Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-11-03

ment, the Democratic party and the
Progressive party. This year there Is
but one, the Democratic party. In the
presidential election Of four years ago
some fifteen million votes were cast.
"Of, these. nearly ten and a half mil
lions were cast for the candidates of
the two progressive parties, only three
and half millions for the candidate
of the Republican party, the party
which fingered in the old ways and
felt none of the new impulse Of new
day. More than two-thirds Of the vot-
ers of the United States favored then.
and favor now. programme whose OBJ
ject is to serve the changing needs of
humanity and progress.
''The Democratic party was entrust-
ed with the task. These powerful
forces of the new age were put under
its direction. And under that direction
what have they accomplished?
'"They have put both the business
and the life of the country upon a
new footing.
Financial Credit Released.
"They have released the financial
credit, upon which commerce and pro-
duction alike depend, from the control
of small groups of financiers and bank
ers ut the speculative centers.
'They have released the commerce
and industry of the country from the
domination OF those WHO were building
up their power by selfish and unfair
methods Of competition.
'They have supplied those who
wished to conduct their business IL,
conformity with the spirit of the laws
with friendly guidance and delivered
them from a nervous fear of the courts.
'@They have released our foreign
trade from the shackles Of tariff con-
trived in the interest Of special groups
Of favored producers. and have created
a Tariff Commission intended to sub,
stitute public for private influences,
facts for theories and pretensions, IN
all future legislation with regard to
duties and restrictions on imports.
'~They have made provision for the
Immediate and systematic development
of our carrying trade on the seas.
'They have at last supplied the
means by which the nation may be
bound together, materially and spirit
ually, by network Of good roads
upon which both commodities and
sympathies may move freely from com
munity to community.
'"They have put the farmer upon a
footing of perfect equality with bust
ness men and men of all other callings
in respect to his access to commercial
credit; have placed a great bureau of
the Government at his service in seek
ing and finding his best markets: have
protected him by the establishment of
definite standards in the sale Of his
products, and have put the scientific
knowledge of the world at his disposal
by practical demonstration at the ex-
pense of the Government upon the
farms themselves.
Have Emancipated Labor.
"They have emancipated the labor
ers of the country from the unjustified
restraints which the courts had put
upon them by mistaken applications OF
old law to new circumstances and con.
ditiOns.
'They have released the children OF
the country in large part from hurtfu]
labor; have sought to safeguard the
lives and the health Of our laborers In
dangerous occupations: and have put
agencies of the Government itself at
the service of those who seek employ.
ment. And most of these things have
been done within the brief limits OF 4
single administration.
"And still the great work is not finish.
ed. It can never be rounded of and con
cluded so long as circumstances change
and the fortunes and relations OF men
shift and alter. The question you have
to decide one week from next Tuesday
is whether it shall he prematurely In
terrupted, perhaps for a generate to
come, and all the generous forces of
the age and Of the world thrown back
upon themselves In discoura cement and
confusion.
"The programme remaining is a. great
az tho programme accomplished. tn.
procedure Of our courts is antiquatee
and hindranes, not an aid, in the just
administration Of tho law. We must
simplify and reform it as other en-
lightened nations have done, and make
courts Of justice out Of our courts OF