The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-15

REVIVAL IS
PREDICTED
WILL PUT PANIC PREACH
ERS TO SHAME" SAYS
UNDERWOOD

Washington, d. c., Jan. 15.-"An
industrial awakening that will put the
panic preachers to shame" was prom.
ised today by Democratic Leade"
Underwood after republican members
in the house had painted dark pic
lures of ruin and desoation as a re-
suit of the democratic administra-
ton. IiNETNlH
THE Democratic party declared
Mr.. Underwood, has achieved for
the American people more than has
been accomplished heretofore in the
history OF our government. We have
secured the results which the repub-
ican party struggled for in the course
OF twenty years; the results which
they gave their pledges to secure and
which for term after term of con-
gress were left undone. l look for
W dlu W III "a lOopCiits VIA cuSA
out the country in the next year.
The democratic leader said the steel
mills in his district were working
double shifts despite the fact that
practically all of their product was
put on the free list in the democratic
tariff bill Business in the Pittsburg
steel district, he said, was also i'm
proving. He quoted John Wana-
maker as saying that the breeders
of panic ought to be deported.'
what j have to say to the pnSs
of i'll omen who preach disaster,
hoping to bring their party back into
power" Mr.. Underwood continued,
lis this:
Good Times Coming.
''The industrial depression we have
been passing through has lasted for
more than year. 1t began before
Woodrow Wilson was elected. Before
the coming elections next fall there
will be an industrial awakening that
will put to shame the panic preaching
brokers' who cry disaster in order tc
bring about depression"
When Representative Hardwick,
Democrat, said he understood the
United states Steel Corporation was
about to re-employ 10000 men OF
Pittsburg, Representative Barchfield.
Republican, declared the steel plants
there were working at so per cent
would soon be reduced to
10 per cent and expected a Is per
cent reduction of wages by Feb. /.
Representative Reed of New Hamp-
shire started the oratory with q
speech describing business in his
state as confident and prosperous.
Bankers, business men and manu-
facturers," he said, expressed the
utmost confidence in the wisdom OF
the democratic administration and de-
clared they felt certain the trust
legislation would be worked out in
the same proper fashion that marked
tariff and currency legislation
Republicans Recommend Prayer.
Representatives Mondell of Wyom- |
ing and Humphrey of Washington re"
piled for the republicans. Demo
Gratis would do better to occupy them
selves with prayer rather than peans
Of praise said Mr.. Mondell.
Mr. Humphrey declared that 1,000.-
900 men at work a year ago We're
now idle.
"Sixty-three million dollars |
month in wages is now being lost as
with last year." he said.
Two million dollars a day that
American workingmen received a |
month ago has been taken from them |
and given to the foreign labOrer.
He presented long list of industrial |
1lants with the number of employees
ie said were idle in each.
Representative Hardwick, Demo
rat, of Georgia, replied that finaa-
ial leaders were confident and that
he country was prosperous. He read
nto the record a number of inter
views with business men expressingl