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Was Bryan Wrong or Was He Right?
What Does This Record of the Facts
Look Like?
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Here is the record as it stands. Mr. Bryan was the
first to advocate those great policies that the . people ap
prove. He urged them when they were unknown and
unpopular. He s was censured for defending them 12
years ago. Measures he pleaded for then are known as
Roosevelt policies now, and it is claimed that Mr. Taft is
the man who best represents them. .
Here is what Bryan in his platform and letter of ac
ceptance, said 12 years ago, and what Roosevelt said in
messages and speeches nearly a dozen years later. Was
Mr. Bryan right then- is he right now?
THE TARIFF ''
: BRYAN IN 1900. ROOSEVELT IN 1908.
. "The tariff Jaws should be "I advocate the reduction of the
amended by placing the products tariff upon the articles coming
of the trusts on the free list tA into competition with the arti-
' prevent monopoly under the jplea cles controlled by the trusts."
of protection." '
INCOME TAX
BRYAN IN 1896. ROOSEVELT IN 1907.
"I believe in the income tax as "I wish to again urge upon you
a method of raising revenue" for the necessity of some form of
the government." taxation upon the income of
wealthy corporations and individ
- ual incomes."
. CONTROL OF RAILROADS
BRYAN IN 1896. ROOSEVELT IN 1908.
"We demand the enlargement "It is especially necessary that
of the powers of the interstate some representative of the na
commission, and such restrictions " 1 tional government have full
and guarantees in the control of power to deal with the great cqr-
railroads as will protect the peo- porations engaged in interstate
pie from robbery , and oppres- commerce, especially the great
Ion." interstate common carriers."
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION
BRYAN IN 1896. ROOSEVELT IN 1908.
"We are opposed to govern
ment by injunction, as our'supv
port of the senate bill prohibit
ing it will show. That bill meets
with my approval."
OUR : BANKERS AND DEPOSITORS
Is not your family 'your first care? When 'your1
money, goes into a bank,-why .should you not have the
assurance that you will-get it bacle, whether the, bank
fails or. not? The. United States government Requires
such security before it deposits a, dollar of government
money in the' national banks, the State of Oregon re
quires such a guarantee of its deposits. -r So does the
city of Portland. If the nations, the state and the city
get security, why shouldn't you get it?'.'!! it. not as
important for you to get your money1 as for the nation,
the state or the city to get Iheirs? ' The security .they
get makes them preferred creditors. It 'gives them, a
mortgage on the assets,-and in case,of failure yon are
forced to take what is left of the jremnant Rafter their
deposits are paid.. .'. , . - ."'
Do you know that 24,000 banks in this. countiV owe
depositors $13,000,000,000,' ev'erydotlar of .which is pay
able on demand? Do you. know that there. is only pne
fifth of that much money, in gold,' silver and paper-in,;
the country? Do you "know, that mere-confidence .by,
the depositors that they." will .get. .their money, when
called for is the only thing that' stands, in. the way of
the "greatest financial smashuirthat ever. occurred. on
earth? Do you not see that if all depositors called for
their money at, the same moment, every bank would
go to the -wall, and 'that dire distress, loss of deposits
and poverty-would result? Does it not seem Important
to you that the .banks, should by a small, tax on them
" selves guarantee 1 all deposits .'and thereby increase
by a thousandfold the confidence of depositors in the
banks? ' If we are doing business on confidence, do
you not see that deposit .should be guaranteed, so
there will be '. confidence ?' ;
The ' guaranty ! plan ' is ' in operation 'in Oklahoma,
and with such: success that the people of all adjoining
states are clamoring for it. rVVhen a bank failed there,
depositors got their money, dollar for .dollar imme
diately. How different with, depositors In the Portland
Savings bank in,1893, who waited many years, and got
, little or nothing.- How, different. with depositors in the
Title Guarantee & Trust, and .other, failed banks in Ore
gon . who ' waited, worried and f wondered about - their
savings, t If the nation's ."deposits 'are guaranteed, if
the state's are and the city's are,' why should not yours
be guaranteed?, ' Miy Bryan says your deposits ought
to be, and is working hard for such, a' law. Mr. Taft
declares your deposit ought not to be guaranteed.
"I call your attention to the
need of some action in connec
tion with the abuse of the in
junction in labor cases."
TRUSTS
. BRYAN IN 1896.
. The Democratic party is op
posed to' trusts. It would be rec-.
creant to its duties to the people
if it recognized even the moral or
legal right of those great corpor
' aliens to stifle competition, bank
rupt rivals and prey upon so- -
ciety."
ROOSEVELT IN 1908.
"The fortunes amassed by these
corporate institutions and trusts
make it necessary for the govern
ment to have some control of
them. Such monopolies are whol
ly inconsistent with human liberty
and are not tc be tolerated by a
free people."
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY LAW
BRYAN IN 1896. ROOSEVELT IN 1907.
'"I favor the reenactment of the "I favor the immediate reen-
employers liability law." actment of the employers liabil-
, ity law."
Bryan was the original advocate of these policies.
Does theTccord not sjjow it? Is he the original or the
proxy? Bryan is the genuine. If genuine, why is he not
the man of all men to be sent to the White House to stand
for these policies? Why send a proxy?
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RECORDS vs.
PROMISES
What Is the Record of the Last Con
gress? What Is the Record of the
Taft Convention?
FARMERS AND WORKINGMEN
The farmers pay' more for a plow made in American
factories than the European farmer pays. The work-
criminal discrimination-aa-ainst you. but it is . true.
Look at this list of. the prices in the United States and
ifigmen pay mbre for an American-made sewing ma- the European prices of goods made in American fac-
chine tor tneir wives tnan a turopean pays. jt,is a tones oy American trusts:
United States European
Factory Price. Factory Price.
Cultivators.; SHOO
nows 14.00
.Axes, per dozen 8.25
Kettles 1.40
Wire Xails, per hundredweight 2.25
;Table Knives, per. gross ;...., . 15.00
Horseshoe Nails, per hundredweight.!.... J.' ..' . 3.00
P.arbedjWire, per hundredweight 3.00
Rivets, per .liundredweight... . ...,.;. 10.00
Typewritersi . . .' - ; ""lOCOO
Sewing Machines ' t
Fine .- 2? 50
Medium 2200
Cheap ....rr. 18O01
$8.40
12.60
720
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1200
200
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There it not space here to te!l it alL It is a long The prices above are talten from the official price lis
Story of how vo are wrorsred. Om thoasanSs of other of the American manufacturers. i
articles yoo are stntrTirhr discriminated arainsL The U liv vote mrmer out of Tour fn nocket and into
tariff, now the highest ever known, enables the Irssu to the pockets of the trusts by continually Toting for a
rob you by charging jrra much higher r'Tces for their high tariff candidate? Is H rvt time for you to vote
goods thsti they ebarte the fweiger. The truts are fr yowrselves. rrur family -and roor home? Whit
tfrtermuied to keep the tanff from being rflticed. Mr. chance ha.ie.r tr ahead in the world with the
Taft says "some of the duties thonld be iftcrtaied." trusts ssrpmg yocr sobstance? - " . - . i
Promises are cheap, but records deadly. Three times
within 25 years Mr. Taft's party has promised revision of
he tariff, and ech revision, instead of reducing, raised
the tariff. . In 1884 it raised the duties, in the face of the
act that a high tariff commission had urged congress to
reduce all duties 20 per cent. That is the record. The
present Taft platform promises revision, but does not say
whether up or down, and Mr. Taft says "some duties
should be increased." Which? Another record.
The last congress rejected all appropriations for rivers
and harbors, but voted hundreds of millions to increase
the army and navy. Why? It refused to pay expenses
for the commission on conservation of our water powers,
our forests, our coal lands and our pther natural resources.
It rejected a campaign publicity bill, rejected the injunc
tion bill, rejected a child-labor bill rejected everything
the people asked for. Aldrich and Cannon ruled supreme
and spurned the people and the people's wishes. That is
another record, and a deadly one. With such a record of
bullying and blight, what is the hope that another admin
istration by the same regime will do better?
The Taft Convention
By a vote of 866 to . 114, the convention that rio'minated
Taft rejected the LaFollette platform plank for election
of senators by the direct vote of the people.
l ; Afso, the same convention, by a vote of 917 to 63, re
jected a plank for. ascertaining the real value of railroads
as a basis for regulating rates. Was that not a good
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measure? La . Follette was the father of if and has put
it into effect in Wisconsin. Why was ifrejected?
Again, the same convention, by a vote of 884 to 94, re
jected a plank for publicity of campaign funds. Trust
magnates dtre not let it be known before election that
they are contributing to Mr. Taft's campaign, because
hereby they would warn the public .of their designs.
When trust magnates contribute, they expect favors in .
return. It was for their sake that the publicity plank
was rejected.
Once more, in a speech in CJklahoma Mr. Taft opposed
the initiative and referendum. The constitutionality of
this law is now being tested. It is now on its way to the
United States . supreme court' for final decision. Four
members of that court retire during the'hext admihistra-
tion. If Mr. Taft is electee, will he not appoint men to
that bench who; are in sympathy with him in his opposi
tion to the initiative and referendum? Men, think before
you vote! ',-
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