The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-10

was a procession formed. which moved
TO the Grand theatre, where the great
commoner met the ladies who compose
the Women's Wilson club Of Fargo.
As Mr.. Bryan came on the platform
he was given continued applause.
Mrs. Herbert A. Hard, president Of
the organization, in a neat address, in
troduced Mrs. M. "A. Hildreth, who, in
well-worded address, introduced the
speaker.
Mrs. Hildreth's Talk.
Mrs. Hildreth said that the women
did not aspire to be politicians, and
that Colonel Roosevelt had set UP a
banner of his own making In an en-
deaVor to have the women follow after
false gods, but they had been study
ing and were inclined to choose for
themselves and wait for safer and
saner leader. She then paid a high
tribute to the democratic nominee for
president and said that he had been
entrusted with the education of the
youths of the country and that all
were proud to honor him.
She claimed that Mr.. Wilson did not
look upon his public career as sort
of private picnic, as one of his op
ponents apparently did, and then in
weli-chosen words she introduced the
speaker Of the morning, whom she
said was q man of the Wilson type, one
whom all could honor.
Women Chsered Bryan.
when the great statesman and ora
tor from Nebraska walked forward
he was again given applause from the
immense audience, which by this time
filled every nook and corner of the
Grand, and after it had subsided he
said he was glad to divide his time
between the women and the men of
Fargo. He appreciated the attend
ance and the kindness OF the intro
Cluction he had received. and thanked
Mrs. Hildreth deeply for her words
This is an age of cooperation"
said he, 'and 1t should be an age of
cooperation in politics as in anything
else. An organization of 100 can do
1000 times as much as 100 individuals
can do working singly.
'T don't believe that there is any
man who, while walking about the site
of the great Panama canal, would ever
think that he could have built it
alone. | don't think there is any man
who would ever have thought of such
thing. Probably II Colonel Roose-
welt was In the audience at this time
he would contradict me.
Can Accomplish Much.
Il believe that this Women's Will
son club will accomplish much. One
cannot be very much in earnest over
anything unless that thing be i'm
portant, and this club has increased
and will increase its information on
the subjects of national Importance.
'I believe husbands and wives should
be in harmony politically as we'll as
| in every other way.
"Of course I wouldn't say that DEM
ocrats and republicans should inter-
marry, but believe in reconciliations.
| believe that Ii man Who Is re-
publican should marry a democratic
lady Ii is his duty to turn her faith
and / believe that If republican wo-
man should marry democrat she
to his party,
Married and Single.
"The married woman can exert a
| great deal of influence with her huS-
band, but the single woman can exert
an influence over at least sixteen men.
You see / am still sticking to that
sacred number sixteen. You see the
married woman must only exert her
influence over her husband, while the
single woman could easily find more. s
I believe that women are better
able to do the shopping than the men.
| You never heard of a man being a
| good shopper. The reason the women
are the real shoppers lies in the fact
that they keep posted on the prices,
and the man is generally too busy to
do so.''
Problem Of High Prices. -
The first part of Mr.. Bryans address
was more in a humorous vein, and
when he took up the question of the
Problem of High Cost of Living, he
| said that he dint want to insult the
Intelligence of the audience by saying
the present campaign was one OF
| dollars and cents.
Taking the position that the tariff
| was mainly responsible for the in
creased cost of living, Mr.. Bryan said
that he thought the increased discov-
cries OF gold had much to do with 1t
as well. wherever the high cost of
| II ring is worldwide" said he, then
there is a no remedy, but when you
| find that the high cost of living is
on in any one country and not In
another, you will find cause for 1t,
| Whenever YOU find that goods can be
bought across the ocean at a. lower fig
lure than they. can be bought in this
country, then you must look for the
cause, for the cause is not world
wide one.
'.The trusts and the tariff are re-
sponsihle for much of the high cost
all over this country.
just Cost OF Carriage.
When an article costs 81 over in
Europe it should not cost more than
the added expense OF bringing it into
this country. When 1t does cost moro
the fault will be found with the tariff.
1T used to be said that we could have
| the competition as well as the tariff
/ and that might have been true at one
time, but the combinations which have
been formed have done away with all
1 forms Of competition and YOU must
pay what the combines say YOU must
when / was a candidate for congress
that the cost of living appeared to be
going up. and the managers of the re-
/ publican party wired to the manu-
/ facturers for heavens sake to lower
1.-The cost price as II would cost many