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LAKES-TO-BULF ROUTE
Greatest of Deep Waterway Oath'
cringe I Opened In the ChL
cat Auditorium.
iDjOMSSES BT NOTABLE MEN.
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try's Vatural Transportation Re
sources GiTen Sew Intpetve.
The greatest deep waterway oon rela
tion ever held began lu erosion la the
Auditorium Theater at Chicago Wed
nesday, and the city on that day was
heat to two presldentlol candidates and
oe vice presidential nominee, who
were guests of honor of the Lake to-the-Gulf
Deep Waterway Association.
William Howard Taft, 'Republican
nominee for President; William Jen
nings Bryan, Democratic nominee for
President, and John Temple Graves,
vice presidential Candidate of the Inde
pendence party, were the three distin
guished guests. These threo men ad
dressed the waterways convention
Taft and Bryan at a banquet Wednes
ay night and Mr. Graves at a great
Smoker held Thursday night at the
Coliseum for 6,000 of the waterway
lelegates and their friends. Taft also
tpoke at the opening meeting of the
convention Wednesday morning. Bryan
poke at the session Thursday morn
toff. William K. Kavanaugb, prcaldont of
the association, called the convention
to order and introduced Bishop Sam
uel Fallows, who pronounced the in vo
cation. Bishop Fallows prayed for the
early consummation of the convention's
oijecta in the interest of American pro
gress irnd the greater glory of God. Tho
address of President Kavanauga fol
lowed the Invocation, and after it Sec
retary William V. Saunders read his
report
The audience presented an unusual
ly beautiful assemblage, evory delegate
holding an American flag, which had
been presented to him at the door on
his entrance. On the stage, In addition
to the officers of tho association dele
gates, sat Governors, United Statoa
Senators and Congressman of tho vari
ous States and officials of many differ
ent cities.
Watcrwar Htatory la Violated.
W'UHam F. Kaumlera of St. Louis, aao
retary of th Lakea-to-the-Gulf Deep
Waterway Association, In hia report to
the convention detailed the history of tho
deep-waterway movement, the difficulties
tt encountered in the beginning, Its pur
nose, scope and prospects for the future
and the benefit that the United States
woukl derive from if?
Tho work of the association In teaoh
iag through newspapers, magasiaea,
pamphleta and speakers Hie Importance of
the deep-waterway project was explained
by Secretary Saunders.
"Through its publicity," the report oats
forth, "the association teaches the ater
ohanta and manufacturers that with the
building of the deep waterway freight
rates will be steady and reasonable and
not subject to the violent fluctuations
such aa occur at present. It also teaches
the 1,600,000 men directly employed by
the railways that rail and river traaa
nertation are complementary: they mast
help each other to perfect the transpor
tation of the country."
According to Secretary Saunders the
ooctrine of the association Is . that the
irst duty of the government is to porfost
its transportation and that this can only
be done by building the deep waterwof
from Chicago to New Orleans, improving
at the same time Into complete naviga
bility the principal tributaries of the Mis
sissippi river so that the ship waterway
between the lakes and the gulf will be the
trunk line of a comprehensive system of
waterways.
The actual launching of the deep ira, tar
way movement by the trip down the river
from Chicago to New Orleans over taa
route of the proposed waterway made by
Congressmen William Larimer and Henry
T. Balney of Illinois and Ben Humpbreye
of Mississippi and their organising of
the deep waterway association waa re
lated by Secretary Saundera and every
step taken in (feat connection by the vari
ous associations, officiate and eitiaeas
since then was explained.
"The first convention of the assoaiatlsa
held In St. Louis had on Its roster 1,100
delegates representing twelve States,"
runs the report. "The second convention
in Memphis last year had on It roster
2.300 delegates, representing nlaetaon
States, and this convention baa on Its
roster 8,917 delegates, representing forty
four States."
Waal lecresale 'Cowa.
Dr. V. A. Moore of Cornell university,
in a paper read before the convention of
the American Veterinary Association,"
urged that the only course that offered
hope of checking the rapid increase of
bovine tuberculosis in America la to seg
regate the bealthy herds and paaa laws to
control the aale of cattle. -
VOTES OF CURRENT J5VEHTB.
Frank A. Day haa been rejected chair
man of tho Minnesota. Dsmocratio State
central committee.
At Slicepshead Bay Priacillian, carry
ing top weight, won tho Occidental han
dicap at on and one-eighth, mile in th
fnt time of 1 :G2.
Oa Labor Day labor organisation
throughout the country received aa ad
dress from Samuel Gompars, In which he
reviewed the events since the previous
Labor Day.
The Minnesota Stat board of equalisa
tion had several bankers of the Stat be
fore them in regard to bank asas stunt
Th board fixed CO per ceat of the capita. I
stock, surplus and badivlded profits as
the basis of assessment. Some banks
asr assessed bclsw that, but there wa
ae serious objection to the raise.
KS stern parties, representing several
yreduee concerns, will establish a eentral
aoamery plant at Albert Lea, Miaa. Tie
-round has been purchased and the plans
-r the building are In she head of oon-
actors. Th at root art will be of e
rst and brick, sod the saachlaery wCg he
t wry latast aa mats sea tad.
Vfasfngton Monument May So
Used as Wireless Station.
The most remarkable wlreltsa tel-
inntpli project on record Is contem
plated by the Navy Department. It
i I'otlilug less than the conversion of
the top of the Washington monument
Into a wireless telegraph station. The
bureau of equipment of the Navy Do-,
partment has taken the matter op
1th Secretary Met calf and advised
him that the plan is feasible. Secre
tary Metcalf aald recently that tho
bureau In question had advised htm
not aloue that It was a practicable
plan, but that If the station wore es
tablished be bud been assured that
without relaying It would be possible
to reach stations In western Buroi
and to communicate with tho vessels
of the Anierlcen fleet at sea in distant
waters. He added that no final action
1ms been taken and that the subject
waa bolng considered.
The plan Is to use the Washington
nionuniont only temporarily end if the
experiment proves successful to erect
a permanent tower of the necessary
height, probably the approximate
height of the monument, which Is 555
feet. The plan If carried out will revo
lutionize the wireless telegraph and
coblo business of the government and
will greatly facilitate' communication
to Europe and with the war vessels.
Tho value of tho plan In wnr time
would be Incalculable If It can bo
worked aa the bureau of equipment be
lieves it can.
Bear Admiral Cowlee, chief or the
bureau of equipment, In discussing the
wireless plan, said there could be no
doubt or the feasibility of the project,
though there might be sentlmeryil rva
sons against this use of the monument
"Application for its use has been
mado to the War -Deportment," said
Admiral Cowlee. "It Is the plan to use
the monument temporarily and then to
put up a steel tower about 500 feet
high. Messages could be sent 8,000
miles. No attempt would be made to
use the station for the Pacific coast,
but it would be used for reaching
points in the Atlantic and the Carib
bean regions."
The proposed station wooM be the
highest in the world.
In Liverpool, England, 10,000 long
shoremen are idle, and the docks are filled
with Idle sailors and officers looking for
berths.
Lord Dunnaven haa given $2,500 to
Limerick, Ireland, to establish two schol
arship la industrial training In the city
and county.
The Scotland Miners' Federation hai
approved of the action of the mlnere' rep
resentatives in accepting the reduction of
12 per cent
New York, New Haven sad Hartford
railroad clerks' lodges will make an effort
to have a system agreement made between
the road and the clerks.
The recent Scottish trade onion eon
greas passed resolution In favor of old
age pensions, and In favor of compulsory
Intervention in labor disputes.
The Portland (Ore.) Garment Workers'
Union haa entered into an agreement with
the factory proprietors that provides for
forty-eight hours' work a week.
Strong efforts to organise the effies
workers throughout Brooklyn, N. T., are
being made by the membership f Book
keepers', Accountants' and Stenographers'
Union No. 13040.
The Glasgow (Scotland) relief com
luiltee reports that It expects to have to
provide for 8,000 heads of families who
are out of work, and U asking lor 30,
300 emergency contribution.
It is reported that San Franoisos will
put about .3,000 men to work oa munici
pal improvements, tbua greatly relieving
the situation at that polot, which has
been rather critical In the recent past.
Chicago baa a new paper published ia
the Hebrew language,' under the name of
the Jewish Labor World. The paper is
devoted to the Interests of the Hebrew
members of labor nntona ia this country.
The Alaskan fisheries now give employ
ment - to more than 5,000 fishermen, the
majority of whom are now organised. A
few years ago there were soarosly any
unionised fishermen engaged in the large
Alaskan districts.
Canadian textile workers have decided
that the weekly contributions should be
Increased from 8 to 25 cents a week, and
that representation should be made to
the government In such a way , that th
law stating that women and children
should not be allowed to work over fifty
five hours a week abould be enforced.
At the seventeenth annual convention
of the United Brewery Workers of Amer
ica, bold In New York, there were dele
gates present representing 878 local
unions, with a membership of approxi
mately 40,000. The International Union of
the Brewery Workers waa organised in
Itultimor in 1880, when there were but
eight local unions and a membership roll
of barely 0.000.
The National Miners' Federation of
France, with a total membership of 80,
000 men, has decided to affiliate with the
General Federation of Labor for the pur
pose of acquiring greater ' strength and
influence over legislation.
The Boot and Shoe Workers' Interna
tional Union makes claim that Its system
of 25' cont a week dues aavee It from the
fear of strikes, and in suet emergency
does away with the necessity of calling
apon sister crafts for finsnolal aid. High
duee also enable the union to prosecute
more successfully He campaign) far the
anion stamp.
Mrs. Saao'a Mllltar? Soaaat.
Friends of Mrs. ituasell Sag under
stand that the wealthy widow has de
cided to buy Constitution Islaad la the
Hudson, near West Point, and praaant it
to the government ss a site for a mili
tary preparatory school, la gift to be
eontiageut upon the passage by Congress
of the bill, establishing sod a sdkeoL
Many Iowa and Illlnela lavsetoss have
hn ia the Red River valley darieg the
peat two week looking over th eriv
and as a result of the inspection theu
aand of acres of land have been with
draw a from the market.
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EUROPE'S WAR CLOUD.
Muss In the Balkans Has Served to
Greatly Excite the Powers.
It Is n long time since Europe has
had anything as exciting an the Bul
garian muss. Turkey had just begun
business under Its constitution, and
Hon. Abe ILumid hnd begun to get used
to the sight of his subjects and quit
wearing fcheot Iron linings In his bloom
ers. There was some prflkpeet that the
nrmy and navy might get a few years'
overdue back pay, . and the ladies of
the r.pnnna were figuring on n few new
Paris gowns and hlgh-hecled slippers.
Everything was sailing along smoothly
whan Prince Ferdinand suddenly got
the bit In his teeth and ran nwny with
the whole outfit. His lndcrfendenee
party movement has set nil Europe wor
rying. Austria has announced her Intention
of annexing tho provinces of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and as Cousin Wil
hclm Is backing up this little land grub
It Is pretty likely to go through. Italy
Is mad because Austria Is seizing a ter
ritory largely peopled by Italians. Rus
sia Is mad on general principles. Tur
key Is busy trying to thrash naughty,
naughty Ferdlnnnd, nnd Austria Is un
opposed. There Is a demnud for a con
gress of the signatories to the Berlin
treaty to decide what shall be don;,
now that Austria has violated tho In
tegrity of Turkey, but students of Eu
ropean politics fear that such a meeting
would result In trouble. ,
However, It is not believed that war
will result unless the progressive ele
ment among the Turks feels that some
thing must be done to prove that a
pew era bus dawned In Turkey. Tho
chief danger apparently is that Russia
and perhnps certain other countries of
Euroiw will demand something to coin
pen'sate them for tho Increased strength
of Austria and Its allies, Further, the
fury of tho Servians, at tho gnowlng
prestige of their old rivals, the Bulga
rians, may lend to urmed attneks along
the Bulgarian or Austrian frontier.
The Bulgarians of Macedonia who,
opposing Greece an one side and Tur
key on the other, long have sought to
romo under tho political domination
f Sofia, doubtless will take new hope
from the formation of, an Independent
latlou ruled by a "czar of tho Bulgnrl
tns." Only a war of conquest against
Turkey could join them to the new
Rulgarlun kingdom. The Bulgarian
rmy is remarkably" efficient for its
ilze, but tho staying power of the
Turks bas been abundantly demon
strated." Bussia'a wish for a new conference
of the powera which signed the treaty
of Berlin to modify that instrument
seems to be generally shared by the
governments of Europe. The present
feeling at Purls nnd Loudon la that the
emperor of Germany, by eucouraging
Francis Joseph and Ferdinand In their
daring course, has scored heavily
against the new western alliance form
edy by King Edward. Still, it Is prob
nblo that the whole matter will end
merely in peaceful diplomatic pas
sages. Progress la th Soath.
Reports published by the Manufactur
ers' Record of Baltimore show that stone
roudmaklng is In progress throughout the
South without let-up, and that contracts
are constantly being made. Also huge
euuis are being spent on the development
of various industries, such as coal, oil,
cotton, etc.
W Edinburgh, Scotland, Andrew Car
negie announced his decision to set aside
Il.2o0.000 for the foundation of a hero
fund in hia native land.
That the growing generation in the
rural district of Minnesota la taking, an
active interest In egrlculture, and la eager
to take up the work, well equipped by ex
perience, la shown by the fact that more
than 4.000 children under the age of 18
will compete ia the Stat Industrial con
test at the school of agriculture on Jan.
2, 8 and 4.
Aa appeal haa been made to the 8tate
authorities for the stock mes of Butte
county, S. to give aid In the exterm
ination of anthrax, which at the present
time la playing bavoe with the big cattle
herds of the coestty.
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PRAISE GIVEN RAILROADS.
Declare Country's Amazing1 Develop
ment Is Due Largely to Carrie re.
The work of the railroads la in de
veloping the West was highly praised
at the meeting of the Trans-Mlsslsslppl
Congress in San Francisco by J. C.
Stubbs, director of traffic for over 16,
000 miles of Harrlman railroads. His
subject was, "Transportation,' and ne
8KUe at the request of R. H. Harrl
man. l'be speaker went Into the relation of
railroads to the work of ' developing
truus-MlsslssIppI country very fully,
and showed how the big transportation
companies hnd been doing work along
the lines mnpped out by the' congress
for many years.
Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president
of-tho University of California, spoke
on "West of the Mississippi River
what docs it menn?" He said a great
future Is opening out before the trans
Mississippi couutry In general and Cali
fornia in particular.
Col. Fred W. Fleming of Kansas City
took for his subject "Western Insur
ance," while Gov. Cutler of Utah nnd
former Governor Pardee of California
both paid attention to "The conserva
tion of natural resources."
Tho delegates were greatly Impressed
with the work of conservation that haa
ulready been done In Utah and Califor
nia (M outlined by the speakers and
warmly applauded Gov. Cutler's re
marks ns to tjie prominent part Presi
dent Roosevelt has taken In forward
ing UX? work In all parts of the coun
try. '
Attorney General Dickson of Colora
do, tspenking on the topic, "Irrigation
and disposition of public laads," drew
the attention of tho meeting to the Im
portance of guarding government lands
from too free distribution.
James J. Cullbreath, secretary of the
American mining congress, talked on
tho conservation of mineral resources,
and Frank Short of Fresno, Cel., dis
cussed the relation of the natural re
sources of tho "conn try to Its sooial and
political conditions.
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.
In the shipbuilding trade oa the Mer
sey and Tyne there are 20,000 fewer men
employed than last year.
At Davcu;x)rt, Iowa, on Labor Day, Ed
itor Hearst and Candidate Iliagen ad
dressed a number of labor union.
Gov. Juhnsou of Minnesota commis
sioned 1..100 farmers as delegates to the
Farmers' t'ougreu at Madison, Wis.
In openiug the Stat campaign ia Illi
nois, Speaker Cannon made reply to the
attack of botJh Bryan and Genaper.
In the course of a speech ai Melbourne
Alfred Deakln, the prime amis later, aald :
"Aa Americana are unable to take a first
place in the world until they have a fleet.
South Australia cannot be eoaUat ulti
mately to accept defence at assy laaada bnt
her own."
Upon bis return to New York IS. H.
Harrlman, the railroad magnet, again
talked freely to the 'preno about the busi
ness outlook. He aaid the country is
apathetic and the railroads ia order to go
ahead must get more freai ahipsera in
higher rate. He aaid It dida't asatter to
(lie railroade whether Taft or Bryan ki
elected.
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FABMER AND THE TARIFF.
i-'orly-nl Hnemloim Which Will
Worry Mr. Hran to Anmrrr.
In Ills I)ch Moines Hppe-li advocat
ing a tariff fr revenue only Mr.
Bryan declared Hint the protective
system tuxel the fanner of the coun
try for the benefit of the manufactur
ers. The first benefits of- revision
upon Democratic linos, he insiHts,
will come to the farm. As for protec
tion, "the whole system la vicious.
Business should not Ih linilt ium leg
islation." For this startling theory
the "Anierlcnn Kconomlst" snys Mr.
Iryn u ought to le defeated. If for
nothing else, niul in Its current num
ber It proMIUIldN a sorlPH of !(! qucs
tloim to the Democratic nominee for
President, all relating to specific
schedules covering agricultural prod
ucts, ami osks whether Mr. Iiryon fa
vors removal of the duties quoted. Of
course, Mr. Bryan dure not favor any
thing of the kind, for the moment he
does the fanner will take alarm, and
in this particular yoirr Mr. Bryan Is
very solicitous for the agriculturists.
With the Dlngtey bill in effect our
Imports of agricultural products
amount to f414.0HO,0O0 n year. What
THE FARMER AND IPT
The Protected Farmer Well, Mr. Bryan, If It's a "vicious" system that
Jlas given my farm the richest ten years I ever knew, and then, even though
crippled with give-away foreign trade agreements, has enabled the country
to weather a year of hurricane panic, then all I have to say is that the sys
tem Isn't quite "vicious" enough to suit me. I'm goiug to vote for the inun
that's under orders to keep it as "vicious" as he can.
they would go to if Mr. Bryan should
apply his revenue tariff no man can
tell, but we should soon find that the
American farmer was getting the
worst of It. Mr. Bryan Is very fond
of giving out the Impression that
manufacturers and the great organ
; Ized business of the United Stat.es arc
j the only beneficiaries of protection.
I Ye, practically everything that grows
. or Is produced on the farm Is pro
tected. The list, which Is formidable,
Includes cattle, swine, horses, mules,
sheep, barley, barley mult, buckwheat,
corn, corninoal, macaroni, outs, oat
meal, rice, rye, wheat, wheat flour, but
ter, cheese, milk, tieans, cubbnge, el
der, eggs, bay, honey, hops, onions,
pens, potatoes, commercial seeds,
struw, vegetables, sugar, -wool, hides,
leaf tobacco, fruits, nuts, bacon, ham,
fresh beef, veal, mutton, iork, extracts
of meat, lard, poultry, and tallow. So
it will be seen that, If Mr. Bryan's
great scheme for scaling down the
tnriff until there Is no protection, but
merely revenue, becomes a reality, the
fanner will, have to tako his medicine
along with the manufacturer, for we
have the assurance of the Democratic
party that it plays no favorites.
Let the farmer who contemplates
7ottng for Bryan ixiniler on these
things. Let blm remember that It was
llr. Bryan who drafted thc free wool
tlause lu the Wilson bill mid that it is
this saino Mr. Bryan who "denounces
ill protection us 'vicious,' Including
protection for tho American fanner."
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
A Short Sermoa.
In both his first ami second buttles
Mr. Bryan polled much the largest to
tal vote ever cast by the Democratic
party. The Republicans won by In
creasing their own vote immensely
over their former greatest effort. If
they had not done this they would
have lost. - An examination of tbe fig
ures Is- Instructive for they have dis
tinctly a present bearing. Mr. Bryan'a
totul vote In 189U was ti,r02l92'i, and In
1900, 0,358,13:1. The largest previous
Democratic vote, lu 1802, was 5,550,
918. Bryan broke the Democratic rec
ord by over 800,000. If the Republi
cans had fulled to offset the big In
crease they would have been defeated.
Republican uputhy would have been
fatal in either tbe first or second
Bryan cumpalgu. In the Parker slump
of four years ago the Democratic to
tul sank to 5,082,734. But that is not
murk to be considered by Republi
cans this year. In both his former
campaigns Brynn wa 'stronger than
Parker by anout a lutlllou and a quar-
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ter votes, and stronger than the Demo
cratic party had previously been by
MHl.tJt'O.
Iii. fighting Bryau In 1890 nnd 1900
the Republican party rose to the occa
sion. Its highest vote before was
.",440.210, In 1888.. In 1890 It went up,
as a result of the most vigorous effort,
to 7.104,779. It Increased to 7,207,028
In litOO, and to 7,021,489 in 1904. But
what would happen If the Republicans
should be apathetic this year? It is
true that Bryan does not get votes lu
proportion to the crowds he draws lu
traveling throughout the country. But,
at the mime time, he has polled 800,
000 vote more than were ever receiv
ed by nny other Democratic nominee
for the presidency. These figures are
the plain mathematical proof that the
Republicans must work with nil their
might to bring out their full vote.
There Is no sure margin If less Is
done. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
lint for the Tariff.
The magnirlceiit industrial develop
ment In tho United States owes Its ex
istence nnd prosperity to the protec
the tariff. But for the protective tar
iff there would be no sugar factories In
the United States to-day. The protec-
"VICIOUS SYSTEM."
tive tariff built up the Iron, steel, tin,
nud, in fact, every Industry of note in
tho laud. The stronger the tariff pro
tection the greater development of in
dustries. Hence the more the American
people should cling to thelrjndustrinl
development nnd foster nnd encourage
it by wise legislation. Were It not for
the turlff there would be but few smoke
stacks, mills or factories In the United
States. Those countries that hnd their
manufacturing Interests highly develop
ed and that were paying labor wretch'
ed wages, could hold the American mar
ket Indefinitely with their products, and
their competition would make it un
profitable and Impossible to develop
American Industry.
Under the stimulating influence of the
tariff this couutry has become the lead
lng Industrial center of the world. Tho
high degree of development it has at
tained In this respect may warrant cer
tniu modifications in tariff schedules,
but this should be carried out by the
friends of protection not the veiled
advocates of free trade. National
Farmer.
A to I'reo Wool.
We'lhiiik the New York Commercial
will prove to bo mistaken in Its pre
diction that a demand for free wool will
Ih strongly pressed when Congress
takes up tariff revision. If such a de
mand Is made it must come from the
manufacturers of woolens. These gen
tleiueu have memories, no doubt. They
cannot possibly have forgotten what
happened to them when free wool und
lower duties on woolens were the prod
uct of the tariff revision of 1891. Xeith
er arc they such fools as to suppose
that free wool would give entrance for
their woolens Into world markets. They
know better. What they need Is the
privilege of weaving woolens for Amer-
Icuu consumption. This they would not
have in the event of free wool. Burnt
children druad the fire.
ttra aa l aaafe Iteaaoaer.
Uuu of the favorite ami familiar ar
guments of Bryan Is that hia renomina
tion by the party after two defeats is
evidence that they still believe In and
endorse "tbe principles tbut I have
Ison advocating." Well, what are the
principles that Bryan has been advocat
ing? Certainly there is noue that he
advocated so strenuously as free coin
ago of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1.
By wrapping them in a new vegeta
ble puper, IIhu caught off the Portu
guese coast ure delivered lu Belgium
sixteen days later In better conditio!),
as regards freshness and flavor than
when packed on ice
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THE MOST IMPORTANT THIHO.
That l.ahor Should Flrt at All Hat
Work ann Waarea.
We think the Intelligent union Work
er knows that what the labor program
of the ItemiM-rntle pnrty Is after Is not
the bestowal uiwn the unions of all that
they want In the way of legislation on
injunctloiiH, but the votes, along with
the ciikIi contributions, of organized ln-
Jor. And we also think the Intelligent
union, workman knows mat me mot
lmMirtant thing to him nnd to the coun
try Is that lie should have full work at
good wages. Neither he nor any one
else can see lu n Bryan political pros
pectus the work nnd the wages thnt he
has actually experienced under the
practical policy of the pnrty which
makes business, first of nil, for Ameri
can Industries nnd therefore work for
American wage-earners.
There was little emuigh for labor to
do, lu the mill and factory or on farm
or railroad, after the election of 1892,
bearing war upon American Industries
In imswer to the protests of Mr. Bry
an's "BT'ggnrs" nisi o satisfy the de
mands of Mr. Haskell for secret dis
crimination against union labor. But
the want of those days would become
plenty In comparison with the ruin
which would be mado of our producing
agencies If farmers, manufacturers-,
merchants N and wage-earners were
threatened with an enforcement of the
IKtllelos of Mr. Brynn nnd u Democratic
Congress In sympathy wlih and subject
to him.
We don't imugluc anybody can fool
the wage-earner, organized or unorgan
ized. Into believing that there will lie
an abundance of work for him when
business indefinitely shuts down or that
there cun be wages, or anything but
bread-line support, for the workingmen
of the United States, skilled ajnd un
skilled, when there Is no work. One
would need to hare n minimum of faith
in the common sense of organized labor
to credit 'U with complete Ignorance on
the cause nnd the underlying founda-'
tion of Its welfare n natural program
that stimulates business, and with it
work and wages rather than one which
ravages our industries and Impoverish
es our workers. And It would be neces
sary for organized Inber to be utterly
bereft of all memory to believe that the
man who has always been proved wrong
In all 1)1,3 prophecies nnd promises since
he first began to make them would now
be right lu the new prophecies and"
promises which he puts out as he again '
seeks the votes of those who have re
fused to follow biin Into error imd mis
fortune. New York Press.
LOW TARIFF AND LABOR.
What Dr-an'n Plan Wonlrt Do
Men Who Work for Wnuea.
Bryan's assertion that tho Republican
party Is upholding the trusts because; it
docB.not ngrec with biin on tariff revis
ion, Is only another dream of the "Peer
less one." Any thinking man knows
that low revenue tariff would Injure
the working man, because It would re
duce wages to the level of the chea
working men of Europe ; would cripple
many industries In the country thot
have not yet secured such a foothold in
the industrial world as to be able to
compete with free trade conditions and
starvation wages of the countries where
no protection Is provided by law.
liryan does not seriously believe in
revenue tariff himself. He considers
It, however, good bait to catch tho ln
Ixjrlng man's vote. His only mistake Is
in considering the working man of to
day to be an ignorant creature, made
up of credulity, nud ready to swallow
any sugar-coated pill of promise held
out to him.
Yesterday .the laboring man took time
all over the couutry to celebrate bis
own attainments, and the representa
tive crowds thnt filled Lafayette's
streets showed no strain of mental
weakness In -their faces. On the other
hand, intelligence, bruins and common
sense wuve to the fore In every speak
ing Countenance. Such men ns march
ed so Joyfully lu yesterday's parade are
In the habit of thinking for themselves,
and are educated as much as Mr. Bryan
along lines of busluess prosperity. Such
men would laugh If the proposition was
seriously put to them to exebaugo the
protection now afforded them by the
present tariff wlih all its imperfec
tions for the starvation wages and
low standard of prices for all Ameri
can produce that would mark Bryan's
'theory of revenue tariff.
The Republican party has pledged it
self to revise the tariff and make It as
amenable ns Kwsible to the country's
condition. But it has also promised to
take care of the laboring man, nnd this
thought It will ever have hi mind while
ndjusting this important issue. Iji
Fayette Courier.
Will Karmrrn Contribute t
There are admittedly "hundreds oi
thousands of farmers abundantly able
to contribute." Indeed, the prosperity
of the Anierh-nu farmer can hardly be"
overstated. But that prosperity will
not move him to contribute to help
elect Bryan or any other Democratic
candidate. For It is the result not only
of Nature's Imunty, but of twelvo years'
of Republican rule, and Is the most
complete possible refutation, of the
Democratic claim that the prosperity
of the manufacturing industries under
the Republican tariff system is gained
at the exHnse of the agricultural In
dustries. The farmer's tlurihiiess. cited
by Brynn und Kern as a reason for his
contributing to their fund, la there
fore 'the very thing that will most in-,
cllne him to do tbe exact opposite. Ho
will contribute not to the Bryan cam
paign fimd, but to tho Republican cam
paign fund, nnd he will not have to be
solicited by Mr. Taft to do so. Allen,
town News.
l ast la Kit her. Caw,
No man can vote fur Bryan iu tbe
coming election except on one of two
grounds. Kither hi: must believe that
Bryau still yearns for the destruction
of the gold standard and the establish
ment of free silver, as he did in 1800,
or else he must believe Ihut Bryau was
wrong then and that he knowa better
now. In tbe one case the conclusion
la Inevitable that Bryan ia unlit for
President. In tbe other he fa a faulty
reasoner and an unsafe guide
