Milford chronicle., 1912-10-11

AGbAaCAL 4 alt NAA1A ia ANNW ~
September "a, gave a long interview t.
the newspapers in which he discussed
fully the campaign issues.
This is the interview in part:
"Mr. President, have you visited the
Chamber of Horrors in Union Square
where the burdens upon living under
the high tariff are illustrated?"
mo, but New York friend told me
q little incident in regard to it worth
remembering. According to the story
told me, the exhibition includes a
number of articles OF clothing tagged
with the prices, and an alleged state
ment of what the articles would cost
with the tariff duties deducted. un-
derstand that a number of establish
ments engaged in the manufacture Of
clothing are situated in the neighbor-
hood, and a working man, evidently
/ from one of those establishments,
! strolled at the noon hour into the ex-
! hibition. Looking about him he no.
/ ticed a coat bearing a price tag, and
I indicating what the cost of the coat
would be without a tariff duty. Why
/ he remarked, that would bring the
price of the coat lower than what
get for making one. At that rate
where would l come in? It is hardly
necessary to say that he would not
come in at all, unless willing to work
for One-half to one-ffth of his present
pay for making a coat.
''The policy of the Republican party
Is not to shut out foreign manufac-
lures, but to foster domestic manu-
factures and to keep the American
WOrkingman employed.
"The tariff should be revised so far
as may be necessary to keep prices
from being exerbitant, so that, as l
have explained in my speech of ac-
ceptance, the manufacturer shall Sc
cure only enough protection to pay
the scale of high wages which obtains
and ought to obtain in this country,
and secure a reasonable profit from
the business"
What do you think, Mr.. President,
of the proposal of the third term par
ty to control the trusts through Fed
eral incorporation and regulation"
1T would create the most mon.
strous monopoly Of power in the his
tory of the world-a power as much
greater, as much more autocratic. than
that of a Caesar or a Napoleon, as the
business interests of the twentieth cen
tury are greater, more dominant and
far reaching than were those of two
thousand or one hundred years ago.
"The Payne law has had no more to !
do with advancing the cost Of living |
than the latest Atlantic cable tariff. |
On the contrary, it has enabled the
American worker to meet the cost Of |
living and maintain his family in COM
fort.
Under the operation of that law
prosperity has been gradually restor-
ed since the panic Of 1907. Practical
ly every able-bodied man who is will.
ing to work has work, and in some of
the large industrial centres, as well as
in other parts Of the country, the de-
mand for labor far exceeds the sup
ply. City hotels have been thronged
with buyers from all sections Of the
Union, who report ready sales and
empty shelves, and are eager purchas-
ers of goods to replenish their stores.
Farmers were never better off. Every
legitimate industry is looking forward
10 still greater prosperity, provided
the nations progress shall not be halt
ed by the benumbing glacier Of free
trade or the destructive lava stream
Of anarchy.
Il have not changed in the slightest
ny view as to the necessity Of none
.ary reform, OF of the great value and
Importance of the work done by the
Monetary Commission, Of which form
sr Senator Aldrich was chairman.
1T is a reform necessary in the in
crest of all the people and must be
,arried through according to some
PRACTICAL and efficient plan that will ]
emedy the gross inadequacy' and !
marked imperfections Of our banking
nd currency system.
There has been no Intervention In {
Under conditions Of an S
rchy, accompanied by acts Of ruth
sss barbarity, American marines
yere landed at the request and with i
he consent of the lawful Government +
f Nicaragua to assist in protecting d
he lives and property Of Americans a
nd other foreigners. There was no b
lvasion, no levying war. Common hui Il
lanity dictated the course that has 81
cen pursued" b
what is your attitude, Mr. Presi- G.
snt on the woman suffrage ques- a
on?" al
Suffrage for women is an issue to pi
, decided by the States, and there ei
ina be no doubt whatever that when a:
yer and wherever a majority Of wom- v
| Impress upon their fathers, their