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A few years ago tney were freely eold In this country at $.7 a ton. They are now eeinna; at tie mills here for home consumption at J.r) a ton and for the foreign market at from I. to a ton. This unjunt dlacrlmlnatlon against our people Is made ponmulo only by a tana that oa this article Is entirely too high. , The average selling pries of a hundred arOcUs taken principally from the Iron and steel Hat Is found to be about 20 per cent higher In this country than abroad. Relief from these conditions will only come through the success of the Democratic Demo-cratic party, which stands for a. wise, conservative and gradual change in the tariff lawa, which will equalise the burdens bur-dens of taxation and make honest competition compe-tition possible. But In making such changes Its purpose Will be to legislate with a due regard for the labor and capital capi-tal involved ifi Industrial enterprises. It Is estimated that there are In the United States between two and three hundred combinations of capital and corporate cor-porate Interest!, known as trusts, which have grown up In the last few years, under Republican -rule. Some of them are so conducted - as to be pernicious and harmful to the general interest With the power they aie able to esert they can lesn competition, control prices and regulate to their own advantage advan-tage th law of supply and demand. Individual In-dividual effort is helpless sgalnst such strong rivals and the natural tight of all persons to barter and trads Is unnatural- j ly restricted. The efforts of these trusts is to control or monopolize, ana tnese monopolies, when unrestrained, seem to produce conditions which bring about strikes snd disorders and disturb the business busi-ness affairs of the country. Local self-government that came to us not as the gift of the National Government, Govern-ment, but as the legitimate outcome of the reserve powers of tbe States and of the people Is ' tbe very corner-stone of our political structure and tbe best assurance as-surance of liberty regulated by law. - It can only be maintained by strict observance observ-ance nf the limitations of the Federal constitution. The Democratic party has always resisted, snd will continue to resist, re-sist, the encroachment by Its enemies upon the fundamental right of the people of the vral States. All power comes from the people and should be surrendered surren-dered only in the Interests of the people, sna whenever this power is used for selfish Interests It la not only an abuse, but usurpation. ' The declaration In the Bt Uula platform plat-form in favor of arbitration is one that appeals to any senre of fairness. Nations Na-tions and Statss have employed to advantage ad-vantage this method Of settling disputed questions States have Invoked jts aid with good results and Individuals frequently have resort to It In adjusting questions of dl (Terence. The Hague tribunal, rep-tesentlng rep-tesentlng trie sentiment of conciliation, is the highest practical expression of Intelligent Intel-ligent thought on this subject. The prln. clples of arbitration are the same whether governing in the great court of Nations or applied In the affairs ef industrial life. Its permanent establishment as a part of the industrial system of the country upon a basis of mutual consent tt all parties to a controversy would insure mors friendly relations between employer snd employed, for the Interest of the worklngman and the employer Is Identical. Identi-cal. It affords a safe and equitable method of determinating differences that may arias, and has been called "a reasonable rea-sonable snd natural mode" of settling such disputes. The spirit of arbitration is kindred to the love of law snd order. It Is the arbiter of peso Instead of war and makes for happiness Instead of sorrow. sor-row. All lovers of their country must dep- , recate the rehabilitation by the Republican Repub-lican party of a disappearing race Issue at the time when every effort should be made to promote rather than retard the progress which was being mads In the , States where slavery had existed, toward kindlier relations between tne two races. The revival of this issue, with all Ita st-tendant st-tendant evils, must of necessity retard the development of the Southern States, whose people are struggling manfully with conditions left by the war, and seriously seri-ously interferes with the Industrial progress pro-gress of both races. Peculation and fraud in the public service ser-vice under the present administration, especially In the Postofflce and Land departments, reached such proportions that knowledge of the evils practiced became be-came public property. Prosecutions naturally na-turally followed, but a thorough and impartial im-partial investigation by on areas, proposed and urged by the Democratic minority, was refused by the Republicans at the mandate, It Is believed, of the administration. adminis-tration. Congres sadjoumed earlier than at any long session for many years for the purpose, it is believed, of preventing further agitation of the question and In an effort to curtaU expenses. Offices are created filled In pursuance of law to carry on the government, and not to further party ambition and the self-purpose of any citizen. Many of the hundred thousand Federal office-holders, servants of all the people, while under salary, are now vigorously, some covertly covert-ly and some openly, working and contributing con-tributing in the present campaign to se- cure the success of the Republican party par-ty in defiant violation of the civil service lawa rules and regulations. Several members mem-bers of the Cabinet and other officials of the Government forsaking their duties du-ties and departments at Washington, are spending their time in making speeches and using all the influence and power of The late "Democratic convention and Its candidate for President have given signal sig-nal exhibitions of a mutual respect and confidence almost unprecedented in our political history, and our party has received re-ceived new Inspiration and hops In its appeal to the people, who always appreciate appre-ciate and adm're courage, character and discretion In their leaders. Our candidate has these qualities and can be depended upon at all times to observe that self-control self-control In speech and action which ts so necessary to safe reasoning and sound "wutunabated trust In the efficiency of the cardinal principles of our great party, whea applied to the practical administration administra-tion of government to realise the blessings bless-ings of peace and propriety for all, and believing that the people will correct the present abuses of administration by a chance of party in power. I await with confidence the result of their judgment at the polls. Very your., Elklns. W. Vs.. Oct 1904, DAVIS'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE rLKINS, W. Va., Oct. t. Henry Gasaway Davis has given out ths following follow-ing letter accepting the nomination for - Vice-President tendered him by the Bt. Louis convention: Hon. John Sharp Williams, Chairman, and -Other Members of the Committee: Dear Sirs: In accordance with custom snd my promise when notified by your committee at White Sulphur Springs, on August 17. of my nomination for the office of-fice of Vice-President, I submit tbe following fol-lowing observations upon some of the questions now before the country. Tne times sre propitious for the reinstatement re-instatement of the Democratic party in control of the Government. The public mind is being disillusioned of the reten-t'ex-sf-the "Republican party, so long and so srrorantly made, that the material firOsperliy of the country depends upon is own ascendancy. Thoughtful and patriotic people are becoming more and more d.gtruatful of the head and personal person-al element of the present Admipletra-tinn. Admipletra-tinn. and are more than wining to see It replaced by one that better recognises constitutional and lawful restraints. They demand that the present wasteful extravagance ex-travagance in tia expenditure of the monev drawn by taxation from the industry indus-try cf the r ' ' e.a:l cease, and that econn-rv ana t '-sty In the public service serv-ice 1 b i r-eardd as virtues In t- t it - ' ' t':, Government. t , ) i-r carlia of the Gov- i ' f ' . rf - it n airmlng '.. t r t Ad:i.'.ns.trati 1 t - 1 v as a larte eur- . . . i . . . ...,...-. the enormous . taxation, the revenues therefrom are not now adequate to meet the demands made bv reckless appropriations. The revenues fell short during the last fiscal year over MO.000.000. During the first sixty days of this fiscal year the expenditures exceeded the receipts by S24.0CiO.00O. and if this rate of success should continue, the deficit for the present fiscal year would be In the neighborhood of 1140, 0u0. 000. This needless deficit la due to the extravagance of the Administration, and can only be met by Imposing additional taxes or selling bonds, thereby Increasing the interest-bearing debt of the Government. Which course will the Republicans adopt? The cost of government during the fiscal fis-cal year was $7.14 per capita, which means thst ths sverage tax paid in some form or snother by every family of five persons toward the support of the National Na-tional Administration of public affairs was over $25, which, in the case of wage-earners wage-earners Is a considerable percentage of their entire earnings for the year. No more money should be taken from the people by taxation, direct or Indirect, than is neceanary for the needs of a government gov-ernment economically administered. To show the rapid growth of the cost of government, gov-ernment, it Is only necessary to show the1 total expenditures in ths last fiscal year of the following administrations: Buchanan, IbtO, $3,0u0,0UQ; per capita, $1.01. Cleveland. 1SS2, $241,000,000; per . capita, 15.2a. Roosevelt, 1904, Ei2.000.000; per capita, T.14. Scale No army. In answer to criticisms unon ths site and expense of maintaining the army, the President has said that the number of soldiers now Is no greater per capita than in former times, but an army then was necessary to protect settlers from the Indians In-dians and to do other police duty In the unsettled portion of the country conditions condi-tions which do not now exist. The army, however, has greatly increased in coat, much futer relatively than it has in num-bera. num-bera. Th expenditures were: Under lijchanan In liGO, $;6,5"0,''OO, r Under Hayes in 1888, $38,000,000. Under Roosevelt In 1904, $116,000,000. We an hall as the harblflger of the new era In the commerce of the world the inception of the great work of building the canal that Is to join the' two great oceans, but we deprecate the action of ths present Administration, which inflicted inflict-ed a wound upon our national honor by its disregard of the rights of a weaker nation In order to gain a doubtful credit for energy In forwarding that great enterprise. en-terprise. The territory of a neighboring republic, with which we are at peace, is selxed by a band of revolutionists, protected pro-tected by the guns of the United fltstes navy, and erected into a state overnight, which the President promptly recognised ss an independent nation a gross offense against a friendly republic which it was helpless to resent. , These snd many other unwarranted things that belong more to an empire than a republic have occurred under the Administration and brought deep concern and alarm to thoughtful and patriotic minds. They must be regarded as the first fruits of imperialism, and show how fast we sre drifting toward absolutism and centralised power. Ths effect ot, the imperialistic policy of the Republican party on our foreign affairs Is In opposition opposi-tion to the teachings of the founders of the Republic, and so Impressed was Washington with ths Importance of keeping keep-ing aloof from the affairs of other nations na-tions that. In his farewell address, he warned his couhtrymen especially against foreign entangling alliances. Imperialism Imperial-ism Is hurtful snd abhorrent in a free government and subversive of free Institutions. Insti-tutions. The policy of imperialism If it can be said to have a policy Is always dangerous to liberty. Its powers sre first exercised In far-off territory snd on con-I con-I quered people, but once adopted for acquired ac-quired and distant possessions, it becomes, be-comes, sooner or later, the rule of the home government. Liberty and free government gov-ernment have always been secured at the cost of great sacrifices, but history teaches us that both can be easily lost |