Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-01-05
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
BY CLYDE H. TAvENNER.
Washington. DC Jan,s,v . 10

Washington, D, c., January 2, 1911.
Business men all over the country ar,
expressing complete confidence in tn,
Democratic House. They are not fooled
by the bugaboo about Democratic success:
meaning depression. am familiar witt
how the Democratic leaders feel about this
and the leaders and the majority of the
party are conservative. The tariff will be
revised downward, but it will be done CON
servatively, and without disturbing business
conditions unnecessarily. Democrats realize
that business men have rights which must
be protected"
This statement by Congressman John II.
Rothermel, of Pennsylvania, chairman OF
the committee on expenditures in the de-
partment of commerce and labor, is in
dorsed by all the Democrats in Congress-.
Mr.. Rothermel's home is in Reading, Pa,
which is in the heart of the PENNSYLVANIA
manufacturing section.
Evidence is multiplying that business
men do not fear Democratic success in
1912, and that, on the contrary, they will
welcome it. This is due almost wholly, the
House leaders say, to the business like
way in which the Democrats have handled
affairs since they were placed in control of
the lower house of Congress year ADO.
The steel trust. which would have more
reason than other trusts to be suspicious of
Democratic success, is thriving as never
before at this season of the year, and the
customary holiday let-up of twelve days
was reduced to two. Early in January, il
is said, the steel mills all over the country
will be working up to 80 per cent of ca
pacity. Blast furnaces, long Idle, have
resumed operations, and the steel corpora
ton confidently expects 1912 to be the
banner year of its history.
The same story of increased activity is
told by the railroads. The New York, New
Haven and Hartford, which last spring laid
off several thousand men, has lately taken
them all back, and many more besides.
The shops at Hartford, the company officials
say, will be buster during the coming year
than they have been for four years back.
All the big railroads have placed large
orders for new equipment, recent order
of the New York Central alone calling for
an expenditure of $23,000,000. All of
them are working their men to full capacity.
Republican orators who expect to fool
voters with the old scare about Democratic
success meaning business depression are
going to have both hands full from now on.
WHAT TARIFF BOARD PROVES.
The Taft tariff board exonerates WOODEN
manufacturers of anything like taking ad-
VANTAGE of high tariff rates to advance
prices. The boards report would make it
appear that the wooden trust wouldn't do
such thing.
But the report isn't altogether useless,
because II proves beyond successful con-
tradiction:
First-That schedule TX" is indefensible.
1t proves this conclusively and for all time.
SecOnd-lt confirms practically every
charge made against the wooden schedule
by Democrats and Progressive Republicans.
Third-lt proves that the American peo-
pie are victims Of extOrtion from wool
manufacturers.
Fourth-An that President Taft's veto
of the Underwood and LaFOllette bill was
against the interests of 100000 con-
sumers of wOolens: that it was absolutely
unjustified, unnecessary and therefore I'M
forgivable.
TARIFF PROTECTS TRUSTS ONLY.
Louis D. Brandeis, the famous Boston
lawyer, who looks, acts, walks, and talks
like Abraham Lincoln, while testifying be-
fore the Senate trust investigating COM
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the greatest protection have destroyed
trades uniOnism, reduced wages. increased
working hours, and driven Americans out
and brought foreign immigrant labor into
their mills.
He exposed the injustice and futility of
the Tobacco Trust settlement, effected by
the United States Supreme Court, and said
the rule laid down amounted to this What
man has illegally Joined together, let no
court put asunder."
In contrast with the record of the tariff
protected trusts, Mr.. Brandeis presented
instances where prices have been reduced,
and wages raised In industries operated I'M
der free competition. Yet the Standpatters
would have the workingmen believe that
the Payne-Aldrich high protection wall
was put up exclusively for their benefit
WILL GATHER The Com.
The Republicans have selected the man
who is to be in charge of the filling of the
Republican campaign barrel for 1912 con-
test. He is Fred W. Upham who was as
sistant trust contribution grabber in 1908.
Between presidential elections Mr.. Upham
trains with the Busse machine in Chicago,
runs coal monopoly during the winter
and an ice trust during the summer, and
also has a lumber company, railroad,
and few banks and trust concerns. An
ideal selection.
The LAWS REWARDS.
United States Circuit Court Judge Peter
S. Grosscup, Of Chicago. has managed to
make millionaire out Of himself while
sitting upon the Federal bench. Besides
getting rich himself. he appointed Marshal
E. Sampsell, his court clerk. receiver for |
traction company that was in litigation in |
his court, at a salary Of $4,000 year.
John M. Harlan, one Of the really great |
iurists in this nations history. and one Of |
the best friends the common people ever
had on the Supreme bench, died a few |
weeks ago. His daughter recently has ac- |
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