The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-02
STABILITY WHAT

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40 the Merchants and Business Meu
OF the United states.
John Wanamakers appeal to YOU In
0e New York Herald Of Oct. 4, callnE
ar Q continent wide rally ~ tn SUP.
oort OF Mr.. TAT Ou The part oy tue
oerchants and business men OF the
country. has no doubt receive your
serious attention. IL haa seemed 70
0e that those OF ~ In busine ~ who
oeateve Mr.. Wanamaker's pos ton II
uistaken should make known ,ur DO
sations and the reasons for our flrrn
belSef that the business Of the country
VII b best served by the election Of
Governor Wilson to the presidency.
There 10 every rtason to believe that
We are on the eve Of abundant pros
yeny. and In my opinion one thing
ukeu TO prevent the setting In of
eceA . period would be the reelection
q President TAFT and the one thing
nat would make prosperity most Ger.
tain would be the tlection Of Governor
wnson- This opinion 10 based upon
~ belief that for the business world
bl1lty.
ability n Impossible with Mr.. Taft
- president; there has been NO feeling
g stability during his administrat ton.
N b not that the president 10 q dis
sayosr Of conditions or that he 10 not
esmcisnuy careful Of the business In.
Serssts OF the country. The Absence
= any feeling Of stability during the
ao administration has BEEN and is
- 70 . Widespread belief that there
ese certain reforms which the great
beoy OF people want and that the xen.
80 fseifng Of unrest will not matsri-
- lessen until these reforms are &C
eo0plfshsd.
PresideDt Taft's reelection would
not create any feeling OF assurance
That there would be a satisfacory So
tst'cn OF the tariff question. by sat
hfnctory solution mean q removal OF
ea-ss s..a unSovessafJ taxation.
Entirely apart from hla veto Of tar
~ legislation the mere fact that the
president signed the Payne -Aldrich
tartr bin and later declared tha, Il
vos the beet tST!H BIZ ever written.
oas made Il impossible for the public
% have any considerable confidence
nat they may expect real relief from
him.
RoossvsIt's Record.
4 Upon this matter Mr.. Roosev elt's
record is not much better than that
OF Mr.. Taft, nor Is his present posi-.
ton on the tarif much more promis-
ins than that Of the president. The
agitation for reform began while Pres
1dent Mckinley was still In ONCE and
had then reached such proportions
that the country In general approved
q the advanced position Mckinley
took In his Buffalo speech. II in
creased steadily during the seven and
q half years In which Roosevelt was
president but he made no attempt To
give the people any relief from tariff
sxacttona He does not now offer any
definite tarin program. These things
lad me 70 believe that his election
DOW. like the reelection of Taft would
mean four years more Of tariff agita-
ton.
With Wilson elected one may rea-
sonably expect a satisfactory solution
OF the tarif question. His express
stons on this matter show q full con-
ception OF the country wide demand
for tariff reform. a thorough knowl.
edge OF the ways In which tariff laws
are made and determination to se-
cure as promptly as possible the much
needed legislation. At the same time
Governor Wilson has shown that he
recognizes as a fact the intimate re-
lation which tariff has been made to
have TO the structure OF business In
this country and that he would keep
this fact In mind In handling tarifY
begislation.
Governor Wilson's election would
mean and would be- taken by the
country at large TO mean that we
would have very early In his admin
tstration n revision OF the tariff which
would give the country the relief II ID
demanding and which at the same
time would be made carefully anc
with view TO preventing business
disturbance
Until this is done. or at least unit
the country feels sure that Il Is 10 bt
done. there cannot be that etabilit,
which In 30 necessary To the fulles
development OF an era OF prosperity.
Truth About Prosperity.
Certainly the facts do not warran
MIR. anamaker's conclusion that
Republican administration insure,
prosperity and that the periods O
trade deprcssiOn which tho coun,r,