Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-17
WORK IS HUNTING WORKMEN
One Of Signs Of Republican Pros
perity Most Evident.
TAFT STANDS FOR CONTINUATION
Stability of Chief Executive VIII
Daring Next Few Years Keep Up
Nations Commercial -su-
= premacy In world, xxx
By CHARLES D. HILLEs.

n ss by NAA AhnS Ds hALLtNS. =
Chairman Republican s.ational Commit
sal tee.
NEW YORK, Oct 1e.--(Special. )-Steal-
inb laborers or the employees of another
Is a misdeineanor In Pennsylvania. 1t
had been a dead letter for many years.
but now is not uncommon. 1t Is one of
the signs of republican prosperity which
is keeping manufacturers humming. with
plenty Of work, but scarcity Of men,
This Is no overdrawn picture, for the
word of manufacturers and business men
in the Pittsburgh district corroborates It,
William Finn, the principal hacker Of
the third term candidate in Pennsylvania,
knows the situation, too, but he Is not
saying anything in that regard. 1t Is
not good argument for change IN
government policy and conditions, for ex-
perimenting and interference with the
diversified business interests of nation
The chief issue Of the third termer and
his advocates disappears when they are
faced with such examples of unwonted
prosperity.
Work Hunts WOrkmen.
Work will be hunting workmen evidently
for months and years to come II no
change Is permitted to cause lack of
confidence, confusion and business un-
certainty. All that the industrial inter-
ests of this country wish, in the words
of men prominent in various lines, is to
be letsalone; to be assured of govern
ment stability on present laws for few
years, with no overturning of the pro-
tective tariff. Tariff reductions, wher-
ever, the schedules may be on too high
basis, due to change in accessory con-
ditions, are opposed by none. II the
tariff is really too high on a certain
commodity, its reduction will not injure
that interest or cause curtailment in the
output.
If the tariff is not tGo high and its
reduction, would cripple an industry or
cause the employment of fewer men,
then, according to the republican pro-
tective tariff principle. it should be let
alone.
Good times now are countrywide. Did
you read of the western farmer who sold
his wheat crop for $4,000, packed up his
entire family and took a trip to San
Francisco, to see the city?'' Men were
scarcet throughout the harvest time in
the west, and good wages were paid to
all who would work Bankers say that
the payroll of the business interests
which deposit with them are the largest
they ever have known, and the bankers
know, for they give the currency to meet
the payrolls. Until recently, the bankers
say further. the small business man, es-
pecially, was pressed to make expenses
during the year. Frequently loans were
arranged at the bank to tide him over,
and investigation showed that these loans
were not obtained to increase business
or to expand into other lines. but really
70 meet deficiencies In business after a
hard years work. Now these loans are
being paid back. deposit accounts are
swelling in size, the business man of
independent vocation, the manufacturer,
the farmer and the ultimate consumer
feel the breath of prosperity. j
They have reached the point where they
are stopping and asking themselves:
What has caused this Improvement in
business2''
There is only one answer so far as
the political aspect Of the situation is
concerned-President Taft's stability; his
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