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Show nilttoo on finance, of which Senato: Aldrlch is chairman. The new tar-iff tar-iff bill became ft law August 5. 1005. Jt September It was discovered that the organization of a robber trust wi being consummated with a son t.f Aldrlch as the executive head. "Rubber goods immediately jn. creased about 25 per cent in price t tho consumer and in three month rnd four days after the completion of the organization of the company dividends divi-dends acgregatine 18 2 per cent wen-declared wen-declared on preferred stock, a larR? portion of which Is held by Aldricti himself." The speaker stated the stability of ' the government will be tested at the coming primaries, tho mo6t Important ' in the history of the nation." i "The Republican party cannot ex. ist," hn said, "If it becomes subse;. vi.-nt to the people who seek to eon- trol, and thus far have succeeded n controlling It, and I he fall of the kot ' crnmenl Is imminent unless this bat- t!o between the masses nnd the in- ! terests, tho majority and those j prompted by greed and avarice, ii ' won by the former." BMSTOW CONTINUES TO FLAYALDRICH , Applcton, Wis., Aug. 10. FIaln Aldrlch and Cannon, denouncing tuosn Republicans who favored the Payne-Aldrlch Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill, and advocating the creation of a tariff commission with Hweeplng powers, that duties on specific spec-ific articles may be changed as soon as proof exists that they arc wrong. Senator Jos. Ii. Brlstow of Kansas delivered here last night the. second speech of his whirlwind campaign throuch Wisconsin In the interest of LaFoIIette and in tho cause of in-rurgency. in-rurgency. A largo portion of the senator's address ad-dress was devoted to the tariff, and in this connection he referred to the rubber and lead schedules In particular. particu-lar. "Under the leadership of Aldrlch and Cannon," he said, "instead of revising re-vising the tariff, as was promised, duties du-ties were fixed, not with a view to j rotectlng legitimate American industries in-dustries or of s-.curing revenue for the government, but for the purpose of promoting the financial Interests of certain Individuals or concerns. "For instance, the duty on manufactured manufac-tured rubber was increased from 30 to 35 per cent while crude rubber was left on the free list. The advance ad-vance was mado after tho bill came to the senate, from tho senato com- |