Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-01-04
Washington Correspondence.
BY CLYDE H. TAvENNER.

"Busiuess men all over the coun-
try are expressing complete con-
fidence in the Democratic House.
They are not fooled by the old
bugaboo about Democratic suc-
cess meaning business depres-
sion.' | am familiar with how the
Democratic leaders feel about this,
and the leaders and the majority
OF the party are conservative.
The tariff will be revised down
ward, but it will be done conserv-
atively, and without disturbing
business conditions unnecessarily.
Democrats realize that business
men have rights which must be
protected.
This statement by Congressman
John H. Rothermel, of Pennsyl-
vania. chairman of the committee
on expenditures in the department
of Commerce and Labor, is en-
dorsed by all the Democrats in
Congress. Mr.. RothermePs home
is in Reading, Pennsylvania, which
is in the heart of the Pennsylvania
manufacturing section.
Evidence is multiplying that
business men do not fear Demo-
cratic success in 1912, and that, on
the contrary, they will welcome it.
This is due almost wholly, the
House leaders say, to the business
like way in which the Democrats
have handled affairs since they
were placed in control OF the lower
House of Congress a year ago.
The steel trust, which would have
more reason than any other trust
to be suspicious of Democratic
success, is thriving as never be-
fore at this season of the year, and
the customary holiday let up OF
twelve days was reduced to two.
Early in January, it is said, the
steel mills all over the country
will be working up to so per cent.
of capacity. Blast furnaces, long
idle, have resumed operations,
and the steel corporation conti-
IDENTIFY expects 1912 to be the ban
ner year of its history.
The same story of increased
activity is told by the railroads.
The New York, New Haven &
Hartford, which last spring laid
off several thousand men, lately
has taken them all back, and
many more besides. The shops
at Hartford, the company officials
say, will be buster during the
coming year than they have been
for four years back. All the big
railroads have placed large orders
for new equipment, q recent order
of the New York Central alone
calling for an expenditure Of
1923, 100000. All OF them are work.
ing their men to capacity.
Republican orators who expect
to fool the voters with the old
scare about Democratic success
meaning business depression are
going to have both hands full
from now on.
WHAT TARIFF BOARD PROVES.
The Taft tariff board exonerate'
wooden manufacturers of any
thing like taking advantage o
high tariff rates to advance prices
The boards report would make
it appear that the woolen trus
. wouldn't do such thing.
But the report isn't altogethe
useless, because it proves beyone
successful contradiction:
First-That Schedule K is sin
defensible;" it proves this con
clusively and for all time.
Second-It confirms practically
every charge made against th'
wooden schedule by Democrats
and Progressive Republicans.
, Third IT proves that the Amer.
lean people are victims Of extortiol
from wool manufacturers
Fourth And that Presiden
! Taft's veto of the Underwood La
Toilette bill was against the in
: terest Of 9O,OO0,000 consumers .
!. woolens; that it was absclutel.
: unjustifed, unnecessary an
/ therefore unforgivable.
ell TARIFF PROTECTS TRUSTS ONLY.
Il Louis D. Brandeis, the famou
1 Boston lawyer, who looks, acts
walks and talks like Abraham
Lincoln,l while testifying befcr
the Senate trust investigator
committee, showed how the trust
receiving the greatest protectio
have destroyed trades unionisn
reduced wages, increased workin
hours, and driven Americans OF
a and brought foreign emigraI
\ labor into their mills.
@Al Hn axnosed the Injustice an