The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-01
STAND FOR PROTECTION
Vermont Delegation in Congress En-
dorse President Taft.

Montpelier, Nov. 1.-The members
of the Vermont delegation in Con
gress issued a statement yesterday
afternoon in which they express the
firm conviction that it would be un.
wise for the voters of Vermont TO
take a chance on change of admin.
istration when the country is enjoy
ing its present industrial and com.
mercial prosperity under the Republi.
can Protective Tariff principle which
has been tested by experience with
known results; and calling attention
to the fact that under a Democratic
administration of affairs Vermont's
representatives in Congress would
be practically powerless to contri'
butte toward maintaining those Re
publican economic principles by
which all this prosperity has been
achieved" The statement in full
follows:
AS 1t seems to us, the national po-
litical question of the hour is. simply,
whether we Vermonters want to ex-
change a sure thing for an uncer-
tainty
1--WE know, for a certainty, that the
country, the state. our own home
towns, have not enjoyed such indus
trial and commercial prosperity in
many year as they are enjoying to-
day under the administration of Presi
dent Taft, and largely as the result of
it. This is not matter of more
campaign rhetoric; it is a matter of
fact, confirmed by the experience of
all of us day by day. The firm en-
forcement of Republican policies, in
Guiding a loyal devotion to the prin-
ciple Of protective tariff that is de-
signed to protect the American work
man from the competition of under
paid laborers abroad, has been the
means of bringing TO the United
States years of the greatest abun-
dance OF prosperity within the men,
DRY of the present generation. when
all things are taken into account.
1--WE cannot believe II will be wise
to exchange this certainty for the I'M
certainty of a Democratic admins
tration of national affairs. We do
not believe IL will be wise to try any
experiments merely to fratify a pass
ing longing for change" merely
for changes sake. And we suggest
TO our constituents and fellow Yer
monters that, If a Democratic ad-
is installed at Wash
ington, the Vermont delegation In
Congress will be practically power
less to contribute toward maintain
ing those Republican economic prin-
ciples by which all this prosperity
has been achieved.
We are anxious to stand up and
be counted for the right kind of tar
IN revision that is prompted by a
scientific study of the business needs
Of the country, but we shall be help
less to represent our states best
business needs If the Democrats doc
trine that amounts to free trade is
by Democratic majority In
Congress and enacted into law"
(Signed)
VIM. p. Dillingham;,
Carroll S. Page.
Frank L. Greene.
Neutrality-suspicious. Frank Plum
ley. of the Second District, has not
yet returned from Europe where he
wen as a delegate to the Interparli-
amentary Union at Geneva, and is
therefore unable to place his sigma
lure to the above statement but his
son, Speaker Plumley Of the Vermont
House OF Representatives. is authori-
y for the statement that the above
IS in line with the oft-exnrasead can