The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
WILSON INYADES
PENNSYLVANIA:
SPEAKS 8 TIMBS
Covers 500 Miles and Shakes Hand
with 5000 People Along
the Way.
ATTACKS COL ROOSEVELT

Seagirt. N J.. Aug. @-Gov. Wilson
made a whirlwind invasion of Pennsyl-
vania to-day. delivered 1ve stirring
speeches instead of one. as had been
planned. shook hands with more than
5000 people, and was accorded an ova-
ton that was almost continuous from
the time he left Philadelphia at o'clock
until he crossed the State line into New
Jersey at sundown, after having covered
about 500 miles.
Despite his announcec determination
not to make any back-platform speeches
In this campaign, the Governor was
practically forced to speak from the
platform of his car at Lancaster, the
first stop after leaving Philadelphia. A
crowd of 1000 had gathered at the sta
ton. They insisted upon a speech, and
the Governor said a few words from
either side OF the train. At Harrisburg,
where the next stop was made, the Cow
ernor shook hands with several hundred
people. The big speech of the day was
made at williams Grove, where the
Pennsylvania State fair is being held.
II was delivered TO about 5000 people In
the auditorium. The crowd outside
clanfored for a speech when the Gov
ernor came out. and he repeated as near
iy as possible what he had said inside.
This speech was listened to by perhaps
s.ooc
DisabIes wilson's Hand.
The Governor then made a tour Of the
fair grounds In an automobile and shook
hands with as many persons as couid
get close enough to him. One man. VINO
said he was a blacksmith. caught the
Governors hand in a vise-like grip and
put Il out of commission for an hour.
For a time the Governor thought the
bones Of the hand were broken.
Returning. a stop was made at Leba-
non. Here a crowd of nearly 1000 was
gathered. The Governor shook hands
with as many as possible in the five min
utes train wait. At Reading the Cover
nor spoke for two or three minutes, and
was uproariously applauded. A locomo-
tive drowned out his voice once, and he
remarked that "the railroads always in
terfere in politics" The final speech
was made at Allentown TO a crowd OF
100 which covered the railroad tracks.
The crowd had to back away from the
tracks twice to allow trains to pass. The
shrek of a locomotive whistle inter
rupted the Governors remarks. and he
got a laugh by saying "the applause Is
very complimentary" This speech was
ruined by the noise Of the passing trains,
and its effect was lost The Governor
quit, saying he could not compete with
locomotives.
Speed to Jersey City.
Another stop was made at Easton, but
II was dark and the crowd was small
The return to Jersey City from this point
was made at a speed of seventy-five miles
an hour to make a twenty-minute loss
Of time. At Jersey City the Governors
special car was switched to the Long
Branch local and he returned to Seagirt.
Wilson attacked Roosevelt's tariff posi-
ton. saying the former President was for
merly an avowed enemy of the protective
system, which he now indorses. The
prize money" as Roosevelt has called
the profits accruing to manufacturers un-
der the present tariff system and which
he wishes now to divide among the work
ers, is wrung mainly from the farmer, the
Governor declared.
This great inequity," he continued,
involves a great shame upon US and
an enormous disadvantage to the natiO1.
for the farmer surely is one OF the fun
damental original partners Of every gov
ernment 1t is a significant thing that
the petition Give us this day our daily
bread comes first among the petitions of!
the Lords Prayer. All spiritual requests
come after 1t. We cannot conceive our
best interests or follow our best in
stincts until We are fed. until our stom-
achs are filed. and 1t would be natural
the farmer would at least
have equal consideration with everybody
else.
Praise for Congress.
But the trustees of our government
have not looked upon It so. The present
Congress had the old-fashion-
- hn.r Sad
that its benefits and projections were to
be distributed and equally shared. 1t
sought to relieve very directly in par
ticular the disadvantageous position in
which it found the farmer. 1t introduced
nnd passed a bill which became known
as the farmers free list bill. That bill
put many indispensable things on the
free list. Most prominent among them
were agricultural implements, because
the American farmer pays more for his
agricultural implements than any other
farmer In the world. The American man
ufacturers who make agricultural imple- !
ments sell them much cheaper on the |
other side of the water than they sell |
them In America
''On the other side Of the water they |
undersell the local manufacturers of
agricultural implements and prove by
heir eagerness for the foreign business |
can AFFORD to do so even with the addi- |
.ional. cost OF the ocean freights. It |
was a very natural act on the part of the |
Democratic Congress. therefore, to put |
agricultural implements on the free list. |
10 put fence wire on the free list. and |
he bagging and ties which the Southern |
'armer needs and uses for his cotton. |
t added lumber and shoes and salt and |
meats. thinking not Of the farmer alone,
,ut of all Of us who are struggling to |
i've and pay our bills. But such changes |
lid not comport with the ideas and plans
" the trust, and the President vetoed /
he free list I dare say he was right |
rom hts point of view. for he repre-