Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-15
BUSINESS MEN ARE
WAKING Up TO
DEMOCRATIC
MENACE
Apathy Disappearing and Ac-
tivity and Enthusiasm
Presage Big Majority for
President Taft.
TURN IN THE TIDE
EVERYWHERE EVIDENT
I Special Correspondence 10 the IrrsId)

| special correspondence IA thr Herald
Chicago. Oct H. ActiNiiN ANA on.
lhusiusm I'M the atmosphere at the
Republican national headquarters IN
this city.
The country IN 10 longer asleep.
Apathy lH disappearing. business
men every where W" awakening ~ the
Iuul that IhW UlaIiiun al ,MuDd "
Wilson means danger tu American
Industries. Hcpr, sentative &c. i. iItll
ct Connecticut has taken ia" trouble
To- prepare - list ui factories ~ ms
huIur counts Of Fairfield whlrh would
have been ,lusrd II the lirllI billH
IusAid uN the Democrats ia the r.
cent session 1T congress had not been
CuuIHUrously vetoed 10y President
Tart. The hH ms srN criu new spHprr
pages aud lunludrs hundreds uf ~.
dustrlnl plants which Civ" "upl"}
uCnt To- thousands ul WUrkiuBn"n.
THIS presentation uf The danger which
ncnucrd u solitary county alarmed
the entire stat, 1T Connecticut, Hud
itS publication elsewhere has brought
manufacturers and WUrkingmcn H. q
realization ul tho danger oil TIA" iruu
trade law.
In Chicago. iul instance, u liusl.
ncSS Mems r,u league has b,rn
formed aud is 'lluinB Ia mvmhrrshir
daily THE stat, uf Illinois hns over
7,nO0 manufacturing institutions en-
pluNiuE 300. i,G u"u, aud with un 80
nuul output 81 the value uf over "u'
LillIun dullurs, which would b. sea
uusly aud adN,r ely affected II The
bills prOpusrd ht the Democrats N
l,A Ilp..NIl.t.t al
had become ln'., Take, for instance.
the boot nnd ,l"r trade. The dulS
un buuls ANA SINUS hus already hcou
IuW cred by lh' rtNn" tariff law to
such an extent that German manu-.
mrturcrs are nov sending shoes to
this country. the Democratic bills
placed boots Hud shoes upon The FREQ
list. Mr. j. Harry SELLS. the vice"
president uud Tru"rHl manager oi "a
company which operates ten inCtOrirs
In the middle vest, employing 5000
wOrkingmuu, a,'s Tint free trade"
, would put al ul his factories out at
business Harm Othmer, secretary
/ commissioner at tho Wholesale sad
dlery Association ~ tho United states
says that the proposition Of the DEM
| Ocrnts In u hudy blow to the mnnu-
fnciurcrs OF saddlcry In the United
States.
Instances like those could he IN
numerably multiplied, Many people
knew from the beginning that the
Democratic legislation which prcsi.
dent TAFT vetoed would have played
havoc with American Industries,
opening tho door for AN invasion ~
| foreign nude goods aud thus throw
| Ing American workman out of en-.
plOymcnt The fact has not hUwevrr,
thoroughly Impressed the popular
mind.
People have really been too busy to
, think, Now there In general nppre'
henAl0n. Business mon and their en-
pIOycs are anxious, while the farmers
nre none the less concerned. beCau e
the Democratic bills placed all cereals
on the free list, thus affOrdlng gnte-
way Into this country for the prod
uetB Of tho enormous fields across tho
Canadian border
| Consequently tho. Republican head.
quarters IN this city, have been over.
whollped with appeals for speakers
and for literature. This demand Ia
but anothar demonstration OF the fact
that there In u decided turn OF the
tide toward President TAFT through.
out the country. There 10 now az
depreciation Of the all-impoTtant fact
that Il II not question OF either
Taft or WlIsOn--fOr presidents do mol
make laws--but ut Republican al
Democratic admlnlstrallon. The for
ltneg means continpnnce or good
timee. The tariff Win b revised, ol
eoufse. bnt wisely ana oafbly, 80 thai
NOT = naotoFy door villbe closed or :
lweFkfu6p sqae biz w iThe Deme'