Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-09-23
Especial Correspondence
Harrisburg, Sept. 21,


jority for the Republican ticket.
In the recent tariff debates in Wash
lngton men of the type of La Toilette
Dolliver, Cummings and others who
voted with the Democrats against the
Payne bill, warned Senator Penrose
and his stalwart Republican colleagues
from the keystone state that they
would hear from the people at the
next election" if they did not desist in
their efforts to pass the measure as
agreed upon by the protectionists.
That the people of Pennsylvania
who are benefited more than those OF
any other state, intend to indorse the
action of their Republican representa-
tives in congress upon this subject al
the November election is manifest
upon every hand.
For Great Popular Vote.
II is proposed that there shall be
such an emphatic vote of approval OF
the policy of protection that the whole
world shall have reason to know how
Pennsylvania stands upon this issue.
On every side there are evidences
of revival of business due to the pas.
sage of the tariff bill.
Mills that were closed for years are
being reopened, fires are being reSin,
died in many an idle furnace, many
thousands of coke ovens which were
long black and silent are now ablaze
and roaring joyous notes of prosperity
for labor and capital alike Steel mills
and similar plants are working on full
time. Labor is generally employed.
The great textile establishments To-.
Gated in various counties of the state
are again busy with a splendid outlook
for the future, the shipyards along the
Delaware are taking on new men
daily, not only to help build the great
Dreadnoughts, which the federal gov.
eminent has just contracted for. but
to also help construct new craft for the
merchant marine, which is already
feeling the gratifying effects of the re,
vival of trade and industrial activity.
AS practical evidence of apprecia.
tion of the work of Senator Penrose in
the framing of the tariff bill, and es.
pecially his magnificent services in
guarding the interest of his constit-
uents of the Keystone state, a series of
testimonials will be given him next
month.
First, the workingmen of Kensing-
ton, the great textile district OF the
Quaker City. propose to give express
sion to their admiration for his special
efforts in their behalf. During the en-.
tire discussion of the tariff schedules
Senator Penrose kept in touch with
committee of the wage earners of this
section, and they were advised as to
every move of those advocating a
reduction &C duties which would have
meant disaster to the manufacturing
interest of the country.
A delegation of women employed in
the mills of Kensington, it will be re-
called, made pilgrimage to the ma.
tional capital to combat the campaign
OF the society women, who were seek
ing reduced duties in order that they
might purchase foreign-made goods.
IIiOutCS 10 TGnTOSCs
At meeting called by the Working.
mems Protective Tariff League Of
Philadelphia for Oct. 7, not only will
the men of Kensington attend in great
numbers. but thousands OF women EN-.
ployed in the textile mills have re.
solved to turn out to cheer Senator
Penrose
There will be speeches from men
from the various mills. and possibly
one or more OF the women will be
given an opportunity to address the
gathering and to tell what they know
of the work of the Ncstor and his Re.
publican colleagues in the senate and
house at Washington.
A call has just been sent out TO the
manufacturers of Pennsylvania. sign.
ed by some of the most representative
mill owners in the state. who are ar.
ranging testimonial banquet to Sen
ator Penrose to be given in the Belle.
vue-Stratford hotel in Philadelphia on
Oct. 1G in recognition of his service to
his state and the country in champion.
ing the cause of protection TO Ameri.
can industries.
This promises to be a memorable oc.
casion.
While these gatherings will be in no
sense political, they are indicative of
the feeling of the people of Pennsyl.
vania upon the issue that has been
squarely drawn by the socalled down. |
ward revisionists" of the La Follette
school of western free trade theorists
The Importance of a heavy Republi |
can vote throughout PENNSYLVANIA
next November is being dwelt upon
by business men and others who were
harrassed through unsettled conditions
during the tariff agitation.
They realize that should the Repub. |
lican vote In this state in November be
small it would at once be commented |
upon by La Toilette and his coterie
and pointed to as a verifcation OF
their predictions that the peonle"
would be heard from.
Not only would this be taken as an
expression of disapproval of the work
of the Republican congressman from
in support of protective
but It would at once give en-.
2ouragement to the opponents of pro.
-ection all over the country to reopen |
he tariff fight and to setk to elect |
congressman next year who would vote