Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-10-31

should, for that reason, take proIec'
tion ont of it's tariff would probably De
received with arching OF eyebrows py
German statesmen and economists
"And this unprecedented growth OF
our foreign trade Is accompanied NY
expansion as unprecedented III our
home trade from one end OF the couh'
,rv TO the other--the Atlantic to the
Pacific, the St. Lawrence 10 the nio
Crande, 1t is not sudden innat'oli'
Int a gradual advance under Favorable
conditions from the prostratloh OF lSo'
to prosperity as substantial as II -
general.
IAN industries are humming ana
there is work at good Wages-prlhceiy,
compared with wages abroad-lor a'
who are willing to work, while III the
Pittsburgh district, alone, uhaer'
stand, there is demand for at least
thirty thousand workers In excess VI
The number available Business, whole
sale and retail, is active and prontaDle,
for the people have money Win which
to buy. The question for the Amerl-
shall continue, and the nation shall 60
forward to even greater prosperity.
"The farmers are enjoying the
greatest prosperity in the experience
OF American agriculture. EVERY aay
the Northern Pacific is carrying mil
lion bushels of grain to Duluth. me
Weld in that zone alone is 157OO0,OOO
bushels, so that the conveyance by tha
railway OF the farmers grain from the
region tributary to the Northern facl-
tic to that point Of distribution Will re-
quire 1871 days. THIS vast crop is worth
in excess of $l00,CC0,O00 to the farm
ers producing it.
AT the present the steel industry,
commonly regarded as the barometer
of business, is drNra far ahead Tor
steel rails Other il dustrieS are equal
" active, and altogeiher national con
tons and prospects were never SO
prosperous and promising, provided
the American people decide to apply
to their political choice the same good
Judgment and prudent foresight which
they apply. as a lule, to their per-
sonal affairs.
LAS we come nearer the day Of cleo.
ton says Mr.. Taft. ait is to be ex-
pected that the intelligent voter will
appreciate mere kccnly the RESPONSE
biIiy which attaches to his ballot In
national elections, at least, the great
majority like to feel that they are vot-
L.ka ar, L,e eh1
of success. 1t is obvious that either
the Republican or the Democratic
nominees will be elected, and not to
vote for the Republican candidates is.
in effect, 10 support their Democratic
opponents and the Democratic plat
form Of tariff for revenue only
freiehted with dire consequences for
the country, now busy and prosperous
under Republican rule. II Is we'll
known to every one, an open secret Oh
every street corner, that the Third
Term party does not expect success
The President continues:
"A special correspondent of The
New York Evening Post, writing from
Chicago, says: 1T may be said that
neither Colonel Roosevelt nor any OF
the experienced politicians who sur
round him expects to carry Illinois or
any other important state, with the
possible exception of California and
Kansas From sources close to the
candidate il is learned that Colonel
Roosevelt will be satisfied If he can
complete the decentralization of the
Republican party,
at remains to be seen how many
Republicans are willing to assist in
completing the decentralization of the
Republican party and handing the
reins of government over to the Demo
Gratis to crafty mere desire for re-
venge.
~ believe that the Republican party
will be found, as a whole" President
Taft concluded, too patriotic. too 10y
al to its principles and its traditions,
too Just in its attitude toward public
servants whom it has intrusted with
duties faithfully performed to commit
hari-kari in the form and for the OBJ
iects indicated. Every mail brings as
surances that those who have strayed
are returning to the fold, and that in
every state in which the Republican
party is not DISTINGUISHED old-time ma.
iorities will be rolled up for the Re.
publican candidates"