Show TARIFF IS THE MOTHER OF GRAFT trusts not only offspring of protection says folk of missouri to Clev elanders cleveland 0 ov 3 the central armory with a seating capacity of about was tonight completely filled with an enthusiastic audience which gathered to hear a political address by governor joseph W folk ot missouri in support of the state democratic candidate he was introduced by joanson and spoke as follows A political revival Is going on all over the land against grafting the people of philadelphia new buffalo san francisco and cincinnati are lighting lot their city and to regain the government they have lost A wonderful revolution has been wrought in tho consciences of man hind in the last four years we had gotten to a point in this country when patriotism meant little more than a word A naw standard has been es the remedy tor corruption has been found in the hearts of the people the grafter as a rule does not know good from bad all ha knows is politics but he knows good politics from bad politics when any number of individual secure a monopoly on some necessity of life and exact from the people more than the natural price it is a graft such is the trust this graft is tha outgrowth of the greater graft known as the protective tariff by which a class are given special privileges whereby they can prey upon tho rest ot the people A special privilege is at the bottom ot every graft no one ever heard of a being bribed to give equal rights to all it Is always tor tho purpose ot obtaining some priva alge or franchise for a few to the extent that equal rights can be restored to all and the special privilege of the few taken away just to that ex tent will the inducements ot corruption be lessened |