The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-03-13
ONE YEAR OF WOODROW Will
SON

not going OF N washington unoeT
the tutslage Of Woodrow wilson. the
"schOolmastsr In Office" as the eOun-
try has a right 70 expect
They say that President Wilson and
his party are students Of maxims,
rot markets"
They point out the fact that we are
nOw importing cattle, and fresh
meats. and wheat. and corn. and oats,
and potatoes. from Argentine and
other countries. That the country is
nON eating the bread Of experience.
and will soon be longing for the re-
turn OF the republican party TO power
The country is informed that the
democratic parity has killed the wool
industry and the chimneys of the iron
mills are smOkeless. the factories can
place no orders and thousands Of la
bOrers are out Of employment.
But what are the facts? What are
the true conditions Of affairs?
There never vas a time in the his
tory o. the country when farm pro-
ducts were bringing so high a price
See the high price Of meat; the
high price Of chickens. eggs and but
ter: indeed. the high price Of every
thing that Is grown upon the farm. II
farmers cannot make a living at the
present prices that farm products are
bringing then the soil is impossible
Of yielding a profit.
Listen 70 this from a late issue of
the New York World:
Two New Jersey worsted mills are
eniarging their plants One in Ohio is
increasing its capital from $4,000. 900
20 si0.000.000. All the WOODEN and
wOrsted mills OF North Adams, Mass,
are running full. with orders ahead.
such Is one days news Of the havoc
wrought by free wool and a tariff on
wOolens as low as IS per cent"
Does that look like our wooden mills
are closed down and have gone out of
business? Does IL have the appear
anee that the wool industry has been
killed and that the "schoolmaster" in
the White House is merely perusing
"maxims" while the markets" are all
against US?
The other day. while the streets OF
New York were piled up many inches
high with snow. ard sleet. and ice. it
was almost impossible TO procure la
bOrers enough 70 clear the streets Of
the debris.
The opening Of the phosphate mines
IN Florida are but an indication of
the revival OF business everywhere.
Everything indicates that We are
on the eve Of the most prosperous
times this country has ever known.
Ard In considering this matter here
is another side to The story that is to
De considered II is told very tersely
and very fuently b. the New York
World Il will do the average reader
good 70 peruse H. Il Is headed Two
Republics-A Contrast"
Wherever in the United States
qualification is felt over the accom-.
piishments OF President Wilson's ad-
ministratiOn during its first year.
there should be recognition of the
fact that the progress made has been
due 10 peace.
"One year ago. as Is the case today.
there was an insistent demand for
var with Mexico. Il came then, as
IL comes now. from interested per-
sons. from professional jingoes and
from Adventures.
IF the president had yielded to this
influence we should at this time be
a nation In arms. under new burdens
OF taxation; with every old abuse, the
outgrowth OF earlier wars. more firm
ly entrenched than ever before: with
contractors. jobbers and grafters in
fine array: with mourning and suffer
ing In many homes. and with no just
purpose In view that could warrant
such Affections
I'm addition to the violence of our
war-makers at home, the president
has been compelled TO endure some
sneers and affronts from braggarts
in Mexico. but in the contrast between
conditions In that country and in his
own he may look for his most certain
vindicatiOn.
Mexican misrule is 10 be traced
very largely 20 the ayarice and blood
outlines OF Big Business What has
been checked and regulated here dur
ing the past year has run riot there.
In the United States business and
government have been separated. In
Mexico there has been a practical alb
clifton OF government by dominant
private interests. Over the PROSTATE
republic Big Business struggles with
Big Business for supremacy.
In the United States We have had
recurrence to constitutional meth
DDS. with right and justice in view.
In Mexico right and justice are mock
ed by tyrants. murderers and plumber
ers. Our deliverance has been work
ed out by reason and law. No other
way presents itself. even in Mexico"
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