The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-31

as to the course he intended to pursue
Latterly he appealed for Prouty sup,
port.
In his peroration remarks, the speaker
paid tribute to the staunchness OF the
Vermont Democracy Briefly he spoke
of the problems confronting President
Wilson at the beginning of the admins.
tration and contrasted the executives
power with the power of crowned heads
in Europe. He thought that present
day problems confronting Mr.. Wilson
are greater than any that ever presented
| themselves TO President Mckinley, to
Taft or to Roosevelt. From that point
he proceeded to discuss in a generic
way the manner in which the president
has met those problems; his method of
! handling the delicate Mexican complica.
tion, and its latent possibility or appall-
ing consequences; his faith in American
diplomacy and his renewal among for
eign nations of confidence in our diplo.
macy abroad; of his wonderful faculty
for selecting such men as Secretary
Bryan, Ambassador Gerard and Secre.
tary Lane of the interior department.
mo man can criticise President Will
son on his stand in tariff matters or
the motives which animated congress.
men in supporting the executive in his
determination to have low and more
equitable tariff said the speaker, who
next lauded the president for his con-
summate skill in preserving American
neutrality in the present crisis.
Mr.. Murray attacked the theory that
a high tariff means prosperity for the
American workingman, and cited nt
stance after instance in which he en-
deavored TO show that the Payne Aldrich
tariff worked to the laborer's disadyan-
tage. He pointed to the vast amount
of wealth, one hundred and thirty five
billions of dollars, created each year in
America, and said that President Wilson
is facing boldly the problem of dstrib-
uting this wealth more equally among
men. Wrong distribution is the expla- |
nation OF the unfair disposition of
wealth, and wrong distribution is caused |
by the inordinate desire of certain men
for more than their share. When the |
Democrats came into power, he contin- |
ued, they found law which prevented |
American made goods were
being purchased more eheaply abroad
than at home. Investigations OF the
woolen mills and the steel industry. the
two industries receiving the greatest
amount of protection under high tariff,
disclosed the fact that the workers were
not being paid living wage. The sched.
ule has been changed, and while the
Underwood tariff, so called may be un-
just in some particulars, the speaker be.
Iieved it to be working more TO the gem
eral welfare of the people than any
program ever put in practice
The old bogey that foreign competition
would ruin business cannot be- invoked
Just now, he went on, because there are
10 foreign industries in the countries
most likely to compete. England and (
france and Germany arc too busy fight. .
ng to compete. They are warning in
tead of manufacturing. II
Shifting his line OF argument to the [
BUSINESS program of the president, Post
master Murray described Mr. Wilson's {
determination to rid the country of q
aptains of finance. a species he declared {
o be much worse than the political boss s
70 wrest from them their ill-gotten Il
'ower, he explained, the president in /
ugurated the banking and currency 4
aw," as ii is known. When it becomes a
Elective, it will regulate the banks, y
few York and one or two other cities,
eep the money from being centered in
nd leave the wealth created by the peo.
le in the community where il was ere. c
ted and for the uses OF the people u
Tho created it. The day of the gigantic ?
has gone by, and the small q
uslness man or manufacturer, under the -
ew dispensation, can get money for de. "
elopment purposes. In this connection. d
Ir. Murray paid another tribute TO the n
resident by saying that no executive Il
nee Washington has entered the White y
ouse 80 well equipped for the presi- "a
initial duties a. Mr.. Wilson. pi
Before concluding, Mr.. Murray urged "
pom his hearers the advisability Of q
ipporting Mr.. prouty for the senate SC
e referred TO Mr. Dillingham; a. a "a
'tand-patter,' aud spoke favorably Of A
r. Prouty's work on the interstate N
'mmerce commission and the commit. in
c appointed by President Wilson 10 r
axe a physical valuation Of the raii. ia
ilroads. In this connection, the speak.
hinted az government ownership as
logical outcome Of the valuation meas.
-es. ~