The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-01
]. R. ATTACKS
DEMOCRATS IN
KEYNOTE TALK
Calls Tariff Colossal ] Failure
lauds Progressives' Principles

him since his return from Brazil. II
was divided generally speaking, into
three partisan attack on the Wilson
administration. an indictment of hos
ses" and an exposition of the principles
of the Progressive party.
The Administrations tariff laws
Col. Roosevelt hailed as a colossal
failure, particularly hard upon the
farmer; its antitrust program he
branded as an economic absurdty. Its
| foreign policy be styled as "wretched'
but upon this he did not elaborate. The
| Democratic tariff, he insisted, had
brought distress upon the nation, had
not lowered the cost of living and had
| chiefly benefited foreign rivals of Am
| erican business. The solution rested,
he argued, in support of the Progress
sivc movement, and the enactment of
laws providing for tariff revision by Il
| nom partisan commission.
OF the BOSSES" Mr.. Roosevelt said
what he has heretofore-that they
thwarted the rank and file of the Re
publican party by the nomination of
Taft at Chicago and in so doing, de
liberately put the Democratic organi-
cation and Mr.. Wilson into power
In conclusion, the Colonel sketched
the Progressive idea Of needed anti
trust regulation by properly empower
ed commissions, contrasting such pro-
posals with legislation now pending at
Washington, which he found woefully
inadequate. Such a program alone, he
contended, proved the inadequacy of
the Democratic party. 1T is and al
ways will be-" he said, the States
Rights Party, the party afraid-o
power"
He spoke a word concerning those
whom the ProgressiVes would welcome
to the party I'VE will gladly work"
he said. with any men who will them
selves, with open sincerity work for
those Progressive) principles, provid-
ed that they are men of such character
as to justify confidence in their good
faith. In this spirit we ask all good
citizens TO cooperate with us when, as
here in Pennsylvania. Ne hold aloft the
flag of good citizenship, and fight to
translate these sound and lofty prin-
ciples into governmental practice"
Col. Roosevelt came here to speak
in support of the candidacy Of Dean
Lewis for governor and Of Clifford Pin
chot for United states senator Their
qualifications he touched upon at the
- 1,
confined himself to the national issue
outlined.
Democrats Style Prosperity.
THE present national administra-
tion,' he said, lis pursuing course
that prevents the existence Of prosper
ity, and that does not offer a single
serious or Ineligible plan for passing
prosperity round. should prosperity in
spite of the administrations efforts, at
some future time return To our people.
This is true both as regards the
trust question and the tariff question.
AS regards both the only wise course
to follow is that set forth in the ma
tional Progressive platform. The ma
ton should deal with both by contin-
uing executive action through admins
trative commissions Of ample power.
one commission should shape our
tariff policies so as, with thorough
knowledge disnterestedly acquired to
give proper encouragement to our
merchants while also giving proper
protection to our wage workers. our
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other commission should exercise strict
supervision and control over big BUSH
ness. We should treat il with entire
justice drawing the line not on size.
but on misconduct. We should en-
courage the big business man who does
well and what regards his great abl- |
tiles as trust to be exercised as |
much in the interest of the public ms |
IN his own interests. But we should |
check and punish him efiiectually and |
promptly when he exercises those abi-
ties to the detrimcnt either of the
smaller business man with whom he
completes or the wage workers Who'll
should share with him the benefits of
MS and their common efforts or of the
general public whom he serves.
Cost Of Living Not Lowered.
Ms regards the tariff, | wish espe-
cially to call your attention to the
promises made by President Wilson
ana his supporters two years ago.
Ihey asserted that their method of
tariff reduction would reduce the cost
OF living and would thus solve the
trust question because, as they said.
the trusts were the creatures of theI
larlif. We then answered that their
promises were empty words, that mol
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 he dealt with so
as To abate the existing evils and at
the same time increase the general
well-being. Two short years have
proved us to be right. Their promises
have not been kept Their perform
ance 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 solv-
ing the trust question. But the BUSH
ness community has been harassed