Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-01-31

The people are not always able to
decide what Isl hes. for them. AZ
great many men who believe this to
ibe true Jack the courage to say it,
In explaining that "the people do
not always know what they want
the President made no mention Of
the fact that the people do not all
have a chance, under the present
cumbersome election methods, to
give expression to their opinions.
The people. for instance, probably
would not be in favor Of allowing
hundreds Of office holding republic
cans an the south to. nominate the
candidate for president. but how can
they help themselves? Moreover,
when the people decide almost un,
.amiously that they want a certain
thing, such as the recall in Arizona,
the president steps in and says they
shall not have it. Apparently it
makes small difference to Mr.. Taft
whether the people know what they
want or not. 3.s ,.
Railroad Wrecks. II
The tragic death Of former presi-
dent ]. T.. Harahan, OF the Illinois
Central, and three other high rail-
road officials, at Kimmundy, Illi-
nois, again illustrates the small re-
gard Anne rlcan railroads have for
human lives, compared to other ma
lions. The number Of passengers
killed in this country in 9OS was
301; in 1909 the number was 253,5
and in 1910 the numb ers rose TO
421. These figures are for passenn--
l;gers alone, and do not inclald train.
linen and other. employ ers, among
whom the fatalities annually reach
into The thousands .5ss sasa
Against this; sl'augh liter of American
railroad passengers the British "a i.
roads, IN 1910, killed only % passen-
gers, a number greatly in excess Of
the average. In 1911 not a single
passenger was killed in a wreck in
England. y. .{Is
i That these wholesale deaths are
not necessary in this country is prov
en- by the fact that one OF the big
eastern roads, for the last two years,
has used nothing but solid teel
coaches, during which time not q
single passenger has been killed on
that road. 81
Driven from piller to post for ex.
plantations to Justify the Payne-Ald
: rich tariff tax, stand-pat protection
lists long ago waived the theory thai
!, the foreigner rays the tar.ff and M /
( now stand on the assurance to the
! people that a prah.bitive tariff i
3 for the protection OF . American
n workingmen. $s 5s35
2 When Schedule X; which places "
3 heavy tax on every article Of woolel
3 clothing worn by every man, wo
Z man and child in the nation, was VI
y for discussion, Aldr.ch, Lodge, smoo
$ and other special privilege server
Of the House and, Senate, declares
g their principal motive in. levying
{ tag on these articles -wass-to .!.pro
tectr. the American workingmen Il
9 the wooden industry.
Schedule X, became a law, tn
! |pr,ces OF all kinds OF othing, mad
q wholly Of wool or partly ofswool hay
adyanced, and the comb ination 9
4 manufacturers who contributed heay
lily to the republican party to hav'
Z Schedule K framed and passed
: have made millions But how haw'
: the american workingmen beer
3 "protected?'
The strike OF $4,000 textile work
s ers at Lawrence, Mass, one Of man!
a similar illustrations which might b
e lgiven, throws some light ON tn
. subject. It puts the lie to the state
y lment that Schedule K protects tn
American workman, because th
g Information shows there are scarce
lily any American workers left d
the wooden manufacturing indrstr
Il to protect. The mill owners hay'
s protected the American IS wori
tlingmen by driving them from thei
+ employment with lew: wages and IN
bearable working conditions, and b
/, FILLING their places with contract aat
i orers from the south Of Europe
FNty-two different nationalit'es ar
= represented by the strikers at Law
: renee, and fortY-five languages ar
< spoken there
a Bayonets and deorea ssd wage
: for the men, women and childrel
workers, instead Of the workman
paradise pictured by Aldrich, Lodg,
and Smoot, is the definition Q
y Schedule X that the mill worker
!. lat Lawrence are learning by actuc>
, experience. IL
Bringing In Cheap Labor.
Y In view OF the, s'rike OF textile
4 workers at Lawrence, Mass, it Il
i interesting to know how the woole1
], mill owners attract cheap labor t
their mills. Congressman A. P. Gar
dener of Massachusett while speak
ing one day in the House on the
subject of immigration, contributed
some valuable information to the
subject Mr.. Gardner is a standpat
protectionist OF the Aldrich school
For example," said Mr.. Gardner
suppose am a Syrian conducting a
Syrian boarding house in the cit,
Of Lowell, Mass. Perhaps some mill
i sends down to me for hands I fur