The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-11
STRONG ARM METHOD
IS BEING RESORT1D TO

onI') must speak 10 YOU in q low
and penetrating tone SO that my voice
which IL pretty hardly used IN these
days will last through the campaign;
and / think II have your attention,
! although / do not permit myself to
raise my voice and show as much
( emotion as feel. YOU will not have
I very great difficulty in hearing me.
4 Reunited Party.
I u come here as the Bpokesman Of
the reunited Republican party, a
/ party that is ready to serve the Amer
4 lean people. / do not come as a mar
row partisan intent on benefltinE 4
group, or a set or even a party. /
/ did not leave the career OF which i
was fond, and in which should have
been glad to continue. FOR the purpose
OF aiding any particular sort of
American citizen III The expense Of
others.
4 / think that the principleg for
which We stand are lust rs necessary
for the prosperity of Democrats "a
for the prosperity OF Republicans,
+ lApplause.J
We desire 10 promote enterprIse
Wo propose 10 protect American
rights. We propose TO safeguard
American peace. We propose to
maintain the national honor. CAp-
I piause.)
Unhealthy Condition.
[ have referred TO American enter
prise. We are in a very unhealthy con-
/ dition al this time. The very fact
T that we have certain degree OF
prosperity ls itself nm unfortunate
I condition because OF the source OF
! that prosperity. We have n stimulus
/ to trade at this time thar is wholly
abnormal Ii cannot continue We
have the homes of workiuu,nen built
upon sand. 1t will not last. We
know perfectly well what tho rondi-
tons were less than two years ago.
Our friends on the other side told
us that We were responsible for fhe
high cost OF living. They have not
touched the cost of living; but they
{ did reduce the opportunities FOR mat.-
I ing living, and SO 1t happened that
after the new tariff bill went into or.
! feet We had Industrial stnpnatinn.
We had serious depression; we had
thousands OF men throughout nur
4 country able and willing TO work who
could not get work.
l think our friends must sunnose
that the American people haye NOT
any memories. That thew cannot
even remember as far bnck "a
eighteen months. thnt thcv do not ,e,
call conditions which i,Irnvarisb.d
many throughout our land ,Tben
came this tremendous demand ora.
ated by the Euronean war urba+
was IL about thar war. tba+ 1ad 10 tba
/ demands? am not snaalinc NJ mn
/ nitions. that Ia a small frnctIon n
4 It. bur here wore mIIiions ~ 80
! taken ont of their ordinary an,nioy-
mcnt, taken away from a9ricnltnro
and various industries and ali Tho
work of peace. ana set IN fiebtinc In
/ the trenches. who wera goIrss Ia
make the goods that tbose No., ror,
mcrly made. Who was ooinr n fur
nish the supDlIes that these NON
formerly pssIsted IN m.ni,irs anI
supplying? OF course miIiinns ha,.
ing been Withdrawn from nrnd,,ctI,,,
enterprises over there ymao ~ oou 80,
gap for American nroducts 20 eli
and our exports iumpcd in over
night by leans and hounds ana wa
commenced producing on an nnbeord
of scale everything not simni,, mn
nitlons of war. but every Wind or
American product went forward ha-
cause the competition that formerly
existed had ceased. TO nm Abnormal
degree, by the occunation NJ tbasa
men in fighting. Now what will han
pen when the war stonsq VIM
there are any number. suppose n ire,
mendous percentage of labor in This
country today Is at work sunn,vIno
that demand. which is ONLY temnore
airy. When that demand stons rat
labor will have to compete with the
other labor OF this country that
supplies ordinary demands Furtber
than that. the purchasing nower that
is created by this abnormal nrosners
lty will be reduced and tho wboio
community will nj once feel tho Az
ference. Not onIy that bnt we will
have ON the other side active tntoIii'
gent, disciplined. thoronpb1y trainad
wIdeawake men: nations iea mad ~
cooperation and eficieT ~ tnrnin ~,
their whole direction IN potting IN tbs 3
American market and pettinI bant,
the void that yvo hove 49,, s,, $50