The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06

wrotn that veto The plain fact is
that the Legislation was wholly made
afate 10 achieve safe reductions. the
bin would have wrought serious havoe
to the Industries involved. TIL. chem
jcaI = ,hedule as sent tn me by con-
grass WAS partlc.llariv vicious and FUN
II Jokes ana iokers. Every steel in
dnstry n the country. especially the
fndependent and small concerns pro-
tested earnestly against the hurried
and fu-aagised leuislatiSn affecting
nat interest Wa..t was irua If steel
and chemicals was equally true Of
cotton ana wool "
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the yalHe-I may gay tho tteccsait,.--
nf a ,xe1l.nojeed tartff hoard tean da-
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president In an 1arlH leglsiahon ana
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borne in mind, is still the party of pro-
fectlon 30 American labor and manu-
facture The Democratic party is still
the party Of free trade.
Governor " 1fsun Is proving -this
in his campaign speeches and III his
every utterance on the tariff question.
What the Progressive party's attitude
toward protection is nobody seems to
know exactly They profess TO have
some method by which they increase
wages, but prevent any increased profit
10 the employer. We have not been
told how this can be done.
Prosperity Is Wide Spread.
DO you regard the prosperity Of
the country as widespread and UP to
the standard, Mr.. President
Indeed | do. The facts bear me
out in this assertion. Seldom before
has the business of the country been
In a more thriving condition or the
profits of industry more evenly dis
tributed. There are still some in
CAPABILITIES, but If there were not we
would now be in that state OF per-
lection which the dreamers foresee in
the millennium. The Republican paTty
now, as ever. Is deyoting It's energies
to correcting the inequalities Its car
dinal principle still is for the great
est opportunity TO the average citizen:
TO see to ii that everybody gets his
proper share Of the fruits of endeavor.
Of fruRa'ity. of thrift
There was a period between 1897
and 1907 the president continued, in
conclusion. when d. oVerexpa nsian Of
capitalization was permitted to go on
unchecked During that period many
swollen fortunes were piled up. Knowl-
edge of this unwholesome fact created
dissatisfaction among a large body Of
intelligent citizens
Some of the effects Of that over
expansion and its resultant popular
lissatisfa action are still in existence
But the evil forces which brought II
all about have largely been checked
and curbed thanks to the patriotic
leadership and sound legislation of the
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