The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-02-26
PROPHECY
WAS NOT
FULFILLED
Legitimate Business is Not
Scared High Tariff
and the Workers

Special Correspondence.
Washington, Feb rs The amount
Of business being done by the rail
roads, steel mills, manufactures and
banks Of the country at the present
time IS considerably fiji advance of
that Of a year ago.
The gross earnings Of the railroads.
for the first week III Fomuary were
1881 per cent better than a year ago.
For the fourth week of January the
reports from fortyfour roads indicate
a gain over last year Of 1927 per cent
Reports for December show an in-
crease Of net earnings over Decemf
ber 1915, Of no less than 7.S3 per cent.
Bank clearings last week we're bet.
ter than year ago.
Foreign trade in January was very
large Tho exports exceeded those of
any preceding January except in 1908.
and the imports were larger than for
any preceding month with Single ex-
ception.
Financial arrangements have rec
emily been maJe by several railroads
for raising ss0f9O.0O0 to be used in
extensions and Improvements. The
Erie railroad FOR instance plans to-
expend }l0.000,O0O in the next ten
years for completing the double track
lng Of IT'S main line between New
York and Chicago The Atehison is
raising $500o0.0o0 70. w work and
equipment, and Other companies are
preparing to put smaller amounts in
to Improvements.
All this does not look as If business
IS standing still simply because the
house OF representatives is democrat
ic. nor that business fears the cleo
ton Of a democratic president The
prediction threat, made to intimi.
date voters. that the stagnation Of
business would follow Immediately up.
on the election Of democratic house,
has not been fulfilled
Some Of the illegal trusts which
have been throttlmg competition and
boosting the prices Of the things the
people must have in order to live, are
perhaps not particularly eaamored
with democratic procedure, but legit-
innate business understands thorough
ly thar It has nothing to fear from
democratic ascendencS aud welcomes
it.
Protection vs.. Tariff for Revenue.
Workmen In Garmany are protect.
ed0 BY tariff wall like our own
Payne-Aldrich tariff wall IN England
the workers are not so protected
According to Aldrieh. smoot, Gug.
genhelm ct al. tie German workers
ought to nave more ideal conditions
than the Britons. But iet us see how
much benefit the German feally gets
from protecqlan
Bricklayers in free trade England
receive S9.72 per week and are re-
qnired 70 work b1t s2la hours Brick
layers ia protected Germany re-
celve $3.50 per week and are required
to work 80 hours a week.
This is not an isolated case In
an industries the English worker re-
ceiges higher vases than the Ger
mans. and works fewer hSirs
And this IS not all: The cost Of
living is much higher in protected
Germany than in unprotected England
Where a Briton pays Si2o in rent q
German pays sli7 Where a Britof
spends Si2a on food and fuel a Ger
man spends s14i
j The American workingman Is be
ing outrageuusly tarifFtaxed on every
thing he eats wears or uses on tho
theory he is being protected when
as matter oi fact the only ming
that is being nroieeted by the tariff
Is monopoliea Of the tariff trusts OF
the necessaries Of life