The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-02-19
POLITICAL POINTS.

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Ii October, 1912. Wilson's campaign
managers were solicing campaign funds
under the British flag. No wonder there
is rejoicing over the Wilson, Underwood
Simmons free trade bill in England.
British manufacturers are getting a
handsome return on their investment.
It is only the American workingman
who suffers.
Do you remember Coxey's army and
why it marched on Washington? A SINH
lar army is lnobolizing at Chicago for
the same reason. Instead of marching
they will petition this time. They have
been hungry and cold and desperate for
several months now, so it is not strange
that they return to primitive methods to
voice their complaint.
The city of Chicago is financing and
preparing to operate chain OF retail
grocery stores and coal stations for the
benefit of those who are out of work.
The city's annual appropriation bill car
ried $25, 900 for that purpose.
The freight business on the railroads
is good or bad according as general bust
ness conditions are good or bad. In De-
cember, 1918, there were III, 200 more
idle freight cars in the United States
than there were in December, 1912.
Maine is one of the States of the
Union that would benefit materially from
any sort of encouragement to American
shipping. President Wilson's attitude
on the Panama Canal tolls is sufficient
notice that Maine voters and tax payers
can expect no help from that source.
Free trade and hodge. podge currency
law having failed to reduce the high cost
of living the Democrats in the National
Department of Agriculture are sending
out columns of advice to the self-sup-
porting American farmer and wage earn
er, telling him to eat more corn meal
mush, while the National Sea and Shore
Fisheries Department has discovered
that there is food value in sea mussels.
1t did not require change in the admin
istration of national affairs to demon
strate that mans grocery bill would be
smaller If he ATE less.
Men who have had themselves elected
or appointed leaders of a third party
met in conference with men
from outside the State at Portland recent
ly and turned down request for get
together conference with the representa-
tlves of the Republican party. The
municipal elections in 1913, the election
OF John A. Peters in the special third
district election, the recent public and
private utterances of many OF the men
who really lead the Progressive party,
have convinced Republicans that the
anti-Democratic forces are ready to work
together. They believe that the rank
and file of the third party propose to
unite with the rank and file of the Re-
publican party in an effort to GUST the
Democrats from control Of the Nation
and to prevent their re-entry into State
affairs. Friendly and frank overtures
made by the Republican State committee
to the leaders of the third party move
ment to bring about such coalition
were met with quibbling, and finally,
with refusal. The voters of Maine will
hold these headstrong gentlemen strictly
accountable for their action. The people
of the State of Maine know that free
trade is blow aimed at the industries of
this State They know that business de-
preston follows in the wake of free
trade. They realize the threatening as
pect of the Mexican situation. These
and other ills incident to Democratic
control can only be remedied by the
concerted action of all voters who are
not in sympathy with the present admin
lstration of National affairs.