Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-16

italiZa ton, industrial organization and
efficiency and the general competitive
position in this country and abroad of
Industries seeking protection from Con-
Eress; second, as To the fevenue=pr
d4eihg power of the tariff and its re-
lation to the resources of government;
and. third, as to the effect of the tar
if on prices, operations of middlemen,
and oh the purchasing power of the
consumer.
we believe that this commission
should nave rlenary power to elicit in
forma ton, and for this purpose TO pre-
scribe uniform system Of accounting
Tor the great protected Industries. The
werk Of the commission should not pre-
vent the immediate adoption of acts
reducing those schedules generally rec
ogni2ed as excessive.
THE last administration through its
Canadian reciprocity measure would
have paralyZed every industry in the
State had il been approved by cur Ca
madam neiehbers.
During this campaign we must make
i plain To the people of this district
that they cannot expect prosperity by
carrying ont the measures of either Of
the old parties While these parties
may choose candidates who as indvid-
Hqls believe that the industries Of this
district must be protected. what can
q lone man do in opposition to the pol
icies Of his own srtye
When Douglas said. I don't care
whether you vote slavery up or down.
LET the people rule, Lincoln said: OF
course you don't care, because YOU be-
long to a party that believes slavery is
right Then what happened? Lincoln
and others did just what we are doing
today, they organized n new party
which stood for good things which they
believed. We of the Progressive party
have organized that we may effective
~ stand for the things which we know
are conducive to better condition in
this country.
Il think | may claim sympathy and
understanding with all of the people in
this district. / comprehend the poor
mans needs, for have struggled up
from the ranks. / know the work of the
carpenter for | can build house from
cellar to dome.
while engaged in the fish canning
business as my principal occupation. l
am still living ON the farm from which
helped my father and brother to
wrest q living in my early life. | have
heen privileged to study the agrieul-
tnral interests in every state in the
Union, and / think / understand the
needs Of the people of my own district.
Il understand the needs of the coun-
try merchant. for | have been one, and
| al m lTo 4 ct at
present time.
4 understand teh needs of teh lum-
herman, for l have been one.
Il appreciate the work of the homes
and schools, for | am husband and
father, and l was once n school teach
err
In accepting this call to service |
have not stopped to think much of my
self or of the consequences. If | have
had any selfishness in the matter, it
has been in relation to my children and
my childrens children. AS we fondly
acclaim Of our forbears, "they were
wigs" or they were ardent abolition
lists or prohibitionists in the days when
il cost to stand for what we all accept
as right. I hope my children viii say
of me. he was among the first leaders
IN the Progressive movement"
Rev. Dunnack Speaks.
Rev. Mr. Dunnack of Augusta was in
troduced and modestly declined to accept
an invitation to speak from the stage.
He gave reverberating GRAFTON In the
aisle. He said it was honor enough for
his children that he was n member of this
convention. lie felt as he used to feel
in his boyhood when the water was