The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21

statesman, in his mode of thought, aca demic rather than practical Job ap- pealed, .tOh, that mine adversary had written book!'' Dr. Wilson has writ ten several, and many utterances in them will prove both an embarrass- ment and burden in this campaign. In his. .esHistory of the American Peo- pie" he says (volume 5 page 212):
 Quotes Wilson's History.
 "Now came multitudes of men of the lowest class from the south of Italy F and men of the meanef sort out of Hungary and Poland, men out of the ranks where there was neither skill nor energy nor any initiative of quick in telligence, and they came in numbers Ehieh increased from year to year, as if the countries of the south of Europe were disburdening themselves of the more sordid and hapless clements of their population"
 And almost immediately thereafter the learned doctor further says:
 ''The Chinese were more to be de- sired as workmen, if not as citizens, than most of the coarse crew that came crowding in every year at the eastern ports.''
 Was the statement when made we'll founded? Is it today? Was it just? Was it worth while for the learned writer to give expression to such sen- hments? Do my hearers today believe the Chinese to be more desired than the European immigrants? Do they concede the immigrants from the land of Kosciusko and Columbus to be of the lowest class,' of the emeaner sort, the most sordid" and the 'coars. est creWy By their votes in Novem- Der they must say if they believe a man who gave utterance but a few years ago to such thoughts and senti- ments IS now best fitted to be the chief executive of their adopted government and country.
 For the first time in the memory of my oldest nearer the country wit. messed convention held in Chicago two weeks since, in which there was no roll call of delegates, no ballots cast; where red bandannas were pre- Terred to the stars and stripes, where the scene was scarlet overmuch, like the flag of anarchy, not red, white and blue. the symbol of patriotism. The unquestioned master of the situation was greeted by his satellites as "an Inspired leader" and the irreverence which fell from many lips reached its climax 1n the closing utterances of the chairman. The leaders right to rule'' was recognized and proclaimed. Never Tn the history of the English tongue was greater assumption of power pro- claimed Thoughtful and patriotic citi- Zens will inquire the meaning of the xpronun1camento of that gathering that there will follow "a dangerous revo- lution' unless it's policies are adopted. American voters of all parties will, I believe, resent any appeal to the terror l of violence. Both of the opposing l parties assault with equal vehemence the present tariff, under which our country has so markedly prospered. They abuse the Payne-Aldrich law without stint and without reason. That tariff act has closed no factory, has put out the fires in no furnace, has thrown no mechanic onaIabeneReoHt of SAAARACJ AG ndC 0ktCAE4 nOe 1IES | soup houses for starving families de prived of the wage of the bread earner It has formed no bread line of jaded. disheartened seekers for employment It has kept wide open the home mar kets for the produce of the farm and 1 the factory. Industrial workingmen having the highest wage ever known have been enabled to build new houses. to clothe well their children, to pro- vide for their schooling and to give them generous measure of the com l forts and luxuries of life. The land lord is not embarrassed in the collec- tion of his rent, the grocer in receiving l pay for his supplies. The church of his choice is receiving his free gifts from the prosperous citizen. Nearly ten millions of .depositors in the say ings banks had last year laid away over four thousand millions of dollars | $4,212, ,5S3, ,O0Ol, while every branch of moral, social and education betterment has received vital impulse and gener- Ous support. Wherein can the thought full citizen see promise of betterment in the frantic cry for "a changer"
 Payne Law Reduced Tariff. I have seen in no speech or litera- ture made or issued by member of either of the opposing parties the fact 1 stated that of the hundreds of millions of foreign goods imported last year 51 per cent came in duty free. Have any of the rancorous critics of the Payne tariff law cited the fact-tha under, its provisions the duties on all importa- tions were reduced 21 per cent? And yet this revision downward' was ac- conplished without harm to American labor. Unbridled ambition and long deferred hope have little regard for
 reason and for truth. Our export trade has mounted marveIously In the last fiscal year in manufactures alone it passed the billion dollar. mark 1 -$1, ,021 100000. The annual product ! of our manufactures surpasses that of any other nation and, besides fully supplying our own people, <xceeds all competitors in the value of exports. The Democratic majority in the house of representative is writing in lurid characters the extent to which l our opponents are willing to go fin | their ZpalouS efforts to rl1in nrOfac-