The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-01
TARIFF LAW IS
HARD ON FARMER
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he contended. proved the inadequacy
always wfli be-" he said. 1.-THE states
rights party. the 'party-afraid-of-
| power
Yet the, colonel warned those dis
satisfied with the administration not
through their resentment to throw
their support to the leaders he had at
, tackled. To do SO. he said. would only
| insure a continuation OF government
by convulsion, of governmental
see-saw between two sets of policies"
whom the Progressives would welcome
| to the pa.tv I'VE will gladly work"
he said, with any men who will
themselves. with open sincerity work
| for these (Progressive) principles.
provided that they are men of such
Character as to Justify confidence in
their good faith. In this spirit we ask
j all good citizens to cooperate with us
when, as here in Pennsylvania. we
hold aloft the flag Of good citizenship.
and fight to translate these sound and
lofty principles into governmental
practice"
Hating Prosperity.
Colonel Roosevelt came here to
speak in support Of the candidacy Of
Dean Lewis for governor and OF Gift
ford Pincnot for United States sena-
tor. Their qualifications he touched
upon at the opening of his speech.
Thereafter he confined himself to the
national issue outlined.
''The present national administra-
tion." he said, sis pursuing q course
that prevents the existence of pros
perity, and that does not offer a sin
gle serious or intelligible plan for
prosperity in spite Of the administra-
TONS efforts, at some future time re-
turn to our people.
''This is true both as regards the trust
question and the tariff question. AS re-
CARDS both the only wise course to fol-
low is that set forth in the national
Progressive platform. TIE nation should
deal with both by continuing executive
action through administrative commits
sions Of ample power. One commission
should shape our tariff policies so as,
with thorough knowledge disinterestedly
our merchants while also giving proper
protection to our wage workers, our
farmers and our business men. The
other commission should exercise strict
supervision and control over big bust
ness. We should treat 1t with entire
Justice, drawing the line not on size.
but on misconduct.~ We should en-
courage the big business man who does
well and regards his great abilities as a
trust to be exercised as much in the in
terest Of the public as in his own in
tercsts. But we should check and pun
ish him ffectually and promptly when
he exercises those abilities to the detri-
ment either Of the smaller business man
with whom he completes or the wage
workers who should share with him the
benefits of his and their common efforts
r~of the general public whom he serves.
As to tho Tariff.
LAS regards the tariff, wish especial
ly to call your attention to the promises
made by President Wilson and his sup
that their method of-HariK reductions
would reduce the COST of living and
would thus solve the trust question be-
cause, as they said, the trusts were the
creatures of the tariff. We then an
swered that their promises were empty
words. that no such results as they
stated could or would follow from the
course they advocated and that only by
the method we proposed could either the
trust or the tariff question be dealt with
so as to abate the existing evils and at
the Same time increase the general we'll
being. Two short years have proved US
to be right. Their promises have not
been kept. Their performance has
brought distress upon the nation. The
cost Of living has not been reduced. But
| the ability of the average man to earn a
| living has been greatly reduced. Not
| the slightest progress has been made
toward solving the trust question. But
the business community has been
! harassed and harried to no purpose;
an6 the prosperity Of the business man
has been checked, exactly as the pros
perity of the farmer and wage worker
has been checked.
Hurts the Farmer.
| LAS for the farmer, the present tariff,
the administrations tariff. was So
| framed as to result in the sacrifice of
| his interests. He had no spokesman,
no friend in high quarters and his well
! fare was contemptuously sacrificed. At
| every point where his interest was con-
! cerned. he was made to suffer. Az for
| the wage worker. the result of the tariff
was that he suffered even more than his
| employer, for he was thrown out Of en-
| ployment and lost the means to earn his
livelihood.
LAS for the employer, sometimes he
has been able to struggle on with the