The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-11-01
REAL PROGRAM
At HAND NOW
IS ELECTION
November 7 as That Will De-
termine What Kind of Pre-
parednesS We Will Have.

WASHINGTON. Nov. Il meri-
cas- most important and necessary
program Of preparedness just now IS
by means OF the November election
declared Representative William ].
Browning. of New Jersey. in a state
ment given out here today.
I'VE must defend our manufactur-
ers. farmers. and working men.
against commercial disaster. and the
only way TO accomplish this is by
elccting Charles E. Hughes president
OF the United States. and the plac-
ing OF Congress unde: Republican
domination IN both the Senate and
House OF Representatives thus TO In
sure protection TO American indus
tries.
Republicans do not agree with
President Wilson that the industries
OF our country are now big enough
to fight their battles without protec-
lion from the government, and it is to
this fundamental difference between
the policies OF the two parties to
which the earnest thought OF Ameri-
can voters should be directed. for
the voters are TO decide whether or
not the American worker is to COM
pete with the foreign worker.
Europeans are competent and
willing to produce commodities in
vast quantities for export to this
country just as soon as they are free
20 do so. and. il we are still operating
under the present near-free-trade tar
in law. we shall certainly realize too
late their ability and willingness to
50 far underseil american producers
that our people will find it utterly
impossible to compete with them.
of course. we all hope for 4 ces-
sation of the foreign war in the near
future. but its end means also the
end of the present feverish. artificial
prosperity Of America. which is Who'll
" due to the unparalleled exporta-
items We are sending across the At
Iantic acean.
"on January ;. 1916. Senator Reed
OF Missouri. one of the Spokesman IN
Congress for the Wilson administra-
ton. stated on the floor OF the Sen
ate chat the enforcement OF an en-
barge on munitions OF war would re-
suit in the price OF every horse and
mule in America falling TO about
uGLy per cent OA Ito NslAuts anu 4lhG-
wise that cattle and hogs would go
to about fifty per cent OF their value:
that ell the products OF our farms
and mines and factories would 90 to
about fifty per cent OF their value:
and that this country would find itself
engulfed in financial and industrial
catastrophe such as the world hadf
never known.
In that opinion senator Reed was
probably nearer right than he had
ever been before.
When the hordcS OF brave men
now in the trenches of Europe return
TO their peaceful avocations. embar-
goes will be lifted. the ocean path
ways will open. and the poor bleeding
nations will set 10 work 10 regain
their homes and fortunes. II is in
view OF this absolutely certain pro-
gram that We mast prepare TO defend
our laborIng people. for just as sure
as the sun shines. and the rain falls,
the products of cheap foreign labor
will. under our present tariff law.
flow in and tai;e the place OF our bet
ter paid domestic labor. With our
standard o. living it is absolutely
impossible for US to complete with
European and Asiatic labor: nor have
we any desire TO work in such COM
petitiop-it IS our aim and hope that
the American !aborer retain and i'm
prove his present standard Of living.
and tc this end, protective tariff is
absolutely necessary.
There are so many other pressing
reasons for the election of Governor
Hughes. besides the one touching our
industrial preservation and freedom.
that it seems a foregone conclusion
that the voters will give us surprise
when the Republican majority is an
nounced."