Evening journal., 1914-12-28
CDbOUITT Gives
Wilson A FLING
Denounces the utter In
competence" of Men In
Government Control
SAYS ADMINISTRATION
is UTTER FAILURE

HOUSTON. Texas. Dec. % -"The Will
son Administration has been che great
est failure IN the history of the Presi-
deneY. Tho south - a land literally
lowing with milk and honey; it has
made one OF the biggest and best crops
ina its history, and yet, because OF the
utter incompetence OF the men in charge
of the government. its business is pros
trated, its credit is impaired and thous-
ands of its people are starving thus
writes Governor Colquitt in "A statement
iust issued
"Ihc administrations tariff law was
pledged TO lower the cost of living. and
it has had the contrary effect. BY
putting raw materials ON the free list
and Keeping the protective tariff ON
manufactured goods. it has condemned
American farmers by hundreds of thous
ands to peonage and has enabled the
manufacturers, getting their raw mater
ials cheaper, to charge higher prices for
their goods which they hacc done.
"Hides were free listed and shoes
have gone higher This is arue of vir-
tually every single item similarly
, treated in ihe administration tariff law.
! The American farmer gets less for his
raw material. the American working
man pays more for the finished product
and both are robbed To further enrich
the protected manufacturing trusts and
combines
Foreign Policy Imbecile
"'rhc administration foreign policy
] has been imbecile II has allowed Eng
land TO dictate conditions as TO cotton
shipments TO European countries that
enabled the English spiuners to rob the
American cotton growers Of half The
value of their crop.
ENGLAND stopped American ship
ments until tho English spinners had
bought their supply at 1-2 cents a
pound and stored it in Texas and
other Southern warehouses. Then
England consented to declare cotton
not contraband. and France followed
suit a day or two later. Our Gov
ernment weakly submitted to Eng
lands dictation. playing into the
hands Of the English spinners and
betraying the American cotton-grow-
ers as completely as if this country
were an English vassal State
"If I had been President / would
have served notice on England's Pre-
mier that our foreign trade in cotton
and other on-cOntraband commOdi-
ties was going forward with or with
out Englands consent. and if neces
sary l would have sent American
ironclads TO Englands door TO en-
force that notice.
"Thc Administrations repeal of thu
Panama canal tolls exemption in vic
lation of the party's national plat
2 form was another weak surrender z,
England. If free tolls for American
r ships has not been repealed hundred
of American-ownod ships flying a for
eign flag would have come under tn
b American flag to get the benefit o
I exemption and VIC would today hav
an American merchant marine com
pcteht to carry our goods TO foreigl
4 markets. We have no such merchan
/ marine. and to supply it the Wilson
Administration is proposing TO spen
the taxpayers money buying sub
sidized national shipping service.
"EgFegi0us Failure in Mexico.
J. "The Wilscn-Bryan management Q
q The Mexican affair has been an egree
?, ious failure They landed an Ameri
- can army in Vera Cruz to fore
Huerta TO salute the flag and hav
; brought II back without getting tn
salute. They now ask Congress I
y appropriate over 100000 TO pay tn
s expenses Of that ridiculous cxpcd
ton. For what? What did il accon
% plishg II set all Mexico anamc againi
n the Americans not only in MexiC
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