The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-27

tion from the New York Leather Belt
ing Company that industrial inter-
ests support the Taft-Sherman ticket
to the end of restoring business activ-
ity. MIR. Baker, always an ardent
Bryan man, Is now the president of
the Austin Rotary Engine Company, a
young corporation that is marketing
new rotary engine recently invented
by South Brooklyn friend, William
X. Austin.
The Austin Rotary Engine Com
pany few days ago received a let
ter from the New York Leather Belt
ing Company offering Republican cam
paign cards to be posted in indus
trial establishments, bearing the
promise of full time" on the strength
of Republican victory. The method of
campaigning for Republican vo,es
through the corporations is resented
by MIR. Baker who asks why the fac
tories are not on full time now, in
Republican administration
The correspondence Is self-explana-
tory. The letter received by the
Austin Rotary Engine Company was
as follows: t.t.
"tNow York, July %, 1908.
Gentlemen We have tackled this
notice upon the walls of our factories
in BROOKLYN and New York:
Believing that the election OF
Taft and sherman means safe and
progressive business administration,
the day following their election
we shall start this plant on "FUN.
TIME AND KEEP GOING. "
''If you believe with us that by re-
lioving any uncertainty as to what
the wage Garner can expect in the
event of electing men who will secure
the business prosperity of this coun-
try, We should be glad to have you
follow our example.
GAS members of the National AS
! sociatlon of Manufacturers, the Amer.
lean Hardware Manufacturers Asso-
citation, the American Supply and
Machinery Manufacturers Association
the National Credit Mems Association
the Manufacturers Association ol
| New York, the Nwe York Board oi
Trade and Transportation, and Other
I commercial bodies, If you will kindly
fill in and return to us the enclosed
card, We will supply you with a 'fulI
time and keep going card, such as
we have posted and notify all these
associations of your harmonious at
titude.
| F'Regardless of politics, once the
manufacturers of this country join
universally in this movement depres.
sion will cease.
''GIend us your help and post the
card Full time and keep going.
| TYours very truly,
''NIlW YORK LEATHER BBLTLNG
COMPANY. :"
This is the reply sent by President
Robert Baker of the Austin Rotary
Engine Company;
AUSTIN ROTARY ENGINE CO.,
I'd Ave. and Sth St., Brooklyn
"Brooklyn, N. Y, July 25, 1908
New York Leather Betting Co., No
81, Beekman Street, New York.
"Gentlemen: We have yours OF
! July %, offering us copies of cards
I posted in your factories, which you
say read as follows: ''
Believing that the election of
' Taft and Sherman means safe
and progressive business admins
tration the day following their
election we shall start this plant
on "FUIL TIME and KEEP
, GONG. Z"
Permit us to say we do not un-
dorstand, Why have you stopped
your factories? Why is the Full
Time and Keep Going plan not now
in operation? Why has there been
any shutting down by you and the
other members of the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers the Amer
/ ican Hardware Manufacturers Asso-
citation, and the numerous other SINH
lar associations, TO which you say
You belong? Did you not assure us
that Mckinley would insure Hfull
dinner pail TO all who desired to
/ work? Was not this assurance re-
newod when your several bodies in
dorsed Roosevelt and Fairbanks ?
Then what has emptied the dinner
rail Of millions of men who are will
ing TO work? What greater reliance
can be placed on this assurance than
on the others? Ii you were false
prophets before, how do we know
you will not be again?
: "But why the closed factories?
1 why the idle mills? why the un-
used freight cars? Why the mainten-
ance of high prices in the face of
falling demand? Where Is the
'abounding, marvellous wonderful.
unparalleled, widespread prosperity?
, Haven't we got a Republican admin
, istNtlon? Haven't we got Repub
| llcan Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatiyes? Haven't we had them
uninterruptedly for twelve years?
Haven't the. Republicans, made the
laws, State as we'll as National, and
haven't they been charged with
their enforcement? Then what Is the
matter? II the laws are defective,