The Detroit times., 1912-08-30

should enter I'm aud occupy your own
house. so long In the possession OF the
You surely will not believe this Is
true. Pretense and high-sounding
words were banished at Baltimore.
Standing at Armageddon and battling
for the Lord Is igurative Standing at
Trenton and Baltimore and fighting a
good fight for the people. Is descriptive
Of actual achievements within the past
few months
lon OF the platforms put forth by these
three conventions, let me tell you that
they are all progressive Progress does
not appear to be an issue any more
eternal etc nal life. The % question. shall ii the the
people rule? has no pertinency, The
people answered that when they over
turned a reactionary majority In con-
In several states In 1910. The people
are Just bound TO rule--rule in nomina-
tions. rule In the selection OF United
States senator's and OF delegates and
riches and the Burrowses have discov-
cred this, and the places that knew
them know them ne more
Both Republican and Bull Moose
progressiveness balks at the tariff
issue. Here Is the source OF all the
mischief that has lifted the cry for
relief, yet neither Mr. Taft nor Mr.
Roosevelt 10 ready to renounce the
OF relief for the workingman and the
farmer--employe liability. eltmina-
tion OF night work for women. old age
pensions, rural finance. vocational edu-
which are urged under the head OF So
cial justice. but which should be Ia
belled. "the complement OF protective
tariff benehcence." II all blessings
must we have all these panaceas for
Industrial and agricultural Ills:
Admitting that the tarin rake-on
does not get down through TO the
Progressive platform forms would
await the findings of a commission and
the calculations OF experts on the diI-
ference In labor cost here and abroad.
before promising relief The Democra-
tic platform would move toward the
revenue only basis as rapidly as a
proper regard for the stability or In
dustry based upon existing schedules
win permit. The Democratic doctrine
that there shall be no special partner
ships between government and private
enterprises Is the only economically
sound position.
Mr-TaftL Lweula- continue the process
of breaking up combinations under the
Sherman law with its rule or reason
Interpretation, thereby sending up the
price Of the trusts products and the
value OF it's securities. IL Is this pro-
cess that has prompted Gov. Marshalt
to chant
HalleluJah, thine the glory!
Hallelutah. amen
Hallelujah. thine the glory
Dissolve us again!
Mr.. Roosevelt would have commis-
sion. something patterned after the In
terstate commerce tribunal, 10 regulate
ali combinations (held to be economi-
cay Inevitably and to separate the
good trusts from the bad trusts--a pro-
posal that evokes the enthusiasm OF ms
Supporter. George w. Perkins. publl-
oil oil har nf harvester
steel. trusts.
This application of the doctrine Of
federal control OF combinations leads
straight to socialism, and has created
no little enthusiasm for the Bull Moose
candidate In socialistic circles IL sug
gests that II there is not enough OF
genuine and rational progressiveness
In the Baltimore platform and ticket.
Col Roosevelt the consistent thing
would be for him to go quite over into
the MARKHAM camp. II would really give
him more logical position as an In
dependent candidate.
plates the wiping out or all crimina,
trusts, and the enactment or additonai
laws II the Legislation now on the
statute books is not adequate Tor the
To what extent Col Roosevelt was
cognizant OF Standard OIL contribu-
tions to his campaigns In the past,
ance at present Those things belong
TO the rotten yesterdays OF our poll.
tics, and we have progressed oeyono
the possibility OF their recurrence, A
gratifying thing IL that one candidate
at least Is quite free from all this con-
troversial smirch. Gov. Wilson has an
nounced that he wants no corporation
contributions and no support that VIII
not leave him free. His campaign
fund Is being made up of nickles.
dimes, quarters, halves and dollars
from average folks know. for we are
raising such fund in Detroit The
only bargain attached TO those sub
scriptfons Is that you get a president
who pledges himself TO the service OF
all the people. II takes a longer time
to raise the amount OF Standard OIL
check in this manner. but how IL does
shorten the gap between the seat OF