Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-03-06

Frank Martin and Dan Messmo1
attended the wrestling match {
Manchester Friday night.
SPECIAL WASHINGTON CORES.
PONDENcE.
By Clyde H. Tavenner.
The amount OF business being don
by the railroads, steel mills, maj
ufactories and banks of the countr
at the present time is considerably
in advance Of that Of a year ago.
The gross earnings Of the railroad
for the first week of February wer,
9S1 per cent better than year ago
For the fourth week OF January tn,
reports from forty-four roads indicat,
a gain over last year OF 1927 Pc
cent. Reports for December shov
an increase Of net earnings over De
cember, 1910, OF no less than 7.s;
per cent.
Bank clearings last week were bet
ter than year ago
Foreign trade in January was yer,
large. The exports exceeded those
OF any preceding January except ii
1908, and the imports were largea
than for any preceding month with
a single exception.
Financial arrangements have re-
Gently been made by several railroad.
for raising $4,000. 900 to be used in
extensions and improvements. The
Erie railroad, for instance, plans to
expend $4,000, 900 in the next ten
years for completing the double
tracking of its main line between
New York and Chicago. The Atchd+
son is raising $4,000. 900 for new
work and equipment, and other
companies are preparing to put
smaller amounts into improve
ments ~ Is ::s.&
All this does not look as il bust
ness is standing still simply be
cause the House. of Representatives
Is Democratic, nor that busiess fears
the election OF a Democratic presi-
dent. The prediction threat, made
to intimddate voters, that the stag
nation OF business would follow i'm
mediately upon the election OF a
Democratic House, has not been full
filled. Is q. S. rs ga
Some of the Illegal trusts which
have been throttling competition
and boosting the prices OF the
things the people must have in
order to 1--we, are perhaps not par
ticularly enamored with Democratic
procedure, but legitimate business
understands thoroughly that it has
nothing to fear from Democratic as
and welcomes It.
A Protection vs.. Tariff for Revenue,
Workmen in Germany are "pro-
:ected" by a tariff wall like our
,wn Payne-Aldrich tariff wall. In
England the workers are not so
protected.
According to Aldrich, Snoot, Gug-
,enheim ct al, the German workers
ought to- have more ideal conditions
han the Britons. But let us see
low much benefit the German real |
y gets from protection:
BriclSlayers in, free-trade England
'ecedve 1912 per week and are re-
luired to work but So 1-2 hours
3ricklayers in protected" Ger
many receive $3.50 per week and
re required to work 50 hours a
week.
This is not an isolated case. In
IL industries, the English worker
ecefves higher wages than the Ger
mans, and work fewer hours.
And this is not all: The cost OF
living is much higher in protected
Germany than, in unprotected Eng
ad. Where Briton pays $1-20 in
ent a German pays STAT. Where
Briton tunprote cted) spends $1.20
N food and fuel a German (pro-
ected) spends $1-41.
The American workingman is be
ng outrageously tariff taxed on ey-
rything he eats, wears or uses on
he theory he is being protected"
yhen as matter of fact the only
hing that Is being protected by the
ariff is the monopolies OF the tariff
rusts on the necessaries Of life.
Ia Toilette Not Ditched.
There has been in existence a
eneral conspiracy all over the east
eeking to make the people Of the
ountry believe that Senator LaFol-
cite is out of the race for the
omination for President. The con-
piracy was pretty largely success
I'll, because many people believe
4aFollette has quit. Senator LaFol-
site is not that kind, however. He
7ill go down fighting, il necessary,
ut he will not run up the white
lag.
The following extracts of tele-
ram sent by Senator LaFollette
ersonally to North Dakota republi-
ans shows where the Wisconsin
enator stands on the subject OF
laying DOWN:
'The report that have with
rawn as candidate is false, and
he statements regarding my health