The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-09

| Family In Comtort-EVery Able
bodied Man Willing to Work Has
Work-city Hotels Thronsed With
Buyers and Farmers Never Better
off-Nothing Can Kill Prosperity
but the 5enumhins Glacier of Free
Trade or a Wave of Anarchy.
President Taft, when in New York,
Sept. "a, gave long interview to the
newspapers in which he discussed fully
the campaign issues.
| This Is the interview in part:
"Mr. President. have you visited the
Chamber of Horrors in Union square,
where the burdens upon living under
the high tariff are illustratedT"
"No, but New York friend told me
remembering. According to the story
told me, the exhibition includes num-
Der Of articles Of clothing tagged with
the prices and an alleged statement of
what the articles would cost with the
tariff duties deducted. l understand
that number of establishments en-
gagged in the manufacture of clothing
a workingman, evidently from one of
those establishments, strolled at the
noon hour into the exhibition. Looking
about him, he noticed a coat bearing a
price tag, and indicating what the cost
of the coat would be without tariff
duty. Why he remarked, that would
bring the price of the coat lower than
what l get for making one. At that
rate where would l come in?' 1t is
hardly necessary to say that he would
not come in at all, unless willing to
work for one-half to one-fifth of his
present pay for making a coat.
''The policy Of the Republican party
Is not to shut out foreign manufac
lures, but to foster domestic manufac-
lures and to keep the American work
ingman employed.
THE tariff should be revised so far
as may be necessary to keep prices
from being exorbitant, so that, as /
have explained in my speech OF ac-
ceptance, the manufacturer shall Sc
cure only enough protection to pay the
scale Of high wages which obtains and
ought to obtain in this country, and
secure a reasonable profit"
What do you think, Mr.. President,
of the proposal Of the third term party
to control the trusts through federal
Incorporation and regulation"
"It would create the most monstrOus
monopoly Of power in the history of
the world-a power as much greater,
as much more autocratic, than that of
a Caesar or a Napoleon, as the business
interests of the twentieth century are
greater, more dominant and farreach-
ing than were those of 1000 or 100
years ago.
"The Payne law has had no more to
do with advancing the cost of living
than the latest Atlantic cable tariff.
On the contrary, it has enabled the
American worker to meet the cost of
living and maintain his family in com
fort.
Under the operation of that law
prosperity has been gradually restored
since the panic of 1907. Practically
every ablebodied man who Is willing
to work has work. and in some of the
large industrial centers, as well as in
other parts of the country, the demand
for labor far exceeds the supply. City
hotels have been thronged with buyers
from all sections OF the Union, who
report ready sales and empty shelves,
and are eager purchasers of goods to
replenlsh their stores. Farmers were
never better off. Every legitimate in
dustry Is looking forward to still great
er prosperity, provided the nations
progress shall not be halted by the be-
numbing glacier of free trade or the
destructive lava stream Of anarchy.
II have not changed In the slightest
my view as to the necessity of none
tary reform, or Of the great value and
Importance Of the work done by the
monetary commission, of which for
mer Senator Aldrich was chairman.
1T is a reform necessary In the IN
terest of all the people and must be
carried through according to some prac-
tical and efficient plan that will rem
edy the gross inadequacy and marked
imperfections Of our banking and cur
rency system.
There has been no Intervention In
Nicaragua. Under conditions Of an
archy, accompanied by acts of ruthless
barbarity, American marines were
landed at the request and with the con-
sent Of the lawful government of Mica
ragua to assist in protecting the lives
and property Of Americans and other
foreigners. There was no invasion, no
levying war. Common humanity die
tated the course that has been pur-
sued"
What is your attitude, Mr.. Presi-
dent, on the woman suffrage ques-
tionT
Suffrage for women is an issue to
be decided by the states, and there can
be no doubt whatever that whenever
and wherever q majority of women