The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-02-18


measure which was prefaced with
these words
Where it is necessary for the support of
the government the discharge of the
debts of the United States and the en-
enlargement and protection of manufac-
lures that duties he laid upon goods
wares and merchandise imported; now
therefore, be it enacted, etc
1t is a matter worthy of note that,
as if glorying in this act of industrial
freedom, Washington signed it on the
18th day of July, 1889.
Effect of War;
The war is their temporary refuge
and sure defense for it is calling for
unheard of exports and giving Ameri-
can industries in certain lines which
would otherwise be completely de
/ stroyed something to do. When these
extraordinary circumstances are re-
moved the fell consequences of the
Wilson administration. with all their
accumulated force, will come upon the
land, and hardly one stone will be left
upon another in our Industrial struc-
ture, for all the European nations will
return to their factories too poor to
buy much from themselves for daily
consumption and less from us, except
raw material.
To make up for lost time every wheel
will be turned day and night, and we
will be the dumping ground of the
products of their enforced poverty.
More extraordinary taxes will be i'm
posed or the national debt will be
greatly increased to make up the loss
es and deficits ir the treasury grow
ing out of the extravaganza, waste and
folly of the most impractical and
chimerical administration that has ever
held the reins of government. Wood
row Wilson is living in a world of
mirages. His steady, sole and only
diet must be dreams, dreams, nothing
but dreams: his sole and only drink
must be moOnshine, for he sees moth
ing as it really is. He sees everything
upside down, if he sees them at all
he sees some things that do not exist
/ at all. Out on the vast desert of waste
and want, which he has himself Gre
ated, he sees cool fresh water lakes
embroidered with fruits and flowers
and along their never ending shores
well stored hostelries. innumerable. to
which all the world is invited to al
everlasting feast at the expense of his
cOuntrymen. This is the new free
DOM"
President Wilson says that he sees
that we are Ion the eve of new era
of enterprise and prosperity" Yes. on
the eve, but we shall have the night
before we have the morning. The
night will last until election day in
November, 1916, and the dawn will
last until March 4, 1917. Then we
shall have the morning. God hasten
the day!
About one year ago the president
was kind enough to inform us that
business was all right, that the situa-
ton was purely psychological" and
only the other day at indianapolis he
reiterated the same statement when
he gave US the pleasing information,
the glad news that there is nothing
the matter with American business ex-
cept a state of mind"
Think OF that miracle working
phrase, psychological state of
mind" How it clothes the naked!
How it fills the stomachs of the starv-
ing: How it warns those who are
freezing for want of coal! How it sat
isfies the anxious mother who is watch
ing over her child. who is dying fer
the want of food and a physicians
care!
But has not this wonder working
man eyes to see the tragic scenes all
around him? Has he not ears to hear
the sickening tale of the impoverished
homes of the American wOrkingmeni
Is it possible that he sees prosperity
everywhere-thatt the world is all sun
shine for everybody!
THE BREAD LINE BACK AGAIN.
See the bread lines in the city
Growing longer day by day;
Not with tramps, not with panhandlers
But with men who earned good pay.
Men despairing, wan and weary,
! With hopeless look they gaze
| At each others careworn faces
AsNin Grover Cleveland days.
See the strong men seeking shelter
From the icy blasts at night
Where the city gives free lodging
4 And crust or so to bite.
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