The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-31

terms it, and has pressed govern
a generous allowance from Congress-
dipped from the public purse. NJ
is running as busy q little Demo
cratic campaign publicity bureau as
one could wish to see.
Motto the following Items In the
appropriations for the department
of commerce for the fiscal year
1916: ITO further promote and de-
yelop the foreign and domestic COM
merce of the United States, SIS, 900:
field Investigations at home and
abroad, $4,000: to promote and de-
velop the commerce OF the United
states with South and Central
America, 1915 900; for commercial
attaches, 100000" All OF these
sums to be expended under the per-
sonal direction of the secretary OF
goes. Here are the sfnews for hid
den" advertising. Three hundred
! thousand dollars appropriated for
purposes of present doubtful utility
at a time when economy should have
been the watchword OF the govern
menH What could have been done
ito further promote and develop
commerce after the Democratic
tariff law was passed, 1t is difficult to
imagine.
The concrete result of these ap-
preparations, aside from large
number of deserving Democrats.
some OF whom have been sent to
Europe as commercial attaches and
are drawing large salaries to study
commercial conditions which are IN
temporary allegiance. Others as spe-
7 ial agents, whose chief function Is
to gumshoe around the country.
1.,N ~ kYNng1
turers, and then render reports SO
bipartisan and abusive as to be utterly
valueIess for economic purposes,
even If their authors had any ideas
respecting the science of economy.
The report on the pottery industry
in New Jersey and on the hosiery
industry in Montgomery county, "a.
are examples OF the lengths to which
these political pets will go in yfllify-
ing the manufacturers OF the coun-
try.
Still others are being put on the
payroll to correct the methods of
collecting export statistics. The
! terrific slump in our export trade
Following Democratic control con-
WINGED Secretary Redfield that the
/ statistics of our export trade are IN
correct to an extent sufhctent 10
alter at times trade balance on
lm9TCduLIle ILdA5aSlAOAAS
tually in our favor into one which
a ppears to be the reverse. 1t is
apparent that Mr.. Redfield received
this illumination some time after
i August, 1914, when the balance or
trade for that month was over $16s-
/ 900. 600, and he sent DR.. Frank r.
/ Rutter. assistant chief of the bureau
to the New York custom house, to
fix that little matter. The large
exports due to war orders having,
for the time being, put that subject
in the background, DR.. Rutter IS
again at his desk in washington.
But it is the audacity OF cam
paign publicity work at the tax
PAYERS expense which amazes. All
this Democratic propaganda. FUR
thermore, is sent out under govern
ment frank For some months the
l"commerce reports which are In
tended to be devoted solely to mat
! tiers concerning our trade, have been
carrying pages of matter having
nothing to do with commerce, and
/! adulatory of the administration. In
plain words, the public is getting a
correspondence course at ITS own ex-
pense. full of partisan teaching de-
! signed to create favorable feeling to-
ward the administration, and this
whether the public wants it or not.
! Mr.. Redfield is running Demo
cratic campaign publicity burealp on
1 forced subsidization. He will close
! in 1915.