The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-11-05
PRESIDENT SEES
VICTORY AT POLLS
Trusts Sober Judgment Of the.
Voters to Continue Present
Conditions Expects
Democratic Help
THE THIRD PARTY CAN'T WIN
Mr.. TAFT Says It's Open Secret That
Proaresslves Do Not Expect Sue
cess and That Every Mail Tells of
Wanderers Return.

can victory next month, and declaring
il "obytous that either the Republi-
can or Democratic nominees VIII Dc
elected" He asserts it to be an open
secret that the third party does not
expect success"
The President reviews business
conditions of the country. which, he
says, are unprecedentedly prosperous.
and asserts the belief that the sober
Judgment of the voters will continue
present conditions.
President Taft says that from al!
parts of the country assurances are
coming that Democrats intend to vote
for the Republican candidates and
of prosperity and against
the programme of economic confusion
and socialistic subversion of American
supported by Democratic
and their allies. He calls
attention to the great progress OF the
country since 1860 as regards the
home and foreign markets, and says
that the American manufacturer and
worker would not have much spirit
left for invading the foreign market If
deprived by Democratic tariff for
revenue only OF the home market.
which they now control, thanks to the
Republican protective tariff.
Tho Presidents Statement.
The Presidents statement follows:
"Fifty-two years ago seceders from
the Union thought they were facing
divided North and would win an easy
victory. There had been division
among the loyal people, but all united
In face of the common danger, and in
addition a great number of Democrats
joined the Republicans In the success
full struggle for the nations life. Then
it was said by hostile critics that the
chip of state was drifting. 1t drifted-
yes-wfth Lincoln at the helm, from
the reefs of secession and slavery into
the placid waters of union and liberty.
Under Lincoln's successors it has sail
ed on, propelled by the winds of pros
perity, save when its voyage has been
halted by just such a visitation of
storm and stress, Of torn protection
sails and broken business bulkheads,
as we are now threatened with, should
Baltimore supplant Chicago, which it
did not in 1850, and will not in 1912.
"Our friends the enemy say that the
Democracy has learned its mistakes
and does not mean to repeat them. In
s,<,,, q ~ 90 o.,re 4r,.a a ~ fhe mast. - a
the Republican party has had a diff
cult, If successful task In teaching
the Democracy its mistakes, so far as
1t has been taught; but somehow the
obstinate pupil comes forward every
four years to be taught again.
Il am glad to say, however" the
President added, that many Demo
Gratis have learned their lessons we'll
and are refusing to leave the firm
ground Of national prosperity for the
quagmire Of business disruption, trade
depression and commercial and indus
trial depletion.
"From all parts Of the country as
surances are coming that Democrats
Intend to vote for the Republican can
didates and a continuance Of prosper
Gus business conditions, and against
the programmes of economic confusion
and socIallstlc subverslon Of our inst
buttons supported by the Democratic
candidates and their allies. Democra
tic workingmen refuse to be led from
the factory and good wages Of 191:
back to the Democratic hard times o
18s3Je7. They prefer independents.
and money In the savings bank to Iosl
of employment and dependence o.
charity.
Pay Envelopes Feeders of Trade
democratic business men feel tn
same way. They know that when In
dustrles Ianaulsh their business Ian
guIshes, too. The pay envelopes ar
the feeders of trade In every form
When they are empty or scrlmpy tn
biggest department store feels the Ell
feet as we'll as the corner grocery"
President Taft continued:
Drifting? Well, let me glance a
some Of the drift. Our home marke
has drifted from $1,000. O0O. 900 in 1877
to 49,, 900, 000-not a bad drift
that. And it is this magnificent hom
market, without equal in the past o
present, that the Democrats propos
to dismember and disorganize, and II
vite every nation in the world to pre-
upon, while those same nations kee
the barriers to their own markets jus
as high as they please.
Then look at our foreign trade. ]
favorite Democratic argument Is ths
Republicans build up and cultivat
the home market at the expense OF on
foreign commerce, when the fact
that the growth of foreign trade ha
almost kept propOrtionate pace wit
the domestio-from $1,000, 00O,0O /
1870 to $4,000, 000,O 900 in 1912.
Our exports for the past yes
amounted to s2,17O,819,3 1913, of whic
! $674,302, 903 were manufactures read
for consumption, the largest expoI
trade and the largest proportion c
manufactures ready for consumption
the country has ever known.
Change Would Cost Home Market.
"The American manufacturer ane
the American worker" President Tai
declared, "would not have much spirl
left for invading the foreign market !
deprived by a Democratic tariff fol
revenue only Of the best market Of all
more than equal in purchasing powell
to all Europe, the home market, which
they now control, thanks to the Re
publican protective tariff"
The statement goes on to say:
German foreign commerce is alsG
making great advances, particularly
among our neighbors of South Ameri
ca, but a suggestion that Germany
should, for that reason, take protec
zion out of it's tariff would probably b.
received with arching of eyebrows b.
German statesmen and economists.
| "And this unprecedented growth OF
our foreign trade Is accompanied BY
! expansion as unprecedented in oul
home trade from one end Of the coun
try to the other-the Atlantic to the
Pacific, the st. Lawrence to the Rio
Grande 1t Is not a sudden imitation
but a gradual advance under favorable
conditions from the prostration Of 1901
to prosperity as substantial as it ID
general
"All Industries are humming anC
there Is work at good wages princely
compared with wages abroad-for al
who are willing to work, while in ths
Pittsburgh district, alone. l under
stand, there is demand for at leas
thirty thousand workers in excess o
the number available. Business, whole
sale and retail. is active and profitable
for the people have money with which