The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-26

X, Wilson and Mr.. Bryan, that they
would reduce the high cost of living
by the elimination of the protective
tariff. which they said was the
whole cause. True, they have dow
!. cred the tariff" he said. True
lthey have placed the American work.
ing man on different competitive
Etbasis with the poorly paid foreign
Flabor and through this act OF conf
4 mercial treason, idleness and power
ty have been substituted in hum
: dreds of mills whence formerly came
Fthe smoke of industry, and the num-
Iber OF idle men has reached the
highest point since last the Demo-
cratic party was in complete control
of the affairs of the country.
1.-The people were deceived when
they were told that another tariff
4 bill, based on the tariff for revenue
system, which the Democrats propos-
ed to enact. would give them cheap
err food and cheaper clothing. How
gross was that deception and how in
'lsincere those who worded such pleas
must be apparent now to every lev,
lel-headed American. Business mas
been oppressed to an astounding ex-
Itent. but the high cost Of living has
continued to soar to heights rarely
attained since that Underwood-Sim-
mons cheap living bill was placed
lin effect.
promise, put forth their solution,
but the disappointing feature was
1 that 1t failed to solve. The utter in
consistency of their claim has been
demonstrated by their own hands
land today the Democratic campaign
|speaker has banishcd the high cost
of living discussion from his cate
CORY. Tie tariff duties on our I'M
Iports have been reduced to mini
Imum and in many cases entirely re-
: moved, and to what avail? An emp
ty treasury, stifled industry and idle
Iiworkmen.
i; "The Democrats in the campaign
of 1912 made much ado Of the fol-
;, flowing plank, one of the prominent
features of their platform:
The high cost OF living is sert-
Gus problem in every American
home. The Republican party in It's
platform attempts to escape the re-
sponsibiltty for present conditions by
denying that they are due to pro-
tective tariff. We take issue with
them on this subject and charge
that excessive prices result in large
measure from the high tariff laws
enacted and maintained by the Re-
publican party, and from trusts and
commercial conspiracies fostered and
encouraged by such laws, and we as
sert that no substantial relief can be
: secured by the people until import
. lduties on the necessaries of life are
materially reduced and these crimi-
Inal conspiracies broken up"
The governor cited sugar as an
4 example OF the effect of the tariff
on the high cost of living, pointing
out that the removal of the duty
from this article destroyed the sugar
cane industry of the south and that
sugar is now demanding the highest
price in decades.
i 'The Democratic tariff bill was
enacted to provide revenue" he
said. at has failed because it has
brought deficit in the United
States treasuryza deficit that can
not be laid at the door Of unsettled
conditions brought about by war, as
this was inevitable before there was
the remotest possibility Of war.
with this laundering, destructive
and undesirable tariff legislation, we
have arrived at the period in the pro-
gress OF this administration when we
Sare called upon at time when we
are at peace with the whole world
Ito provide additional revenue Of ono
hundred million dollars under the
2 rank misnomer of a war tax 1t is
i pheasant to remember with such an
. I,incongruous situation as we are no"
. facing, that the Republican party in
. the half century it directed the af-
. fairs Of the nation never found 1t
i necessary to levy war tax upon
. E'the people during time of peace.
: "The. Democratic leaders in con-
! gress have evidently taken advant-
: age of the European war to lay a
! special levy on the people to make
up for deficit in tho United States
Treasury. which. + had been made
certain, would result from the I'm
derwood= Simmons bill long before
the clouds of war lowered over tho
IEuropean continent.
ITO make up this deficit the Den1-