The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-07-26
Denaeogy Pure and Simple.

Demagogy Pure and Simple.
In analyzing the tariIf plank OF
the Democratic nal.onal platform,
the Wheeling 1ntelllgencer comes to
the conclusion that It is choice bit
Of demagogy, peculiarly fnappropri.
ate for the Democrats at this time,
which aserts that under the opera
lions of the protective tArin the
American farmer and laboring man
are the chief sufferers" Says the In
teligencer:
The sAmerlcan farmer the chief
sufferer of the american tariff! At
a time when the farmer is selling at
better price than ever before in
history, every pound of beef, every
bushel of wheat, every ton of hay,
every dozen of eggs, every quart of
milk, every bushel of oats, every
hog, every sheep, every horse and
every product OF any kind he is able
to grow on his farm! When in all
history were the agricultural classes
OF. any country more prosperous,
freer from debt, and-in better cir
cumstances than the farmers of the
Unitedf States are today?
Twenty years ago the average far
mer was in debt and the farm mort
gagged. Today the farmers OF the
United States are loaning money and
buying, automobiles. Today their:
homes are lifted with the comforts
and conyentences which their fore
fathers and fathers never dreamed
OF. The plano and the taTRfng ma
chine abound, Where formerly the
cottage organ was rarity. If there
ever was prime absuFdity sought
to be imposed upon a thinking peo-
pie. it is the. solemn assertion in
the Democratic platform that the
American farmer is the sufferer
from the protective tariff.
The protective -tariff has, given To-
the American farmer the greatest
market which he has ever had, or
any other producer has ever had.
1t has brought to his door a demand
for everything that he can grow, a
demand greater than he is able to
supply. What in the name OF all
reason can the american farmer ask
better than he has today, and If he
had to make a change, how could he
make a change that would improve
his condition?
AS to the conditions of the Amer
lean workihgman, noe man knows
better than intelligent American
working men themselves that their
condition in the United States to-
day is better than that of any other
industrial country in the world.
Why do we have yearly thousands
upon thousands OF working men
fiocking into America from such
countries as Austria, Hungary, Italy
and Russia, II from any other rea-
son than that they are able to bet
ter their condition here; and why
are these importations from a for
eign land willing to do the humble,
toughest and hardest labor il for
any other reason than the american
working man, as a rule. refuse to
do that very kind Of labor? IN our
mills and factories and workshops
everywhere the American working
mar, commands-th wages of skilled
workman. Nine times out OF ten he
has passed out of the ranks of the
mere laborer. He IS an artisan and
draws artisan, wages, and he keeps
his family in condition OF comfort
almost OF luxury, which is absolute
ly unknown among workingmen of
the same class in any other country
OF the, world -.
We have in the city OF Wheeling
and its vicinity thousands OF
skilled men who are thoroughly IA
miliaf with the conditions that ex-
list among working men in like
trades abroad and to tell them that
the condition Of the American work
ing man is no better than that OF