Arizona republican., 1914-07-01

man has been checked, exactly as the prosperity of the farmer and the wage earner has been checked. As for the farmer, the present tariff, the administrations tariff was so framed as to result in the sacrifice of his interests. He had no spokes- man, no friend in high quarters and his welfare was contemptuously sac rificed. At every point where his in terest was concerned, he was made to suffer. As for the wage worker, the result of the tariff was that he suffered even more than his employ CT. for he was thrown out of employ ment and lost the means to earn his livelihood
 "As for the employer, some times he has been able to struggle on with the loss of profits, some times he has had to close his shop. In busi- ness in which any of the big trusts were concerned, it was the small competitors of the trusts who were injured, and in many cases ruined. Tariff reduction as put into practice by the present administration has chiefly benefited foreign rivals and competitors.
 Tt is of course essential to rebuke those leaders who by their action helped to put the present admins tration in power, and, moreover, it is of vital consequence to the future well being of our people to drive from public life all men whose political activities in state and nation alike have been such as those of Senator Pen rose. This is not only a political but a moral issue. l mention the name of Senator Penrose merely be- cause he typifies a class MT. Pen rose stands in Pennsylvania as MT. Barnes stands in New York
 Their political lives depend upon their keeping politics in such condi- .ceed them.
 Rather than see this control broken, MessrS. Penrose, Barnes and their associates deliberately put the democratic organization and MT. Will son into power at Washington
 Concluding his indictment of the 'bosses" he outlined what he styled the specific performance" of the progressive party in the matter of state and national legislation, and again took up the tariff question.
 We progressives advocate the inn mediate creation of a non-partisan commission" he said, with power to propose revision of the tariff rates, schedule by schedule, treating each case on an intelligent consideration of its merits, divorced from favorit- ism and the fostering of special in- terests. Our proposed methods would never disorganize business by a com plete change in all the tariff sched- ules at one time" Of the progress sive anti-trus program, he said:
 Tt is primarily an administrative problem. To meet it, we must have adequate administrative machinery.
 'The progressives therefore advo- cate the creation of strong inter state trade commission and would give such a commission, primarily, these powers
 
 Second, the power directly to pro- hibit all unfair trade practices with in it's jurisdicti
 Third, the power to end the con- elusive control of a factor necessary to production by an order adapted to the circumstances of the particular case.
 "Contrasted with this program we have the democratic antitrust pro- gram now under discussion in the senate of the United States. That program proves the inadequacy of the democratic party for the present and the future of the nation. It is, and always will be. the states rights party. the party. opposed to federal action, the party afraid of power!'
 We cannot control our great na- tional business without power, na- tional power. But the democrats dare not use power themselves, nor let