Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-02
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
More Backward Chances.

MT. Editor: It is during the bitter cold days of January, 1894. We had filled one assignment, my friend and I, and being Saturday night, an unusual ly live one on the old Bowery, Charlie Oyermeyer and I (Charlie afterward lost his life under the old flag near Manila) thought we would take a long walk to our rooms instead of the usual ride on the Third avenue ele- vated. When We landed at Chatham square our attention was called to long line of men reaching up to 99 Bowery, a long distance, all eagerly awaiting their turn at "a great work ingman's meal for one cent" in the basement underneath the Penial mis- sion Josephine" so named after the angelic wife of the late A. w. Den nett, who at that time was the great est restaurant promoter on earth. The Dennetts supplied the food for the one cent meal, which consisted of a generous quantity of good, wholesome food, the penny going to the rent and fuel of the basement. Over on Dover street, not far away, good Brother Sketchley was speaking to hundreds of poorly clad. hungry men, all out of work
 Still farther up the Bowery 'Nroth- err Bird was handing out sandwiches and coffee to thousands, and not far away on the opposite side, Steve Bro- die of Brooklyn bridge fame, was giv- ing away 500 gallons of buttermilk and tons of bread Then there was Mir. Wilkins at 15S Bowery, the F'leischmann bread line and hundreds of other charitable institutions and soup houses, all doing their share to relieve the misery of more than a quarter of a million of people who were either out of work, residents, strangers in Gotham or members of families who were only partially em . ployed
 ' l remember as we watched the line at Fleischmann' how happy the most of the men were when it commenced to snow. The very thing that would have made the genuine tramp misera- ble filled the honest worldngman with glee, for snow meant to him work, more or less, according to the depth of the snow.
 Wonder what was the matter? Was | it because the protective tariff had raised the price of articles required to live? Was 1t because free trade had reduced such prices? or what was the matter?
 The answer is very simple The great business heart was palsied by an uncertainty and unrest, and the most powerful stimulant could not start it beating in regular way.
 Do you wish to return to those days There is a grand chance. Get together and elect as president of the United States a man who confesses he has a single track mind and who stands
 1atly on q platform of free trade. Call 1t what you may, it is nothing but free trade,
 Blect Woodrow Wilson president and you will not have to go to New Yorl to see the sweeping reductions in tht cost of living. You will find 1t al home.
 ! Elect Woodrow Wilson president anC you will place the government of the 1 United States in the hands of it's enc mics, for an election of him under the present mixed conditions of parties means the whole thing, senate and all
 Consider the matter very carefully Don't get angry because some one says or writes things you do not agree with You cannot get away from the fac that there was no high cost of Twins from the day of C1eveland's election in 1892 until after the sweeping vic. tory of the republicans in the congres sional elections of 1894 Not only nt high cost of living but no means t, pay the most meagre living expenses
 You often hear this remark q dit while in Hartford the other day)
 Can you blame Cleveland for Wha happened before he was inaugurated '?
 My reply always is no. and for wha happened after inauguration he shoul
 not be blamed. The men to blame ar
 the same ones who always contrc when the democratic party is in pow
 CT, and who are such well known enc
 mics of progress and prosperity to tn
 country outside of their own loca
 centres that the business interests ar
 compelled to hold up until they ar
 certain what blow is to be struck next
 Remember the Wilson bill times c
 the early sos and shun Wilson time in 1913 as If they were rattlesnake: What you want to do Is to defeat on
 man, no matter who is elected. ''Wil son that's all"
 C. B. MONTGOMERY.