New Britain herald., 1924-10-20

sertial principle Of the protective tariff is correct: to be politically in- dependent, the United States must be economically independent, for otherwise 1t would depend for neces-, sities on nations with which at some time, 1t might find itself at war"
 In regard to foreign relations, President Butler said that tho re- publican party believed they should be close and friendly. but that "the mind of man can not be changed over night by the passage of resolu- tions, 'as the democratic seemed to think. He said that immense prog iess has been made during the past few years and cited the Dawes plan. which he stated, Twill help foreign trade and so stimulate our indus tries. The slow and sure method of promoting peace is to educate the people along practical lines and not waste energy theorlzing,"
 Gives Democrats Only South
 Take away those weapons and the Davis campaign is nothing. Best observers think 1t impossible for the democratic party to carry a single state outside of the Solid South. Tn six western states the democrats may not poll enough votes to entitle them to place on the tallot at the next election. In fact. west of the Mississippi, the struggle is totally between the republicans end the third party, and if it were rot for this third party, this election would pe as overwhelming a republi- can victory az that of 1920"
 Refusing to call the third party Progressive" MT. Butler stated that it was more aptly to be called the Third Party Socialist" ticket. "T welcome the movement" he said,' insofar as it contributes 70 sincerity 1 in voting It is nothing wrong nor immoral. It allows the radicals to : gather openly under cne banner in- Etead Of masquerading as republi- cans and democrats ,and we can tell how many there are. and, know where to place the responsibility ! La Toilette has not been a repub- lican for quarter of a century. He has often voted against principles of the party which were for the inter- osts of the people. And Senator | Wheeler has done the came."
 The third party issue was an un- conventional attack, he stated, say, ing that the La Toilette ticket re- garded both other major parties as ,antagonistic to 1t and that it is right inthat. Both the republican and democratic platforms gre based on the American form of govern
 ment, even if they do have differ ences. The La Toilette platform i.
 based on socialism.
 La Toilette says we are in bond. ,age to financial interests and car break that bondage only by com.
 plotely oyerturning our institutions
 I have asked people in many states hut no one is willing to confess thai
 le is in bontage. I am certain lam not. Nobody IS lying awake nights scheming plans to keep tht pc ople in bondage, In fact, capita lis the most timid thing in the world land the most easily frightened by iany. number of things. In fact
 capital will consider itself lucky |
 at the end of the next hundred year
 it does not find itself the enslavet factor"
 | Criticizcs La Toilette Platform | The La Toilette platform is based
 cn two props. both of which Presi
 Gent Butler declared to be wrong The first is government owngrshil
 of the railroads. We have 250. .O0l
 miles of railroads in this country
 he said, and they form the mos
 efficient and comfortable transpor
 tation system in the world, as ma, l be seen by comparison with th'
 government owned roads of Italy O
 Germany or the partly government owned roads of France We q,
 have public ownership of railroads Nearly a million people own then 1 directly and other millions indirect ly through savings banks and lift insurance co npanies.
 Suppose We are to have govern ment ownership. At conseryativ,
 estimate, the railroads in thi country are valued at twenty bill
 lion dollars. The government woul,
 either have to steal or buy them
 It would not steal and it has no
 money enough to buy them. There fore it would be forced to issu bonds to cover this expenditure . (which Is six times the cost of tn Civil war and almost as much @ that of the last war. It would in lvolve an interest charge of billio
 dollars year, which would be pail , by the taxpayer.
 Furthermore, when owned b
 companies, the roads pay 300 mil , lion dollars a year in taxes to state , county and municipality, which pay , ment would cease under governmen
 ownership. If the rates were cut, loss would be caused. and the bur 1 den would be placed oa the backs 0 the already overloaded farmers an homeowners.
 We had an experience alon