Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-26

an hour al the WduTeSan corner lTOIA : to o'clock, followed by a parade to the town hall with one automobile. and 20 men in line, the democrats held a rally Saturday evening in the town hall, where a battery of heavy guns was unlimbered before an audience of from three to four hundred men, when Secretary Of Commerce Thomas Red field, Governor Simeon E. Baldwin. Congressman Bryan F. Mahan. Lieu tenant Governor Lyman T. Tlng1er, and Cecretary of Sta etAlbert Phillips were the speakers. The same repre- sentatives of the party also spoke at l 8 rally in New London the same ev- ening travelling between the cities in automobiles in time to appear at each | rally.
 | the corner, the automobile of pr. W. c. Mclaughlin, state central commit | teeman, led the line of march to the | city hall. With pr. Mclaughlin rode | Corporation counsel Joseph T. Fam ming, who was to be chairman at the | rally, First Selectman A. W. Lillibridge
 and E. C. Lillibridge, town committee,
 man chairman.
 At the hall there was a wait of 2s minutes, as the first detachment of
 when they were escorted into the hall l by Mayor T. c. Murphy, Chairman Tanning and Dr. Mclaughlin, they | were given a rousing cheer. The party included Secretary Redfie1d, Lieutenant Governor Tingier and Secretary of
 State Phillips, with Mir. Redfield's pri- vate secretary.
 | From the Presidents Family. l In his opening words Chairman Fan. | ming said that it is difficult to see how | the present election is any different in | importance than that in 1912. A dem | ocratic majority must be continued in | congress by the votes that will be cast | al0nfinr7 n
 the hand will steady the great Amer | ican government.
 We must make certain the election
 of 9, congress which will back up the president.
 He introduced Secretary Redfield as
 a man directly from the presidents s political family. and well able to speak
 upon the needs of the hour.
 With forceful clearness of word and statement Secretary Redfield address ed the rally, declaring that President Wilson had advised him to tell facts as
 they are, a suggestion that varies
 widely from the tactics of the opposi-
 ton.
 Foe or Friend to Business? Is the democratic party an enemy
 Or a friend of business inquired the speaker He declared that all he had
 was invested in American manufac-
 tories. If they failed he would lose
 and leave his children poorer, but he
 did not believe they would. He had sold American products many kind ir
 in all the countries of the world, and it Is amusing to hear that g. tariff wal
 is all that will protect uur expert man
 ufacturers from the the competition ot , the rest of the world.
 ,l Mir. Redfield spoke of the new sur. rency bill, which he described as z 5 great constructive piece of Legislation l and he went on to speak of the shadow
 of distress that in the financial crisi! ' of 1907 when Teddy was on th' l throne.
 Taking up business conditions, MT l Redfield said that he could affirm witl
 truth that trade in the United State' I had steadily improved under the Un = derwood tariff up to the time that tn . European war was declared. Picturin! ] how the Balkan war had resulted il $ a heavy demand for money and tn
 vastly greater calls now, he said tha
 Europe finances the world and ha
 loaned from 400 to 800 million dollar over here and what has been troublin us in the rast two or three month , has been how to pay her what w ! owed. Everywhere when debts com 2 due they had to be paid and the none 2 | went into European banks and every ? ? | where where these great financial ar teries were tapped by this withdraws
 of money, there was business depres
 sion. Regardless of tariff or no tariff
 this business depression was felt i
 every land, in highest tariff Brazil a well as in free trade England. 9 Manufacturing Statistics VI From the July isue of the Textil tt World Record, the speaker read men 5, ton of a score of new silk and cotto tt mills. erected, 5s mills making exten e sive improvements and 49 mills buyin e extensively of ne wmachinery. Tn d textile industry is not threatened b h. preesnt conditions, said the presider tt of IS cotton mills in the south. PuT Is chases of hundreds of thousands ( Y dollars worth more sugar by the Am ,t erican people this year than last, an l. statements of many thousand mor e spindles used in cotton mills seem IS indicate that he people had none n to spend.
 et The bank commissioner of Connecti
 cut tates that in six months the say !. ings bank deposits in this state gra7 if S5,000, 900 and in the month of Jun l. the deposits increased s1,33S,000. l. there anything in this to indicate th; l. the Underwood tariff has hurt busi ,t ness.
 1t Promoting Buiness Il Secretary Redfield next took up tn l. work of the department of commerc'
 which he said had been using an ap y propriation of s25o,o of which s10o, e markets for American products. Ou @ foreign commerce amounts annual
 to four and a half thousand millio u dollars, for the promotion of which e republican congress appropriated S60 IT 900. but the democrats appropriate n the larger amount because they be
 Heve that American manufacturer
 and American workmen can and d
 compete with the manufacturers ( \. the world. This is the democrati n answer to the charge that the demo ,E cratic party is a foe to business
 Secretary Redheld addressed a clos
 ing word to manufacturers and wa
 applauded when he said that men wei
 worth more than mills and the mi .e owners had no right to run their mil .n so that their employees were crampe or crowded. He advised that befol
 the manufacturers come before tf
 American people to ask that the pet oh pie be taxed to support them, the to should be able to show that the at businesses were conducted on an af r. tua1 knowledge of cost of productio
 and all it's other details, and vine
 this was done, MT. Redfleld conclude
 he believed the American manufactu ie CTS would say eve are quite well ao e. to get along by ourselves. ut While the hall was still ringing vii n. applause, Secretary Rcdfleld hurrit
 out to go to New London.