The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-05-09
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

There is great agitation now at
tempted and sou-ht to be brought about
as to the business outlook for this coun-
try, and fears anil threats expressed that
great prostration of business and general
prosperity will follow the advent of the
Democratic party : administration Of the
government and especially by reason Of
the adoption of the Democratic Tariff
Bill now before Congress.
This is nothing new but it is the
same old policy chat has always been
adopted by those who are now enjoying
special privilege, when their special priv
ilege is threatened or in danger of being
destroyed, or whenever it is apparent
that the government is about to stop
: granting and continuing the special
privileges to a favored class, and to do
! equal and exact justice TO all Of the re-
/ public without regard to class or party.
The large manufacturing interests have
ever in the recent past, and when Mr..
]. Cleveland was President and the Demo-
cratic party was about to pass a Tariff
Bill shut down their factories and
turned their employees out in order to
intimidate Congress and prevent the pas
cage of any Tariff Bill that would re
J duce the extortions that they enjoyed
under the Republican Tariff Law.
1 They allowed nothing to stand in the
way of their efforts to defeat the passage
of a Tariff Bill that tended to reduce
monopoly, not even common justice to
.,the laborer that depended upon them for
"a living, and they are ready and willing
ito do the same thing. But there is a
great difference uOw.
Conditions are now all changed and
the changes have all been for the better.
The greatest and most important of all
the changes that have taken place, is
that of the minds of the people at large.
The people have learned more about
this tariff question than they have ever
known. They have learned once and
for all that this high protective tariff is
a fraud and a robbery, and that they
have for long years been fooled and
deceived in the most outrageous and
ueartless manner. and that the decep-
sion led to their own spoliation. This
lesson once learned by whole people
will never be forgotten.
The Democrats in Congress will pass
he Tariff Bill that is now before Con.
,ress, and President Wilson will sign
:, and it will be the law before the
ummer is over Suffice it is to say,
hat it will be the most equitable tariff
clat this country has ever had since the
Walker Tariff of eighteen hundred and
S,rty-six, under the administration Of
president James K. Polk, under which
vIr. Blaine in his book said that this
'5untry enjoyed its greatest prosperity.
fe think that this statement Of Mr..
laine is strictly true. Certainly the
7Iople of this great nation deserve more
-osperity, and we believe that there is
,,gery reason why the people shall enjoy
aore and wider prosperity. All de-
srtments of trade, industries and bus
Tess is booming. The manufacturers
ne extremely prosperous.
sAll of our banking institutions are
full of money and business and
ere is a demand for all of the money
h vthe avenues of trade and business.
lie production of gold and silver has
pit pace with all other advancement.
'iere is ample employment for labor at
,od wages.
And the last and the greatest of all,
T. great farming and agricultural inter-
IS in all sections Of the nation are en-
wing the highest prosperity perhaps