The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-01
HAT THIS MAN HAS DONE !

hree men will be voted for in
kmber for President of the
|ed States.
|Vo of them are filling the air
Maine to California with their
| or for "a change" and with
rainbow promises of what they
do if they are elected.
1 /. Taft simply points you to the
ri of the past three years and
That is what ! have done.
l keep on doing it? How will
(ange' help YOU?"
t us see just what Mr.. Taft has
And what it would mean to
a change"
ON YOUR standpoint and that
lr family, the most important
passed during Mr.. Taft's admin
ion is the tariff law.
e Tariff Board, and the maxi
and minimum provision, alone
this the most useful and not
tariff law in our history.
the work of a Tariff Board the
is taken out of politics, and
what is should be-a strictly
titic, prosperity developing
ure. Instead of business and
being batted to and fro, now
ow down-a mere plaything in
cs-the Tariff Board provides
teady, even progress, with tar
langes made according to sane,
hon-sense, business method.
ul, exact investigation takes the
of guess work and "hit-and-
experiment.
is is Mr.. Taft's plan. The plan
hs been fighting for, and which
one can be depended on to keep
rec.
e maximum and minimum
e in the tariff bill-put there by
Taft-simply means that we are
to make favorable trade ar
Pments with those foreign coun-
that will give us special privi-
on our manufactures. By its
ur foreign trade has reached
the tariff law was passed-the
kst point ever known in the his
of the country.
W, what does this mean to
means that it insures good
instead of hard times" 1t
S that there is plenty of work
hd of millions of idle men. 1t
S that YOU have a steady Job,
bod and increasing wages; that
r family is well fed, well
ed; and that in spite of prices
higher than they were a few
ago YOU are living better, and
more comforts and pleasures
you ever had. p '' So 's0 4
Taft knew what he was about
he signed that tariff bill. He
that the Tariff Board, which
I'd proposed, would take the tar
ut of politics and put it on a
common-sense, business basis
III time. He knew that the
mum and minimum clause
] very soon tremendously in
e our foreign trade. Just as it
lone.
was brave enough to do what
right and best, and trust to the
common sense of the American
e to find out-by actual results
benefits it brought.
is not perfect-put under Mr..
defective sections will be cor
d, promptly and effectively.
is Just what the Tariff Board is
to make it better. Not rashly
recklessly, but carefully and
lally, without disturbing the
Perity of the country.
Taft has done more to con-
the trusts" than any other
dent. There have been forty
Indictments of Illegal trusts in a
over three years. In the sew
I'D one-half years Of the last ad-
Btration there were twenty-five.
pat the trusts on the back and
hem to "be good" is quite as
ss as to try to put them all in
Mr.. Taft's method is differ
rom either Of these-it is solv-
he problem, quietly and surely.
u have Mr.. Taft to thank for
Postal Savings Bank and for the
els Post. We tried for many
to get these great benefits.
Mr.. Taft has been President
have both been secured.
4 government inspection of cor
ions and by the corporation
an income of thirty million dol
"a year is raised. And by intro
pg Taft methods" of economy
efficiency into the running Of
government thirty-five millions
pr more has been saved. Credit
FFaft with a saving OF siXty-fiye
Ipn dollars year,!
lot of money used to be needed
Y year to pay the shortage in
postoffice department. But
Mr.. Taft has been President
las made the postoffice depart
/ self-sustaining for the first
i'm the history of the country.
was Mr.. Taft who planned in
Ihtional arbitration which would
hastened the day when war will
Z, and armies and navies be no
I |er needed. Only a hostile po-
il minority stood in his way and
! e way of its success.
, u Ting Fang-that great Chi
statesman-says that President
did more than any other one
to help create the Republic OF
a.
b. Taft-by his wise and quiet
bods-turned a threatened Jap
|e trouble into a new treaty OF
|e and friendship.