The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-07-16
OUR INTERESTS
DEMAND ATTENTION
President Should Look A.
ter Domestic Policies.
Something Wrong At Home As
Well As In Foreign
{ Countries.

Standing by the Presidtn il fine,
but we wish the President would
A,,and by us.
Even President of the United
States ought to see that something Is
wrong right here at home, and in
stead of trying TO get into a scrap
with Germany and saving the lives
of dead Americans in Mexico, he
ought to pay attention to the affairs
of this country.
This ought to be the most pros
porous era the United States has
ever known. All the conditions are
ripe for IL. The war has created an
immense demand for American pro-
ducts and has opened markets hither-
to closed to US. Crops are good.
There is an abundance OF idle money
always a sign of bad tlmes). The
labor market has been depleted to a
degree by Europeans returning home
to fight.
Yet there Is no general prosperity.
Industry is crippled, labor is living
from hand to mouth, energy and en-
terprise are held back by lack of
capital.
This is a problem worthy of the
best thought of the President. II
his policies have been wrong and
have in any way contributed to this
abnormal condition, the matter is too
serious for mere pride or personal
ambition or stiff-neck edness to hold
him back. Ninety millions of peo-
pie are being made unhappy. or less
happy. on account of there being
something wrong with conditions in
the United States.
We honestly believe that "some-
ching wrong" is caused by national
legislation. We believe the Tariff
changes have had something to do
with It, We believe illadvised laws
hampering business have had some
thing to do with 1t. We cannot see
of prosperity. and, by the simple pro-
cess of elimination, it seems that
these must be the causes for the
present depression.
IL they are Cor of they are mott
we know of no weightier problem to
which the PRECEDENT could devote his
Ion. Of
good times.
AS Cleveland said, 1T is a condi-
ton, not theory, which confronts
u.s."
We have hard times.
We have a depleted Treasury.
We have added taxes and less abil-
iiy to pay them.
We have higher cost of living and
less on which to live.
We have business stagnation,
when natural conditions are right
fdbs business activity.
without partisan bitterness and
without and other desire than to
stand by the President, is 1t not pro-
per to respectfully urge that these
mwtters of Importance and worthy
OF the Presidents best thought?
Acknowledging the claims OF
American citizens whose lives are
In jeopardy on the seas or in Mexico.
is It not more important to look af-
ter the welfare of the millions in
this country. who are struggling to
maintain existence in the face of
hardships which are wholly unneces-
sary and which can. and should, be
remedied?
Is there anything any more impor-
tant for the President of the United
States to consider at this time? Is
there anything which calls for more
disinterested and more patriotic ser
vice? Is there anything for which
one might better afford to drop parti-
sanship? Il
The condition cannot be met by
theory. High-sounding phrases about
psychology" and the new freedom"
will not fill empty stomachs nor
bring work to idle hands.
" II is high time for the President
to offer a real remedy. His is the
power and the glory, and his must
be the responsibility Let him lead
the people out of the slough Of do
Roud and Encouragement. Let him