Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
TAFT is SATISFIED
WITH TRENDTOHIM
Believes That National Pros
perity will Keep Farmers
and LabOrerS in the
Republican Ranks
QUACK REMEDIES REJECTED
Higher Living Cost Blamed to Gold
Production-Wages Must Be
Kept Up 10 Meet It.

Dalton, Mass.-President Taft is
sued the following statement on the
Presidential campaign:
81 have every reason to be salts
fed with political conditions. have
been simply overwhelmed for days
past with letters and newspaper clip
pings showing the trend of the tide
toward the Republican party, its plat
form, and its candidates. ! have been
especially gratified by the news from
the Northwestern States. Chairman
Hilles Of the Republican National
Committee, who has been visiting the
Northwest, tells me that reports from
all parts OF those States bring most
gratifying evidence of Republican con-
fidence and activity, with earnest de-
termination to achieve the success OF
Republican principles and candidates.
"The population of the Northwest
IS not surpassed anywhere in intelli-
gence and thrift and attachment to
American Institutions. The farmers
Of that part of the Union were never
so prosperous, and they do not mean
to risk the loss of their prosperity
by abandoning the Republican party,
whose policies have enabled them to
prosper. They are cOnvirced that the I
third-term candidate is no longer in |
the running, and that the choice is
between the Republican platform and |
candidates on the one hand and. on
the other hand. the Democratic plat
form. with its plank of a tariff for
revenue only, and its candidate. Gov
ernor Wilson who said in an address
at Williams Grove. Pa. that the far
mer does not meet protection. It is
to explain to the farmer
West. East, North or on the Pacific
Governor Wilson's very
frank declaration would mean, with
Mr. Wilson in the White House and
a Democratic majority in the Capitol.
Prosperity in the Nation.
"The same news comes from all d.
rections. A Baltimore trade paper,
which has been gathering the views
Of manufacturers n all parts of the
United States thus sums up the situ-
alton: A rapid expansion in business
interests, increasing activity every
where, factories overtaxed with or
iers beyond their capacity to fill. a {
growing scarcity of labor, especially ]
# skilled mechanics; d car shortage {
which, in many cases. is greatly re- i
arding shipments-such is the condi- i
ion of business throughout the coun-
ry as voiced by leading manufac-
lrers Of every section. i,
The principal reason for the exist e
lg prosperity is the assurance that. fl
nder the Republican policy of home a
rejection and trade expansion. Amer a
IAN industry while reaching for the D
,reign market, is not in danger OF ii
'sing the home market While our f;
'reign trade is growing more rapidly Il
IAN at any time in our history. do "
estic commerce is making advances Ii
lily as remarkable. Our population ST
increasing the demand for the
Of lite is increasing pro-
'rtionately, and, thanks to active IL
lsiness and good wages, the people -
e able to pay for what they want D'
I'd TO keep our industries busy sup -
ying their wants. Hence general
I'd growing prosperity with a GER -, .,'
inty OF still better times. provided 'ii
@ machinery of our national activ. ai m
es is not disarraDged and brought III
standstill by undue reduction of si
e tariff or anarchistic assaults upon al
r Institutions. and upon the har- pc
)nious relations now existing. as a i"
le, between employer and employed. OS
There is no serious danger. / be-
We, to our institutions from indus
al agitations So long as such agi-
ion keeps within legal bounds it e
not without wholesome significance. *
d may tend to improve conditions. 2
len it passes beyond the legal limit, q
ether those self outlawed are con- .
;ted with capital or with labor. it z
a menace to be del. with by lawful q
hOrity Notwithstanding occasion x
outbreaks Of violence in labor dis =
es there is a growing tendency to 3
tie differences by peaceful means. 3
there is undoubtedly manifest a II
ch more friendly and humane atti- 8
e on the part of employers toward B
ployed than was apparent not many g
rs ago. The Golden Rule is get x
Z to be more and more a guide in 8
mess as we'll as in religion. Social q
economic conditions are growing g
ter, not worse, and Republican q
cies fostering and stimulating ma g
lal prosperity, undoubtedly tend to. 3
d this betterment g
For the man or the community EN- q
ng robust health, Quack remedies 3
e little attraction, no matter how 8
IferOusly recommended as cure-alls 8
the body polite. The law Of sup 8
and demand, along with labor or 3
ization and arbitration, and such &
Station as may properly be en- q ,
d governing hours Of labor and &
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