The Delta independent., 1916-11-03

UedV0Teu 10 no everything III MY poNci soA
the wageworker who worked with his
hands and for the farmer will do every
thing that in me lies for their permanen:
good. excep anything that is wrong. and
that ! will do for no man. ] speak out OF
my deepest convictions and as conscien-
tiously as it is in my power to speak when
! say to you that believe that Mr. VIII
sons action IN connection with the Adam
son bill is deeply preiudca to the real
and permanent interests of the laboring
man say to you with deepest con-
vction that if you yourself will look back
you will lind that on the average, the wage
worker has prospered more when this
country has been under protective tariff
than when the protective tariff has been
so low as not to give protection to our
immense and varied industries; and above
ALL to the men working in those indus
tries. As you know. have always stood
for the tariff only to the degree in which
the benefit was reasonably shared between
the men in the front Office and the men
who receive the pay envelopes ! stand
for thnt division now But there must be
something to divide. or nobody will get
anything
! 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 it Government receipts
fell of 20 alarmingly that there was great
dchcit which had TO be met by n special
tax. This was later called war tax: but
II was not due to the war at all: the de-
crease IN receipts was prior 10 the war,
It was deficiency tax pure and simple.
As some one pointed out a, the time,
Cannda had a war with no tax: whereas
we had tax with war. It was purely
a deficiency tn.
During the first eighteen months of this
Admins ration the national business went
to pieces. the sidings on the railroads were
Iainmed with empty ears, and the number
Of employees in every great industry grew
to appalling dimensions. speak here of
what personally know: for lcss thso two
years ago ] had TO take an active part in
New York in measures to relieve the un-
employed ! then snw municipal lodging
houses crowded 10 ovcrtiowing with people
desirous OF working. who could not get any
work. and who did not have enough money
10 pay for the poorest lodging the cheap
est meals. The unemployed were num-
hered not by the Thousands. but the scores
Of Thousands. and ! was IN active CORE
spondcncc with men snd women IN other
cities. Chicago. Detroit and Philadeipbia.
where the conditions were iu-t A. had a.
IN Ncw Yoris Eyors kind or provision
had to be- made, by private charities and
by the public authorities in order 20
care for the multitude Of people who wish
ed to work but who were IN dire want be-
cause there was no work. The misery was
Widespread. For instance. the Board II
Health of New York. had to pas .pe-
cial resolution allowing the eating of horse
meat u think the exact phrascoloFy gave
permission to fattcn old horses for slanght-
cr and food. because every eFor; had 70
be made to give to those out of work the :
cheapest food that would sustain life Re.
member that tbo~e times were noruisi
There then no war. We were nj
peace. We were simply experiencing the
normal results of legislative action under
Mr.. Wilson and the Democratic admins
tration.
The suffering widespread through
out this country. Suddenly the war came
Al one stroke thir country was granted
measure Of protection greater than any
It had ever received under any tariff IN
its history. Moreover. the demand for
munitions OF war was stimulated to such
an enormous degree as to completely re-
verse trade conditions. For example. com
pairing the fiscal year. ending June ~.
lyli and June 30 1916. that j. the year
before Ne war and the year that has lust
elapsed. the losses in ordinary exports dur
ing the last year. compared to the former.
were over two hundred million dollars:
whereas there WIS a gain in exports Of war
material of nearly two billion dollar- II
II were not for these artificial conditions.
the suffering from unemployment IN this
country at this time would IN all proba-
bility be n great as IL was in 1914, and
nA ~
NJ an industrial crisis Mt least as bad ss
any We have ever known in our history.
The present stimulus 10 artificial. Il will
cease with the war conditions coming to
an end II will then be difficult to avoid
some suffering anyhow II MIR Wilson i.
kept in office. this suffering will doubtless
b. prolonged and acute
In short. you miners Of Pcnnsyiyapia. I
appeal to you. and ! appeal TO all wage
workers of the United States both in the
name OF sound American citizenship. and
also IN the name OF your real and prrma.
nent selfintcrcst No American citizen
can afford to put the stamp of his ap.
proval on any law supposed to be passed
for the benefit Of anybody without inve-.
tigation. under durcss Of threats or for
frrr OF the loss Of political power. I ask
fny men who are tempted to approve Of
the politician. big or little. whom they
think has helped them by doing wrong in
their interest. to remember that the man
who ior his profit does wrong in your in.
'eres will just IA uphesitatingly do wrong
'aainrt your interest. II ever he thinks il
to his profit to do 90
In the old days. thirty years ago. when
! lived on a COW ranch in the short grass
country. the branding iron and the cow.
hoy took the place Of fences. and our
herds were managed by branding each
calf with the brand of the COW it followed.
u the cnlf was not hrnndcd The frat