The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-10-03
BRYAN. THE SOUP
HOUSE CANDIDATE
American L. bors' Hopes Are In
Taft and Sherman's Election

An extensive banner spread over
one Of the streets OF lower New
York, where reporters have their
\ lair, and Tammat hirelings AZ,
trained to II early aud often,
tells the passcrby to take a night
off TO see the Broadway bread line,
aud I en- vote Tor BRYAN and Kern
and bring abou, a change in these
conditions"
I III, suggestion that a change in
conditions would be brought about
10y the election Of Bryan and X IN
is true enough, Judging from past
experience. II ryan should he
elected, and a Democratic admin.
istratlon inaugurated, New York
I would have soup houses in add.
ton to the bread liuc, and a good
many other places would have soup
houses, too For many years, in
time, prosperous or otherwise,
there has been a bread line in New
York With inhabitants number
ed 10y the millions, with hotsam
and lctsam from all parts of the
Union and all parts OF the globe,
New York has always had more OF
less poverty, and the bread line re-
presents part OF the charity which
relieves the immediate wants OF the
homeless wondcrcr and the utterly
destitute.
For more than quarter OF a
century, however, the soup house
has been specially characteristic
OF a Democratic national admins.
tration. In 1894 SO, when the
Democrats were last in control If
\ national affairs, and had succeed.
I'd IN bringing about revision oi
the tariff, according to Democratic
ideas OF what the tariff ought to be,
industry was paralylrd, business
at a s%tandstill, factories were clos.
ed, and villages that had been
hourishing under Republican pro-
lection, became scenes OF hunger
and suffering. Manufacturers who
had been hard hit in pocket by
their own operatives who had vot.
ed TO blast the very industries that
supported them, were called upon
. to contribute, and did humanely
contribute to start soup houses and
other aids tor those same opera
4 tives. Business men in New York
and o. her cities also contributed
largely and the soup house contin.
urd to be a national IN titutiOn IN.
= al the Democracy went out OF pow.
-, and aTypublican administration
: artcd the nation again on a career
OF prosperity, gave employment to
labor, and abolished the soup house
hy abolishing the cause which
made the soup house necessary.
= The election OF BRYAN on his
platform OF a tariff tor event on.
v would halt american industry
IN its steady progress toward bet
ter times. il would shut the gates
. now opening to unemployed labor,
\ il would close the purse OF capital,
and stop the march OF enterprise.
Two classes would benefit by Brv-
an election the class oil absolute
leisure, with money to burn,
who could spend that money on
European made goods without hav.
tng To pay the duty whoa kepuh.
lICans have imposed 10 protect the
American work /, and the worth
t. SIS vagrant, who would not work
under any circumstances, and who
could get tree soup At the Bryan
,oup houses. Evcrl element con
Irritating To the industry, activity
and valllity OF the nation would
suffer from the Brvanitr blight, and
tor tn honest, srif.respcctlng
wap-.c,rncr tree soup dolrd II as
charity would he a miserable sub
sututc indeed tor weekly wages
and a happy home.
The election oil William II. TAFT
means tina, prospects already hrigh,
will continue TO grow brighter, that
there will he work tor all and pros,
prrlty tor all. Henry {. Hunter,
Commissioned OF the National Me.
tai Trades Association, mas pub
liclv stated that there will I've nc
cut down in wages, because husl'
ness is improving, The savings
banks report that deposits are in.
creasing, and they are gaining
many new dcposttors, All signs
point to steady betterment, provid.
ed there shall be no obstacle pIac.
ed in the path OF Improvement
The election Of TAFT and Sherman
will assure business confidence
industrial prosperity, and increas.
ing employment Tor labor.
vision OF Bryan and IN" soup nous,
will give place to the reality OF tn,
weekly wage, the comtortabl,
home, and the growing savinl
bank account, and that is why in
telligent labor see its hope in Tat
and refuses 10 be led into chao.