New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
SAY TAFT IS THE MAN
Supporters Declare President
Has Caused Good Times.
STEEL MAKER FOR HIM
Virginia Committeeman De.
clares That State Will Stand
by Republican Party.

William Barnes. jr.. appointed on Tues
day as chairman of the advisory COM
mittee Of the Republican National Com
mittee. which means that upon his shoui-
ders Will rest much of the organization
planning. spent the day yesterday in his
private apartment preparing suggestions
that he VIII submit TO his committee when
il meets here a week from Monday
The absence Of Chairman Hllles and
Secretary Reynolds in Chicago was re-
sponsible for its being quiet at national
headquarters I'm the Times Building
An extract from a letter from Joseph
G.. Butler. jr., of Youngstown, Ohio, to
Chairman Hilles was made public. MI
Butler, who is a prominent steel manu-
facturer, wrote:
IL would seem TO me as II the present
conditions, more particularly In the IRON
and steel industry, ought 10 sway the
election I'm Mr.. Tafts favor. II Tor hV
other reason. There is good deal OF
humbug about Presidential elections De,
ing bad for business. This is the thlru
Presidential election that ] nave gone
through i'm my time with great pros
perty
The iron and steel business is I'm the
most healthy condition it has been I'm Tor
years All OF our concerns here, lncludlne
the Carnegie Steel plant-which is the
second largest in the country-the fouhgs-
town Sheet and Tube Company. and the
Republic Iron and Steel Company, are
running to full capacity and are BEHIND
I'm their orders. Prices are not very hlgn
but there is A good fair margin. and
with all the labor thus employed / can
not see why any manufactures or any
workman should think Of voting for any
one except President Taft.
Speaking Of conditions in Virginia. Al
yah H. Martin, member OF the national
committee from that state, said:
The third party movement has not af-
fected the regular organization in Viz
glnia The movement has seemed TO
change form. however. IN 80 much as the
contcsting Roosevelt delegation 10 the ma
tional convention was composed almost
entirely Of colored men. The delegation
to the Roosevelt convention was made up
Of white men"
MI Martin said that however much one
might admire Colonel Roosevelt for what
he had done i'm the past. 1t was recognized
generally that his honors and prefer
ment came through the Republican party.
and his attempt to- disrupt il now could
not be approved by the rank and hle OF
the party.
The South did not want free trade. Mr..
Martin thought
The country to-day is teaming with
prosperity" he said. Any travelling man
will tell YOU SO. from Texas to Maine.
and there is no section Of the country
that is likely 10 show greater advance
ment in the next decade than the South.
IL any shall do as we'll Its magnificent
undeyeloped natural resources OF coal.
iron and other mineral wealth. It's great
agricultural facilities and its unequalled
production of cotton, with IT'S constantly
increasing manufacturing interests. rem
der it conspicuous a the future home OF
Industrial enterprises and the section that
will require proper protection for it's prod
uCts and its labor
Also. the South has changed less In its
types OF population than other sections
and should reasonably be depended upon
10 look with favor on such man as
President Taft. who represents the pros
peTity and success OF the country and has
the judicial temperament and the heart To
mete out equal Justice to all the people.
stands for our great and historic past and
FOR progressive measures within the Inn
its OF the Constitution.
II confidently believe that the people OF
Virginia will make a good showing at the
polls for the continuation In office OF the
President. who has modestly and without
ostentation accomplished more for the
country along the lines of general ad-
vancemont than any other President since
the war. Taft Is the safest.