Newark post., 1912-12-04
PRESIDENT WILSON


most important wars will appear as in
trrr~ting aS those four years which will
hc"in on March 4th As the Old slave
huHing Rome cntcrcd Il new era when
her -iayrs became unprOfltabir and the
b:.rhariars oycrthrcw the nation, as the
E1a'ish people began new age when
tl,, WORKERS discovered that, hcing
b.pa-hr together in f@rtoricS they could
r,nnoiur anl protect Themselves ami get
uluog without the feudai system, 50 we
nr" beginning u new time; having left
'h,. age Of general competition III pro
,U"tion and sale and entered an age of
,u-oprratiou. And this cooperative age,
beginning in cooperation for the benefit
.otatiou and production, must now, be-
ran,r of the struggle Of the people
against paying tribute to private owners
i'm the form of the high cost of living,
begin to he modifcd by the collective, or
goprrnmrnt ownership Of the means of
production. The tremendous increase of
the Socialist vote to almost Il million,
the popularity of the Roosevelt crusade,
& movement which has taken twenty
IIanks from the Socialist platform and
~uHng holdIv into a course which twenty
wears AGO its leaders would have dcnOumc.
e. a. anarrhistic, shows that this read
ju~tmcnt is already under way. Presi-
Il: mt Wilson, processing to he dcsirous Of
restoring competition, Il task rapidly be-
coming as absurd to attempt as would
be- the restoration of fcudalism, will un-
ioubtelIy begin by some changing OF the
tariff rates and to limit the demands of
the trusts to a reasonable profit. But
even in this rather trifing program, for
this stage of development, President Viii
~on will have the opposition of powerful
forces and probably Speaker Clarke and
Floor Leader Underwood will be strongly
;.gaist any changes which will do the av-
GRACE Nagp-parnpr or farmer any good
Whether President Wilson wins his bat
t.s for radical tariff changes and strict
n7uCrol Of monopolics or not will not be
81, ANY great Importance to the mass Of
lhr people. II manufacturer. under ia
o.Ha which he or bis friends has dictat.
e.. now pays but little more than enough
10 keep the wa-r.oarncr and his family
E.. AMI -h>itprcI, aud not enough to
I.u.rtly rGHr@tc his children. it is not
uNcl> that un.rr tariff revision which
uo.~ not please HIM he will pay any more.
Manufa.t9rrrs buy iahor in the open
r.aInct, for use, just d, they buy leather
q. ~tr"I hiIlotS in the open market. The
eat Of labor is not fixed 10y the profits
the manufacturer j. maling. but by the
T7'unher of mon capable Of doing the la
bor required, who arc available for hire.
Tinkeling with the tariffs can not raise
wages. 1t can, perhaps lower prices ON
some things which are manufactured in
other countries and might be shipped
here. 1t can lower prices on such things
as are produced here and sold at higher
rate abroad than they are sold here. But
to reduce the cost of these few things
by decreasing production for American
to decrease employment, throw more men
oHt Of work and, by reducing the ability
Of the American tOiers to buy, reduce
the demand for American goods. While
the tariffs have undoubtedly helped
hasten the perfection of monopoIieS the
revision of schedules will not lower the
cost OF most products to the consumer;
il will not reduce freghts. increase in
come, for toilcr>, 80 away with expensive
mi ld!cmcn, lower the cost of needless al
vnrti~iug or prevent the rapacity of COLI
sjo9ugo men and fruit anI meat combines
The main ISSUES before the American
people a.c not conuectei with tariffs 0l
the regulation of trusts, which can not
under our national constitution, be made
to nav more for labor or charge less fol
products, but are the cost of living, the
question of employment and the question
of wages. The man in the cottage doe
not care much whether Republican o
democrat, Progressive or Prohibitions
rules, provided he can have steady worl
ut good wages and cost OF lNlhg Nhlcl
will make him comfortable in return TO
his labor. President Wilson will hea
from the cottage dwelIers before he
through with his administration and on
great question now before the public is
What sort Of man have we made prest
,.nnt Of the United States,
The process of creating machines
ronti0uous. The machines are like mem
h,ts Of foreign race, here to displ"c
cnIIoyed men. They require no boaro
no clothing and but little for shelter
They 30 tne work OF many men and re
produce their kind rapidly, as rcWlirc'
To-day some worker invcuts one kind o
dorjcerto displace his comrades frof
beach or field and tomorrow another il
vents something else to.do the same thing