The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-10-23

before they retain in power an admin
istration which tolerates such an inter
national alliance as that between
Messrs. Wilson. Gompers and Carran-
"a, n such management OF it's foreign
affairs as Mr.. Gompers is carrying on
with the countenance. and in the in
t%erest. OF Mr.. Wilson.
A Friend Of Labor.
The welfare of the laborlng man and
the welfare of the farmer taken to-
gether represent the foundation OF the
national welfare. | have always con-
scientiously endeavored TO do every
thing in my power for the wageworker
who worked with his hands and for the
farmer. l will do everything that in
me lies for their permanent good.
eFcept anything that is tcrOng, and that
| viii do for no man. ! speak out OF
my deepest convictions and as con-
scientiously as IL is in my power TO
speak when l say TO you that / believe
that Mr.. Wilson'S action in connection
with the Adamson bill is deeply preju-
dicial TO the real n permanent inter
ests of the laboring man.. | say to you
with deepest conviction that if you
yourself will look back you will find
that on the average. the wageworker
has prospered more when this country
has been under a protective tariff than
when the protective tariff has been
so ow as not to give protection to our
immense and varied industries: and
above all. to the men working in those
industries. AS you know, | have al
ways stood for the tariff only to the
AAnraa T. .-H4,l a.. -
sonably shared between the men in the
front office and the men who receive
The pay envelopes. / stand for that di-
vision now. But there must be some
thing to divide. or nobody will get any
thing.
l ask YOU TO look back only two short
years. Mr.. Wilson was inaugurated as
President three years ago last Spring.
He and his party Immediately passed
a low tariff law. Under il Government
receipts fell off so alarmingly that there
was a great deficit which had to be met
by a special tax. This was later called
"a war tax; but It was not due TO the
war at all; the decrease in receipts
was prior to the war. IL was a def
cheney tax, pure and simple. AS some
one pointed out at the time, Canada
had a war with no tax. whereas we
had a tax with no war. 1t was purely
a deficiency tax.
Only a MAJ Prosperity.
During the first eighteen months OF
this Administrator the national BUSH
ness went to pieces. the sidings on the
railroads were damned with empty
cars. and the number OF unemployed in
every great industry grew to appalling
dimensions. / speak here of what /
personally know. for less than two
years g l had To take an active part
In New York in measures to relieve the
unemployed. l then saw municipal
lodging houses crowded to overflow
ing with people DESTROYS OF working.
who could not get any work. and who
did not have enough money TO pay for
the poorest lodging or the cheapest
meals. The unemployed were num-
bered not by the thousands. but the
Of thousands: and | was in &C
tive correspondence with men and wo-
men I'm other cities, Chicago. Detroit
and Philadelphia. where the conditions
were just as bad as In New York. Every
kind OF provision had TO be made, by
charities and by the public au-
thorities. in order TO care for the null
OF people who wished TO work
but who were in dire want because
there was no work. The misery was
widespread. For instance. the Board
OF Health OF New York, had to pass a
resolution allowing the eating
OF horse meat q think the exact
.phraseology gave permission to fatten
old horses for slaughter and food, be-
cause every effort had to be made 10
give to those out OF work the cheapest
food that would sustain life. Remem-
Der that those times were normal.
There was then no war. We were at
peace. We were simply experiencing
the normal results of legislative action
under Mr.. Wilson and the Democratic
administration.
The suffering was widespread through
put this country. Suddenly the war
At one stroke this country was
a measure OF protection great
sr than any it had ever received under
tariff. in its history. Moreover. the
for munitions OF wal was slim
llated to such an enormo degree as
% completely reverse trade conditions.
For example. comparing the fiscal
ending June 80. 1914. and June
30. 1916. that is. the year before the
var and the year that has just elapsed.
he losses in ordinary exports during
he last year. compared to the former.
we're over two hundred million dollars:
whereas there was a gain in exports
" war material Of nearly two billion
iollars. IL ii were not for these artif-
,ial conditions. the suffering from un-
in this country at this
line would in all probability be as
great as II was I'm 1914. and we would
seen I'VE or three years OF an in
lustrial crisis at least as bad as any
we have eve known in our history.
The present stimulus is artificial. 1t
viii cease with the war conditions COM
ng to an end. 1t will then be difficult
o avoid some suffering anyhow. II
Mr. Wilson is kept in office, this suf-
ering will doubtless be prolonged and
Icute.
"You Will Steal From Me-"
In short, you miners of Pennsylvania.