The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-06

lDem0trat tic admin IS TIT
Falacy Of Fee Trade.
He showed the l6e$ Of the DEM
odratic tafih doctrine. by asking what
advantage it would be to the eoun-
| try to make prices lower II there was
no work to produce the money to
buy the cheap product.
Horses Cheap-Coxey Walked.
Horses he said were very low I'M
der the Cleveland administration, a
good horse sold for $500 but not
withstanding the cheapness Of the
horse at that time Coxy's army had
to walk to Washington because they
did not have the price of a horse.
Wool he stated was cheap under
Cleveland's administration but the
people wore then cheaper clothes
and more patches than they do today
when clothes are higher, because
they have the money now to buy
them with. which they did not have
at that time. ;!
Republican Party Progressive.
Mr.. Gaines denied that the Repub-
lican party was not progressive. He
pointed to the progressive record Of
MIR. Hearne while lie was member
OF the legislature, told of the pas.
sage Of the workman's compensation
law which insured the laboring man
pay for an injury without the ex-
pense of taking q chance of getting
his damage at the end of a law suit.
Mr.. Hearne voted for this bill. He
showed the progressive record of the
national Republican administration
IN the passage Of the Interstate Com
merce bill, the pure food bill, and the
Regulation and distinctions of many
of the most gigantic trusts and mo-
nopolies under the Sherman law.
Henry Clay was responsible for the
tariff on pottery, he stated, and since
that time the pottery business has
grown to magnificent proportions in
this country. In the early days OF
Clay the pottery and earthen ware
was imported from England and the
cost was enormous. Germany, he
stated, now has already reduced the
price of iron SO cents per ton to en-
Ter the American market. What diff
ference will this make to you on the
price of pocket knife, Mr.. Gaines
asked. What proportion Of q ton OF
iron or of the fifty cents reduction
will go into the retail price of the
knife was his question.
Coffee he stated had been placed
on the free list by the Republican
tariff bill and so had nitrates which
go into the fertilizer of the farmer
What was the result he asks. Bra
I'll put an export duty on coffee and
the other foreign countries put TIM
same kind OF a duty on nitrates and
tie American consumer instead o:
receiving a tariff duty on these prod
ticts paid that duty to ofreign coun'
try. He very plainly showed that
the consumer was not going to be
benefited by the Underwood bill.
Mike King Enthuses Crowd,
Mr.. Gaines was followed by Mike
King who made one of his famous
rousing Republican speeches beseech-
ing party regularity and party sup
port. He told his audience he was
supporter of Mr.. Roosevelt and be-
lCnged to the Roosevelt club at Elk
ms but he thought the way to re-
form the Republican party was to
stay inside and do 1t and not IL
leave the party because we do not
agree with some Of its members or
sucalled leaders. You do not leave
your lodge or church because you do
not like some of the people in these
organizations, he stated. Mo- you
turn the Objectionable ones uur, ana
that is what you should do with the
Republican party, he stated, drive
away the hypocrites and objectiona-
Bile ones and keep the good ones in.
Another point in favor Of Mr..
Hearne's record Mr.. King brought
out was that ne voted for the &c rail
road fare bill.
He pointed to the glorious record
Of achievement of the Republican
Larty in this state, he stated that
the free school system, the mile stone
of civilizationli was the result Of the