The Bourbon news., 1912-11-05

protective tariff Their platform
adopted at Chicago declares at the
outset and makes of paramount i'm
portance the upholding of the princi-
pie Of protection The ostensible
reason given in the platform is for
the purpose of protecting our work
ing men against competition with
cheaper labor abroad, thus establish
ing for our wage earners the Ameri-
can standard of living
"What are the facts? This talk of
the tariff being necessary to protect
the American wage Garner from COM
Petition with cheap labor abroad is
the merest subterfuge.
"The revelations made by the inves-
tigation of the strike at Lawrence,
Mass, on the part of the mill opera
tives of the American Woolen COM
pany q short time ago show the
falsity of the Republican platform
declaration on this subject. The
American Woolen company, or Woolen
Trust, as 1t is generally known, is one
of the chief beneficiaries Of the protec-
tive tariff Its owners and stockhold-
ers have become enormously rich by
virtue of legislation in the matter of
tariff schedules, particularly the ia
NOUS, or rather Infamous, Sched-
ule K.
Lawrence Strike. E.
"The strike at Lawrence and In
neighboring towns in New England
has taught one good lesson. 1t has
brought out the fact that the Ameri-
can Woolen company instead of using
the tariff for the purpose of protect
ing American labor and endeavoring
to uphold the American wage earner's
standard of living has been using i'm
ported labor, has been paying starva-
ton wages and making no effort what
ever to better conditions Of the Amer
lean laborer. The high protective
Trust to charge exorbitant prices to
the consumers generally without any
; compensating benefit even to the
wage earners in its own employ. The
fabulous profits made out of clothing
sold to the people of this country
Lave gone solely toward paying divi-
dends to the stockholders Of the
American Woolen company and allied
trusts.
"The same conditions regarding the
effect of the tariff on the cost of cloth
| ing have been found to exist in the
| steel industry of the United States.
4 II has made a few men enormously
rich at the expense Of the many.
"On the question of the tariff the
Progressives are as firmly welded to
their idols as the Taft Republi-
cans. They hold out no hope of relief
to the American farmer, wage Garner
CT ordinary business man. In all Of
his speeches Mr.. Roosevelt avoids
making any definite stand upon this
question.
"Tariff For Revenue Only"
"The Democratic party's position,
as expressed in its platform, and
enunciated by it's candidate for presi-
dent, is clear and unequivocal. l may
add that one Of the prime reasons
why l am a Democrat and have always
teen a Democrat, as my father was
before me, is the fact that / believe
firmly that the United States govern
ment has no moral right to levy a
dollars tax under the guise of a pro-
tective tariff or in any other way for
the benefit of any individual or corpo-
ration, but should be limited solely
to collecting taxes for the support of
the government itself; in other words,
tariff for revenue only
Kentucky is, in the main, an agri-
cultural state. A majority Of the peo-
pie of this commonwealth are depen-
dent for their livelihood upon the till
ing of the soil, and when the farmer
prospers and has money to spend the
cities and towns reap the benefit
This city, the metropolis Of the state,
where we are now meeting, depends
for its prosperity upon the condition
of the agricultural interests of the
state.
What is the effect of the tariff
upon the Kentucky farmer? BY vir
tue of the tariff the International
Harvester company is today selling
plows, reapers, threshing machines
and other agricultural implements
cheaper abroad than at home. The
Harvester Trust sells at one price to
the farmers and wheat raisers Of the
Argentine Republic, Canada and
Russia, and at a much higher price to
the farmers Of the United States. Yet
in selling our products of the farm
We are compelled to compete on the
Liverpool market, a free trade mar
ket, with those countries.
Personal Experience.
81 may speak feelingly on this sub
ject, but feel simply as every farmer
does who has studied the question
My life has been spent upon a farm
end farming is today my business. In
raising corn, wheat and tobacco, as
well as sheep, hogs and cattle, know
from practical experience the effect
CT a high protective tariff upon the