Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-04
False Prosperity.

Simon as to the stale of health
of the st. Louis Democracy has
had a depressing effect on the
party over the State. and has
caused Elliott ". Major, Misseu-
ri's chief executive, to rush to
the rescue with a verbal pulmo,
tor to resusitate the patient and
to revive hope in the party fol
lowers, who were dowacast over
the Doctors diagnosis. The
pulmotor is in the form OF a
statement, in which the Cover
nor declares that the Demo
cratic party in the state and ma
ton can confidently submit it's
fortunes to the people on the re-
cords made" He also holds out
the hope of a return of prosper
| ity by saying, increased activi-
ties in every line sing the song
of a new prosperity
Well, we have been promised
that prosperity for SO long that
we have become rather skeptical.
Every Democratic speaker tells
Us it is returning and every
Democratic paper tells you it
hadn't even been enjoying a va
cation. The fact is that under
the tariff for revenue only" bill
passed by the Democratic cen
|gress business began to slack
up, employment for labor was
growing less. and it looked as
though the country was in for
one of its usual commercial and
industrial depression which come
with each period of Democratic
policies, when somebody over in
Servia killed Grand Duke and
started something that resulted
in the present European war.
With the beginning of the war
things began to look up little
in this country. Wheat, which
was tobogganing for the record
low price, took an upward turn
and has been a good price since;
factories that were working bat
part of the time began getting
| in orders from the nations at
war. and it had the effect of Civ
ing employment to a number of
unemployed; lead and zinc mines
were doing practically nothing,
as under the low tariff it did not
pay to operate the mines; but
the demand for these metals IN
the war-ridden East has sent
prices soaring and now all are
going to their full capacity. We
admit prosperity seems to be
returning in the lines where the
output is to be used in he de-
struetion Of lives and property,
but do you see any in other
lines? What the country des1r-
es is a general prosperity
| brought on by wise legislation,
such prosperity as we had un-
der Republican policies, and not
a temporary prosperity brought
on by war. In other words. if
tit hadn't been for the European
war the Democratic party would
not have been considered a fac
tor in the coming campaign, for
it was evident that it's tariff bill
had paralyzed business and free
seuphouses were becoming plen-
tiful in the land. The first year g
Operation of the tariff for re7en-
| ue only measure showed a big
deficit and the Democratic con-
Igress was In q quandary as to
how to raise more revenue. The
amount received from the In
come tax did not near make
enough. then, what to do became
the al.-absorbing question
should the tariff be raised lit
tile: No; that would be admit
] ting their theories were wrong.
Then came the war and the Dem
|ocrats saw in it a way ont OF
1 their dilemma Sure, it was
Just too easy for anything; vel
/ levy q war-tax- OF course, We
|haren = any war d onr.ovn. but
I've need the money So the peo-
pie 81 the U1itsd Sia1es. are nss