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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21. 1907. OFFERED FOR SALE (Continued Tya-ewrltrrs ertoj MacHlnea. roR BAX.R Iftlth grade second-hand type writer; good condition; bargain at VAk Call room BO, Bee Bldg. ili-471 ONE Remington trprrlt.f, No. , In rood condition, (or sale cheap. Call at Be Ofilte. FOR SALE Nearly new Oliver typewriter, with oak table, MS. Ml Paxtnrj Fik (lt Milt n Mis GAS, ELECTRIC AND COMBINATION FIXTURES Largest-, most up-to-date .lock at lowest prices In the city, select now. Delivered when neded. Inspection invited. BURGESS - GUANDEN CO., lli So. loth 8U Tel. Doug. l. U 48. HAVE paid ever one-third on my contract for, Americanise 'Encyclopedia Brltan ntca; owing Ho sickness am not able to keep up paymenla. Will give my contract Bill IWURI to an wmj wiim.K ir up ;ame. Address 74, care FOR BALE Onyx aoda fountain, 24-syrup. two body, refrigerator baae, counter au tomatic eartw.nator. filter, all aa good aa new; aloo drug store fixtures, counters and atiow case. Howell Drug Co.. lth and Capitol Ave. (1 54 FOR SALE A butcher s refrlgerstor. sev eral show casea, a new peanut roaater, large coffee mill, two large automatic ett tanks and store fixtures too numerous to mention. Globe Land and Investment Co.. Omaha. Neb. (1S)-M FOR BALE Finest boarding house In the city; beat locauon, a.l furniahed; walk ing distance, etc.; cheap. Inquire Karbach Block. Omaha, Neb. UO-23S DRUGS at cut prices; freight paid oa 310 ordera; catalogue free. SHERMAN Ac al Co N.N ELL, DRfO CO.. Omaha. Neb. (l)-7 FOR SALE About-October 1, one 4T-gal-ln Wortblngton duplex pump, site lix IvHxiO. W. H. Bridges, engineer Omaha Bee. (W)-M6. FOR SALE Cheap, complete outfit of mov ing pictures for - travel. Inquire loot Howard St,, room 14, Id floor. Call be tween 1 and 4 p. m. U6 Mi7 -6x FOR BALE One roll top Jeweler's bench and ons lathe; only used four weeks. A ti ll re .a H. I. Ennle, Bruce, 8. D. (16) M51S 28x HOMEOPATHIC medicines, wholesale and retail. Sherman & McConnell lru Co. (16) BEND US your mail orders for drugs; freight paid oo fid lots. Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha. (ltfV-34 BRICK FOR SALE In carload lota. Ap ply to Llveeey Brick Co., Gibson. Omaha, Neb. Tel. Red 707. (U)-M301 lix FOR SALE First class, nondeacrlptive lady's ticket from here to Bait Lake, M days. Address L 45. Bee. (lt) Mlt SI 8HERW1N WILLIAMS CO., best mixed paint, Sherman Sc McConnell Drug Co. (16)-I85 HALL'S safes, new. Id-hand. 1811 Farnam. (16) art HAT 19 per ton. Wagner, 801 N. lSth. (1-M7il SECOND-HAND rubber hos. tools. Singer, 4 IS N. lStfi. lit) TJt PATENTS D. O. BARNELL. patent attorney and ma chine designer, Paxton Blk. Tel. K?d 7117. my m7 si: LARSON A CO. Book free. Bee Bldg. (17) -an PERSONAL GENTLEMAN of, 41 Tears, with good hab Ita, In good . standing and of good busi ness abilities, wishes to correspond with some laTy with good Intent; one with meana prefersed, but all letters will b answered; no objection to widow with little, gtrL it rpjctajle. j Address .T ATX THE SALVATION ARMY solicits oast-oft clothing; in fact, anything you do not need. . We collect, repair and sell, at 114 N. 11th Kt., for oost of collecting, to the worth v poor.. Call 'phono Doug. 4135 and wagon wiy cap. , (1 U YOUNO WOMEN coming t Omaha as strangers are invited to visit the Young Wonifn Christian Association rooms, 1514 Farnam street, where they will be di rected - to , suitable, boarding places -or otherwise assisted. (IS) 914 PRIVATE CONFINEMENT HOME Mrs. Dr. King, 1330 N. 34tb 8U Tel. Doug. 3r5. (1) PArNFTTL bums, any sore or skin hurt quickly healed by Satin skin cream. Sc. cu VadY, skilled tn sd.nce of masaage and stranger la Omaha, desires patrovis; scrub bath, manicuro and chiropody. 1514 Dodge St.. corner 14th,, opposite P. O (U)-M1 a CBDAR COUNTY FAIR, HarUngton, Neb., has new managers to run ths fair this year, therefore It will bo better than ever before and the dates are September 5, M. 87. For particulars and privileges address to William Lorang, secretary. (18) MBit tlx TTlTl F.T.TTT', EPrt lady operator Deats scrnD oaina. noora iw, isafker block l&lh and Farnais. Nsw establishment. ' - - d!)-M6 its OMAHA Stainmererar Inetltata. Ramg SEWING machines rented. Neb. Cycle Co. Isah and Harney. Phone Douglas 164. - . tia) 3 MAONETIC treatment and bath. Mraa. W-a-UIXXiAJ.-. 8nlUh nN.Uth.Sd flour. U tew rBW bargains In 24-hand soda fountain. monthly payments. Derlg-iit. liill Farnam. U)-M4 ECZEMA absolutely cured b W. A. Paxton aalva. B, J. gcanlan. aV, SOU Ware blk. - . . (tf MWs MAGNETIC? 0y Maasage, ,ulul 1 u Vapor and Tub Baths. Room 1 104 Farnam St.. id floor. (1S)-MSAM SYRINGES, rubber, goods, by mall; cut prices. Bend for free catalogue. Myers Dillon Drug Co.. Omaha. (ID Sj6 WANTJSj ffee attractions at Randolph, N.a.. carnival. Sept. Z. t. i. Write quick, J, W. Oliver. Randolph. Neb. tUD MSTt) REAL ESTATE . HEiLXSTATi: DCALCRI. f'ELL ft ITKITRICK CO.. 432 Rarr.ss. t . 0)- 'I. T1.RRELL..1S Patterson Blk Doug. -il '!"' 0-j 1 VNB INV. CO.. fit "floor N. tTl pour '.S1. () 400 l!. C. PETERS A CO . Rco Blag (1)-4C1 L. W BUNNELL CO.. 83 N. T. Life. Douglas M. . (l-4ul ALFRED 'C. KENNEDT, JOS First Nafl Bank Bld. 'Phone Douglas 73. tl) lol OKTORGE COMPANY. '.OH Farnam. - TsU Douglas Tii. OS 4C4 Z. M. IUCH. 16th Locust Tel eTlT ... (Uv-ait six cit ygopeiiTt for tAie TO EXCHANGE A bunch of fine building lata . - ta eaohang tor a good bouse and lot. Bee TAYNE, POSTWICK & CO., T laala Floor. M. T. Life Bldg. t-E54 REAL ESTATE CITT pnorgRTi row lite. (Contlnud.l HOT WEATHER BARGAINS Close in cottage, lit 8. Cd ft., good a-room Cottage, water, gaa and toilet. Cloae to town. I block, to South Omaha car line, reliable party can buy . on own termer II. Ci. 444 Templeton Ave.. - chotoe home, nearly new; 7-rooms,, modern except furnace, beau tiful lot, UxLX. So. front, don't , fall to eee It: price reduced for quick sale to I2.WA Reward 8t. horns. 47M Sew aril St.. T room a, targe barn and chicken house, fruit trees; snap. I1.4V it.-; th and Ames Ave., new eot ' tsge of t rooms, paved street, east front, eaey terras and snap at IIM". Tao lots. Make me an offer on two lot. at Md and Plerc Bts., lflfrxisn. lay " fine, hear car lloe,.Just the place to build cottage. Make offer? Fronting the park, choice lot 40xl5o. permanent Improve ments in and paid for; aak about It. New cottage and two lots. 8. W. eor. Jid and Corby Bts . t rooms, modem except fur nace, now being completed; on es.y terms. T7.400. See It. R. H. LANDERYOU, Board of Trade. (u-ms88 a For Suburbs Homes You Should By All Means See . KEYSTONE PARK. " 4 ' Oat of 581 acres almost Vi has been sola. What better evidence do you want than this, that Keystone Psrk Is the Ideal lo cation for a home In the country. PAYNE INVESTMENT CO., and D. V. SHOLES COMPANY. (19)-K7 a GREAT BARGAIN A non-resident owner In structs us to sell their home place at a great sacrifice. This property Is located at J024 Wirt St., the prettiest resi dence street In the north part of the city, south front with two lots, 100x124. hard wood fin ish, all modern, paved street, permanent sidewalks all paid for, fins bam, beautiful shade, only two blocks from S4th street cars. Don't fall to look at this property and see us for price and terms. PAYNE, BOSTWICK & CO., Main Floor, N. T. Life Bldg. (1)-S61 30 . CLOSE IN 641 So. S4th Avo.i 1 rooma, strictly niodem, with gas anl electric light, bath." toilet ana wash bowl, shower bath, ev erything 'right up-to-date, paved street, easy walking dli tanee; pries, t4.600. PAYNE,' BOSTwick & CO.,J Main Floor, N. Y. Ufa Bldg. ? 0)-l SO EIGHT-ROOM: RESIDENCE Hers Is a good and substantial eight-room residence Just finished, built '. by ons bt Omaha' best hoosebuliders. Strkctly mod ern and In a -fins neighborhood. Location high and sightly on 31st street, a little south of Cass. Prica and terms on application. Kay at our office. Rylander & Simonson," ; IQS and SOS N. Y. Life Building. lt-M&30 12 CtAOSE IN Two 5-room . cottages, nearly completed; ena on the south side ot Blondo street, be tween 28th and XI, and one on Lha north Slds of Blondo street. Just east of 27th: all thoroughly well built: bricked uo and cemented cellar a double floors, surface floors being of yellow pine, selected ver tical grained: strictly modern, with the exception of -heat. Permanent' aid. walks will be laid tn streets. Price, 12.300. Easy terms to good parties. C. G. CARLBEKG. I1 Nl'T. Ufa Bldg. - - (IVWMlta A Rare Bargain A good houss of seven rooms, with bath, gas, shads trees, smalt barn, paved street and permanent sidewalks; will be sold on reasonable terms by owner; location near Hanscom park. ' ' - Inquire at 1315 S. 32d St." (l)-4 JCx IN WALNUT HILL A beautiful hew t-rm. cottage home with gas and electric light combination fixtures. Ana plumbing, quartersawed nar row flooring, all finished for rugs, houss decorated with fins pattern, good cellar, large at tic, permanent walks, east front, lot xl00; prk,"i;.50, euy terms. - - e i . J - PAYNE, BOSTSVICK & CO., Main Floor, ( N, V. Lit Bldg. 13,600. lSOl-lto South 2th St., corner lot, (0x14 feet; two cottages, rent Ha per month; room for two inure cottages or Cats. Easy terms THOMAS BRENNAN, Raum I. New York .Life Bldg. phens Douglas UtA. . a)-5 A REAL BARGAIN. . IX 8. Sta street (Geurgia A vs.). This thoroughly modern t-room house, with cemented basement, must be sold before ' September 1. Lot (uxliu, with small bam In rear. Possession given immediutely. This properly can be bought right now at an exceedingly cheap price. Conrad Young, Agent. IBIS Dodga St.. Tel. Doug las 1671. (li 644 & HOW MUCH ' will you give for a full lot on Chicago St., near (1st St.? All Improvements paid, across ths street from the Madison hotel, one block from high school, a few minutes' wslk from posiofiice. We ask I3.&0. Can you OO letter'' iet us know. Robinson wolf". 4J3 Paxton Block. . (l-MSg a 34 LOTS In HaU-yon Heights, Benson, lying well: esoae to ear line; minutes rids tn Omaha. Will aell altogethar or In bunches of 'five. For ericas and -terms address II 42. cars . . tlSJ-UI REAL ESTATE CITT PROPERTY FOR BALM ( Con tin we BENSON TfOMB. - ' Six-room house and larre lot. cloee to schooL church, car line and business ren ter, cneapcr than yon can build, gl easy terms. Turrell Co.. 17th and Far nam Pts. R 17 Patterson Bldg. Will buy a nine-room house: tine ens. c'tv Wnter bath, fumare. permanent wa-ka, beautiful lawn, lot 8"x124. Nineteenth and Pinkney. ran make term.. Turrell C., 17th and Farnam Sta. R 17 Pattron Bld. (Uh-kSfl 21 CLOSE IN Very nice little home, four rooms In good repslr. lot cement walks, for Im- meiiat aale r.JOO. Renta iiK ner year. 113 K. I7th. Big snap. EHNL8T SW EET, 613 N. T. Life Bldg. fW 65S LIST your property wltn Ctris Borrr, f.d snd Cuming Sta. (Is) 407 FINE BI ILDINO LOTS Nf-ar loth and Martha streets, rn grsd. I P TAKEN AT ONCE cjin be lad lor I7f0. O. C. OLSEN. S. B. Cor. lh and Dodge. (19) MiM 21 . PEAL ESTATE TITLE-TRUST pfi " CHA8. E. WILLIAMSON. Pres. (J9)- REAL ESTATE FARM AND RA.CII 1) FOR SALE. Kaasas. WANTED Agenta to represent us In the aale of our Kansas lands. Write for par ticulars. Globe Land and Investment Co., Omaha. Neb. ( 412 Nebraska. FTR8T-CLAS3 Nebraska farms and ranches for homes or Investment. Beinis, Omaha. (20 414 Saajth Dakota. TRIPP COUNTT OPENING -For full par ticulars write Tripp County Land and Abatract Co.. Dallas. & D. (20) M781 A29 REAL ESTATE FOR RENT Kara, anal Ranca La adv. FARMS FOR RENT 620 acres. 18 miles from Omaha, 1 mile small loading sta tion; 130 .acres pasture, 70 acrea under cultivation, balance hay land; will rent for trm of yrara. Othfr places for rent. J. O. Bone, Council Uluffa. Ia.. 64 Wash ington Ave. (21) M5M Ilx REAL ESTATE WANTED BIX or 7-room house north or west part of city. Can mske small payment down and good monthly payments. Give loca tion, price, etc. Box Y 171, Bee. . (26)-M53 & REAL ESTATE LOANS- LOANS on Improved city property. W. II Thomas, S06 First National Bank bldg. (22) 414 f! .000,000 to LOAN on business and resi dence property in Omaha: lowest ratea no aeiay. Thomas urennan, Room 1, N. x. Lite. (HI 41i MONEY to loan on Improved city property or larm tanas in eastern nenreskaV, w. J. Dermody Investment Co., 8: N Y. L. (22) M4d SO LOANS on Improved Omaha property. O'Keefa R. E. Co., 1001 N. Y. Life Bldg. ( 41a WANTED City loans and warrants. W. tamam emitn uo.. ix t'arnam St (22)-4l7 SfOO TO S60.000 TO LOAN at lowest rates: no delay. GARVLN BOS.. 1605 FARNAM. (T) 4U PRIVATE MONET-F. D. Wead, 15 Doug. (22) lis MONEY TO LOAN-Pame Investment Co. ) I2C LOWEST RATES Bemls, Paxton Block. - ' . tS2)-4fl WANTED City loans. ' R. C. Peters Co. - (22) VS 110,000 PRIVATE money tot loan: no de lay. J. II. Sherwood, 127 N. Y. L. BMg. ' (22) M402 St WANTEDTO BORROW' WANTED TO BORROW $1,000 to enlarge a good paving business with prlvllegij to reduce loan yearlv. Ad- dress W 776. Bee. - - CiWDl WHEN TOO write to advertisers remem ber It takes but an extra stroke or two -of the pen to mention the fact that you saw the ad In The Baa. WANTEDTO BUY CASH paid for old books. Crsne-Eoye Co., S13 S. 14th. 'Phone Douglas 133. (S)-tl0 WANTED To buy. second hand furniture, cook snd heating stoves, carpets, lino leums, office furniture, old clothes and si.oes, pianos, feathers, bed pillows, quills and all kinds of tools: or will buy the furniture of your house complete. The highest prices paid. Call the right man. Tel. Douglas 3971. (31 M4o9 A25 CARD CABINET of 15 to IS drawers for card 1x6 inches; state price; must be cheap. Address L 682. Bee. (3i 19 CASH paid fnr second hsnd " clothing, shoes, etc. 80S No. 16th St. Tel. Red 333. fK-a5 "WANTED TO RENT WANTED Furnished or unfurnished housi of four bZ! ' ouiia. r-'n rfasi 9- i-oi aio-a 4.x or spartment tor family Park district. Pbons Dou$l MODERN, steam heated apartment, i or rooms, centrally located. Address N taares. in mi. Bee. i,,ie -u . -v . WANTED Refined young lady as room mate; all modern conveniences. 21 N liUl St. (It; MSiO 27x WANTED SITUATION WANTED POSITION 14 years" experience bookkeeping and office work in real estate, department store, lumber, grain and mill ing. E. K. Pease.- Fremont, Neb. t-Tj-MlB FIRST class Janitor wishes position. 4 - a . rA t tf .j, . "--"B WANTED A tosltion by an expert em broidery worker; will show samples of work done. Address Miss Fannie Hovita Box 30. Fort took. Neb. (27j 01 Xtx TOVNO man with references wishes to teke cars furnace for room rent. Address C V. Bee, (37)-Mll tlx WANTED In same town by two ladles ro.ttlon. as office clerk and trimmer. Ad reas 10. Stuart, Ia. - (?) Md69 17 x GOVERNMENT NOTICES CHIEF QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE Omsba, Nebraska. Auguat Is, 1307. Sealed propoaala. In triplicate, wtll bo received 1 bare and by quartermaster at the pust J named herein, until 11 a. m., central stand ard -lime,. September -t, 1W7, for furnishing hay snd bedding during the fiscal ysar end ing June . 1js. at Fort Riley. Kansas. " I lupc utl. tor delivery at other places will do entortsineo. 1 nueo ntatea reserves tight to reject or accept any or all p ro pe -a If or any part thereof. Information furnished on application here, or to quar termaster at the station named. Envelopes Vontaintng proporals should be marked "Proposals for Forage.", and addreased to Major THOJAJJ CRLSE. C. Q M. a -a-a-io-n s ROOM furnished or unfurnished with ' 'l.-VZTJ. "f'"lV" .V,1. -.uS. .h.V ,e- .rrr.m. ' Tlio courts must oe strong enous. ..... i h ariii lha ii,sr inaia nua. i . lima ran thnr unriv r n:rrrn sia rgvs nan board, near Hanscom park. Addres. T i "2 ; .k. Li 1 " rr " ', "' '"r, ... .i.r- nlant. in restrain them all. Mr. Roosevelt Deiieves neighborhood. Addrea, , 43, B tperstto rv,,j, . v ffi tn?, r wKTPnnn. t ,,i tmna ot new methods of reducing cost i sggregat ton of manv existing plant, under by the mean, provided in the constitution hokeepg withlr T waS" fisnc.r ' without Impairing th. service wl'l not be on. company, unless the company thereby by our fathers to remedy the evils that -South Ornata clr bam X ? K. i',rtcd ,n- tne "!'&t.et. There Is ' effects great economy or take, some Illegal arise in our material progress. Ti " car D'rn- Ad.rtI'"..wM- .ttemDt to take away the rraoerte ot tn. method tn avoid competition and to per- , , ... . TAFT TALKS ON THE ISSUES Secretary of War" Addresses Backejc dab t Columbus. K2. BRTAN IS ANSWZBED I'toplaa Dream, at eara.kaa Coa tra.ted with Aetaal' rr(ona.sri f P reel a eat Fa vara Re . vl.lea at Tariff. COLCMBVS, 0, Aug U.-Secretary Taft tonight fired the openirg g-uw of hie cam paign In an address before the Bucktye club. He reviewed the work of the Roose velt sdminlstratlon in prosecuting corpora tions that violate the Interstats commerce and other anti-monopoly laws and con trasted the actual performances of the president with ths logical results of an at tempt to reduce the theories of W. J. Bryan to concrete facts. Mr. Taft declared that he is In favor of a revision of the tariff to meet changed business conditions, but aaid lhat It should not be attempted until after the next presi dential election, becsuse the passage of a bill by the next congress would not allow time to give the new meAsure a fair trial before the people would be aeked to express their opinion of It at the polls. The secretary spoke tor over two hours and was listened to with intense Interest by the large audience which crowMed Me morlsl hall. Mr. Tslt said: I have been invited by your body to dis cuss the national issues. Somo of these in volve the abuses over which the public conscience has been aroused, snd the proper remedies for their removal, t ne nrai. anu poasibly the greatest, abuse haa been in the niAni.vmnii of the arterial system of the country which the interstate railroads form. Any unjust discrimination in me wrim urwin whirh transportation of freight or fiassengers Is sfforded an Individual or a ixlity paralyses and withers the busi ness ot the individual or iocaiu- exutnj sa the btndlng of the arteries and veins leading to a member of the human bod)' de stroys its life. Never before wns there such a united opposition by the rsllroad Interests to any national measure as they instituted against the rate bill. A campaign of education warn entereii unon. soeechea were made In every part of the country and literature was Showered upon tne memoers oi every community, with the hope of convincing the public that the Diu. was a aangerous Innovation. If the rate bill waa likely to be a failure and to accomplish nothing In the regulation of their business, the query quite naturally arises, why did the railroad, spend so much money and so great effort, to defeat it 7 Why was it. If it had no effect, that in the Interval between the time of its passage snd' its going into effect there were filed with the Interstate Commerce com mission more notice, of reduced rates by the-railroads then ever had been filed in the previous twenty years of the life ot the Interstate commerce lew? It Is true that later on many rates were properly raised by the railroad, because of an increase in wages and other cost of maintenance, but I only cite the prompt action of the railways on the passage of the bill as a recognition by them ot the Importance of the measure and the In creased power of the commission. Attltada of , the Country. The passage of the bill was taken, the country over, and properly taken, aa a most Important step toward the suppression of abuses Which had grown up in a period of tolerant prosperity. It was thought to be an effective cure of the arterial system of the country which had become poisoned by dishonesty. Injustice and fraud. It was a great aolace to the conscience or the coun try outraged by recent revelations of rail way and trust management. Passed at the Instance of Mr. Roosevelt, it stands as a monument to the principle which he has Incessantly ma!nlaftefl 1n speech and ac tion, that the laws "must be so made that they can be enforced. .aa well against the sins of the weslthy and the powerful as against those of the""lKor. Mr. Bryan contenps that the law wss greatly weakened Hr, authorising, or rccog nlxlnz ludiclal Irite.rTerrtlon to restrain tho order of the. corhrtllsMon. Thla criticism can be no JudielaLappeal in the nature of uoicittiJueui in i lie nature in review an .the merits from the to theJunreme court or to the a complete commission circuit rirt of thi. Knifed ,,.., fnr the commission is not a court of first Instance, but only a mere administrative tribunal The only power a federal court could validly exercise would be to decide first, whether the administrative tribunal had followed correctly the limitations upon Its course of acf'rfn Imposed by the act of congress creating It, and second, whether Its order taken as an authorised expression of the legislative power deprived the rsil- road company of its right, under the four- teenth amendment, to derive a fait profit from tl federal power had The measures taken and proposed are radical perhaps. Viewed Irom tne standpoint of the laisaes taire uwcmnaire wnoae ideas have been allowed to. prevail in respect of rsllroad management down to the present; but no one can resd the report ot the commission on the history of the union of the Southern Paelfle and l.'nlon Pacific sys- terns with the Illinois Central system with- out trembling at the enormous power that 1o use of Its property. Whether the """""""H more man tne mere union oi ,7 , .. . .. . . ;J T ,,. courts were expressly given this cspltal and plsnt before the law Is violated, j Rojsevelt lias uut-Uryaned Mr. uian in In the law qy not, they would have mere inust oe some use by me company or. iiunu ..,. , , . : 1,1 It under their general jurisdiction. . -"'upriiveiy in-m size oi u. i-auuai ' -- " ,: , .Jim . ... land plant and extent of Its outpjt, tlt.ier their original Inventor. No one aho Ha. oTBTestesi .nj; iisrriu.a s Acta. , to coerce persons to buv of it rather Uan I Kiven the silgliteut attention to tne attitude qne man, by the uncontrolled use of the sembled under the ownership of one cer stock and bond Issuing power of Interstate . poratlon. In such a esse it Is either not a railways unuer state i-rmurn, nas acquirea In respect of a vital part of the country's business and without looking for some moans oi remeuying im-ii a nanKcrous ten- dency whlfh, if not stopped, will lead to th. absorntlon of all the railroads of the country. Into one hand. 1 I am opposed lo government ownership: First-Because existing goyernment ra'l- .a.. . . n .i .. .1 1 w , . i . . i neiencv or economy of privately managed roads and the rates charged are not as business, snd Is llkelv to tncresse the coft ' an honest, courageous end emctant rep low and therefore not as beneficial to the of production rather than ti dlmea' I'. If ! resentative popular legislature tW will public. . . . . ! so. then, when a corpnrstlon go"S beyond j give the rich and poor equal protection and SuAnnd T)A4.n.e if wonM Invnfi-a tn v ttiaft limit ltri Is a rpd.rimhl. rrellmn- - onrxtrlnnlt V lir.fnr. t ha law. pendlture of certainly $U!.uO0.0O l, iW to ac- quire the Interstate railways and the crea- I tlon- of -an enormous .national dsbt. Third Because it , would placa In the hands of a recklesa executive a power of control over business and nolltlcs that the Imagination can hardly, conceive, and would - - - ,l , j - uuo: ui k"""- iui.h.iiuu m u.uirr. i Tk. inF.'i.. ri r,r..i ,, .-.4 n 4 . '. - - r - ma- ' rftll.-,V limtllinlRI- -thara la n fnrnlaUln.. 'of public motiiy u the ente'priae ani no public officers sre required to administer I the propeity. mere is no more attempt In th!a law to make transportation a aov. eminent . business .than there Is In ths rational banking act making banking government Business. Paysical Yalaatlss 1" ie j deem. to rebu to in ov conat of-way and tho cost of construction, have incieaord so enormouxiy ttiat the total 01 their secirit!ts upon whicn they psy divi dends and Inteiest Is not much if any in excess of present physical vslue. More than this, physical valuation, as the presi dent pointed out in his Indianapolis snei-ch, and as the supreme court had In effect said before him. Is only one of a number of data to be considered In rciclilt wna: la a fair profit upon the Investment; and In determining' a Particular rate, the proper relation between that rate and the total r.et profit of operation Ia si com plicated with an Infinite variety of other circurr.tancs that It ' most d"""oit 'n rste-flxlng to use the lstter to effect tbe former. The importance of fixing rate., complained of as too grent tn snd of them seUes. Is much exaggerated; for the over whelming evidence ia that, on the whole, rate. In this rour'rv aaneiaiiy com pared with thoso of all European ral!rra1i many of which are owned and operate by the government, are low. The chief evil consists In un.'ust discrimination In rates between IndivUuala and localities. I do, not oblecl to valuation.' If thought rele vant to any Issue, but I merely deprecate Mr. Bryan U luoat Inaiawnt In discussing I prosecutions and Investigations have shown failure. H would have sovernment r'"" ft ' I rat-: resulatlon mat the present physical t to lie uaed In actual practice. The decisions 1 ownership ol' railways because be does not vision on ivslue 01 ail roads In the counir snould I of the courts and the experience of the ! believe It Is possible to securs an Inter- "PP ,.?, Villi tim lbs ascertained for tie purpose U tixli.g executive and prosecuting officers make stale Commerce commiaslon that the JV'fheo" "ft ;nf"V i nVtariff uooftha 1 ratea by allowing to the railroad compares . the framing of such a statiite risible. It -money power ' cannot and will not ulti- buVnP.s cf "hi country before the lionle niy a i.ir prum ou sucn valuation, it ueu- I wl ilttv ln" Ku" " maieiy own. lie wouia.nave inn inuiai.iv. axnress their opinion of It The nasaaaa of ver the lnter.lato Commerwe commission clearer to those business men who would and referendum because he distrusts repre- "V.ji V .tJ VlT :.: f.jt.I it Important as an aid In fixing rates 1 "bey rs lava the methods to be avoided .entatlve government and has no confidence ,n ..on.tderatlon bv congress of ths tariff dolermine what It would cost now to Anotner ana peri.ar. mi inn.i rn ecuvn , m ms Sunny 01 me people 10 nna men wuu . m.., - ,.,,,-,,., ".,"i build any railroad, it haa complete power niethod In the past ror an unlawrul trust will conscientiously, and free from the in- )fh (h oripor, unfty f mlsreoresenta do so; but It would doubtle.. be found to maintain Itself has been to secure secret flnence of the "money power.", represent "n ,n e 'l1'. .A. respect to most of them t.iat In spite uf I rebates or other uniswrui advantage in ; them in preparing anJ voting legislation. f)on fnr , or j-"", 7: 'rTr er-cepltalisalton and Uek of economy in transporiaimn. y iiireat . . wi ma-n, wouia isns away mini court.. , .t,mor. . - residential election fnn riliM inn I si tin vs luMnlra'a as.-JI riibt. ; 11 ..J ' I t (n llt'Tii lie r ri . .ins. in un . iir umtl unia 1 e oft Jl 1 1 1 W ui j una s l j sr'ow 1 a . the amamptlnn that K Is to ba the shirt means of a great reform In rates. Frlaktfal Loss at l ife aad Llsaa. The frtghtful loss of life and Hmti amoiur the rallaav employes of tuts country, reaching more than 4. "00 al'led and s,Bt)( injured in one year. ns properly attmited the attention of cen gren. and the legislatures. It makes apparent that service In connection with trains of a railway is sn rxtra iiasurd ous business snd mny well call for gov ernment superlston snd exceptional rules to secure the safety of the passen gers and reduce the danger to em ployes. Congress veers sgo passed stringent laws for the adoption of safety devices to protect both employe and pas senger on Interetste railways. Vitti the same purpose It has recently limited th hour, of coB'Imtoua service for w.iich I employes on such railways may be rn gssed. Finally. It has regulated the rules for the liability of an Interstate rallrond company to an employe injured In Its sen Ice. This Is a most lmporta-.it Treas ure, for an unfortunate lack of uniform ity ha. existed heretofore in respett to the rnlea of liability In such esses, de pendent on the court In w hich the nss has been tried. The new statute mnks everything uniform as to lntertte rail roads. It has Introduced into federal lsw whnt Is called the compartttve negllg-ence theory by which If an em ploye Is Injured, proof of negligence on Ills part does not forfeit his claim for damages entirely unless the accident vas due solely to his negligence. If there was negligence by the company, the jury la authorised to apportion the negligent and aw ard compensation for the roper part of the damage to the employe srd the question of negligence is always for the Jury. Abolition ot Fellow-erraat Rale. The most Important provision of this law. ' however. Is that abolishing what is known as the fellow servant rule, hy which an employe Injured cannot recover fiom his employer for injury sustained through the negligence of a co-employe. This rule wa. Incorporated Into the liw by Chief Justice Shaw of Massachusetts, on the ground of public policy, it was acquiesced in by the courts of England and of this country. Whatever may have been the wisdom of the rule originally, a change if conditions Justifies Its abroga tion. Public policy can be change! by statute, so that this exemption from lia bility I. not secured by the constitution to the railroad companies. The abnli'lon of the exemption certainly furnish,? a strong motive to the railroad companies for the exercise of greater care in Ihe selection, supervision and control of all of their employes, which tends not only to the safety of their employes, but also to the safety of their passengers. With these changes, all claims by em ployes against railroad companies except In a few extreme cases, will dtubtles. be settled by the railway companire without litigation. Just as they now settle with out suit substantially all claim, for Injuries to passengers. The validity of this law Is under consideration by the supreme court. The only serious doubt In regard to Ita constitutionality grows out of some care lessness Of language In limiting Its appli cation to Interstate railways, and. there- lore, even it tne present law should fall, there will be no difllculty In re-enacting It In proper form. . Trasts. F pass now from railway regulation snd the abuses arising in the discharge of a public function to the evils which have grown out of the combinations existing In private business, and ao come to the sub- ject of trusts. The combination of capital in large plants to manufacture goods with the greatest economy Is just ss necessary as tne assembling of the parts of a ma- manufacture of what In old times waa made by hand. The government should not Interfere with the one any more than the other. In the proper operation of com petition the public will aoon share with the manufacturer the advantage In lowered prices. When, however, such combination, nit only lower the cost to themselves, but are able to control the market and main tain or raise the old prices, the public derives no benefit and Is helpless In the hands of a monopoly. Antl-Tra.t Us, Fear of the existence of such an abuse led to the passage of the antl-truse law In 1890. It recognises two forms In which this evil may be maintained. One is b an agreement among a number of different manufacturers of an article for the main tenance of the price of the article and the suppression of competition. This Is de- Bounced when the contract is In restraint Of interstate trade as a criminal offense against the United States, punishable by fine and lmprlsonmt nt and a conspiracy which may be restrained by Injunction In a civil suit. The other form ts denounced, Willi similar remedies sgainsl It, as I monopoly" of interstate trade, and covars .. . . . , j v. , . , . , . . .. .... .v,i the union of the conspiring Compsnles Into ' one compisiy, which, by owning all the plant or nearly all the plant, engaged In in e manufacture of the product and by use of other devices, controls the prices. Tho supreme court or the l nltea states has not defined, what a monopoly under this section of the anti-trust law is. . Definition of lalanr;al Monopol). I conceive- that it Is not sufficiently defined by saving that it is the combination of a large part of the plants In tne country tn- i gagea in the manuiacture of a particular ""duct in one corporation. There must i of some competitor, or to coerce thoso w.'O wounl compete wltn It. to give up t. el.' ; Dusiness. l nere must, in oloer w ords, De an i clement of duress In the conduot of its 'business toward the customers In the trade and Ha competitors before mere aggregs - lion of plant becomes an unlawful mon-jp- I oly. It is perfectly conceivable that in the 1 Interest of economy of production, a gret number of plants may be legitimately trust, n tne term mvnn es uniawi tunes, or : It Is a lawful trust, if a trust merely means a comnar ny wnicn nas assemnea a mrte pan oi ine monuiaciur-nw riani ot unv 1 product. It mav be. as Mr. Brvan. in hi controversy -with Fenator Beverldse sivs. ; that there is a limit In ha union of capital and plant that will effect ccoromv. and that after that limit is reached, the In- . . i i . . u - i , i . 1 urges the risk In the management of the lion that It la doing so for the purprs.' of monopolizing trsde. It must he borne In mind that in a coun- try like this, where there Is an enormous floating canltal awaiting Investment, the tiTie within ' wh!ch oomrct'tlon bv construe tlon of new plants can he Introduced Into v, i. (..-i ....i. "i "" .r.. ,.v.... i m van r an.-l tiauallv. In van 1 .. - - - nCtllAtP ft bold On the bllSlneSS. I am Inclined to the opinion thst the time I ls "ear at hand for an amendment of the ann-imsi n ih-mioos moic u.n I evils aga nst which It ls aimed, making clearer the distinction between lawful sgreemerts reasonably restraining trade end those which ore pernlclois In their effect, snd particularly denouncing the va rious dev'ces for mononolirlng trade wr.icn doiibtedlv what lias enabled the Standard Oil companv and the Sugar trust and other great combinations to reap sn illegal har vest and to drive all rompetltore from the fl.id. If by nssrting complete fedral control over the Interstate railways of the country wa ,an suppreys secret rebates snd dlscrlminatior.a of other kinds, we sha't have gone a long way In the sup pression cf the unlawful trusts. Answer to Mr. Bryaa's Qae.tlon. Mr. Bryan asks me what I would do with the trusts I snswer that I would restrain unlawful trusts with all the efficiency of Injunctive pnx eH and would punish with all the ..'verity of criminal prosecution every attempt on the part of aggregated capital through the illegal means I havs described to suppress competition. There has beer, great activity In the De partment of i:omn erce and Labor and In the Department cf Justice In sn effort to lnvenife-aie and restrain the continuance of such unlawful methods, anrt the auc esa which haa attended this effort in the fl'FSotutlen of a number of such trusts where they consisted of several companies or partnerships united by a contract In restraint ot uada baa been gratifying. In the rasa of those who have made them slvs into one corporation, their restraint la more difficult. It Involve, enormous labor on the part of the government to prosecute such a combination because Ihe proof of the gist of the offense Ilea under neath an almost limitless variety of trans actors. In the eutset. It can be very much more easily reachea by a bill In equity than In a criminal prveoutlnn and the questions of law arising may be more quickly settled. When the law la declared so thst th corporation understands ex actly tie limlta upon Its action, and It then pursues It. jrevious llleg.tl methods, nothing but criminal prosecjlion ought ta be resorted to. Mr. Bryan Is continually akln why have some of the manager, of unlawful trusts not been convicted and sent to the nenltentlarv? I svnipath'tewlth him in hi. wish that this" may be done, becauso 1 (runs, tnai tne imprisonment m on' I wo mould have a most healthy effect throughout the country : but even without such imprisonment 1 believe that toe prosecutions a re now u- ,e"n ! .'rTh . m.rked effect on bs" number of sertences of Imprisonment In trust prosecutions Is that the revelations of unlawful trust method, and dishonesty have been chiefly made known In secret rebates and ss 1 have already auld. the Elkins set. until amended by the rate bill, only prescribed fines ss a mode of punishment In such cases. Jarles Hesitate to lanprlsoa. Again. It Is difficult to Induce Juries to convict Individuals of a violation of the anti-trust law, if Imprisonment Is to fol low. In the esse of the Tobacco trust, the government declined to accept a plea of guilty by the Individual defendants, offered on condition thst only the penalty of a fine be Imposed, and the result was that the Jury did not hesitate to stultify Itself by finding the corporation guilty and ac quitting the individual defendants, who had personally committed the acts upon which the conviction of the corporation was bssed. In the early enforcement of a statute which makes unlawful, because Of Ita evil tendencies, that which has been In the past regarded as legitimate. Juries sre not Inclined by their verdicts to Im prison Individuals. The course which the government has pursued of resorting to civil processes first, and clarifying the meaning of a general atatute which needs definition, la probably the test course to pursue. As the criminal prosecutions go on (and many such prosecutions have now been begun), if the violations of the trust law are continued, undoubtedly lomi shin ing marks will be hit. but the vigor with which these prosecutions have been con tinued, has created an anxletv among those engaged In doubtful enterprises that has either driven them out of the business or made them careful not to give occasion for further complaint. The stats legislature have complete control of a hat shall be done with a man's property on his death. He lias no right to lave it by wtll and his chil dren or heirs have no right to receive It which tho legislatures may not modify or take awav. The states, therefore, can best remedy the dangers ot too grtat accumulation of wealth In one hand by conttolllng the descent snd devolution of property and they ought to do so. They can adopt the French method which re quires the division of a large part of a man's fortune between all his children and gives him absolute power with respect to only a it-action. This would secure a di vision In the second generation and a prob- ! able change for the better In respect to such fortunes. Many of the states have al ready and properly adopted a graduated Inheritance tax which npt only reducee the great fortune but lessens the motive for its accumulation Concars la Roosevelt's Policies. I have thus reviewed at gr it length what have properly come to be -'no"vn as President Roosevelt's policies si. J ..ave dis cussed them with what I hope yon will think is entire candor. I have attempted to point out one or two instances in which I would aiiallfv details of future policies which he has sketched, but with these minor exceptions as to method, 1 am glad to exuress my complete, thorough. and sincere sympathy with, and admiration for, the great conaervlng and conservative movement which he has with wonderful success Initiated and carried so far aKainst bitter opposition, to remedy the evils of our i prosperity and preserve to ua the Instltu- tlons we have inherited from our lathers, The critics I have referred to are In the habit of charging to Mr. Roosevelt re sponslbility for all the recent etate legls- 1 lt!on looking to the restraint of corpora tlons and especially for that which cuts down the bassenser ratea on atate rail ways. Thij Is most unjust, for whether such legislation Is proper or oppressive, the Impetus that carried It Into law was given not bv Mr. Roosevelt, but bv the evils that he has been attempting to remedy within the federal Jurisdiction. JJ'th "'.thtT'nf - , . , - ' ure are unjust to the property rights or railways, they may be corrected in the courts, it iney are unwise, inej- m r against the communities In which they op erate by making the service poorer and in other ways, and the reaction will lead to their reoenl The rallwavs can blame no one but themselves if the revelation of their flagrant violations of law and of their unjust administration of a puniic trust have led to an outburst of popular ! Indignation and Oave brought on tempor ary excess. Mr. Kooaeveit and Mr .Bryan. : of Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan upon the ' social and political questions oi me aay ; can for a moment miss tne radical oilier . once between the two. jir. Koosevelt believes not oniy In the 1 neunle but also in the Individual as the i u,, wuo multiplied makes up and gives 1 c.u,nty t the people He thinks lhat there jg no foyal road to the elevation of a peo- ule. but bv the improvement In the In uiligence and moral character of the indi- ! vidual. lie believes ia the possibility of , th individual's hrini honest courageous hne. '"'v"f ' thP'n r-s?st the Influenco , .hlm from r " ... , j.,, u- iv,.n.. thnt ti u'e ,nth of dul- "e , :lm Le" U'f' lt' people can seed individuals who may oe ""ed as publ c otllcers. executive, legi. latlve and juo.lc.al. to wield, witnout aousi : i:d the Iniereat of the people the pow pn n t ,1 iwl 1 1, rnniltiM an emcient govern ! rnent. He has faith In the maintenance oi : Mr. Bryan believes in ths necessity for a strong government inai can aim wu make both rich and iioor obey the law, and he would have the officers chsrged with Its maintenance render due account OI tliel stewardship to their masters, the people. i ... Mr. Kooaeveit knows no lavorue in mat . . . la w less lu-ss. tie ne t en or pour, ' .. . , . . ; corooratlon Lresidcni or memuer ot a Mr. B-.yan's whole system of remedies, on the other band, for tne evils mat both nutm-vtii auu uc ,m - recognise, is based on is distrust of the i honesty, cou urae and impartiality of tits individual as an agent on behalf of the people to carry on any part of government and resia un tne proposition that our pres ent system ef representative government is tha malign Influence of the "money power the powe7r to enforce their own orders until a jury Is called to tell the court whether the order has been disobeyed, and thus. In prsctlrs. though not In theory, the Jury would come to pan on Ihe correctness snd Justice of the court's order. Mr. Itryfln seems to 1 seeking some sys tem of administering tw tinder which ths rich wrongdoer slrtil be certainly re st rsined. while the lawless poor shall escape. He would have h's judlc'.' machinery ad justed to restrict the violations of law by a corporation but would give freedom of action to the lawless memhera of a labor union. Indeed In the constitution of Okla homa, which he .ay. ia the greatest con stitution ever written, this anomaly pre vail. Nu one rnn b runlshert for violating an order of injunction or restrslnt exceot eftr a verdict of a Jurv deciding that the violation was committed, snd yet In the same constitution, a corporstlon commts s'on of sn evecuUve and admlni-r've ! character, a bdv of lavman. authorised to make orders sgslnst railroad, and other corporation. emwiwered. f I'S order, sre not obeyed, to change lt.elf Into a court and after giving due process of lsw by a bearing to enforce Its own orders bjr a Tli,..d KiiniA ritlra lik fit Nuv tllHf Mr. fine of 5 a day until ths order Is per formed. "nek ni.erls.tnat leav ImsKts.tble. Such a discrimination In prsctlcal leaie Istlon rsnnot he pialniained for a mo ment. Courts anil Judivteil procedure are made for all snd mu.t ow rate equally tvr .ind against all. The only method by which wealthy and powerful malefactors can be rr.traimd Is by maintaining the power f lbs courts, sn.l the minute the power of the court ia aeakene.1 In the supposed InterVM of the lowly and unfortunate ac cused of wrongdoing, the l.ales. rich ara furnished the immunity they seek. Trie wealthy wrongdoers could easily escape- ths restraint of the law through ths rents In Its trr.hes Mr. Bryan would mux for the beii.-tit of tho with less Influence and nieana. In all la proposed reforms. Mr. nryran sc-tv. to give little attention to securing efficiency force In government so thst ths evil, recognise, msy be suppressed Ths government which his system ot remedies would tend to produce would be nerveless. Estopped bv h s own expressed fear ot r"wV put In the hands of sny Individual. I most needed. Ab.ardlty ot Xatloaal Retereadasa. The representative government that has served us well for 1W years has not bee a or Mr. Bryan sufficiently expressive ot the will of ths people. Election of senator by the people ls not enough for htn. Wa must call upon lt.Oio.OOO electors tn legislate Irectlr. Could any more burdensome or Inefficient method be devised than this? believe that a referendum under certain ondltlona and limitations In tho sub divisions of. a state on certain Issues may be healthful and useful, but as applied, ta our national government It Is entirely im practicable, it tt is difficult for tho peopio to use proper Judgment In the concrete question of the personality of th represent tstives they ars to select to carry on their atlonal government, as Mr. Bryan s theory ssumes. how much more difficult for them to give sufficient attention to tho settlemsnt f the many questions of policy and procedure In complcated statutes which the people nave always neen wining to leave to the decision of their represent atlve... skilled In the science of legislation. whose general views on the main politic! -Issues of ths day are well understood. Think of tli possibility of securing a vote r 14. wu,m or eieotors on tne t.um itema f a tariff bill. The opportunity to retire representative who falls to be truly rep resentative Is all that the people wish and need to enforce theh will. Certainly It Is difficult for an Impartial observer to find anything In tho actual government of Mr. Roosevelt that harmon- Ises with what would be the government under Mr. Rryan If he could carry out his heorles. Mr. Koosevelt Is doing everything In his power to avoid th condition which Mr. Bryan's theories when put In practloo would 'bring abhout. 'tariff and Trasts. I come now to the question ot the tariff. Its revision, and Its relation to tho Unlaw ful trusts. The Dlngley tariff was adopted immediately after the election of Mr. Mo Kinley. Since that time we have passed hrough the epaniah war and have had a decade of prosperity and an Increase and expansion or trade unexampled in tho history of thla or any other country. Ths republican principle ot the protective tariff Is, as I understand It. that through the customs revenue law a tariff should bo collected on all Imported products that compete with American products, which will at least equal a difference in the cost of production In this country and abroad, snd tie', proper allowance should- be mads n this difference for the reasonable pro fits to the American manufacturer. The claim ot protectionists, and It has been abundantly justined in the past, -Is that protection secures a high rats of wages and that the encouragement It gives to ths home Industry operating under tho en fluence of an energetic competition be tween American manufacturers, Induces such Improvements In the methods of man ufacture and such economies as to reduoo greatly the price for the benefit of tho American publlo and make it possible to reduce the tariff without depriving tho manufacturer of needed protection and a good profit. it is the duty ot tne repunncan party. however, to sec to It that the tariff on mported articles does not exceed substan tially the reasonably permanent differential between the cost of production in ths foreign countries and that tn the Untied Slates, and therefore when changes take place in the conditions of production llksly to produce a very large reduction In the cost of produetlon In the United States, It Is time that schedules ne re-examined ana If excessive that they be reduced so as to bring them within the Justification for tho rule, by. which the amount of tariff to bo Imposed under the protective system la properly determined. Some Schcaales ExeeselTO. - ; 1 In the enormous progress In the mann- facluring plants and the improvement In methods which have been brought about In the last ten years In this country, there' Is the strongest resson for thinking that In many industries the difference between the cost of production In this country -and abroad, has been reduced. This . la, ...ail opinion of mine formed a priori because, 1 am a sincere believer in the efficacy ot the protective system ultimately to cheapen the cost of production. The opinion has been confirmed by conversation with manu facturers and others who knew something of what they speak. The Investigation In the end wllr be con ducted by the committee ol ways and means or the house ot representatives and by ths finance committee ot the senate. The schedules are for them to recommend nd for congress to tlx after they hear the evidence of the cost of production In this country and the cost of production abroad, and the conditions existing in each trade. Objection,!, made to revision on tho ground that we are enjoying businesa pros perity, uiat tois win De oisiuroea ny a proposal to change the tariff, and that wo should wait until the hard times before wo revise. I cannot follow the argument. Tho revision proposed la to be by the republi can party and la not to be a departure irom the protective principles out in con formity With It. It will affect only thoso persons Injuriously who are making an unreasonable profit out of an excessive rate. The present prosperity ls not dependent on such a profit. If It were, then It would not be the prosperity of the whole businesa community, but only of a few unduly fav ored at the expense of the commmunlty. In the present temper of the people., gen eral prosperity hss not prevented tho rem edying of other ebu.es and Injustices. I don't know why It should prevent this. Reasons for Delay la Revision. I had occasion In a speech which I de livered at Bath, M., now about a year ago, to rxpre.a my Individual opinion as In favor of an Immediate reVialon of the tar iff, but 1 theie pointed out. and I only refer to it to- repeat and emphasise It, that th revision of the tariff Involves so many different interests the country over as that K could' only be' undertaken successfully by the republican party, and therefore ought not to be undertaken at all, until the party as a whole Is In favor of It. I ventured to express the opinion that tho sentiment In favor of a revision In tho re publican party was crystalislng to such a point that In a short time ws might ox-' pect to have action upon the subject. What lias happened In the last year bas only served to confirm the view I ' then ex pressed, snd it now seems to me that even most of the extremists In the matter of the tariff are of the opinion that It would bo not only unwise, but unsafe, for the party to fall in Ita next national platform to pledge Itself to a revision of the tariff aa soon after the next presidential election as possible. Those of us who favor Imme diate revision can well afford to wait until after the next presidential election In order to secure substantial acquiescence by all republicans. Certslnly a delay of action' for eighteen months ought to furnish aV count on a revision I made in ths I sa't of a ! ' ,n Xn 1 "l 01 j ' ' ...j.-vi. j Mair.i tl riM leas affected bv political considerations than national cam- osevolt. I cannot close without comment on the posl'lon of advantage for ths coming na tional campaign which President Koosevslt, by the Intense earnestness, vigor, courage and success with which he lias pressed tho reforms thst rightly hear his name, haa secured to the republican party. A trim ming, do-nothing, colorless policy In face of tho proof of business, railway and cor porate abuses would certainly have driven the party from power, however little re sponsibility for them could bo Justly charged to It. It was not political advan tage which the president sought In these reforms, but the real betterment of condi tions which he has effected. 6(111 ths belief of the people in bis sincerity, his courago and his amailr.g quality for doing things oa their behalf ha. won for hlra a hold on tho American public, at whk-h even his bit terest opponents marvel and which finds tew if any parallels In ths political history of this country. 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