The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-28


deelared. would not t1te much spirit
ie4t for fnvadiug the foreign ssl1sssfs z
dopriVe6 ~ Democrat = 8.
.resee5 oniy, Of TIE l1els SI.l[ q -
more tam equat inn
10 an Europe. the 3 6. "
fiBoy new eontrci, - s9e ~
publican protective taelll.H
The statement gOes'on TO say:
German foreign commerce. y lisQ
making great advaneS particularly
among orr neiEhb0rs Of Sonf AE4eEA.
ca. but suggestion that GefA--l2
should. for that reason. take protec-
tfon ont Of its tariff would probably be
received with -archfng Of eyebrowS by
German statesmen and economists
And this unprecedented growth OF
on foreign trade Is. Gec0q MED by
expansion ~ uupyece PHsed 4 our
home trade ff,om one end Of "a coun-
try Is the .othsr-the Atlanticp the
Pacific, the st. Lawrence TO the Rio
Grande. II is not a sudden imitation,
but a gradual advance under favorable
conditions from the progtratiOn Of 1907
to prosperity as Substantial as it =
general
.Au industries are humming and
there is work at good wages-prtncely.
compared with wages abroad-for all
who are willing to work, while in the
Pittsburgh district, alone, 1 under
stand. there is a demand for at least
thirty thousand workers IN excess Of
the number available. Business, whole
sale and retail, IL active and profitable,
for the people have money with which
TO buy. The question for the Amert
can voter is whether this condition
shall continue, and the nation shall go
forwaFd 80 even greater PEosr
TIE 9armers are enjoyinP the
great st prosperity IN the expettence
of ArSercan agriculture Every day
the NGrfhetn5 Ea6ifc is ca9Fyiug q mil
lion bushels OF grain to Dui1th. The
yield in that zone alone is 100000
bushels, so that the conveyance by the
railway of the farmers grain from the
region tributary TO the Northern Paci-
nc to that point Of distribution will re-
ouire l57 days. This vast crop is worth
in excess of 800, goo, 900 to the farm
ers producing it.
AT the present the steel industry,
commonly regarded as the barometer
of business, is driven far ahead for
steel rails. Other industries are equal
" active, and altogether 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 foTesigbf which
they &BpIy, ass rule, to their per
--E>Ats~Vve- come nearer the Gay 0f eiee-
stlErgf n
pected that the intelligent voter will
appreciate more keenIy the response
biHty whteh<attacheS to his ballot. In
national elections, at least, the great
rnaiorityyIII1e to feel that they are Vot-
ing for. candidate who has q chance
Of success. II Is obvious thar either
nominees will be elected, and not to
vote tor the Republican candidates is,
in effect, TO support their Democratic
opponents and the Democratic plat
form of a tariff for revenue only
freiqhted with dire consequences for
the country, now busy and prosperous
under Republican rule. II fsawelI
known to every one, an open secret on
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 it is learned that Colonel
Roosevelt will be satisfied II he can
complete the decentralization of the
Republican party
at remains to be seen how many
Republicans are willing to assist in
completing the Generalization of the
Republican party and handing the
reins Of government over to the Demo
Gratis to crafty mere desire for re-
venge.
81 believe that the Republican party
will be found, as WHOLE" President
Taft concluded, '-too patriotic, too 10y
al to its principles and its traditions,
too lust 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
jects indicated. Every mail brings as
suranees that those who have strayed
are returning to the fold, and that In
every state in which the Republican
party Is not disfranehised old-time ma
jorIties will DO rolled up for the Re
publican candidates"
Governor Johnson's progressive ad-