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Show Hj In soini' intcicsting peisonal iciul- J nlseenscs of Mr. lllalne, ex-Senator HJ Vest touches incldently on the ser- H vices of the Maine statesman to the J protective policy, and he recalls a con- H oi sat ion In which Maine said: H "Tlieie should be highei wages for the HI workingmen, both In factories and on HJ thcfaims,and at the same time the Hf manufactuicis should lecclvc stitli- Ht cicnt piolits on their Investments." Hf It is a fact well worth the special at- It tenlion of the working class of the I United States that the Democratic Hi party has never been in favor of anv ill paitof this piopositlon. No Dcmo- lB I ciatlc platform hascver pioposcd even M I to have piotcctlon enough to main- ji I tain American wages at the pieseut ill staiidjul, which is the highest In the (J I woild. Democrats held that thevvork- jl I eis should be left to look out for theui- l A selves against foieign competition, j ' and that a decieascd cost of goods, ifl il which Is taken for giantcd, would J compensate the wage-eainers for go- i 'I ing down to tho foreign level or pay. |