The daily sentinel., 1914-01-08
The Daily Sentinel
THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 1914.
THINGS WE OBSERVED WHILE AWAY

FEW days ago from trip embracing some 1000
miles of travel which took a number of States half
sections of country and pursued and made
visits particularly interested in views expressed all along
political and business conditions Furthermore naturally made
many frsthand observations southern, middle
ern business conditions and political atmospheres
Perhaps of the things heard and of the things
observed along these lines might be OF least passing
10 a goodly number of our readers.
There general feeling of optimism and cheerful
the business outlook throughout the and south and
southwest than of the led believe and there far
predictions OF business calamity to be found IN the west today
than there be found the other sections of the country
President Woodrow Wilson has the general and wide
spread support respect and admiration of the American people
than any who has served chief executive of the nation
can the Cities the trains the hotel obbes wherever
heard the president and his policies discussed and by the he
hear enthusiastic admiration expressed concerning the Now
and then we heard an odne republican rip the Wilson tariff pro-
would make remark like this But you got take off your
hat Wilson in that he has mind of his and is the
square And many remark heard like this 81 repub
lean but tell you am strong for this fellow Wilson He's
sincere and he's delivering the goods
row Wilson questioned
The president stronger today the and south than
And the tariff We fortunate enough be able dis
the tariff and its probable effects with number of big
High Tariff supposed to be e premier of all Fetshes From
what had been told here in the expected find all
bankruptcy because of the Wilson tariff bill We were surprised
what did find We found that Of the predictions that
law made simply for political effect and drastic effort
the tariff bill Many leading republicans and
in the frankly and freely admit this We found
acters readusng themselves the conditions brought about
by the tariff bill and freely predicting that after the general
that many ways the tariff bill would have wholesome
effect the country generally We found big plants closing
preparing close because of the tariff bill the democratic party
and the president have given the people We cities
where thousands of employed big smelling plants oun
deries agricultural works. and inquiry found that the forces
of woen nearly every plant LARGER than few months
when ask business if the business interests
facing ruin because of the tariff nine time out of ten he will
laugh at you and say that talk is all rot
1t pointed that times aren't prosperous they might
be, but that this condition confined America but
reports further show that the UNITED STATES is IN THE
Most PROSPEROUS CONDITION OF ANY OF THE
GUS generally than in years.
The popularity of the bill passed by congress and
aon badly needed and that the Wilson currency bill
the greatest safeguards for American prosperity and business
andpa republican and noted for his opposition later day po
itca reforms declared that the Wilson currency bill all
of Wall instead of Wall remaining the of the
country and will be wonderful help people of the
The efforts of lot of the old standpat republican leaders
attempt dscedt the democratic party by making dire predc
tons concerning panc and their efforts to ACTUALLY bring
about such panic discredt the democratic
and to the old republican party from complete annhaon be-
meath the chariot wheels of the democratic and parties
were most apparent while the east Generally these eff
forts being denounced 1t dscrdabe and desperate card
for of dehroned republican bosses to play It will avail
them nothing Our Simon Guggenhem and dear Mr. Smoo
from just the state line found to be chief these
!amity howlers.
We rode from Pittsburgh to St Louis with group of west
en and southern who had been Washington
effort the progressive Roosevelt wing back into the
told These newspapcrne experts political reporting and fore
casting couldn't much hope for reunion of the republican
factions The real progressive leaders skepta and haven't
faith the together of the old standat lead
e We convinced that there will be getting together of the
odne republicans and progressves within the year least
Those ncwspapermen and Others in New York Phil
adepha and other cities declared that all circles
Lmssion that Wilson making good and that the democra