The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-05-23


"Mr. Taft has announced that | am
trying to stir up class hatred and ex-
cite discomfort. ask you to look for
yourselves.
II ask you to see IL you can find
anywhere in that speech any appeal
to class hatred, except hatred of the
class of crooks-political and financial
alike. See il you can find any stirring
up of discomfort in it excepting of dis
content with trickery, with political
chicanery, with cheating, with oppres-
sion"
Il have preached adherence OF Mr..
Lorimer and of all that for which MIR.
Lorimer stands, and OF the kind OF
crooked politics and crooked finance
which. in combination, are responsible
for the production of Mr. Lorimer. But
as regards most, even of the bosses
whom l oppose, l have not preached
hatred of them. do not hate them;
l merely wish them to retire to private
life and quit misgoverning us.
"Mr. Taft says that I preach class
hatred and excite discomfort. Does
Mr.. Taft regard me as stirring up
class hatred because l ask for law
in New York to prevent women from
being worked for excessive hours in
factories?
Does Mr.. Taft regard me as stirring
up class hatred because l stand for q
workmen's compensation act? Does
he regard me as stirring up class
hatred because I demand that the
state and the nation cooperate to-
make the conditions of life and labor
better for wageworkers; because
demand that state and nation coop
crate to help the farmer?"
be the most effective kind of antidote
to class hatred; whereas, II Mr.. Taft's
policy of flabby indecision and help
less acquiescence in the wrongdoing
of the crooked boss and the crooked
financier is permitted to continue,
there will really grow up class hatred
in this country. There will grow up
very uncomfortable and very ugly feel
ing of discomfort with political, social
and industrial conditions"
IF it is any comfort to Mr.. Taft to
call Messrs. Lorimer, Cox, Penrose,
Guggenheim, Calhoun, Gallinger and
the rest patriotic leaders, instead OF
bosses, let him do SO; but l earnestly
hope that the plain people will vote
against that particular type Of patri-
otto leader"
"If you don't rule yourselves, be sure
someone else will rule you. The boss
will do It."
Il believe in protective tarif, but
/ want to see the benefits get past
the Office into the pay envelopes. 1t
is all right to have a reasonable share
stop In the Office. but not too much.
/ would like to see national bureau
whose business 1t would be to see that
where protection is given to any in
dustry, the wage-earners get reason
able share"
Law and order is but a means to
justice, and unless it tends toward
Justice, law and order must come first,
justice second"
Every standpatter loves a progress
sive who is dead"
I'VE want to apply Lincoln's prin-
ciples to labor problems"
II am against any attempt to re-
vive the reciprocity treaty. and will
be against any similar treaty that Inn
properly sacrifices the interests OF our
farmers and fishermen"
This Is a lineup between the plain
people and the great moneyed inter-
ests. We have against us the solid
Republican machine, the money power
and every newspaper that could be
subsidized. There, is no one with US
but the plain people"
Everything on the level and treat
everyone on the sQuare!"
THE man who incites the laboring
man to overstep the law Is the labor
ing mans enemy. Every other ques-
ton must be held in allegiance until
law and order are restored: then JUS
:. tice must be obtained. The country
cannot permanently succeed unless
more than a mere living wage is
granted"
"The permanent prosperity OF our
country can only be assured by or
DERBY liberty under the law. A man is
an enemy who incites the workers to
disorder. But we cannot succeed in
this country unless the wage-earners
are paid more than living wage"
"If / could give advice to employ
ers, | would tell them to grant in
creases before strike rather than