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Show PARKER ON THE TARIFF. Judge Delivers a Long Address on This Topic. ESOPUS, N. T., Oct. 22. In a speech on the tariff Is3ue today Judge Parker replied to remarks on that subject from men representing: six distinct New York delegations which were received at Rosemount today. The day was not pleasant for an outdoor political gathering. gath-ering. The air was chilly and during the noon hour a cold rain began to fall. In his 6pecch in replying to the delegations Judge Parker said: "Inasmuch aB the law puts tho tariff benefits exclusively in the hunds of the capitalist and provides no means for giving the wage worker his share, the system virtually says, 'Let the Government Govern-ment take care of the rich and the rich will take care of the poor.' It is a short step, then, to eay, 'Let the Government Gov-ernment take care of everybody,' a doctrine doc-trine abhorred of all sound thinkers. But It Is not true that greatly enlarged profits are on that account divided among the workmen helping to produce them. The advance In wages is not due as a rule to a desire on the part of the employer to share profits with the workmen, but rather to the organisation organ-isation of the workmen |