Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-18

/ Maine and declared that, If the peo-
pie would vote the Democratic ticket,
the tariff would be changed and the
! high cost of living would be reduced.
The tariff has been changed, but are
/ you paying any less for your shoes
and your leather goods, your wool and
! your wooden goods"
! Mr.. Peters said there had been a
/ new generation since 1894 and there
were many voters who We're deceived
in the Democratic promises and really
| thought there would be change.
| That there could not come any benefit
! from the Democratic administration
Mr.. Peters said was because the DEM
ocratic party Is incompetent to gov
/ ern He quoted from John Sharp Will
liams. Democratic senator from Missis-
| sippi, to show that was the idea Of
that party, too.
! Il believe that the Democratic party
is not compatible with our ideas Of
the North or calculated to give pros
perity to the State of Maine" said Mr.
Peters.
| After calling attention to the fact
that the Republicans of today are pro-
gressive and the Progressives are real
| ly Republicans. the speaker showed
how useless 1t was for the Progressives
to cling to the third party because they
could not hope to muster the numerical
strength TO elect their candidates and
they should see how necessary 1t is
for them to elect the Republican ticket.
"The Republican party is the most
powerful agent for prosperity the
country has ever seen," said Mr..
I Peters. "All the progressive legislation
| of the past so years has been enacted
by the Republicans.
This is a critical and solemn time
in the world. We are fighting a battle
with ballots. Over on the other side
of the water they are fighting a ter
rible battle with bullets. Momentous
consequences will grow from that
momentous catastrophe that is over
shadowing the world. Grent things
will come! Nations will have to change
their policies and their laws! 1t is
time We began to get our house in
order. We should speak with a loud
voice and put in force the same broad.
progressive principles We have known
in the past for the welfare of the coun-
/ try and the glory of the nation"
! Yong. JULIUS Mann
Congressman Julius Kahn of Cali
fornia, an imposing figure with his
long gray hair and dignified presence,
was the last speaker of the afternoon.
He proved one of the most convincing
orators ever heard in the State and
surely one of the most eloquent and
effective. In opening, he referred to
/ the shrinking Progressive vote and
pointed out that the only way the
common Democratic enemy could be
defeated was by a union Of forces.
The Democrats, he said, are doing all
they can to continue the split in the
Republican party for they realize that
only by means of that split will they
be able to stay in power. Mr. Kahn
declared that was the policy of Ma
poleon. 1t was only because he made
a mistake and met united force that
he was wrested of his power, never
to rise
This was the situation in the political
field of today, but as the two factions
of the Republican party are coming
together, the Democrats are sure to
meet their defeat as did Napoleon
Continuing, Mr.. Kahn said:
In the closing days of his campaign
for the presidency in 1884, your dis
tinguished citizen, the Hon. James G.
Blaine, uttered these words: Il do not
believe the people of this country real
ize what 1t means to hand over to the
control of the southern Democracy the
destinies of the country. 1t would not
mean what the gray haired men 1 see
before me have witnessed, merely the
| mo tnp ~ anrftr
other party coming in, but 1t would
mean the disruption of the great tariff
policies to which this nation owes its
prosperity, and discrimination
against the interests of New England
which would be as unjust, as it would
be disastrous"
Thirty years after the utterance OF
that great statesman, those words
proved true, and today we realize to
the full the meaning, and the results
of such action.
The Democrats are doing much
boasting in this State because they re-
pealed the duty on sugar. BY that
stroke they cut the revenue receipts
of this Government at one fell swooI
S530G0,00 900. per annum. Have the con-
sumers of the United States profted
by the reduction of the duty on sugar?
Ask them whether they can buy sugar
cheaper today than they were able to
buy it a year ago and watch the sickly
smile that will spread over their faces
when you PROFOUND the query. AS q
matter of fact sugar is higher today
than it has been in three years. The
cutting of the duty did not reduce the
price to the ultimate consumer even q
fraction of cent. The Democrat:
will say the foreign war is responsible
, for the increase in the cost. Rut there
, was no foreign war in 1911. And ye
. the sugar trust increased the price tC
the consumer in that year. When Am.
erican beet sugar came on the marke
, in 1911 the price at once fell to normal
The sugar refiner's trust has pocketet
the duty 1t has gone to swell the
dividends of the sugar refiners' stock
But what has happened to the bee
sugar industry of the United States
The report Of the Department of Ag-
riculture issued only two weeks age