The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-29
TEXAS GOVERNOR CALLS Fol
EleN POLICY iMBEclLE,
DOMESTIC.
81 RuINoUs, MEXICAN POL
" TARIFF
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sEsNUPa MANY OTHER AID.
hvEssiNS HIS oENuNciA-
dsToN, Texas; Dec. go. B.
al, Governor OF Texas. has is
I'd q long statement c%riticistng
about Everything the Wilson admins
tratienf las lone and failed to do. The
statettent Gays:
rhe bison administration has
been t~heBgreatest failure in tho his
tory Of tie Presidency. The South
is q land literally flowing with milk
and honey;stt has made n OF the
biggest anldSbest crops in its history,
and yet, because Of the utter incom-
petences oRIsthe men in charge OF the
goyernments fits business is prostrat-
ed, rs credit Is impaired and thou
sends 6 itsspeople are starving.
sTIia administration tariff law was
pledged % lower the cost of living,
ind Il has had the contrary effect. BY
ateng rawsmaterial on the free list
Id keeping the protective tariff on
4anstfactureds goods 1t has condemned
AAps9rfcan farmers by hundreds OF
ehousands TO peonage, and has en-,
pabied ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, getting their
4 ra# materials cheaper, to charge
Mgher prices for their goods, which
they h~ayeEdone:
Shoe Prices Soar.
sHtdesSwere free listed, and shoes
Ehase zone higher. This is true of vir'
tuaify every single item similarly
tfeafed In the administration tariff
law The American farmer gets less
FOR his raw: materials, the American
woEkingman pays NOR for the finish
ed product, and both are robbed to
further enrich the protected manufac'
turing trusts and combines.
sThe Administrations foreign pol
fey has g nimbecile. It has allow
Ned England TO dictate conditions as
TO acknowledgements in European coun-
trfes that enabled English spinners
to rob the American cotton growers
Of haIf the ya1ueso Of their crop. Eng
land stopped American shipments IN
iii the English spinners had bought
their supply at 10 cents a pound
and stored &c In Texas and other
Southern warehouses.
srhen England consented to de
clare cotton not c%ontraband, and
France followed suit a day or two
later Our government weakly sub
mifted to England's dictatton, play
ii1e intoStheBhands Of the English spin.
ners aud betraying the American cot
ton GROWERS as completely as II this
state.
Nsurrsnderf 60 England"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. repeal of the
Fanannaseana1 tolls. exemption law, In
v4eiati6n8ofSthe party's national plat
! form, was another weak surrender
TO England. 1f free tools for Amer
lca4 shipsEhad not been repealed Y
dfeas % American owned ships fly
ln4 q foreign fagSwould3 have come I'M
der tie American flag to get the ben
eft OF theaexemptlon, and we would
today have an American merchant
mardneseompetentg to carry our goods
10 foreignsmarkets. We have no such
merchantmen, and, to supply it., the
tVVfIson administration is proposing
to snendltheltaxpayer's money, buying
subsidized national shipping sery'
Ice. &s !,
AThe Wilson-Bryang management OF
the MexicanSaffair has been an egreg'
ious faiIurte: They landed an Amerl'
eaa army2dn Vera Cruz to force HUI
eTta "a salute the flag and have
broneht Gu back without getting the
saiute.. They now ask Congress to
.annropriates over 100000 to pay tho
axnenses9o Sc that ridiculous expedi'
tion. ForSwhat2 What did it accom-
pIisha
ut setSallsMexicol at1ame against tne
mer5cans:Sn not only in Mexico, but III
kexa eresalong the north bank OF
bthe Rio GrandeSthere are ten Next,
SaHs f6rSone American. 1t brought
"a a retgnsofsterror all along the Tex
* border, sossthat when the Federal
T~overnndentS refused to afford protec'
tien torSoarSpeople in their W state
+ was forced to send 1900 troops down
there I orgiyeSit.
stoEesSaWatchfuI Waiting"
AsecretaryS Of War Garrison tele'
oraphed meRthatihe thought it unwise
"a ave two military forces occupy
Inc tte san1esterrttory under separate
eomnanders, and suggested that |
rfthdraw the state troops. I wired
In that would withdraw the Texas
treops wienshessent an equal number
of unttedlstatess REGULARS to take their
stocee. AndsIakepttour men there un.
fn he did sehd an equal number Of
rsgniats to replace. them at every
Mace where our men were stationed.
dWAson and Bryan have stood by,
eucortragtlgS gang Of bandits after
another, while people were being
butchered all@over Mexico, while tho
vast American Interests in that ouu