Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-22
WOODROW WILSON
ADVANCE AGENT
Of DISASTER
SAYS TAFT
Free Trade Policy VIII Mean
Wiping Out Of Important
Industries and General
Hard Times President De.
Clares. VA 1am m
LETTER TO wANAMAKER
MADE PUBLIC YESTERDAY


Beverly, Mass. Oct s2.--white
House officials last night made public
n letter from President Taft 10 John
wanamaker OF Philadelphia, dealing
with some OF the Issues of the cam
paign, and thanking Mr.. Wanamakcr
In his own behalf and on behalf Of
the people OF the nation for his
splendid work" The presidents lot
ter dealt almost exclusively with the
tariff aud prosperity, which he de-
clured was largely due 10 protection.
The letter In part reads:
My Dear Mr.. wanamaker; want
to thank you for the splendid work
you are doing for the success of the
Republican party In the approaching
election, ! thank you not for myself,
but for tho people at large " D have
So much TO lose. 81 little to gain. from
20 change OF administration, who will
indeed suffer II Democratic prcsi-
dent ana Democratic congress secure
the Opportunity To- make GOOd their
platform pledges. and an extra ses-
sion ui congress Is called next March
tu change the tariff from protective
tu e revenue basis.
Wholly apart from the respective
merits OF the protective and the tar
~ Tor revenue policies, II must be
obvious to thinking men that IN rad
icul II change cannot be effected with
out II period OF rend justment. the
wiping out uf numerous Industries
thut prosper because they arc pro-
tected. ami that pay good WAGES "a
thnnuunAa nT Mean MAS.
II admitted | 10 not admit it
that ultimately this readJustmeni
| would he successful, and that ouI
present protected and prosperous In.
dustries could be replaced by Others
that would thrive without protection
what OF the transition period? How
would fare the wage Garner who wal
thrown out OF employment for year
or more, ana who In many instances
would be- compelled to learn new
trade"
LAS n prOtcctiOnist | can ses ne
hepSut To b." ,R1lned from such q
/ change, "vun when tho reHdiuM mcnt
iS completed. For sixty years under
the protective pulley our industries
hay" grown NJ u pace that hu'
ustUund"d III" world. cur wage earn.
I"rs have established nud maintained u
standard Of living that IL unknown II
! the old world, Even during the per.
iOd Of hlRh cost uf living which hn'
prevailed throughout the civilized
world Tor u few years our people hay,
suffered no such hardships as those
of the old world.
THE abundant crops. at this year
are already operating to decrease the
cost of living To the American work
inRm0n. while there is every indIca'
| ton that wages will he maintained
ON the other hand our factories ore
running full time. thrr" are Hbun'
dnnt orders ahead, wages high and
II II labor. not employment, Of which
there In scarcity. win plenty oI
employment at good wages and th'
prices az foodatmfrs falling IN soE,'
Instances. In others about tn fail, thI
wage Garner In just on the rv" OF gar
neIinR his harvest, ana II exiSiinl
conditions are not changed by pO
litiCal uphcuVul. we will srr the bal
anceH In the savings banks grow II
the next four years AN never before.
we have experimental ~ The pas
with the tariff theories at our Demo
cratic friends. You will recall n
clearly as do, the distress that fol
lowed the passage Of the Wilson bill
In there not IA certain significance II
the fact that II In another Wilson WIT
would Hguin subject us to such al
experiment, Wilson ana proHperit!
are words that refus, 10 81 togethe
In our campaign history,
The election of u Democratic pres
ldent would mean the election OF I
Democratic senate and house and thu
present congress has proved how srv
agely una with what reckl"ssneaa tn
Democrats would deal with the tariff
II they were In the full control OF tn
executive and the leglslativ" branohe
Of the government. I cnnnOt under
stand how any American voter cal
fail to see that by throwing away hi
vote on the third party or by vOtinl
Ia put the Democrats In power In tn
White House and n congress- he I
an surely cOnTtlnB disaster 49, Ia tn
small child playing with matches"