Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-10-11

thorough way it covers this import
ant question. It also expects to show
how tremendous saving can he eff
fected in the department without in
jIrng the service or reducing the
numLer Il employees D
The president has been in the
west. The people have listened to
his defense. And they still believe he
did wrong in vetoing the honest eff
forts of both branches Of congress
to reduce the awful cost Of living
in the United States.
Such is the tenor of the news that
has come over the wires from the
specia. correspondents who either ac-
companied or trailed Mr.. Taft on
his 10000 mile swing
Arthur Henning, Washington cor
respondent OF the Chicago Tribune,
interviewed hundreds of Westerners
and found that the people generally
liked Mr.. Taft personally but abso-
lntely disapproved his record as
president.
! Angus McSween, the celebrated
Washington correspondent OF the
Philadelphia North American, (also
republican,, wired from Topeka, Kan.
sas, as follows:
President Taft did not make a
dent il the surface of strong progress,
|siye sentiment in the state Of Kan
sas during his visit here"
All Legitimate Business Safe.
i Chairman A. o. Stanley, of the
stee! trust investigating committee,
says the republicans are endeavoring
to create the impression that the
democratic investigation Of the stee;
trust is in the nature Of an attack
on the steel business. He deniedstha
this is true.
Republican newspapers" said. Mr.
Stanley, "are trying to make the
country believe are prosecuting the
!. steel corporation. Nothing coult
I, be further from the truth. The in
: lyestigation has been conducted will
the utmost fairness, and not sin
gle one OF the steel mem who testified
failed to thank the committee for the
fair and generous way in which hi
+ had been treated.
"The democrats realize the neces
: sity for constructive action. They
want the country to feel that no legi
innate business is going to suffer
at their hands, and that no business
which is not legitimate is going tc
prosper if they can help it..
"The Democratic party is not ten1
upon a ruthless policy Of destruction
] and no legitimate ,businesslneed feal
that it will be treated unfairly"
} That Tariff Board ie A Peach.
Is it fair to Judge President Taft's
| tariff board by what the chairman
o. the board himself thinks Of it? II
SO. it is a sort of a joke.
i Chairman Emery OF the tariff board
in speaking at a banquet of the Am
!. erican Association of Wooden and
Worsted Manufacturers at New York
City, said:
There are certain things that are
very difficult to get, and one thing,
that according to the platform OF
The republican party-and incidental.
~ that does not mean anything to
me, except that have been given
the job according to that platform
Is to try to get the cost Of produc-
ton. l thank you all gentlemen, that
you did not laugh. Laughter) j
frankly say right here that this idea
OF settling things on cost alone is
II! nor sanse. You must not think I
am Joking about this thing but
there is a joke about it, and the
JOKE is this: have no such a. thing
as tariff board. The law says that
for certain purposes the president
may employ such persons as he sees
fit. am one of such persons. That
Is AZ" daughter and applause)
And it was because OF this board,
even the chairman of which treats as
a joke, that President Taft vetoed
the efforts of both branches of Con-
gress to reduce the cost Of living.
Protection Boosts Prices.
The United States is not the
only nation suffering from excessive
protection. The rigid protective pol
Icy Of Germany, though not nearly
SO drastic as that Of the Unite&
States, has SO increased the cost CT
living as to compel the most severe
economies on the part of the wage |
The families Of the masses
cannot afford the luxury of meat.
Horses, and even dogs are killed in
large numbers fer consumption as
food.
Wages are not increasing in Ger
many. nor are labor conditions being
improved. In the last five years
returns show that, making
]ue allowance for increase in popu-
alton, that employment of females in
Industrial occupations where male
abor is to that extent supplemented,
las increased over 80 per cent.
Kenyon, Pro3ressIve-Reactio