The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-08
AS He Shows BY His Official
Acts That He Does Not
Believe in Protection
TO KILL INDUSTRIES
If He Has a Chance to Do So
But Taft Saved Them
All This Time.
INDUSTRIES

! Why any farmers should cast his
! vote next month to return John W
! Davis to Congress is hard to under
( stand. If that particular farmer il
credited with the possession OF al
/ his mental faculties and believes in
the laws OF self-preservatfOns which,
in the slang of the day, is translated
into the saying, looking out FOL
No. IL
Some wise old biblical chap said
away back yonder B. c., that he
who neglected to look after his own
household is worse than an inddel
1t is about time that the farmer in
: this part Of the country gets into
the bandwagon with the up-to-date
members of his elan, and when con
sidering politics and the government
he lives under, to cut out prejudice
and sentiment, and get down to 2
consideration of the business OF
voting in a calm, judieIous and in
quiring business-lfke way. The sue
eessful farmer of today and the sue
cessful farmer of the days to come
is a bushes man.
{ Do the farmers in this congress
sional district know that they are
represested in Congress by man
whose tarim views are absolutely in
direct conflict with the views they
hold on the subject?
Do they know that upon each and
every occasion. when their welfare
was directly aRected-and indirectly
when the welfare of their neighbors
in other lines of business was di-
rectIy affected-that Congressman
Davis voted in opposition to their
best interest-to their personal
business-to their individual pros
perity and consequent happiness2
If they do not know these things.
they convict themselves of being
very negligent of their own welfare;
blind to their own individual inter-
est and that those dependent
upon them: and very sadly lacking
in the alertness and general qualifi-
cations which stamp business man
It is time that the farmers in this,
the First district, wake up and see
and understand how. when and
where their representative in the
national House of Representatives
is their misrepresentation.
For instance: There is the sheep
and the wool industry. Let the far
mer consider that with US.
Does he know that the eight coun-
ties composing this congressional
district produced 177.Oo4 sheep last
year, valued at s674.4332 If he
does not know that, he ought to, for
he has a direct interest in this par
ticuIar business. we have no fig
ures on the value OF last years crop
of wool in these counties, but the
figures here given will give an idea
that the value Of the wool cutting
in these counties was very consider
able.
Does the farmer friend know what
the sheep and wool industry in his
own county amounts to? If he does
not. he ought to. when congressman
are Juggling lightly with business
in which he is engaged. 1t is no
small business in any one Of the
counties in this district. Brooke last
year had 15.152 sheep worth $751;
753: Hancock produced $3.50 val
ued at SIS. 252: Harrison had "a
l57e worth $S5,5s6; Lewis num-
bered $3.50 of the value of $142,-
$50: Marion was well up the list
with 1921 worth S42. 5Ss; Mar
shall had 47,25O representing $780,
PSI: OHIO 1886 valued at s7o,-
56s: and wetzel produced 1929
worth S64,623. Thus. you see the
value OF this industry to the far
mers and to the community gener-
ally.
surely the farmer does not have
to be told what the price of wool and
sheep was under the Wilson tarin
bill. nor ought he have to be re-
minded ever so often that under the
protective tariff bills enacted by the
Republican party-and at no other
time-has he been able to receive