The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-05
Press Comment

jamestown Alert: There is a lack of
interest quite apparent in North Dako-
ia in the result of the present presi-
Dental campaign. Farmers and BUSH
ness men are so engrossed with their
own affairs, and the securing of the
great crop, h a national politics, and
even state and county politics, are ex-
citing little interest. 1t is a hard mat
ter to get audiences to listen to speak
ers on any subject now days.
The three presidential candidates
have also added a new feature to the
situation and thrown into the results
OF the campaign a great deal of I'M
certainty. A good many men who have
always affiliated strongly with one or
the other OF the old parties find their
position as to a choice of presidential
candidates somewhat in doubt. Most
republicans, however, seem to believe
that the country will be perfectly safe,
and the era Of prosperity continued, If
republican politics are continued with
either Taft or Roosevelt in the White
House. Republicans, after taking a
sober second thought, are not very
much inclined to vote for Wilson, and
the radically different policies of tariff
and other administrative propositions
which he. proposes to put into effect in
case of his election. With a vast region
capable of growing immense crops OF
grain lying north OF the North Dakota
line, in Canada, no farmer who expects
to raise grain in North Dakota will
willingly let down the tariff duty be-
tween Canada and the United States.
Should he do so by voting for the
democratic candidate and find, later on,
that his protection to grain competi-
ton has been removed, he will have
no n to blame but himself.
Bisbee Gazette: Whats the matter
with the United States under Taft's
administration, anyhow" That is the
question put by the Abilene, (Kan.)
| RnAnNfnr And ~ fn a xrnry Wan-h|nn-
inquiry. There are loud and vehement
wailings about evils ana wrongs and
slavery and the people are being told
that conditions are so bad that nothing
policies, a practical revolution in our
system of government. can sure them.
But is that true2 Or is 1t mere hysteria,
the vain imaginings of men who are
out and want to get I'M? If you can
answer those questions, suppose you
ask a few of the people you meet.
Ask the armer He will tell you
that the crops this year are worth
$4,000, 900, 900. That is at least 6 ,000;$
100000 more than any farm yield in
an other year and in any other land.
Ask the iron and steel makers. They
Will answer that more tons of coal
finished steel than in any previous year
in this or any other ountr
Ask the railroad president. He will
tell you that traffic is almost al the
record breaking point for all time:
Ask the car n locomotive builders
They will answer that they are EN-.
ploying three times as many laborers
as they were a year ago.
Ask the shipbuilders. They will ans.
wer by pointing out the number of yes.
sells on he ways-a sale for every
berth, some of them to foreign powers
Ask the laborer himself. He will
answer that his average wage is now
greater than ever before and that hi:
hours of work are shorter.
Ask the banker. He will point tt
clearances that mount higher anC
higher week by week, a sure barometel
business.
Ask any one except the professions,
agitator, n the answer inevitabl,
must be: The country Is richer ant
bigger and happier and healthier thai
1T has ever been before.
So, then what's the matter with tn,
United States under Taft anyhow?