The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-13
DUTY of Citizens to Country
to Send Indiana's Most Ca
pable Leader to Nations
Capital.
FLAYS NEW TARIFF
Former Professor Censures
Democratic Trust Reform
Efforts and Advocates Con-
troll of Big Corporation.

Professor Ebert Russell, Progress
sive candidate for congressman, fired
his first gun in the fight for Congress
IN Wayne county at Centerville last
night. A large enthusiastic crowd
listened attentively as he fired
charge after charge against the old
line parties.
I'VE must vote for Albert J. Bev-
eridge for the United States senate
regardless of party" said Prof. Rus
sell" We owe 1t to the country to
send to the senate the best that the
state has to give, and Mr.. Beveridge
IS our best man.
You should put intelligent patriot
ism above blind partisanship. Mr..
Kern has gained his reputation mere
1y as running mate of Mr.. Bryan
and by his action of leaving his offic-
1al duties in the senate to defend the
Mcnamara dynamiters. Mr.. Shiveley's
only claim to national notice is in the
charge, whether true or not, made by
his colleague, that he is a representa-
tive of the breweries. On the other
hand Mr. Beveridge was the leader in
the fight against the meat packers.
He led in the fight for child labor
law. He first advocated a non-parti-
san tariff commission, and was always
Asks for Initiative.
A strong plea was made for the in
3tiative, referendum and recall. Pro-
fessor Russell said: II hate anything
that is against the life, health or vir-
tue of the people. l am for the in
itiative, referendum and recall as in
struments whereby We can get what
we want. 1t is easy for politicians to
make promises when there is no
~,
them after election. The old parties
have offered reforms galore but they
have in most instances ignored them
The Progressives offer a bond for
their good faith in the initiative, refer
endum and recall"
Bringing home to the farmers in his
audience the effect the new Demo
cratic tariff has had on them, Prof.
Russell said in part:
About 1895 the last of the public
land was staked off. With no more
free lands the value has gone up. We
could not keep the price down even
when there was an unlimited supply
to be had for the taking. With the
Increased value of the land it Is
necessary for the farmer to have high
er prices for his produce He cannot
raise forty-seven cent wheat on two
Auuul Gu uOlldI ldlu. DO Wien NlI.
Wilson says that by removing the
wheat tariff the price of wheat will go
down he does not take into considera-
tion the fact that the increased wheat
price is due to the increased value of
land
Trust Fight Wrong.
'The plan Of the administration in
trying to restore competition as safe
guard against the trusts is also wrang
and for the same reason. Competition
IS all right when there are unlimited
resources at hand, but when all the
resources are all in the hands of pri-
vate individuals competition will not
work. When there was a supply of
coal which could be had by going out
and stalking claim then competition
was effective. If the price was raised
1t was easy to get another supply.
Now the coal Is all owned by private
capital.
Steel is also controlled by special
interests. They realize that compe-
tition is waste and will no compete
The only way to get at the difficulty
Is to regulate, as we are doing with
the railroads and the banks. When
the railways charged too high rates
we did not start competing roads. We
said what they should charge. SO
when the tobacco trust or others act
against the best interests of society
the thing to do is not to start more
tobacco enterprises but to regulate
them"
Mr. Keller. candidate for prosecuting
attorney on the Progressive ticket, in
making a few remarks said, II attend
ed the Progressive convention two
years ago and was born Progressive
there. What made me a Progressive
then keeps me one today" William
A. Bond. candidate for circuit judge,
also spoke. The meeting was presid-
ed over by Thomas Jessup Of Center
Vile.