The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22

everywhere. Pnce 2oc. NcIn
official cognizance OF what, unfortu'
nately appears to be speed breaking
cyanescence Of good times ip thu
business and Industrial world, a llum-
lble and truthful chronicler of i'm
portant events en- PEASANT may, BE-
pardoncd for setting down the same
Indeed, if he failed to do So that pay
day which is looked forward to with
such pleasure by the single scribe
and means so little to TIE married
one, would cease to have place on
his weekly calendar.
The tTs conferences referred to
above: The first. when the chair
men of the appropriations commit
tees nthe senate and house rcspec-
lively, were called in, together with
Speaker Clark and House Leader IN
derwoou to discuss the subject OF
GConomizing. Those who claim to
know say that there hasn't been u
conference of that kind in the White
House for. twenty years. The trou-
bic is that the now tariff bill is not
producing the revenue it was expect
ed to proluceI'a ting Income tax
they Say1it tEtI'sclveaI us going to
fall away below expectations. In
truth, there is a clearly seeable ten
dGncy tin the fiscal affairs OF the gov
eminent to plunge headlong toward
deficit, and there .'has got to be
something done to try to stop It.
What is more ndturaE than to call q
halt on the, spenders in congress and
10 cut appropriations t'iall along the
line? That 1t was decided at this
conference to do. The. same thing has
been tried many q time before, but
with indifferent success.
The second important conference
was held 10 discuss the none-too-re-
assuring condition of the business of
the country. There are many fac
tories and mills shut down, or work
| inc part time, and there arc thou
sands Of men out Of employment. The
railroads generally have been curtaii-
ing expenses, There is an army OF
rnilroad men who have been given Il
"urlough." Tie iron, steel and glass
trades are seriously affected. SAM
url Gompers, head Of the American
Federation OF Labor, in an intervte"
this week. said the employment of la-
bor was below normal" He must
be given credit for stating 1t mildly
The money market is tight. But why
rc.cast the condition OF the business
Eor the country here, since every intel
lIgent man knows. And every Intel
i lIgcut man. admits 1t TO himself al
J least, that lie feels an uneaSiness
When he thinks CT the months to FOL
INV IN tho wake of a Christmts-sttni'
uIatcd Hcccmbcr. The purpose Of
i. This article is to mercly note that the
condition of the business of the coun'
.y has become grave enough to ar
rest the serious attention OF the Pr
ident, and to cause him to call his
counseIlors about him. rs usuai
when the courtiers are called anu
their Judgment asked, they are more
ant TO oblige with something Of q
pleasing sort, rather than an opinion
/ unbiased by their environment. Some
thing like this Is suspected when the
president is told that, perhaps, there
io another conspiracy afloat, sci
adrift by manufacturers who are dis
pleased over the tariff-cutting' OF
bankers miffed becauscof the admin
istration's policy toward their bust
ness. or the railroads who, forced tc
add additional millions to their pay
rolls. seek to force a decision favora'
bile to the granting of their prayer &c
be allowed to increase freight rates
or that maybe all of these are conf
bincd to embarrass and punish tbs
administration for its radical aho
noyal departures in governing. That
the president seemed inclined TO pc
! lieye maybe there. was such a'thing Is
evidenced by the fact that 1t was an
nounced that he had directed his
secretary RedRGld and his secretar.
Wilson to Investigate and report
That the finding of proof OF thl
existence Of suGh a conspiracy
would be q relief to the admlntstra'
tion is hardly to be doubted But
this conspiracy" scarecrOw is an ole
one and only foolish and Gallo"
crows are now to be frightened away
from the kernels of commonsense b!
| It II is scare" that has been used
SO much since that ointment taunaI
naturalist who Is now in South Amer
lean ,ungles discovered it, that II Is
worn threadbare President wilson's
first use of 1t In the wordy-torm' g
ian insfdiuus lobby" resulted In suct