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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26
PRESIDENT TAFT's SECOND
YEAR BETTER THAN
Y. HIS FIRST.

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Taft's first year as president was
about as bad as could be. He COM
menced by selecting cabinet that
with few exceptions was superlative-
" rank. He had no use for such pro.
gressiyes as Garfield and Pinchot.
The selection of his official family
looked very much like the ratification
n Of pre-el ection dickers. between his
u campaign committee and the, inter
ests.
Then he joined hands with the
trusts for the revision Of the tariff
upward, accepted their $4,000 sor
4 tor travelling expenses and started
out on 4 his tour of the country
to glorify the Payne-Aldrich tariff
AT Winona he said that it was the
best tariff law ever enacted, and
thereafter his tour was frigid affair
The people gave him the marble
heart or in other words, greeted
him with silence.
The elections last fall verified
what was, or should have been appa1r.
ent to him from the time he deliver
ed the now historic Winona speech.
Since then he has been striving to
reverse the policies Of his first year,
and at this writing has some things
to his credit
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

it must Of necessity add corre-
spending amount to the duty on man
ufactured products thus getting the
farmer both coming and going" The
farmer is at once entitled to the in
cidental benefits arising from tariff
necessary for revenue and relief
from the robbery practiced by aid
of protective tariff.
The republicans send the farmer
! free garden seed of little value and
: a country life commission" to ex-
anime his, manners and morals, in
stead of commission to Germany
and France to open up those mar
kets for our meat and grain pro-
ducts. What Iowa needs is to turn
over the political sod and raise
crop of statesmen instead OF pol.
iticians. Fifty years is a long time
without any rotation OF crops.
| r. B. Porter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26
SPECIAL WASHINGTON CORES
PONDENcE.
BY Clyde H. Tavenner.

BY Clyde H. Tavenner.
Congressman Victor Berger, 4 com
menting on the tariff question says
lit never was intended that the
high tariff should protect the work
ingman.
THAT pretense was simply Ian at
terthorght put forward because. the
workingmen have votes. Only the
American manufacturers have dared
to tell this falsehood to their work
:ngmen. Why? Because until very
recent years American workingmen
were more ignorant on economic and
social questions than their brothers
in Germany or France.
The highly protected manufactur-
ers of Germany nor of France never
Jared. to tell their workingmen that
the tariff protected them. It was; only
IN this counry, after the infant in
dustries had become giants, that some
If our Pennsylvania politicians con
ceived the idea of claiming that the
high tariff was here to protect the
worAingman.
"Bu. this issue, shows plainly the
paramount influence of our manufac-
turers and traders in our political
affair even though every working
man in America has a vote. The
manufacturers palm off private is
sues as national issues.
az is the manufacturers who want
protection. Il is the commercial men
and mainly the importers who want
free trade. /. is the manufacturer
who pretends that protection benefits
classes.
"Bmt that this. claim is a mere
sham is evident from the fact that
hey have never proposed to discour-
lge the inning ton of foreign work
ngmen; that, on the contrary, they
lave always dcne all they could to
foreign ,laborers to come
,ver; that they have even sent
lgents to Eurore to coax alaborers by
alse pretenses.
There can be no doubt that wages
lree better here than in European
But the causes Of this
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26
LAFoLLETTE ON PROPERTY.
RIGHTS.

While Senator Lafollette is in al
exceedingly awkward position in his
opposition to Canadian reciprocity
he is all right when he talks iabout
property rights. In one OF his recen'
speeches he said:
Honest wealth needs no guaranty
OF security in this country. Proper
ty, rightfully5 acquired, does not be
get. ,fear--it fosters independence
Property that is the fruit Of plumber
feels Insecure 1t is. timid. It is quick
to cry for. help. 1t is ever proclaim
ing the sacredness of vested rights.
The thief can have no vested rights
in+stolen property. ! resent the as
sumption that the great wealth I. Of
this country is only safe when the
,nillionaires are on guard. Property
rights are not the special charge of
owners OF great fortunes. The ample
power OF the Constitution is the ey-
erlasting bulwark of honest property
rights"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26
A Little Money
.Judiclously Spent
Will Start a Home

Probably not pretentious one,
but if it is properly planned il
can be added to from time to time
and the money you save in REM
will fast accumulate. In beginning
there are lots of frills that can
be dispensed with and you would
Z be surprised if you knew on how
little capital some CT your friends
started their homes. A little deDa
to work for will do wonders in
setting you and your family on
the road to prosperity.
Lumber now is as cheap as u
is likely ever to be. because every
year our supply of timber y
growing less and the demand Is
rapidly increasing. In the face
Of these conditions we say build
now" Come in and let us talk
4 over a plan that will fit you-our
lowest grades start at good and
go UP.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26
5TAFT.GiVEs ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
FOR RECIPROCITY BILL

In the first extended statement he
has madeN since the passage OF the
reciprocity bill by the senate, Presi'
& dent Taft, at the summer ~ White
house Sunday evening acknowledged
that his long hard campaign in be
half of that. measure would have
proved 8unavailing IL the democrats
had not helped him. Without such
aid the President declared reciprocity
would have been impossible"
The President said:
SIN a sense, the bill passed was a
3 ,non-partisan measure, though the
republicans who voted for 1t probably
did so on one economic. theory and
the. democrats who voted for it on
another. should be wanting in
straightforward speaking. however, II
II did not freeley acknowledge the
credit that belongs to the democrat
ic majority in the House and the
democratic minority in the senate
for their consistent support OF the
measure in an earnest and sincere
desire to secure its passage. With
out this reciprocity would have been
impossible.
at would not have been difficult
for them to fasten upon the bi
amendments affee ting the tariff ger.
orally in such a way as to embarrass
the executive and to make IT.
doubtful whether he could sign the
bill, and yet to claim popular ap-
proval for their support of reciprocity
in its defeat. In other words, the
democrats did not 'play politics. in
the coloquial sense in which these
words are used, but they followed
the dictates of higher policy.
eve republicans who have ear7-
estly sought reciprocity and some of
whose votes were necessary to the
passage of the bill may properly en-
Joy. mutual fluctuations on work
well done. To those who opposed
the bill, on the ground that it will
DO harm to the farmers, we can
only say that we who have support
ed the passage Of the bill look for
ward to the test Of the actual OPP
Grafton to disprove their prophec-
les and allay. Their fears. The sat-
isfaction that actual experience in
its working will give, we confident
ly hope, will secure its permanence.
In decade its benefits will con-
tribute to a greater United States
and greater Canada"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26
TAFT AND THE PROSECUTION OF
THE TRueTs,

Our friend kNator Carr, in the last
Issue Of The Democrat, is inclined to
reflect rather disparagingly upon Mr.
Roosevelt's failure to prosecute the
sugar trust, during his occupancy OF
the White House. The Major thinks
that the Roosevelt nerve failed him
at critical juncturs. We'll, you
haven't noticed any symptoms OF
.'cold feet" in the line OF trust prose
cutions on the part Of William
Howard Taft, have you? He has
accomplished more in the matter OF
corporate regulation and the dissolu-
ton Of unlawful combinations since
he became president than has been
done by all Of his predecessors. The
Taft backbone has been shown to
good advantage in these prosecutions.
Manchester Press.
In the light OF present day infor-
nation, it is quite X apparent that
Roosevelt when president hunted
trusts with a brass band, and re-
coiled every time he struck the
trail of big game. And We think that
it is also true, that President Taft
has moved quietly and stealthily in
his pursuit of the malefactors CT
great wealth. and has fired every
time that he has been able to ges
within range.
i Unlike the average trust elected
public official, President Taft has
recognized the fact, that, as a people
4 we have reached mile post in ou'
history: mile post beyond Whicf
J. predatory wealth can no longer PUT
chase permits to defy the law ant
: prey upon the public by MAKING
colossal campaign contributions Z
y political committees. He was Ia
seeing enough to recognize, that TN
!. revolt on the part OF the masses
against the neglect and refusal %
the government to prosecute rich put
lie plunderers was quite general Il
all sections of the country; and. in
stead Of trying to suppress this re
volt, as Aldrich and Bailey
would have done had they the power
? he wisely got into the ranks OF th*
] revolutionists, and in quiet; wa!
Y has guided and directed fairly sue
:; cessful prosecutions. His succecs IL
2 that respect is the one bright spo
| in his administration, and no on
should he partisan enough to den!
} him the credit to which he is tustl!
entitled.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26
:. 3. PORTER ON "WHAT IS THE
MATTER WITH IOWA."

II
Iowa is the most eager Of all the
states against the reciprocity bill
Iowa has justly elected a congress:
man to fill a vacancy, and chose the
winner on the express ground that he
is against the bill. Senator Gum.
minis, the great apostle of revision
is against the bill because it is not
just the revision that Iowa favors
after all.
Iowa is the only state that lost
population in the last ten years, ac-
cording to the census. Various ex-
cases and explanations are given,
but they all sound like the talk of
children in the light Of the facts.
Iowa wants to get everything and
give nothing. Her men in congress
voted for every revision except such
as related to their own state as
much as to others and then they
drew the line for opposition.
"The matter with Iowa is that
the state lacks energy in the right
direction. 1t is full of freak ideas
of government and drives people out
of its limits faster than they incline
to come in. 1t interferes beyond rea-
son to make the citizen good by
law. 1t is narrow in its IDEAS, as
the world goes. and is out of step
with the nation at large in conse-
quence. Any state that would still
cling to the policy of fencing in the
Union is afflicted to the bone. Buff
falo Evening News.
What's the matter with Iowa?
Well, considerable of Iowa was set
tied by the first and best of that
great tide of immigration that cross
ed the Mississippi from the eastern
states and northern Europe. They |
found mineral wealth in the form
If virgin soil richer than the gold |
and silver mines of California and
Colorado or the iron and coal mines
If Pennsylvania. Every railroad
middleman and manu-
acturer from the smallest to John
}. Rockefeller has robbed them; of an
lnearned profit. Too honest to be
too busy to learn the
riclxs of high finance and politics,
owa has at last become the burden
carer Of the nation to such an ex-
ent that her sons and daughters
re leaving their homes for newer
ands and greater opportunities in
reater numbers than the ignorant
of southern Europe are
oming into her cities.
Blaine once said that "Recipro-
ity is the hand-maiden of protec- {
on" Evidently her morals are no
etter than those of her mistress.
Tntil some one devises better t
Ian, much Of the expense of the
overnment must be met by a duty !
n imports. Whenever recipl ocity
emoves any duty from farm pro- lucts
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

The only senators calling them
selves democrats who voted agains
the reciprocity pact, were Bailey Of
Texas, Clarke OF Arkansas and Sim
mons of North Carolina. Bailey is
one of the worst of the trust-owned
standpatters in or out of congress,
and has about the same right to call
himself a democrat as Satan has to
cal. himself an angel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26
BY Isabel Martin.

when the 4stars and. stripes were
run up on the tall flagstaff at the
TAFT residence at Beverly, the Lit
tie Massachus etts town formerly OPP
'ened. It's third session as the ma
TONS summer capital.
Up and down the shore from Par
raamatta hill. upon the summit of
which the summer capitol is locat-
ed, on the water front and on the
country. drives. .;colonists from all
over the United States have been
gathering for their annual sojourn.
and there is scarcely q large city
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2e, 1911.
WILL HISTORY REPEAT, ITSELF

J" I'LL S1l0 I'm lS neT - = - ~. "
A majority of the republicans in
both houses Of congress voted against
Canadian reciprocity, the same as Q
majority Of the democrats in CON
gress voted against Cleveland's finan-
cial measures. Will history repeat
itself?
Cleveland burned his party's pros
poets at the stake by disregardine
the wishes OF a majority of his par
TVS representatives in congress wiz
4 Taft's disregard Of his party's repre-
senttiyes in congress produce a like
result? IffTaft's party is dependant
upon high and protective tariffs fol
Z its future existence as q majorit,
party, Canadian reciprocity sounds its
! death knell.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

Pushed forward by public opinion
the old stand pat senators voted last
week for drastic law requiring all
campaign contributions to be made
public, both before and after election.
Is not that sufficient to make Mark
Hanna roll over in his grave?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

The Register and Leaders cartoon.
list likens the Iowa delegation in
congress to a 80 cent bunch y OF
parsnips. And the whole bunch pro
badly feels like 80 cents.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

OF COURSE He WOULD.
E. H. Hoyt OF Manchester, would
be a very strong candidate for Estate
treasurer.-Register and Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

That Isaac Stevenson. the old
est man in the Senate procured hts
election by bribery and corruption
is the charge made to the. senate by
the Wisconsin legislature.
1t is charged that Stevenson lit
orally BOUGHT. his way. .throM.hs Y the
popular primary. Att.wo dollars sper
vote he procured 56.S3s votes total
cost Sill 900 admitted by the senat.
CT. The Wisconsin legislature be.
lieves he spent far more than Sl1l.
600.
A new and original system Of bank
manouevering provided the campaign
funds. The Stevenson money swas
placed in Milwaukee bank, not as
a regular checking account. but left
in an envelope from which it was
drawn as needed by remarkable
system of cashiers checks. when
ever one ct. Stevenson's managers
wanted to give money to some. one
he presented a voucher to the tell-,
er. The teller took the required
amount from. the envelo.,s and is
sued cashiers check, = ,depOsiting,
enough money from the envelope. to
make the banks books balance. Thus
the bank avoided kicking any record
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

President Taft appeared in an
entirely new role recently, that OF
matchmaker The marriage OF Sen
ator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming
and Miss Glare LeBaron Morgan,
which was solemnized in New York,
is said to have been brought about
by the chief executive. The Presi-
dent introduced the couple, and
then assisted cupid at every OPP
portunity.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

W
fact have little or nothingsAA ID, with
the. tariff. The worhn,s A highly,
protected German has asomewhatk
the advantage, in wages. and .eshours,
over the workman In highly protect
ed France. The workingman in
free trade England has shade the
advantage over the workma n in high
ly protected Germany.
1T cannot be shown that the tariff
has any general effect upon wages
Higher wages in the United Estates
are due to a number Of highly scom-
, plex factors. First is the greats r
:, efficiency of the American laborer.
Next the, more perfected machinery
upon which he works. There is also
! the advanced development Of trade
unionism There Is Furthermore the
fact that, until recently large
tracts OF public land served constant.
ly to draw-off some. part spf the corr
! peting laborers Of -theAtowns and cit.
les to the country. Finally, there is
/ the fact that the economic system
as whole has never settled down in
to the hard and fast groove, i'm which
it runs. in Europe.
while the products Ct our factor
les are highly protected, sometimes
as highly as 200 per cent, the. pro
ducers Of these products are not pro
tected at all. On he contrary, during
the last twenty years slavonians. Nal
ians, Greeks. Russ ians and Armen
lians Il, have been brought into THU
country by the million. SimpN = be
cause they have q alowersatandard q
j living. they have crowded out 4eth'
Americans, Germans. EnSlsh AM
: Irishmen from the workshops, fac
tories and mines OF our highly pro
tected industries.
"In the steel mills Of Chicago
! Pittsbung and Milwaukee, where 8
: years ago the so-called ptnces o
!, labor used to get from $40 to SIS ",
& day. the modern white coolies &c
$1.75 for, ~. hours a day. Z days ii
1.-THE week"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

A. campaign against the extrayar
gance in dress of women has been
started in Washington with Mrs.
Robert NJ. LaFollette, wife of the
senator from Wisconsin. at its
head She declares that if women
continue to spend all the money they
can get, there is little use in fight
ing to reduce the cost of living.
Women" she said recently,
think they lower their prestige by
wearing gown for more than one
season, no matter how many they
have Many feel that it they wear
in the summer hats bought in the
spring they are committing a social
crime. That is unreasonable, and
women should come to understand
they are committing crime by
their extravaganza and they should
show their real American independ-
ence by wearing their gowns and
hats as long as, they look neat It
is time for reform, and think
American women should show their
courage and common sense by not
being so extravagant."
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

in the United States which is not
represented in the list.
There will be the usual midsum-
mer gayety. the brilliant afternoon
and evening affairs, and the country
clubs Nlyopia, Essex County, and
Montserrat-will lend the spice ne
cessary to make life worth living
along the Beverly shore and to
give zest to a season which is
bour! to be interesting.
President. Taft has real White
House" this summer. For two years
he occupied the Evans cottage
which was painted green but called
the summer White House in
courtesy. This year Parramatta' is
glistening in coat of white, and
with it's green blinds, the cottage
set high on hill and surrounded
by greenery. is one of the mosd
striking on the shore
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-26

sOscarssW. yUnderWO0dss Chairman OF
the Ways sand Means liz Committee.
took a few. minutes oft today apd aat
down and figured out what the dem
ocrats OF the House had actually &c.
complished thus far. 81
He said: "The House, Of ,Represen:
tatives in the present session has
accomplishedsthe following thtnga:t
"A complete reformation Il the
House rules.
Passed the reciprocity ye,s trade
agreement.
"A bill requiring publicity q cam,
paign funds before elections, 4,
"A resolution providing u lor the
election OF United States. senator's b.
direct vote Of the. people.
"A resolution authorlzing. the ad
mission to the Union Of Ari.ona and
New Mexico. y.
"The Farmers Free List hiu.
"a wool bill that reduces the ~.
eage ad valorem duty on menufac.
tured woolens from 80 per cent. to
42 1-2 per cent.
Eve are preparing q bill that will
make. very. decided reduction !. on
cotton goods.
To elaborate: In retosming the
rules Of athes House We have taken
away from the speaker. the ID veto
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-11-03
MELROSE.

The Goldsborough party, in Is
automobiles, narrowly escaped Mel
rose by going through Bachman's
Valley to Union Mills from Manches-
ter on Monday last.
The United Brethren in Melrose
have enlarged their meeting house
On Sunday last there was a large
crowd at the services.
Charles Tracey brought radish
to town that weighed Az pounds. II
was a monster.
The wheat fields present a beautt-
full appearance.
Albert S. Coans, of R. l., who
spent nearly year here with J. a.
Zepp, left for Providence last Fri
day.
A pleasant birthday surprise was
given on last Saturday evening: Geo
n. Wentz and family, aided by
friends and neighbors, arranged to
have Mrs. Wentz spend Saturday af-
ternoon and evening away from
home. When she returned home the
house was full Of people and a mer-
~ time followed. She soon learned
that it was in honor of her 47th
birthday. More than 100 were pres
ent. There was good music, and lat
er on all were invited to the dining
room, where many good things
tempting to the palate were on the
tables. After an enjoyable evening
they all repaired to their homes
wishing Mrs. Wentz many more
pleasant birthdays
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-11-03

No Republican can be
be elected i'm this county
without Democratic votes