The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-12-25

tory this year? Primarily, a lack
of nerve and confidence in the abil-
ity of the party to win In the face
of the receding Progressive party,
and secondly a Discrimination on the
part of Republicans to attack the ad-
ministration's Mexican policy ham,
mer and tongs. In every State and
district. where the Republicans hit
hard, as. for instance, New York,
Connecticut Pennsylvania, Ohio and
! Illinois we won tremendous victor
les. Somehow. we have acquired the
habit of fighting with silk gloves.
Our Democratic friends, like Champ
Clark. when they fight the Republic
an party. use sledge hammer blows.
They don't use a bean shooter.
Another thing which operated
against our success were the repeat
ed statements by our own party men
that IL II we're not for the war, we
could beat the Democrats. Also there
were business men who were mighty
anxious for relief from present con-
ditions. but who could not see how
IL was possible to win againht a COM
bination of war. President Wilson
and the Progressive party. Yet a
change Of five votes in each precinct
in less than eighteen districts would
have given us the House.
Tariff Disgusts Farmers.
There is no question but that the
farmers generally are disguised with
the Underwood Tariff Bill. There
is a growing dissatisfaction among
working men. The business men of
the country justly admire the splen-
did personality of President Wilson,
but they now realize the failure of
the tariff law. Added to their trOu-
bles are lot of annoying features
incident to the war tax and banking
measures. Business men who dur
ing September and October were in
clined to believe that the depression
existing thruout the country should
be attributed to the war. know bet
ter now. The falsity of this Demo-
cratic claim Is shown by the month
ly' statement OF the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce of the
present Administration. which sets
forth tremendous increases for the.
ten months just ended. We are not
at war with Australia, or Brazil or
China or Cuba or olland. yet the bal
ance of trade with these countries is
against us. Nor has war interferred
with our business with Argentina.
which is increasing its imports into
this country. II stands 10 reason.
you can't bring these imports into
this country without restricting the
output of the factories. without lay
ing of men; and for every man that
you lay off you create at least five
dissatisfied and complaining voters.
when a good Democrat. like Nor
man Mack is quoted as beginning to
champion a protection policy as a
relief for the bad times. and when
men like Governor Baldwin of Con-
necticut urge amendments to the tar
if bill, even the Wilson business
men began to admit that the Under.
wood tariff is responsible for the sad
condition in this country. and not
the war. We must keep hammering
away on the tariff. i
while the European war has de-
veloped talk in this country about ma
tional defense, we should give some
consideration to defending our in
dustries against the results which
will come upon the closing of the
war. Whenever the European war
ends, there is certain to be an enor-
nous tide of immigrants to our
shores, many of them skilled work
men seeking to displace American
workmen. Naturally. the manufac-
turers of Germany, Austria. France
and England. when peace comes.
must resume their business on ba-
sis which will permit them to take
advantage of even cheaper foreign
labor than before the war. They
will look to America for their mark
ct. You may look for cheaper i'm
portations after the end of the
war"