Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-11-01
WOULD LOSE
WITH WILSON
Lose Our Prosperity, Lose Our
Jobs, Warns Taft, Who Says
the Very Name is Reminis-
cent of Free-Trade Disaster.

Beverly, Mass.-President Taft has
written a letter to John Wanamaker
at Philadelphia, thanking him for his
efforts in behalf of the Repubhcan
party Mr.. Taft says:
There are certain facts that stand
out so prominently in this campaign
that l cannot conceive how majority
of our voters can fail to apprehend
them. They are that vote cast for
the third party is vote cast for the
Democratic ticket, and that a vote
cast for the Democratic ticket Is
vote cast for economic experiments
ton. which, under the most favorable
circumstances, would mean lack Oh
business confidence, the calling OF
loans. a stringency of the money mar
ket, the suspension of manufacturing,
| the destruction of the market for
| farm products because the PEOPLE mad
| no money to buy, and untold suffering
for the wage-earner and his family
81 want to thank you for the splendid
work you are doing for the success OF
the Republican party in the approach
ing election. / thank you not for my
self alone but for the people at large,
who have so much to lose, so little to
gain, from a change of administrator,
who will indeed suffer If Democratic
President and Democratic Congress
secure the opportunity to make good
their platform pledges, and an extra
session of Congress is called next
March to change the tariff from a
protective to revenue basis.
1--WE have experimental in the past
with the tariff theories of our Demo
cratic friends. You will recall as
clearly as do the distress which fol
lowed the passage of the Wilson bill
Is there not certain significance In
the fact that it Is another Wilson who
would again subject us to such an ex
pertinent? Wilson and prosperity are
words that refuse to so together II
our American history.
"You recall the report of Mayor Gil
roy on conditions in New York whel
he and his Democratic administrator
conducted an investigation into the
hardship and suffering which pre-
vailed in 1894, and found that 1S5,00'
persons were dependent on CHART.
because $4,000 men and nearly 1900
women who under normal condition
experienced no difficulty in securing
employment were out of work. Yo'
can recall the days when, as the re
suit of just such tariff 'readjustmen'
as our Democratic friends now pre-
pose, there were soup kitchens Il
every large city, when able-bodie
men were compelled to beg from doc
J to door, while women and their littl
3 children died of starvation or wer
! stunted In their development from tn
privation they were compelled to III
3 dergo.
"The election of Democratic Pre-
ident would mean the election OF
Democratic Senate and House, an
8 the present Congress has proved ho
sayagely and with what recklessnes
( the Democrats would deal with th
D tariff If they we're in full control I
3 the executive and legislative brancht
of government. ! cannot understar
3 how any American voter can fail
8 see that by throw ing away his vo
q on the third party OF by voting to p1
Q the Democrats in power In the Viii
8 House and in Congress he is assure
8 ly counting disaster as is the sms
3 child playing with matches. And s
8 Mr.. Wanamaker, far above any pc
sonal consideration, am grateful
you and to all who like you are hel
ing the Republican cause this year.
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