The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19


Is OUR TIN PLATE PLUI0GlH.IS
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Itwoud be wise if Mr.. John w. Davis would
scr the articles that 90 into his own newspaper, ne
intended to prop up his steadily weakening cauq
naTcularv important that he Should have seen t ore
filled azNr qiI9hIin Has efters'' That hurt tesS
dacy, TO Judge from the expressions OF the gu0lc g
very untrIendy and H-tempereo IoWaEo ~
money and enabled US all to boast OF Our city raR
one sentence: "Blf we mistake the temper Of
everyday citizen OF the FIRST Congressional qESttlee
going to let hall dozen pltoGTs1s, lsIlg g lgt
Rryan campaigns? We mistake the temper % 9l
Their intelligence can be driven off the Job BY this
These spIqocrats'' are very good 10 eiaFt
people very fond Of them and ever ready g
and whether they live Sin luxury or notaSeS little
ence in the main question:
in the First Congressional district The prosperity Of 1 9
and this district is. in very large measures
their prosperity. They have the power to shut down te
or to keep them open They know their business. I Ds
or the Exponent can't tell them ANYTHING about t
They have said that had the bill voted for by Nc. DAVIS
come law. their tin plate mill in ClarksbFg would nave
shut down indefinitely and that their men by t!e Ulo
employed in the other mills in this district would laVe
accept substantial reduction in WageSSor else look tQ
poyment elsewhere Has anybody rioht 70 question
ponent DO it? Canthey disprOVe It? If so, here's Their
What the chief interest Of the men employed % u
thriving industries of these EputoCFaS2 u Is 90 keen
mills opento hold their Jobs to perform efficient Service
play the part in the great industrial drama ~ which sI
Are they moi concerned and deeply IN the prosperity q
their EEpIutoCratC employers? Most aSSuredly. For upon
the prosperity of their employers depends their own
Did not these show that they understood THIS e9
they selected from their number feEow-Wor TO ye9
WASHINGTON and argue with the representative from u O
district as they had RIGHT to do not to vote to strike down
great tin plate industry in the First Congressional qsEg
which never would have existed land this Mr. DAVIS ana eV
other smart knoWS), had not William Mckinley SINGLE
out this one industry to throw around It the bFOaQ Se
protection and prove the efficacy OF the protective policy VIII
a shining example that would enghten the minds OF al a4
the wisdom of the economic principle tor Wlc! ne St00Q4
1t is not enough for Mr. Davis to say to these men, as ne
did say: 81 can do nothing My hands are tied by my pa
caucus compelled to vote as the caucus says tQ9t IS
no paIiation for the deed excuse now that he
ton. -
Whichever party wins the House, will revise the tariff next
year. II Mr. Davis elected he will again be compsed 20 90
as party caucus controlled by free trade Democrats from
Southern states, tells him to do. Again the great TN p M
dIstrY will be Iuqged with by the congressional ana
AGAIN Mr. Davis will be compelled to cast his vote against S
That is the situation exactly Calling these men pto
crats who have invested their money given the best OF Their
business talents to building the tin plate industry ~ m
First Congressional district till it the largest center tor
manufacture of this product that there IS n the United
does not alter the HreVoCabe truth. That they Five IN
neither here there. When they cease to i've Up % ~
position in life then the $500 men IN their busy mills, ana
wives and children dependent upon the efforts OF tnes 0
foil and their steady and uninterrupted employment VIII cease
TO live up to the high standard OF living which c1aFaceFzes
American labor
We for one do not mistake the temper of the people
either Caksbq or the First district They not to be ooeQ
by political pTe nor instructed from attention 70 ueB own
concerns by VacuouS appeals 20 ignorant prejudice.
They are business people and, therefore, pracuca0s
people .5
they want the facts and the truth and nothing else upon
TO base their decision