Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-01

tttiAItHGu lu0 POlltASO Vi tDG w i1cOtl
administration, attacked Senator
Boies Penrose and William Barnes,
the new Republican leader. and APP
pealed for support of the Progressive
ticket.
1t was apparent as soon as Colonel
Roosevelt began to speak that he did
not possess his former strength and
vigor. There was noticeable change
In his manner as compared with that
of two years ago, when he was en-
gagged in his previous campaign.
"our Platform solemn Pledge"
In the course of his speech Mr..
Roosevelt said:
"Our platform was a solemn pledge,
contract of obligation, and the
planks it contains were neither put
In merely to catch votes before cleo
ton and to be cheerfully repudiated
after election, nor put in with such
reckless disregard of feasibility that
the promises they contained were
certain to be falsified the moment the
attempt was made to reduce them
to practise. Our whole fight centres
around the great principle of social
and industrial justice. Our platform
was aiveritable charter of democracy.
Each promise in 1t sets forth some
principle OF conduct which itself rep
resented one method. of achieving our
great central purpose.
I'VE hold aloft the flag OF good
citizenship in the fight to translate
these sound and lofty principles into
government practise. In such a fight
it Is equally necessary both to cleave
steadfastly to a lofty idealisn and
also to show hard-headed common
sense In trying to remove this IDEAL
ism from the domain OF words into
the domain of deeds. We realize that
mere material well-being is never
enough in itself but only as a foun-
dation for a higher morality, a NOR
atty of justice and fair dealing and
spiritual aspiration: we realize also
that material well-being is absolutely
essential because without 1t ss a
foundation there will be nothing
whatever on which to build the lofty
superstructure of higher life. We
stand for justice to all, and there
fore we feel bound to work with heart
and brain for that material prosper
ity the lack of which will prevent our
doing justice to anyone
Administration Bars Prosperity.
1.-THE present national administra-
ton Is pursuing O. course that pre-
vents the existence of prosperity, and
that does not offer a single serious
or intelligent plan for passing pros-
perity around, should prosperity, in
spite of the administrator efforts,
at some future time return to our
people. This is true both as regards
the trust question and the tariff ques-
tion. AS regards both, the only wise
course to follow is that set forth In
the national Progressive platform.
The nation should deal with both by
continuing executive action through
administrative commissions of ample
power. One commission should shape
our tariff policies so as, with
thorough knowledge disinterestedly
acquired, to give proper encourage
nlent to our merchants while also
giving proper protection to our wage
work ers. our farmers and our busi-
ness men. The other commission
should exercise strict supervision and
control over big business We should
treat 1t with entire justice, drawing
the line not on size. but on Htscon-
duct
1--WE should encourage the Dig BUSH
ness man who does well and who re-
CARDS his great abilities as a trust to
be exercised as much in the interest
of the public as in his own interests.
But we should check and punish him
effectually and promptly when he ex-
ercises these abilities to the detri-
ment either of the smaller business
man with whom he completes or the
wageworkers who should share with
him the benefits of his and their COM
mon efforts or of the general public
whom he serves.
Tariff Has Not Reduced High Cost.
LAS regards the tariff, | wish
especially to call your attention to
the promises made by President Will
son and his supporters two years
ago. The cost of living has not been
reduced. But the ability of the aver
age man to earn q living has been
greatly reduced. Not the slightest
progress has been made toward SOW
ing the trust question. But the bust
ness community has been harasseq
and harried to no purposes and the
prosperity of the farmer and the
wage worker has been checked AS
for the farmer, the present tariff,
the administrators tariff, was SC
framed as to result In the sacrifice OF
his interests. He had no spokesman
no friend In high quarters and his
welfare was contemptuously sacri-
feed. 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 employer
for he was thrown out of employment
and lost the means to earn mis- iiveli-
hood.
.sAs for the employer, sometimes he
has been able to struggle on with the
loss of profits; sometimes he has had
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which any of the big trusts were
concerned 1t was the small COM
petitors OF the trusts who were in
jured, and in many cases ruined.
Tariff reduction, as put into practise
by the present administration, has
chiefly benefited foreign rivals and
competitors. 1t has done grave in
Jury to the business community and
the farming community and has
caused suffering to the wage workers,
and the whole policy Of the admins
istration has been one to cause our
people in business, our people on the
farms, our people with dinner pals.
to look toward the future with grave
concern and apprehension.
Aims to Help Farmers.
Much OF our effort is to help the
men who live on farms to help them
selves by working in cooperation,
so that they may better the condi-
tions of living, so that they may pro-
duce more and at the same time
make their farms more attractive to
their children, so that they may mar
ket their products themselves and
apply the best business methods for
the benefit of those who till the soil.
Much of our effort Is to help in
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by enabling honest business men to
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