Show LEADING FINDS BRYAN BRY N SENTIMENT SWEEPING WEST I Herman Ridder Bidder Says All But Hidebound Partisans Are Falling Into Line Herman RIdder publisher of or the New York the great greatest greatest greatest est of German newspapers In America and president of or the American News Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper paper Publishers association was In Inthe Inthe inthe the city yesterday with Mrs RIdder and und a family party of nine en route to the Yellowstone Mr RIdder Is distin distinguished distinguished distinguished for a good many things lie He Is h Isa 1 ha a leader of and still about the most ardent American Imaginable he Is 15 a potent factor actor in na politics and yet et as independent as the traditional pork on Ice As the president of or an association which includes nearly every large newspaper in America Mr 11 Ridder led the fight of oC the publishers against the time paper trust and carried it into congress last winter with such energy ene y that Un Uncle Undo cle do Joseph Cannon had to appoint a Ii special committee to smother the time agi agitation agitation agitation tation for the time removal of the tariff on onwood onwood wood pulp and paper It is recorded also that Mr RIdder and his able ablo co cc laborer John Norris secured the pros prosecution prosecution prosecution of or members of a branch of the paper trust and forced them to plead guilty and pay pa fines after tho the Mann congressional con committee had declared it could find no evidence of the exist existence existence existence ence of or a trust Although he was in the city only a short time between trains Mr RIdder found time to look around round and say some extremely pleasant things about the beauty of Salt Sail Lake LakeIn LakeIn In response to a request for an Inter Interview interview interview view Mr 11 RIdder said The Time sentiment on the Pacific coast and throughout the far west Is 15 very vel strongly for Bryan as I have learned from personal contact with the people on this side of the continent My ad advices advices advices vices from the east are all very favor favorable fa favorable or able to Mr Bryan Br an and this applies especially in the state of New York Mr 11 Bryan by his conservative and an convincing speeches is gaining tho the confidence of all those who are not hidebound Republicans favoring high tariff j I c Herman Ridder There is no iio question but that the tariff should be bc reduced as the Republicans Republicans themselves in their platform pave have declared for revision So the rear real question Is not whether the tariff should be revised but which party the people should entrust with this great work Republicans have hae had the executive and both branches of congress for the thelast thelast thelast last twelve years ears and they have never removed the tariff from any com coin commodity commodity except once temporarily during the coal famine Last winter they declared that the tariff should be reduced but as a presidential election was coming on and a reduction might interfere with the prospects of the time Republican party part they decided to postpone action until after the presidential election By that act they confessed that they put the interests of party above the in interests Interests interests of or the people Hence they can cannot cannot cannot not complain now that their sincerity is doubted and their new promises are not believed It is evident that the whole program Is simply a scheme and Tells Why Democratic Party Should Be Empowered to Revise the Tariff a maneuver to fool tool the people into re returning returning returning turning them to power for four years more Then tariff revision will be post past postponed postponed for another four years and when the next election comes the same promise will be made again in the hope that they the can an postpone this tariff revision forever The Republicans are allied with the trusts Mr Harriman and the South Southern ern em Pacific road control the Republics R party arty in California They arc II M nan ners in the effort to elect Taft and anda andaRe a x Republican Re congress The Republican part must not only be judged by Its past performances on 01 o othe the tariff matter but it must 11 Is judged also aiso by the company companY it keeps A survey of the situation must prove to every thinking man that Taft Is the candidate of or the high tariff protection protectionists and an of the time men who vho control the trusts As the tariff and the time trusts are twin evils CIl and interdependent Interdependent pendent Tufts Tails election means a con continuation continuation continuation and perpetuation of the pres present present present ent unbearable condition of the wage I earners ear rs antI and the salaried class All the profit pr fit of oC labor through the workings s of the high tariff go to the time trusts mak making makInS InS hug the trust magnates richer while the time workers grow poorer It If bad times come the laboring class Is the first to suffer but all benefit of good times goes oes to the millionaire class in control of the trusts who by the high tariff process squeeze out every dollar of profit for their personal benefit The Thc Democratic party is pledged to tariff reform It is the time only party part which sincerely and honestly proposes to revise the tariff In the interest of the common people And the people are beginning to realize that their In Interests Interests are not to be conserved by a policy of protection for the trusts trus s The entire outlook for Bryan Brian Br an is very favorable and is improving every everyday everyday day da The Independent element clement holds the balance of or power In this campaign and I believe belleve the independent element clement clementIn in the state of New York will throw electoral votes to the Dem Democratic Democratic candidate |