Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-20
Washington Man Tells What
Has Happened Under the
Sway Of Wilson
BUSINESS OF THE
COUNTRY FAILING
Losing Home Markets While
Unable to Increase
the Export Trade

New York, Tune 19.--The Democrat
10 party's administration of the ma.
tion's affairs was severely condemned
here last night by the Hon. w. e.
Humphrey of the state of Washington
who spoke before the New York coun.
ty committee at Murray Hill lyceum.
The speaker claimed that instead Of
the prosperity that low tariff was
warranted to bring, the country 10 ap.
preaching state where business will
be practically nil and where the work.
ing man will have nothing to do. Tho
speech follows:
The democratic party went into pow.
or upon the general promise that they
would better the conditions that had
existed in this country under repub-
lican rule. We have had now a little
more than six months experience un.
der democratic tarfff law and the
new freedom" and what is the resultt
Here are some of the results OF DEM
ocratic administration that was to
bless the nation with unaxampled
prosperity: s
I compare 1918 and 1912, although
during 1913 we had but three month";
of the democratic tariff law and ter
months Of democratic administration
but even that much democracy IL
strfkingly different In the results.
The bank clearances In 1912 wer
Salts, 100000, greater than In 1913.
On the last day of January. 1918
the United States Steel corporation
had orders for 1851, 900 tons Of steel
On January !, 1914. 1t had orders fo,s
4,361 300 toms. On the first day OF thi4
month It had orders for 3.998.000 Wh4k
could tell nore distressing story?
Steel is one of the great business
barometers of the nation. Today
more than one-third Of the steel mill,
in the entire country are closed.
Today. the steel production In thii
country is 40 per cent below normal.
Today, there are $3.50, 900, 900 invest
ed in idle steel mills.
Today, there are million idle men
in the iron and steel associated indus
tries, representing daily payroll oi
more than 100000.
Today, there are 275,O00 miners IN
this country out Of work that In re-
publican times were earning $750,000,.
900 annually.
Today there are 23s, 900 idle freight
cars, the largest number In the history
Of this nation. When the republican
party went out of power there was
none.
Today, there are more than 500, 900
railroad men out OF employment that
were receiving more than million
dollars day In wages when Woodrow
Wilson went into the white house.
Today, the wage earners of this na,
tion are losing more than $5,000,000
every twenty-four hours.
In six months, the democratic admin
istration has wiped out an annual pay
roll Of more than 100000. 900.
This $5,OOO.0OO each day has bean
taken from the ordinary channels OF
trade. This has brought depression
and financial ruin to every business
and to every section of the country.
from the working people of this nation
means that the workmen Of this coun-
try are receiving $5,00O,O00 less each
day than they did year ago, under a
republican policy.
There are 100000 idle men in New
York; 100000 idle men In Chicago;
$4,000 idle men in Pittsburgh; $4,000
idle men in San Francisco. We ara
facing the awful problem OF unemploy.
ed everywhere There are more idle
men In this nation today than ever
before.
Every day that the democratic party
has been in power we have bought
more from the foreigner and sold him
less.
Every day we lost In our foreign
trade more than half a million dollars
Every day the nation has gone In debt
half million dollars Every day the
number of unemployed has increased
Every day mills and factories have
closed. Every day since this democrat.
ic administration went into power
more than 10000 men have been forced
into idleness. Every day the wage
earners Of this nation are losing more
than S5,O00,0O0.
Every day that Woodrow Wilson has
been in the white house the business
of this nation has decreased more than
twenty million dollars. This Is the
price Of democracy. This Is the price
that the people pay to have the affairs
of this nation controlled by academic
doctors, by gowned theorists and schol-
arly dreamers and chautauqua per.
! formers.
But we are told that all this is mere
|, ly psychological. The president has
| assured the country that what it needs
! is more legislation. He has assured
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