Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-02
4 Dozen Reasons Why You should
Vote for Woodrow WflsGn

Because:
/. He is the only candidate for pres
| ident who represents the real, the vital
and the effective progressive forces in
this country.
,. He stands for tariff revision
downward in the interest of lower
| prices and the elimination of monopoly.
8. He stands for trust legislation
which will prevent the control of prices
| through any sort of monopoly.
4. He stands for the income tax and
believes that wealth should share the
| burdens as well as the blessings Of
government.
5. fe stands for the rights of labor
and the protection of the man who
earns his bread by the sweat of his
brow, as shown in his record as COVER
nor of New Jersey.
6. He stands for the revival of our
m chant marine, and for the govern
ment encourag cement of agriculture, in
dustrial and vocational education.
T. He trusts the people and believes
that the governed should govern; and
that senator's should be chosen by the
people.
8. He faithfully performs in office
g. He will clean house" at Wash
ington as he has Cleaned house" in
New Jersey.
10. He breaches and practices clean
politics, and practices it effectively
He unalterably opposes machine poll
tics and the rule of the bosses.
II. He stands for legitimate big bus
mess every day, but for monopoly
never
-. AS Senator LaFollette says, "He
approaches every pre- blem with the SOL
emn promise to be really, in the high
est sense, a servant of the people,
Kettner Consistent Democrat
William E. Kettner is in exact ac-
cord with his party when he declare;
he will stand by the fruit growers cf
his district in any proposed tariff leg
islation should he be elected to con-
gress.
The Democratic party believes that
the high Republican tariff is unjust,
that it makes the rich richer and the
poor poorer; that under it's operations
the American farmer and laboring man
are the chief sufferers; it raises the
cost of the necessities of life to them,
but does not protect their products or
wages. The farmer sells largely in
free markets and buys almost entirely
in protected markets. In the most
highly protected industries, such as cot
ton and wool, steel and iron, the wages
of the laborers are the lowest paid ia
any of our industries. To the end
that things may be equalized, the Dem
ocrats declare for a downward revision
of the tariff on necessities and the
removal of the tax on trust controlled
products.
The party is not for free trade. Rec
ognizing that the tariff taxation is in
timately connected with the business of
the country, they propose to regulate
and equalize it by legislation that will
not injure or destroy legitimate indus
try. Certainly the orange and lemon
industry are not trust-controlled, and
Kettner can and will stand by those
of his constituency engaged in their
production, and in so doing he will be
loyal, consistent Democrat whose n
togrity none can question.
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Citrus growers must not forget that
last year the importers fruit trust of
New York assessed each box of i'm
ported lemons 10 cents. They raised
100000 to 100000 and began a con-
sistent fight to place lemons on the
free list. In August last year they
were successful in the house. Through
the efforts of the president this bill
was defeated. An amount represent
ing the cost of a few magazine arti
cles was taken from this fund and
that great remaining sum now await,
an opportunity. The fear of results
promises me to support William Kett-
ner for congress. He would have the
car of the Dem ocratic leaders, he could
ADVISE the citrus growers of the moves
being made by the importers Of New
York and he could be present at all
democratic caucuses. Congressman
Kaker, a first term man and the only