The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-28

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first speech is n indication Of what
* to come. it is an attack that need
NOT be feared. Those who listen to
him or read what he says, will not
overlook the act that he has a double
reason for being dissatisfied with the
present administration. The first rea-
son il found in the act that it was
president Wilson'S progressiveness
that sealed Mr.. RooSevelt's fate in the
last campaign. If the Democratic
convention had followed the example
If the Chicago convention and nomi-
mated a r~eactionary, Mr.. Roosevelt
might nave been elected, but instead
Of choosing a rea%ctionary, the V
zion made the selection from among
The progressive candidates before the
convention and as q result DemOc
racy came into power. The Democ-
ratio party has made good, and it is
now so progressive that there is neith-
or need nor room for another pro-
srcssiye party. The ex-President is
not quick to forgive those who have
thwarted his ambitions, and he has
this grievance against the President.
The second grievance is to be found
I'm the fact that he desires to be a can
didate again and he has no chance of
winning so long as the country en-
dorses the course pursued by the DEM
ocratic administration. When one
reads a criticism from Mr.. Roosevelt,
therefore, il is well to bear these facts
i'm mind. He reminds one OF the story
Of the lady who went into a dry goods
ktore to buy some calico to color Eas-
ter eggs. In order to color the eggs,
il was necessary to select calico that
would fade, and when the clerk
showed her a piece of calico that he
thought suitable, she asked, Are you
sure this will fade?"
II, ro,1;oI ooh Tyac II will fa1o -
Just then the proprietor went by
and ebuked the clerk, saying, NO,
that will not fade"
But she WANTS it to fade" re-
piled the clerk.
Mr.. Roosevelt wants the Democratic
party to fail in it's efforts to satisfy
the public. When he finds fault, the
wish is father to the thought.
His first point of attack is the tariff,
but he does not throw any light on the
subject. He is certain that the plan
employed by the Democrats in educ
ing the tariff was q bad one, but he
is careful not to present a plan, fol
the plan of leaving it to a commission
is not a plan at all. 1t is simply ar
evasion. n not only an evasion, bu1
the one that has been regularly EN-
ployed by the protectionists whenevel
brought face to face with the iniqui
ties of a high tariff. They are Away:
sure that any reduction made by tn
Democrats will be disastrous, bu
whenever asked to suggest a prope
line of reduction, they confess thei
ignorance Of the subject by asking
that the wOrk of reduction be dele
gated to a commission of experts. A
these experts have no power to legis
late. and can only suggest, the com
mission plan is futile. The member
Of Congress insist on determining tn
schedules themselves, regardless o
what the commission wishes. !
commissions report is never quoted
except when it supports the views Q
the Congressman quoting it.
Mr.. Roosevelt was in the Presidenc
seven and a half years and during tina
time he never made any effort to re
duce the tariff. When he was abor
70 20 out of office, he confessed
necessity for tariff reduction, and h
successor. President Taft, went in o
a platform promising tariff revision
but the revision was dictated by tn
protected interests, and therefore {
a failure.
Mr.. Roosevelt's position on tt
tariff gives no hope of tariff reduction
or even of the maintenance of tf
present rates. The Democratic par
IS the only party that dares to deny
the protected interests the trlbu
which they have collected under t,
publican administrations
On the trust question MI. Roos
vets position is even weaker than {
the tariff. He attacks the Democrat
party because Of its opposition to p1
vatc monopoly. Mr.. Roosevelt b
lieves in the regulation OF monopo
instead OF the prevention OF IT. u
the country has seen enough or reg
latlun, and it's most enlightenlng we
was obtained when Mr.. Roosevelt w
president. 1t saw the monOpolies reg
late him. More trusts were form
under his administration than IN a.
similar period and he made no etc
&c protect the public. And how c;
ne he expected TO regulate trusts
the future. when he takes one OF t
most hard-hearted of the monopoli
as his campaign and ot1e
MN to the public as the
or progressive principles?
President Wilson is formulating |