Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-09-22
On PARTY.S RECORD
WILL WIN IN CON-
ING ELECTIONS.
Universal Prosperity, Largely Due to
Wise Administration of the Coun-
try's Affairs, Is Bound to
Have Its Effect.

There is just now a vast amount
of guessing being done concerning
the final lineup in national politics
and concerning the plans and purposes
of two very influential actors This
is the formulative stage of the cam
paign when, lacking facts, an i'm
mense amount of superfervid politi-
cal fiction is being put afloat.
The Democratic organization the
country over is like Bre'r Rabbit
"Layin' low and sayin' nothin'." But
something must be said finally; the
Democracy must this year make it's
usual attempt to explain what it
stands for, and when this explanation
shall be given out 1t will Immediately
become apparent that the word does
not square with the deed-that is to
say, the Democratic platform decla-
rations will contain the usual per-
functory commitments concerning a
tariff for revenue, with a protective
principle entirely eliminated. And
then, by reference to the extra ses-
sion records of the Democratic rep
resentatives in the Sixty-irst con-
gress, It will be possible to show that
there were mighty few Democratic
representatives who did not favor a
protective rate when commodities in
which their own districts were inter
ested were under discussion. The
Democratic attitude In practical dem
onstration is: Protect ours. but don't
protect the other fellows business.
In the framing of every tariff which
has been accomplished under the in
spiration and control of the Republi-
can party the principle of protecting
American labor and American indus
tries has been embodied. And the
Payne tariff, in obedience to the COM
mands of the last Republican national
platform, has its schedules adjusted
with the view to protecting home in
terests. The last Republican plat
form declares the policy of the Re
publican party to be: mot only to
security against foreign competition
to which American manufacturers,
farmers and producers are entitled,
but also to maintain the high standard
of living of the wage earners of this
country. who are the most direct bene-
ficiaries of the protective system"
And the new tariff, thus far In its
practical results. has proved to be not
only admirably adjusted for the rails
ing of a sufficient revenue, but there
has been under 1t industrial revival
and high-range prosperity the country
over.
And when the arguments that will
influence voters in the approaching
congressional elections are sifted
down to an irreducible minimum this
fact OF the country's prosperity is GO
Ing TO show up large. Singularly
enough, endeavor is being made to
create dissatisfaction with the new
tariff in the south and central west
The south Is getting &c cents a pound
for its cotton-nearly three times the
price prevailing under the last Demo
cratic tariff-and the west IS getting
81 per bushel for its wheat and G5
cents for its corn, or just about double
the prices obtained under the Wilson
German tariff. The Republican party
in the campaign that is ahead will
stand upon the policies and the record
OF the party and will win. II is only
question this year. as II was two
years ago, of how large the Republi-
ran majority In the next house is go
Ing to be.