metaphor
ically, 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
d~isentangle It from the things with
it has been entangled. What
we want is free markets for our COM
modities and free markets for our la
Dor; and we haven't got them. What
We want is free enterprise for one
hing; but we haven't got it. What
we want is free competing water
routes that will enable us to handle
the heavier kinds of u goods in
transportation without depending too
much upon the railway routes; and
we haven't got them, and can't get
them as things stand now. What we
want is genuine conservation of our
resources and we can't get
as things stand now.
Have you noticed hat the trou-
BILE about conservation is that the go
Of the United States hasn't
any policy at present? 1t is simply
marking time, it is simply standing
still. Reservation is not conserva-
ton. We know perfectly we'll that
there can't be a workable program
until there is a free government. nd
what | want to point out TO you Is
this: The center OF all our economic
difficulties is that there is not free
dom Of enterprise in the United
States.
Would Vary But Not Disturb Cause
of Business.
81 am not interested in disturbing
the great course of business in this