The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-30
manufactures ready for consumption
the country has ever known.

manufactures ready for consumption
the country has ever known.
Change Would Cost Homo Market.
The American manufacturer and tn,
American worker" President Taft de
clared, "woud not have much spirit left
for invading tho foreign market IL de
PriVed by Democratic tariff for reve
nuo only of the best market of all
more than equal in purchasing power
to all Europe, the homo market, which
they now control, thanks to the Repub
liosn protective tariff"
The statement goes on to say:
German foreign commerce Is alsc
making great advances. particularly
= among our neighbors of South Ameri.
ca, but suggestion that Germany
should for that reason. take protec.
ton out OF its tariff would probably be
received with arching of eyebrows by
! German statesmen and economists.
And this unprecedented growth of
our foreign trade is accompanied by
expansion as unprecedented In our
home trade from one end Of the coun.
try to the other-the Atlantic to the
Pacific. the st. Lawrence to the Ric
| Grande. 1t is not sudden imitation,
but Il gradual advance under favorable
conditions from the prostration OF 1907
TO prosperity ms substantial as it is
general
"All industries are humming and
there is work at good princely,
compared with wages abroad-for all
who are willing to work. while in the
Pittsburgh district alone. | understand
there is a demand for at least 10000
workers In excess Of the number avail.
able. Business, wholesale and retail
is active and profitable. for the people
have money with which to buy. The
question for the American voter is
whether this condition shall continue
and the nation shall go forward to
even greater prosperity.
The farmers are enjoying the
greatest prosperity in the experience
of American agriculture. Every day
the Northern Pacific Is carrying a mil
lion bushels of grain TO Duluth. The
yield in that zone alone is 15T 100000
bushels, so that the conveyance by the
railway Of the farmers grain from the
region tributary to the Northern Paci
fic to that point Of distribution will re
qulre 157 days. This vast crop Is worth
in excess of $1O0,O0o,0o0 to the farm
ers producing it.
"At the present the steel industry
commonly regarded as the barometer
of business, Is driven far ahead for
steel rails Other Industries are equal.
ly active, and altogether national con.
ditions and prospects were never so
prosperous and promising, provided
the American people decide to apply
to their political choice the same good
judgment and prudent foresight which
they apply, as rule, to their per
sonal affairs.
"As we come nearer the day of elec-
ton" says Mr.. Taft, "it is to be ex-
pected that the intelligent voter will
appreciate moro keenly the response
bility which attaches to his ballot. lr
national elections, at least, the great
majority like to feel that they are vot-
of success. 1t is obvious that either
the Republican or the Democratic
nominees will be elected, and not to
vote for the Republican candidates is
in effect, to support their Democratic
opponents and the Democratic plat
form of a tariff for revenue only
freiohted with dire consequences for
the country, now busy and prosperous
under Republican rule. 1t is we'll
known to ever. Gone, an open secret on
every street corner, that the third term
party does not expect success"
The president continues:
"a special correspondent of the New
York Evening Post, writing from Chi.
cago, says: 1t may be said that |
neither Colonel Roosevelt nor any of |
the experienced politicians who sur.
round him expects to carry Illinois OF
any other important state, with the
possible exception of California and
Kansas. From sources close to the
candidate it is learned that Colonel
Roosevelt will be satisfied If he can
complete the Generalization of the Re
publican party
at remains to be seen how many
Republicans are willing to assist in
completing the decentralization of the
Republican party and handing the
reins of government over to the Demo
Gratis to crafty mere desire for re
venge.
al believe that tho Republican party
will be found, az WHOLE" President
Taft concluded, "too patriotic, too 10y
al to its principles and it's traditions
too just in it's attitude toward public
whom it has intrusted with
duties faithfully performed to commit
harkari in tho form and for the OBJ
jects indicated. Every mail brings as
surances that those who have strayed
are returning to the fold, and that in
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