The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-12-31
;hIPLOYERSSAY new TARIFF
LAW KILLS THEIR BUSINESS
Tell President Wilson That His Promises
Have Come to Naught-Appeal to Him for Re-
lief No Matter How Humiiating

bopnty, which created stir last sum
fae4t by sending a letter to President
Ffl0on complaining about the condi-
Ion of industry in the Schuylkill val
BY hnd asking him to use his influ-
tuco to have the Underwood tariff law
Iepealed, has sent a second commun-
baton to the president.
THIS letter recalls that the first one
bent at a time when Pennsylvania was
h the midst of q bitter political cam
kai&h For that reason the manufac-
lurers' association fears that the presi-
tent may have regarded 1t as a po-
tical document The election being
Evef and no campaign imminent, many
II The prophecies of disaster contained
Il he first letter, II is declared, having
lome true and none of the administra-
Hons promises of a speedy readjust-
bent of the new tariff conditions hav-
he materialized, the president is asked
l, consider the matter again. simply
II = business proposition.
The Letter.
Fohowing is the letter:
Hon. Woodrow Wilson. President of
Iae United States, Washington, d. c.
bear Sir: Under date of July H. 1914,
he manufacturers association of Mont
5ornery county, Norristown, Pa. thru
% president and secretary, addressed
!, You a letter setting forth the ex-
sting business conditions of those man
lfacturers and other industries which
lake up the manufacturers association
Montgomery county, Pa, and appeal
ID 60 you as the leader of the political
|aTty in power to give that relief which
Hone would save the business of the
|ountry from disaster.
"Xour secretary courteously aclSnowl-
decd receipt of tits letter, but the
|nly means we have of knowing that
|. came before you is through a notice
|'hich appeared in the public press at
hat time attributing ito you a state
|ienf that 1t was your belief that the
otter addressed to you did not set
|orth the real conditions of the indus
|ries of the Schuylkill valley. You We're
|urther reported to have stated that
ID every direction unmistakable evil
ences of better and even prosperous
ines were at hand. If you believed
his to be so then, of course, the re-
lef for which we prayed was already
n sight and no attention to our appeal
vas necessary.
Good Times Not Here.
I'VE now address to you this second
etter for the one specific purpose of
MORNING you that the good times so
aappily predicted at Washington have
lot arrived. On the contrary the fore
lasts made to you in our first letter
rave materialized to the extent of be-
ne an unusual public calamity. We
ire aware that the language OF this
a. T.. ~
NE have no apology. We mean that 1t
'hnIi be So Situations Like he one be-
ore us demand heroic treatment and
.hrongh the weakness of circumlocu-
ion. We say to you again that we
write you In this way because the
ariff law of the Democratic party now
n power has brought this country face
q face with business calamity.
we are not without the facts to
,rove what we say. Here is one fact.
W. take it from a Philadelphia news
iaper of December ~.
From the pulpits of every church
b Philadelphia will go forth the APP
leaa of the poor to the rich, the call
4 humanity to humanity. Thousands
L men in this city can not obtain EN-
A&tHttttlt. HcuI WIVES brt HOpclcbSiy
cold, dismal little rooms and their
hiIdren face starvation
Here is another fact. We take it
rom another newspaper of the same
ate:
situation Serious.
The virtually unanimous passage
councils (Philadelphia) of the bill
ppropriating $4,000 for the relief of
he city's unemployed will meet with
earty approval of the general public.
Ntraordinary conditions call for ex-
raordinary relief, and 1t has been very
horoughly demonstrated that the pres
ut need for home relief is extraordi-
ariiy great, too great for the perma-
ent charitable organizations to handle
ffectively. The city's action must be
UNDERSTOOD as experimenting and not
eplaeing private charitable endeavor.'
SHOULD 1t still be said that the facts
uhsnitted above prove only that the
epression lies in the Schuylkill valley
nd that we present an isolated and
ocaa circumstance, we lay down as our
nswer this fact: The National Asso-
iation of Wool Manufacturers. Boston.
lass, has issued table showing that
4 that great industry. on December /.
VIA more than One-thfrd OF all this
asst machinery was idle: and that ia
ie shows that the depression Is great
= now than 1t was September last;
nd that table shows that the depres-
lon In that industry was greatre on
epfember l than 1t was June 1 last.
hat table shows that this depression
hrouBhout the country Is deepening
nd spreading with each succeeding
aonfh, until now we are face to face
nth that condition which. In our for
aer letter. we told your was nothing
ESQ than frightening.
iron and Steel Suffer.
eShou1d 1t be still maintained that
% have set forth the condition of but
ne Industry. our answer Is that the
tate OF any one large and staple In
usffy in this country always reflects
Eeneraa condition. That single great
1oustry only suffers In so far as other
sdustries which feed upon II suffer
- But in the light of wrecks all
1put us in the iron and steel mills we |
utEfit that we need not argue this |