Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-01-10

events, and the President mistakes
a PERSONAL loyalty for a public ser
vice. Yet the inevitable can not be
prevented by any such mistake. The
President does not face difficulties
decisively-
"Yet no man has more patriotic in
tentions. The explanation seems to
be temperIaental-that he amt one
Of us
"Mr. Taft's interview, in which. he
undertook to explain his work and
purposes as President, had the tone
Of an apology. His amiah!e person
atty showed in it, as it does in ey-
erything he does or says. But there
was the tone, nor only OF apology,
but OF a sort of helplessness. The
very illusion of leadership was strip
ped away in a perfectly common
place explanation that somehow
seems to have done an offense to
the great office he holds. Ncthing
to stir the imagination. Nothisg to
rally men one can hardly hel,o wish
ing that he had not offered the ex-
planation,' 3s.,
.4a.WorId Wide Causes, s55
Already during this session of con-
gress many Of the orators among the
standpat republicans have tried to
explain the prevailing high prices
with the argument that the high
price wave Isl worldwide. This is
another OF the hslf-truths which the
republicans seek to have the people
accept as a whole excuse.
Mr.. R. H. "a Hooker. Of London, read
paper before the Royal Statistical
society Of England recently, in which
he showed that the Increased cost
!!of am commodities was twice as
much In hlgh-prot lection Germany and
INTERPRETATION United States, IS il
free trade England.
Comparing food prices fer this
year with 1885," said Mr.. Hooker
1--we find there has been an increase
of Il per cent in France; 8 per cent
in England; Is per cent in Germany;
% per cent in Canada, and 81
per cent in the United States.
i Why is it that s.world wide
causes result in an increase OF
and per cent in France and Eng
land, and 81 per cent in this coun
,Itry?
/ Protection an lmmigr alton.
High protectionists always address:
!. their appeals to farmers and working
!, men. High tariff they argue
) "means high prices for farm pro
t ducts and high wages for the work
ters."
Last year 145,oOO American farm
/ ers. all Of whom were supposed t.
!, be enjoying the fruits ct high tar
J, it, left this country arc, went Z
II Canada. In the same period ap
proximately million laborers came
: to this country from abroad, 81 pei
, cent OF them coming from tht
! south Of Europe, where wages are
: low, educatton almost nothing, ant
J, standards. Of living primitive and fl
j, thy. These laborers are taken in By
the trusts at wages but little better
!. than they got at home, and under
:. .orditions OF employment unthink
\ able to American workingmen.
i Thus the high tariff drives out goo
American farmers, and brings In
! what?
A Singer In Tho One.
4, The reciprocity act passed las
summer provided for the removal, dr
| ,art, Ct the duty on paper imported
from Canada. This provision did not
.euuire Canadas endorsement. Since
then more than 80 independent paper
companies have started business In
opposition to the paper trust.
i Notwithstanding the reciprocity act
| with the single exception of the pa
per provision, became dead and de
i funct when Canada declined to &C.
cept it, Senator Hepburn has intro
|duced bill for the repeal CT the
whole act. Were this BILL to pass
unamended it not only would use
|lessly repeal an imperative act, but
would put the duty back on paper.
There is a singer in the Hepburn re
pealer that will bear watching.
An ACCOM- liehcd Reform.
Fourteen million dollars In postal
savings banks In the United States.
after but one year Of operation. This
is one OF the novelties OF the finan-
cial reports CT the New Year. This
record marks the practical success
of an experiment abou: which there
was never the sliz htest doubt. There
are new 5,1s5 post offices with pos
ta1l banEs. When the system is full
| ly developed and popularized annual
deposits Of 5000, 100000 are anticipat-
ed. Now for limited parcels post
There is a good chance that Press-
iden Taft's three favorite hobbies
the tariff board; the economy COM
mission, and the travelling expense
fund-will be done away with at
the present session OF congress.
The democrats in the House ct Rep