The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-19
OF the Democratic Party IN
Power and Not by lis Pic
lures Of Derision.
HARD TTMEs RBoALLED
Prosperity Of the Country
Now Pleases Better Than
Democratic Starvation.

or Horrors strikes the Republican
leaders as the greatest help that could
come to ar. Taft and the Republican
candidates for Congress. There could
be no better arguments for proteG-
tive tariff and projection candidates
than an exhibition OF the typical
American home All over this pro-.
tected. prosperous country are the
homes and fats of well-paid American
workmen-.homes with carpets on the
floors. with paper on the walls cover
ed with pictures, with good, substan-
tiaI tables and chairs. with brass Or
iron bedsteads and comfortable mat
tresses and bedding, with bureaus and
waxhstands. china closets, Kitchens
well stocked with utensils. besides
these and many other necessary ar
tlcIes. sewing machines. and planes
or talking machines. This is the typi-
cal American home found throughout
the country on our farms and in the
big manufacturing cities owned OF
partly owned by our working classes
The Republican national committee
rejoices in such an exhibit. even
though each article bears mislead-
ing tag, stating that each bears so
much OF taxation. for the fact will re-
main that the American Iaborer has
The home and its contents and can az
ford to pay for them no matter how
much they may be taxed! while If
typical free trade home were exhibit
ed many, If not all. OF these articles
would be missing from it. We would
not find Brussels carpets on the floor
we wouId not ind the beautiful pic
lures on the walls, we would not find
the substantial furniture in the par
Tors. dining rooms and bed rooms; in
fact. we would find in the free trade :
home that one room would have tot
answer for the entire home Wei
would find. perhaps. scattered around
on the bare floor, pallets of straw or
mattresses of cotton; we would find
no articles of recreation or amnse-
men, and pleasure such as We find IN !
the American home.
Furthermore. as regards the tax
cards. they will not in every case nor
in many cases tell the truth, because
the typical American home is not full |
of the products of foreign lands, i'm
ported and upon which duties have
been paid. but with the production Of
the American wor<inGmen in compe-
tition with each other bringing the
price of the product down 70 Rae low
es, possible point consistent with the
high wage which IS necessary and
reasonable profit for the manuTactur-
er. When weffnd bedstead, FOR IN
sta nee. with a label on it taxed 50l
per cent we should like to know what
that means, so per cent of what. Ter
the price of the bedstead may he just
as low, if not lower. in this country
than abroad, and it is just because
protective tariff puts an import duty
on that product that we are able TO
make them here and pay the high
wages that allow the artisan to pur-
chase them. But it has happened
within the memory of the last genera
tom that we have had TO resort in
our home life in this country to real
and not imaginary Chamber OF Ior-
rors. This was made necessary dur
ing the last Democratic administra-
ton. when during the years 1872; 20
1897 as in anticipation OF and under
n ~ree trade tariff our homes became
tleuuded and we had to adopt the for
eir.n style. In those days men we're
thrown out OF work and one article
a fterSanother that had been accumu-
lated under good times had to be sold
or pawned to provide food and cloth
ing for the family and, finally. in many
instances the pipctures and carpets
we're gone and the cupboard was rs
hare as was that OF Mother Hubbard.
And this Is by no means faneifui
picture.
The science OF photography was
quite in. evidence during these years
and our illustrated papers produced
the actual pIpctures for their readers.
Harper's and Leslie's Weekly in IS
sue gave US actual scenes which were
real Chambers OF Horror. They
showed US mobs Of Idle men known
rs Coxey's and Keuey's army. mar.en-
ing to the capitol at Washington TO
the state house at Boston and the
n mayors once at other cities, bessiaS
for chance to work They showed
US a long lire OF hungrT. Idle men
eager T. get scrap even to assn3se
their hunger or to take home 10 their
starving wives and children. They
showed US the interior of homes des-
t!tute and bare. with the poor care
worn, hungry. III wife trying TO
soothe the children clinging to her
and begging for morseI of food And
these pictures the Republicanb na-
rrS1tl,VoN ~. e,1Vo- laaveTi