The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-09
GCVERAQa WILSON
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is not progressive, and / do not be-
live 1t will commend itself to
thoughtful men in the great progress
sive State of Kansas, because IL Kan
sas is not progressive, the rest Of us
in the Union do not know where else
TO look for progress.
At Smith Center the candidate
spoke of his lack of experience in
politics. He said he was SO green
he wouldn't be able to get used to
the special interests as his two oppo-
nents in the political race had.
Mankato turned out big crowd
also. The governor In his address
remarked that II believe that the
train that takes me to Washington
viii not be as slow as this one. We
will see to 1t that Vt does not suffer
any distractions. / have not found
any political distractions in the way
of the train in Kansas"
The train started to pull out while
the governor was speaking, and he
brought his remarks to close, say
ing:
The train thinks that my speech
is long enough; and ! dare say you
think So"
There was tremendous crowd at
Manhattan. About five thousand
persons were gathered about the sta
ton, several hundred on the roof of
the station and a hundred or more
on the roof and sides of cattle pen.
Manhattan is the home OF Man
haitian college, and the candidate
spoke of the plank IN the Demo-
cratic platform which calls for the
diffusion of a great mining and other
kinds of vocational knowledge.
Topeka was the first big town at
which the candidate stopped. He
spoke In the auditorium to crowd
of more than five, thousand. His
theme was the trusts and tariff. He
aroused great enthusiasm.
Regulation Of Competition.
Here is Governor Wilson'S expla-
nation of how he proposes to regu-
late competition:
This particular speech was deliv-
cred at Clyde, Kan:
DO not be deceived by these
things see on all The AfIihaafds.
that prices have increased all over
the world. So they have. but not in
proportion to the increase in the
United States, and In these things
where monopoly exists In this eoun-
try the prices have increased more
than in other things, and the Demo-
cratic party is not now hghting the
tariff of the United States as pro-
tectiye policy, but as q means OF
doing out special favors under the
cover of which men can get together
and establish the prices that they
please. They can do that Just as
long as competition is not regu-
lated, for they got where they are
by unreguiated competition | mean
by being allowed to do anything that
was unfair IN competition that they
chose TO do.
You can prevent unfair competi-
tive methods by law. For example,
YOU know II you start an enterprise
in any part of Kansas that comes
into competition with any OF these
great combinations, the first thing
they do will be to starye you out ON
the only market you have got
namely, the home market, by under
selling you there, and losing ON their
sales there, because they can make
good on their sales elsewhere ana
afford to lose when you cannot. Now
you can perfectly we'll establish the
principle of law that the prices may
be established as they please, but
they have got to sell at uniform
prices throughout the country. and
so that anybody who chooses to come
into competition with them and can
make things cheaper and just as
we'll. can undersell them in the local
market and get his fnothold and
grow big. where they have made
themselves big by artificial arrange
ment and by attempting to carry
whole enterprise. 1t In because they
are attempting to carry a whole en-
terprise that they are carrying SO
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