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rax nun duu&i ovard, irraiuv, a, ioo SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE OF JUDGE WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT Cincinnati, Ohio. July 21. Fol lowing 1. the spi-ei-h i f acceptance of Judge Wm. I!. Tail, delivered to tin official notlflratioii committee In thin city today. "Senator Warner auil Gintlemi n of the Committee: I sin deeply bh alhle to the honor which the Itcpubll can national convention hai conferred upon me In the nomination' which you officially tender. I accept with full appreciation of thu responsibility It Impom. IU-ub1iran Strruifili In Maliin-iuuiw uf llouwivrlt rollclt "Oontlemen: The strength of the republican caue of the change at hand li the fact that we represent policies essential to the reform of an I lire the country .gainst a d P irtuie from them. lil. f l iiiii tMni of 'M AiliiilnMra tion tu t'lliuli W hat lino III'!! IHHIO. "The ffht'-f function of the nci' ad ministration, li ll.i Judgment lb li i - Unit from, and a progressive devel opment which has been performed by l'rcsldent Hoosevelt. "The chief function of the next ad ministration in to perfect the machin ery by which t bene standards may bo maintained by wnicn tne law ur-an.-r may he promptly restrained nnd pun-liih-d. hut which Hhull operate with sufficient, accuracy and dispatch to Interfere with the greut business as little aa possible. Such machinery la now adequate, l.'nder the present rate bill and under all Its amend ment the burden of the Inter-Htate Commerce Commission l supervising and regulating the operutlon of the I railroads of this country have mwo no heavy that It Is utterly Impossible for that tribunal to hear and dispose In any reasonable time of the many complaints, queries and Issues of its Jurisdiction as an executive, directing body and Its fuiic'lons should be lim ited to the quasi-Judicial Investiga tion of complaints by individuals and by a department of the government churned with executive business of supervising the operutlon of railways. "There should be a classification of that very small percentage of In dustrial corporations having power and opportunity to effect Illegal re stialnls of trades and tiionnpolloH and legislation either Inducing or cumiielllng them to subject them selves to registry mid to proper pub-, licit y resolutions and sun rvUPuiH of lite liepartuiciit of Commerce' and Labor. ItlliiUlty T'Hi!le .V'-l'I'i'lllclifM Ap pltilfil liv tile ( 'oillllllkioll Should be Valid. "It ll! illil'eealile to Hole In tills re gard lliil III" repillilli nil i 1 . 1 1 ' ' i 1 1 1 eH-ensly nnd llie ili'llii.i Tn I lr plut- mornl ii wiili nlng a un tin in Ilia! , form Impliedly approve nil nni.nd- biulcil well lor the Inline of the ; mi nt to the Inlcr-MuM I onine n e I .ii w liy which Inter-tinte railways may niitKe uwetiil Iririric agreements If approved by coimnlsslon. This has been strongly ruciiiniiicniled by President Itoosevelt nnd will make fur the benefit of the business, riiyslcal Viiliililloll if ItullwiiyH. Home of the suggestions of the democratic platform relate really to this subordinate and iiuclllery tna chlneVy to which 1 have referred. Take for insliinro the so-called phys ical valuation of railways. It Is clear that the sum of ull rates or receipts of n rallrond. less proper expenses, should be limited to a fair profit up on the reasonable vnluo of Its prop arty nnd that If the sum exceeds this mearure It ought tu lie reduced. The difficulty in enforcing the principle la In ascertaining what la the nuison ahln valuo of thu company' property nnd In fixing what la a fair profit. It la clear that the physical valuo of a railroad and Us plant la an element to be given weight in determining known abuses to the continuance of liberty and true prosperity and that we are determined as our platform unequivocally declares, to maintain them and carry them on. Kor more than ten years this country has passed through an epoch of material development far beyond any that ev er occurred In the world before. In Its course certain evils crept In. Borne prominent and Influential numbers of the community, spurred by finan cial success and In that hurry for greater wealth, became iinnilniirul of the common rules of business hon esty and fidelity and of the limita tions Imposed by law upon their ac tion. This became known. I he rev-1 elatlons of the breaches of trust, the tlrti'loKiiria as to rebates and ilis-i crimination by riillwii'a, the lurum-i Hinting evidence of the violation of! the Anil-Trust law by n number of riirpuialliilis', the cvi -Ishiiam e of j slink- and leu.iln i mi in! P'Ute rail-, e ii ii t!ie iiiilan lul fliri. hlni; of j llll'ei'tets nil 'I fill t he l II i of 'lll- lilt Mi 1 1 111-, file mull ll ul railways 111 I one Hid IKigi'lllellt all i ll lek i !! ll t he cnllHclelli e nf tile pejple ami i.rillulllt country. What Hoom'vcII lias I ti tle. '"t"he man who formulated" the ex pr' .Ion nf the popular conscience end w'''i led the ni'iviiuent'for prae llcitt reform was Theodore itoose velt. lie Inll down the doctrine thnt the rich violator of the luw should he ns aiminalilo to restraint and punish ment ns the offender without wealth and without Influence and hu pro ceeded by recommending legislation nnd directing executive action to make that principle good In actual performance, lie secured thn pas sage of thn so-called rate bill, de signed morn effectively tn restrnln excessive and fix reasonable rates and to puuisti secret rebates and dis criminations which has been general in the practice of tin railroads and which had done much to enable un lawful trusts to drive out of business their competitors. It secured much clever supervision of railway trans actions and brought within the opera tions of the aamo slatuto express companies, sleeping cur companies, fast freight and refrigerator lines, terminal railroads and pipe Hues and forbada In future (ho combination of the transportation and shipping business under one control In order to avoid undue discrimination. "President Itoosevelt directed suits to be brought and prosecutions llnstiiutrd under the anti-trust law to enforce Its provisions against the most powerful of the Industrial cor porations. He pressed to passage the pure food law and the meat Inspec tion law In the Interest of the health of the public; clean business methods and great ultimate benefit to the states themselves, lie recommended the passage of a law which the repub lican f.nynt!es l;K2 since r.pcci'Ui ly approved, restricting the future Is sue of stocks and bonds' by Interstate railways tu such as may be used by federal authority. Ho demonstrated tn the people by what ho said, by what be recommended tu congress, and by what ha did, the sincerity of his efforts to command respect for the law; to secure equity of all he fore the law and to save the country from the dangers of plutocratic gov ernment, toward which we were fast tending. In this work Mr. Itoose velt has had the support and sym pathy of the republican parly and his chief hope of success In the present cunt roversy must rest upon the confi dence which thu pcoplc'iit itt coun try have In thu sincerity of the pur ty's dci-liii'ftiton In It platform, that It Intends to rulillutie the pelli'l-... ecery lo IVUm Some Mivait ot lYrmniiciiily S4N'tu ,ng l'rogit-ft Joule. ' "I'l.Mldellt lt,,.i.e elt has net high the stnuilanl of liuMtiess nuiriiUt . I nil coi inii .it lens d.'ing a ii.niuieri'l.il The rntlioad rate Mil w.m mot,, use-I buslnos are engaged In Interstate flit pnimlbly. In the linn, clinic luor- 1 commerce and It they were all re al effect lit lu passage than even Initialled lo Like out a federal III i Use the legal etteit uf its ct, itsetul pro- i or a federal ctinl ter the burden mum niliitnent dates the Inter state business nf the coun of the'tn would be Intolerable all open up again, in i unemployed ami may be employed, 'and In orde that we tiny have pros i perlty which 'j!esed us for t-n years. ; the Identity uf Interests of capital, the same business In these states. !,h '"f and the wage earner In .Such a restraint of trade haa always ne urity. and profits can be too been enforced at common law. largely emphasized. I submit to "Again the employes of an Inter-! tn'"i,J Interested, to wige earo- ate railway combine and enter up-,er". ' farmers and to business men. .ii j peaceable and Irwlul strlk-i ;olhetDe' the Introduction into power v. ,,r Iikiw Ae Ai romninn ii.u- the Democratic party with Mr. this was not a restraint of trade or commerce or a violation of the rights of company or the public. Neither case ought to be made a violation of the Ami-Tryst haw. My own im pression is that the supreme court would hold that neither of these in stances are within its Inhibition but If they are so regarded general legis lation amending the law is neces sary. iM'morrutic riniilc to Limit Corpora tion to Ownership of Fifty ler (nt of tile I'uint and Trorfuct Faulty. "The suggestion of the democratic platform that trusts be ended by for bidding corKratlona to bold more than fifty per cent of the plant In any line of manufacture lg made without regard to the possibility of enforcement or the real evil In trusts. A corporation controlling 45 to 10 per cent of the products may by well known methods frequently effect monoiKily and stump out com petition In any part of the country as completely an If it controlled sixty or seventy per cent thereof. t'oiiipiilsory Sule of lrHlucts. "The proposal to compel a corpora tion to Hell Its commodities at the saute prlco the country over, allow ing for transportation, Ih bitterly im practical. If It caii'be shown that In ihealthier Tone.. Oraually wealth, ! JoU, In such cases rr'"r; ,doMnfm-,in it and the fact that ' buHlnega liivcstnit -nis :h1'jw growth ami is ati hary in ordr tnat our M'r - ---f(tT in damanes cirri. -r that our i tl- . - , , ' is at ant 'i.it oUvr " "l""'6 Znl remedy. ..The injury U. fine single an " " ness Hestriieluin lliMt tt imenlv arivo- cateB as a remedy for present evils, will bring .about the needed confi dence for the restoration of prosepr- lty. .VecesnMy for lU'vlsion of Tariff. The consequent material develop ment has greatly changed the condi tions under which many articles des cribed by the schedules of the tariff are now produced. "The tariff In a number of sched ules exceeds the difference between the coBt of production of such ar ticles abroad and at home, Including a reasonable profit to the American producer. The excess over that dif ference serves no UBeful purpose but offers a temptation to those who would monopolize the production and the sale of such articles in this coun try, to profit by the excess rate. On the other hand there are other sched ules In which the tariff Is not suffi ciently hlgtt to give the measure of protection which they should receive upon republican principles and on thoHe the tariff undertaken upon this principle which Is at the base of our present business system begun promptly upon the Incoming of the new administration and considered at. the special session with the pre liminary Investigations already be- irder to drive out a competition a i gun by the appropriate committee or company owning n large plant pro-1 the house and ill" senate will make dil-hig an article that Is s"lllng In 'the ill.smrl.anr - to business incident one pair of the country where It hasiti such a chnn-.e a ;i"l as possible. competitors at a low and unpiolii-1 Deiiim-rnHc Tacill I'laii mill It.s Ikttl j;. able prli'i'. nnd In nnollier part of the l.tleci on Itii-iness onilltion. t , . I... a suit m aw but It is me result of a constant scries of acts, each of which in itself might not constitute a substantial injury of might not make a suit at law worth while, all of which would require a multiplic ity of suits at law. Injiiriis of this class have, '.since the foundation of courts of equity, been prevented by injunction.. .Notice and llearini; Itefore Issue of Injunctions. "I come now to the question of notice before Issuing an Injunction. It is a fundamental rule of general , . , .. U..I1 l.n aQ a'-judlcTa." priding "V'? an act of the present congress per mitting the issue of additional emer gency bank notes, and insuring their withdrawal when the emergency has passed bv at a high rate of taxation. It is drawn in conformity with the present svstem of banknote currency, but varies from It in certain respect by authorizing the use of commercial paper and bonds of gaod credit, ac well as ('ntted States bonds, as secur ity for its redemption. "It is expressly but a temporary measure, and contains a provision for the appointment of a currency commission to devise a new and re formed svstem of currency "This inadequacy In our present currency svstem. due to changed con dl'lons and enormotiB expansion, is generally recognized. The Kepunli can platform well states that we must have a 'more elastic and adaptable sys'em to meet the requirements of FORFGURtf i T H u i . 1 1 ki.n.lni. Th a fiiiiiim OlIU B.s.... , : ., "T " "iZr'h.H .n H must be automatic In operation. lie. --"-; I"","""' recognizing the fluctuations In Inter r in g1 tiers' coVrnHndia -t rates. In which , every dollar shall . . " . ... .,i be as good as gold, and which shall ueieuuam lu eueci iu iiiai. ium , nA Nnnn.n ir"veill railii mn am .uiaiiLini status quo until a hearing. Such a process should issue only in rare cases where the threatened change of the status quo would Inflict irre parable Injury if time were taken to give notice and a summary hearing. The unlawful Injuries usually In Industrial disputes such as I have described does not become formid able except after sufficient time to give the defendants notice and hear ing. I do not mean to say th u there may not be cases even in Industrial disputes where a restraining order might properly be issued without no tice but generally I think it Is other wise. If some state courts an.i 'in fewer federal conrts. the practice of issuing a temporary restraining or der without ncllre merely to presf rve the status quo on the theory that It won't hurt anybody, has linen too common.. .Many of us recall that the piactb e has bei n pursued In lllv IIUll JllS'ilieS CI.llVictli.il uniier tii iintl-l no t lawst lint the proposal to supervise the business of corporn- t inns In sticii a way as lo fix the prli e of tin' comiiioilit ies and com plete the sale at such price Is as ab surd and socialistic a plank us was inserted in a democratic plat form Ailvitnhigc of Combination of (Vipltul. "The combination of capital in large plants to manufacture goods with the greutest euonomy is just ns necessary as assembling the purts of the machine to economical anil rapid iiinnufucturo of what lu old time was made by band. The government should not Interfere with nno more than with the other nnd when such aggregations of capltul are legiti mate und are properly controlled for they are thon the natural results of modern enterprise and are benefic ial to the public. In the proper operation of compe tition the public will soon Bhare with the manufacturer the advantages In enconoiuicat operation and luwer prices. What la an Unlawful Trust? "When, however, such comblna- Ita full value: but a President "ons are not baaed on any economic Itormuviilt in his lndinnaoolls aneoeh principles, but are made merely for and the Supreme Court have pointed, purvtwe of controlilnf the mar out, the valuo of railroads as a go- ket to maintain and to taUe prices, Ing concern, Including lu good will, i restrict output and drive out compe due to efficiency of service and many ticn, tho public derives no benefit othor circumstances may bo greater nd we have a monopoly. There than the valuo of Its tangible prop- must bo some use by the company of orly and It Is the former that meas-'the comprehensively great slxa of Its urea the Investment on which a fair i capital and plant and oxtent of Its profit mav be allowed Then. too. output either to coerce persons to thn questl'or what Is a fair profit Is i buy of It rather than of some other one involving not only tho rates of competitor or to coerce those who Interest usually earned on normally would compel o with it to give up safe Inveatmenls but also n suffl- thelo business. This must usunlly, dent allowance to make up fo the! In other words, be shown In un ele rlsk nf loss, both of capital anil In-1 ment of duress In the conduct of Its tcrest In the original outlay. These i business toward tho customers In the considerations will have Justified the trade nnd its competitors before fair return on became un unlawful monopoly w hole. The se-! perfectly conceivable that In tho In terest of economy of production a great number of plants may be legiti Imately assembled under the owner ship of one corporation. It is Im portant therefore, that such large aggregation of capital and combina tion should he controlled so thnt the avenues of enterprise may he kept open to the Individual and the smal ler corporation wishing to engage in business." "Mere aggregation of capital is not n trust, says Mr. Tuft. Proier Trent ment of Trusts. "In law trusts should be restrained with all the efficiency of the Judicial processes and the persnns engaged lu maintaining them should be punished with nil tie severity of criminal poll. ie Is that ..r liie Incrpi.ratli.ul 1 , i , ' "" under ,u,!a law. or the licensing I 2 ""r"','' , ".'"; ""'!" '"'I ,h,:'r hi n..ii.,M,.i ii, . s i , .....iigui niimn tne , .... . . ' , , ',"" "', i law. lo licit r. ifn, e. i,i..'tii.i, a eug.igi.i in inier-c-t to tl.nle Tbe l.iet Is that nearly than imlii-'iial dlsput-s. as for in stance !n Tponro' and sto-k con-t:-nv, ir.i h li -:i thr.se over the Krl.j H. In which a may order wii'iout mintiy where 11 has none, at an ex- I h" ileuiiicr ni : party In lis plat- j :l vatit ;i: to uie .me who s. cured it inii.ii, i i.ii. , .- .''.. .. , ' " "."" :i'!d a corri'sponi ing i sai va"t;i-'e to 11 V ll e IIS Oil till' llllllelt ,1, , .. .,. i by n in r.iu i i ,,, , , n exiiurte appinalion ar iseil oyer those when it is aneiiip'lng an unlnwtiil nmnop- p'''' of tile tariif d' hi. tine as n ry:- em oi rniiii ry in uie ni-.nv fj(, for the bene! it nf I lie lew. but It ll n s I ... ,,,.1. declare l:s luti'iitlnii or cli.iuging the tnritr wish a view t.i reaching, a rev enue basis and thus to depart frnm the pr::t "c.ive i-ysi i-iii. The introduc tion Into power of a party with this iivoweil purpose cannot but halt the gradual recovery of the more recent financial depression and produce business' disaster, compared with which our recent, panic nnd depres sion will seem small Indeed. Ijibor nnd What Republican Party Huh Done Kor It. We come now to the question of labor. One Important phase of the liincli iuer rearing is i.'ranted and there mav In wcys in which to affect the l"l -n-l art to ins detriment, in the case of a lawful strike the sending of a for- iii.d.'iiiie (lo"iiiiieiit, restraining a number of defendants from doing a great many different things which help the plaintiffs they are threat ening to do, often so discourages men always reluctant to go Into a strike, from continuing what is their lawful right. "This has made the laboring man feel that an Injustice is done In the qualities of the present admlnlstra- conceived thai V n, V . :'"n b A"'0 ?. . '1' thUqueltlonls ."he'St, 'cltl! Vile nilKB CHI lid U I'l IIUI If Ul U1J- van fl n rt nf t Vi t . , , portunlty and such positive statutory subjects from h protection as will nlace him nn Je"? fr.om. tl,e standpoint of the man who believes himself to be un- luol I- nll ..III, hi. l. i".""" The republican prty hi. passed an J' fe communUy .fi 83 from that employers liability law for Interstate aLees ted Th! tL '"T ' 1 haVe railroads and has established an j fsuct tT dV, !' ret"rnlng eight hour law for government em- under thToW ata,?.trlg P'L09 ploye, and on government construe- ""2 V . U' S" tlon. The essence of the re- 8h ' e ",les en"u? adoPted form effected by the former Is the ' ur.t "h,lc,h dld. Bot per- abolition of the fellow-servant rule i eH 8Ulns ot an lnJunctlon The number of instances in which restraining orders without notice In industrial dlspntes have Issued by federal courts Is small and It is urgd that they do not therefore con stitute an evil to be remedied by statutory amendment. The small number of oases camplalned of above shows the careful manner in which most of the Judges have exercised the Jurisdiction but the belief that such are numerous has been so wide- and the Introduction of the compara tive negligence theory by which an employe injured tn the service of his employer does not lose all his right to recover because of alight negli gence on his part. Then Is the act providing for compensation for injury to government employes, together with the various rules requiring safe ty appliances upon interstate rail roads for the protection of employes and limiting the hours of their em ployment. These are all the Instances of the efforts of the republican party f T" nr0,ls'd such feeling to do Justice to the wage earners. L.m '', !, . m.or0 '"doflulte Doubtless a more conservative mens-. Jii Procedure to prevent tire for the compensation of govern- 1 T Vl. "I ,h,"L" ls 'lls'''l'-'d if it ment employes will be adopted In the : . ... , ''e,d without Injury to the capital in Imposing charges higlj mere aggregation of capital or plant i th- Principle In such cases! wuh ' '',e ,"w' . enough to Insure a fair return 1111 1 became nn unlawful monopoly It 1. 1 'n recognized and In necessar- , ,.'' rls f' "s. notice the ti.v sotnewnat slow course of leglslu- ,, , contains n rec enough to Insure the enterprise as nu ll Ies nt tnnrket price will have passed Into the hands of subsequent purchasers from thu original Inves tor. Hueh circumstances should properly nffect the decision of the tribunal engaged in undermining whether tho total of rates charged Is reasonable or excessive. To ignore them might so seriously nnd unjustly Impair settled values as to destroy all hepe for tevestniftit lu new rail road construction which lu returning proseprous times Issue is lo he es sential in our material progress. National Control of liilrr-Slate Coin tuervo t'oi'iHirtit Ions. " Am. tiler suggestien (u resp et to subordinate j-.n t luil'.reri machluc-v necessary to carry i.ut republican tlon will be more fully embodied in '"' lmn' nly Intelligible lief n lie ilnl..l..a . v .... uuuu Allvillllllglfl of Villon, To give to employes their proper position In such controversy to en- nhlo them to maintain in regard tn inii.nninn suits Is a reiteration of the plank In . .. V ' ,u lbJ' anrt 19o. Pro vlding that In Prosecutions for con- themselves i ' '' , . . c0,lr,s wnera viola- .....v- .m,,, i ... ..it. .11 iiiuniseives I ..na . , ' ."iu- agaln, as employers having great cap-1 " "rrtt'r constituting the Itnl they will unite because In union ,h 1 , , K0 ls 'ndirect. that is. there Is strength and without It each ?h ,. .,. pres,'n-e he court, Individual laborer and employe will ! e shBl1 be no Jur.v 'rial, be helpless. The proportion of In-1 """Kctous Attack on Power of O'urts. ,o''Tnl9 Provision In the 4ilaform of lSih was regarded then as a most dangerous attack mn the power of V" ' 'uiorce trieir orders and decrees and It was o-,e of the chief r tile def -als mat coi'te.it and . lliil- vlslon. From tu the votunltir) ubaiul unuciii practice ol ict.ites nii.i itlscritnina tlollM bv the railroads and the return by thenr niaiingi-i t; .ilievlieiu.' to law In i he fuing n( l,,i in s I lie pni I. uid slid niem i n ti,v : l m las anil en-i'iit- ill ! til.. 111..-. liresl.tenl liluli li.-uo li.,t tii c.-ii.-i ..: .. b.ivc i 1 ii i lllll III l'l I Inlaw Should W l.luill.il to Snuill I age by l.issiliriilii.n. "It Is ne. uv. tticr.t.nc. to ile- vise si.ine m, -,,n, (, cl is.u.lim , !l,si. in,. I.,-., slil'i-i M-i,ut ,,f sin li el n '"f! tile pnui -1 1st I 1,11,1 S . llllil f In th"in and iliiue the wealth they represent fr..m the iM-odili'lug capital of the country Willi!, entail elioi'llliins l,,ss would throw out of .uipbiymin in i.i.is ot oi kiimuii n anil Such a result Is wholly unnecessary r in tne nci'i.inpiishiueiii uf the needed reform and will Indict upun the in nocent a tar greater punishment than upon the guilty i'-.tiiicm,. I'.iIIct ..f Plal (..rtii. "I'll" .1 in,. i rati, pi it f ,,.i nn, pi.. pus,, i , ,, t he 1 1' 1 1 s . s pin si, IVmocratir v tile plum bet I! pro,. mistrial pence through the Instru mentality of the trade agreement Is one of the results of such union when Intelligently conducted. ItiglltN of lilH.r. "in order to induce their employer in compliance to their request for reasons changed conditions of employment, I 'rn i I' workmen have the right to strike in to ::;:im a body. They have a right to use 'lor r' such lu'isuasiun as tbev mav. I ro- thee-w vide.l It d.i.s nut reach the polio. f t' duress, tu lend their reluctan: cu laborers tu iuin them In their union ' aiialiist their ciniiluver nnd ib.-v l, ,v.. nnd a right. If th, , ,-lious.-. tu a.-. Hinds to support those on strike, lu n in .cv,.no tu .ilticcrs the power tu ili. the action uf the union ,n,,i withdraw- themselves and their asso ciates from dealing with or giving cui'om t,. th.,..,, wm, bin t,,.v ai.0 In cuntr. vi isi . Wliiil l.-ilotr ( oiiii.. I Jin lull, h, ' W hat 'lo i have not the right t., : heir eiupluv the .'inpluv ( threats i r s- :'l!:i:-l T bliu or i .: ; un , ',., f th-- ilomo- h a of '!l. I i'.- r-sta! in in ord-i-.. ruder re. 't I..' .'u-' '1 a IT.n I rial Is tu Iuin-, V. IU I,,,-,;. ' 1 preo-l.iis!- SUl.le.lt '.. ', he r.'C sun, -v li nniiie . A r 1'1'mii. i . ri stringency in bringing on a panic. Postnl Savings Bunk and Its Adyan- "In addition to this the Republi can platform recommends the adop tion of a postal savings bank system in which, of course, the government would become responsible to the de positors for the payment of princi pal and Interest. "It is thought that the ftovernment guarantee will bring out of hoarding places much money which may be turned into wealth-producing capi tal and that it will he a great in centlve for thrift In the many small places in the country having no sav ings bank facilities which are reached by the postofflce department. It will bring to every one, however, re mote from financial centres a plane of perfect safety for deposits, with In o'her I terest returned. The bill now pend ing in congress, wnicn, or course. tn Republican convention had in mind provides for the invosrtment of the money dooosited in national banks in t'lo very places In which it Is gath ered, cr us pe.n' thei'by as may be ni-acjcable. This is an answer to the- erirteism contained in the ni'nocratic til;itf':!r!ii thai, under tho pyHtein the inai.ey .gathered lii till,' country will be il'Miosiied in Wall street banks. "The Democratic platform recnm mends a tax nn Xational banks and upon such, st.at'i banks as ninv come in. in th nature of enforced insur ance to rni.e a guaranty fund to p-iy the depositors of any bank which fails. How state banks can be Includ ed in such a scheme under'the con stitution is left In the twilight zone of state rights and federalism, so fre quently dimming the meaning and purpose of promises of platforms. If they come in under such a system, they must necessarily be brought within the closest national control, and so they must really cease to he state banks and become national banks. The proposition to tax the honest and prudent banks to make up for the dishonesty and Imprudence of others is unstable.. We can forsee the burden which would be Imposed upon the sound and conservative bankers of the country by this obli gation to make good the losses caus ed by the reckless, speculative and dishonest men who would be enabled to secure deposltsunder such a sys tem In the face of the proposed In surance. In its shape the proposal would mean the removal ef all safe guards against recklessness in bank-- ing, and the chief and in the end probably the only benefit would ac crue to tne speculator. Voluntary Plan for (iuarnntv "A plan for a guaranty of deposits hy the voluntary act of the banks in volved has been favorably reported to tne house of representatives. This is, or course, ent re v different frnm the scheme in the Democratic plat form, omitting as It does the features of compulsory partlclontlon and gov ernment guaranty. This proposition will undoubtedly receive the thonght- iiii consideration or the new mone tary commission. Republican PolH,iS ,ls to n,..,,.,,,!,.,,, cies "The Republican party has pursued persistently the policies originally adopted with respect to the depen dencies which came as the result of me npanisn-American wnr. The condition nf ("Inhn pm- Ti and the Philippines Mr. Taft reports as very satisfactory. He says: tne proposition of the Democrat ic platform is to turn over tho li ands ns soon as a stable government s esiauiisnea. mis has been estab Ished The proposal, then, is to turn them over at once. Such action will lead ultimately to chaos In the Islands and progress among the ig norant In education nnd better living will stop. We .ire engaged In the nilippii'.es in m.0, missionary work that duus our n;,tn honor, and is certain to proem-i. in most effec ,:'1' '"flu. ii-o of Christian l lUh. "..,. 1; 1S m,va.)lv , ,av ; Me burden until nur purpose Is Hon..' of Presrerily l ( I,,,,,...,. , Tar. Uf l.i'cuii,,,,,.,,,!,.,, ,. I':l" I'lntioiin lievond'h "nf,"""lil1" 'ircumstnn'cos 'I!,,"''" .'-"ntrnl have delayed th.. , : "'. """'ness prosperity to tV, i , ',"'h I,,1,y l,e '" In '"'w-en T' e i t im:r,'',s:"K "if trade s-at-, '""IVJ"1 ,hp -nited r ei; , ' ' ' ws permitting th-,, , " ,ra'lp i the rcspec-i .-, ;, ;.!,:,.":. ,h countries i ., . '. ",:.";'" R!l susar and i .." ' 1 :n IV I'nited -'" x .loin, -Mic Inter-i ' '" " " ' ;" ttnn.il Cost nf ; Mass of Itch on Ankles Fpptr.J Oniafoe iu.. n Many Treatments Fill TORTURES OFFCJ "Cutlcura nerni, J them to I. i rr?llfi two years. I had ii11 they only gave me reS and I cannot enumlS and lotions I used K' ankles were one itclungand burning,' I could not aleen i5$ nearly four montliTrv husband said I had ht curaHemedie. xt times 1 bad the feXI months unless I took.!, one ,t of CuSU.M It u now a ve- .Tr",' cura, and there hw S' 1 the eczema. De "I had a small lumpli, J my eye for over . .Jl ?," uinnmenc on it, and noil, Bm oeveniy-tnree ye. i lived nn t, tJ,n twenty-seven years. c1 d es are the .i.rMt have ever used for all ekitTl David Rmwn T.1.. Ark., May is and July !J DISFIQURI For Life Is the DespJ oi l nousaods . ui pain-tortured nnilds' ul ii'iiiiors. toiiu, rashes, who have tried ani inp many remedies, iwd-k ....... ,,. s(1(.(1 ri. Ointment, and r.llsniitwli line lorce. lli.-y areaW sweet, gentle, and hk nllord linnieiliai,. relief inn." . -i, , ' I'0"" tot. -s.it.-u u.i .is.; I ails. Comnlilft Kxtpninl r,M IriM-.-KviTV llilliii.r i.t li,., ,S Culii-'ura Olnii-i.-ii'i 'i.iii,- ,',0,,u! Cullfllni ni-si,lvi-,n (fii.. , .?. roiiu-.l 11113 2..C IKT Villi ot w, lop bold tlin.iik'li.iut Uie worlil Po,. Corn. Sot' I'miiH it,.nn n."11- suTUallcd Free. CuucmiiioMaJ night n HERB'S TO THE GIX)HIM OP JULY, LONG MAV IT LITE AH MAV IT DIE. There's nothing like M and independent. It s im to dlue where you get then tor your money. This, u polite treatment is alwan those who patronize the Hid taurant. MOULDING PO5TJ,I30Xc5 PC put -'I. '.' Madame Dean's FRENCH n,i n FEMALE IlLLOl A Safk. Crn.Ti.i-. Itt- MaNsrurATioN. EIE I ' 8nf.. Sure! SsT,iv:s.iU!iLl nnt.sM or Money IMunJei- luii.l torSl.00 per ! . );' , on trial, to be pai I !"r J" Humpies Kre". In-1 ; "' ; grniilne. n ft '"" . drum-lit il.s'sn. i l..l-" " orders lo llie 'iisiTrn urnirn rn l- U. l,rS HH.,1.1. inkwu- v- , - J Snldin Euncnc in' n-1-"". tt.Dili . v. :1 . Mfimi.i! .i .-. v it i:i iHt tt liOltt I Hi' tmhi ul t-H r in, i rMininiu ti'iu til ii-: the liw w hi Ii 3 AG i; din it. I M ih lle ! t. m; l ui.i ii 1 lul rodii, . li.iel ,.i -! t tea: .1 tn lit 1". limit: i tie ; I'is li . It t'. Illlll 1 O d hu .'( his 'li. ,11 ll f.li t III el , business lh.it I t l-ll. to s, 11 I t "111 III. till, I SO 1. ll. .1 h.i.-i r iu t t,i U'Stes tio In ni-.wi I'l.llll w b,!,. .-enin Will IM..1 111 .iii.l.i , lt.sl.irs,i inn I'tl.slll.'ss i. 'f rrn.-rli, a.'iilling .1 II l-.p, i- 'iini t -'.i.ili o' is eon nt i . 'iiinwful in), n i, s lies,' nbove r:ti , remedied bv nn lent them QThe lu inn of e.rrty to nlv o ! cn- 1 : the t'nn. III y -1:- f.r NVM.'ln. "- ! .i I'll.' ' ' of !',,. v. ar in fror.i:iti of ord-r In '"' .'""'I .-t f the i-s in th,,',.K,,Iar npmv . '"-I'O.er with that TtT. HOi' - STfiVr- We have e.- chen. Ail sorts ...f P1' metal and granirware. f, contrivances that i13 pastime Instead of a lir'''1 ; find here. Telep!fn " EUGENE ,ORW- .Hi '' o q' Continued on raBe 6.) o o o