The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-02

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70 the Merchants and Business Men
OF the United States
John Wanamaker's appeal to you In
the NeW York Herald of Oct I. calling
fCr continent Kida rally to rhe sup
port of Mr. Taft on the part Of the
merchants ard business men Of the
country has 10 doubt received your
serious attention 1t has seemed 10
me that those Of as In business who
believe Mr. Nanamzkpr's position is
mistaken should make known our p0-
sstions and the reasons for our arm
belief that the Business OF the country
SiIl be best served BY the election Of
Governor Wilson 10 the presidency.
There Is every reason to believe that
we are on the eFe Of abundant pros
perlty. and In ny opinion one thing
likely to prevent the setting 10 of
such period would be the re-election
Of President Taft and the one thing
that would make prosperity most Ger
tain would be the election of Governor
Wilaon This opinion is based upon
ny belief that for the business world
nothing else Ii 50 important as sta
bility
Stability "a impossible with Mr.. Taft
as president; there has been no feeling
Of stability during bis administration
II is not that the president is a dis
turber Of conditions Or that he iB not
sufficiently careful Of the business IN
terests Of the couHtrg. The absence
oi any feeling Of stability during the
Taft administration has been and is
dua to a widespread belief that there
arc certain reforms which the great
body Of people want and that the gen
eral feeling Of unrest will not materi-
ally lessen until these reforms are ac-
compliahed.
President Taft's reelection would
not create any feeling of assurance
that there would be a satisfactory So
lution Of the taFin question. BY a sat
isfactory solution / mean a removal Of
unjust and unnecessary taxation
Entirely apart from bis veto Of tar
III legislation the mere fact that the
president signed the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill ard later declared that It
was the best tariff bill ever written,
has made it impossible for the public
70 have any considerable confidence
that they may expect real relief from
him.
Roosevelt's Record.
Upon this matter Mr.. Roosevelt's
record is not much better than that
OF Mr. Taft. nor Is his present posi-
tion on the tariff much more promis-
ing than that Of the president. The
agitation fof reform began while Pres
ideut Mckinley was still in Office and
had then reached such proportions
that the country IN general approved /
Of the advanced position Mckinley
took in his Buffalo speech Il in.
creased steadily during the seven and
half years In which Roosevelt was
president, but he made no attempt to
give the people any relief from tariR
exactions He does not now offer any
definite t1rin program. These things
lead me 10 believe that his election
now, like the reelection Of Taft. would
mean four years more of tariff agita-
ton.
Vita Wilson elected one may rea-
sonabIy expect a satisfactory solution
OF the tariff question, His expires
slons on this matter show a full con-
ception Of the country wide demand
for tariff reform. a thorough knowl.
edge Of the ways IN which tariff laws
are made and a determination to SO
cure as promptly as possible the much
needed legislation. At the same time
Governor Wilson has shown that be
recognizes as a fact the intimate re-
lztion which tariff has been made to
have to the structure Of business in
this country and that ne would keep
this fact IN mind in handling tariff
legislation
Governor Wilson's election would
mean and would be taken by the
couiNry at large to mean that VIC
would have very early IN bis admin
sstration revision Of the tariff which
would give the country the relief it is
demanding and which at the same
time would be made carefully and /
with a view 10 preventing business
disturbance
Until this is done, or at least until
the country feels sure that it IS to be
done. there cannot be that stability
which is SO necessary to the fullest
development Of an era OF prosperity.
Truth About Prosperity.
Certainly the facts do not warrant
Mr.. Wanamaker'a conclusion that a
Republican administration insures
prosperity and that the periods of
trade depression which the country
has seen from time to time have been
due to Democratic tariff revision.
1ir Wanamskefs appeal is based
largely on the theory that Demo
cratic tars1 revision was respon-
sible for he hard times Of |
1883. II the face q the facts no gu.