The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-31
URGES READERS TO
VOTE FOR WILSON
Prosperity Has Mounted To
Battling Heights Under
Democrats

Hundreds of Mt. Vernon and Knox
county people know Lee Francis Ly-
barger, former resident, who has
become conspicuous success as a
writer and platform orator.
Mr.. Lybarger, on his tours through
the country, drops into Mt. Vernon
whenever he gets within striking dis
tance just to look around and talk of
old times He is distinguished
member of the Philadelphia, Pa. bar
and is the author of "The Tariff a
widely-read economic treatise
Mr.. Lybarger has taken up the
cause of President Woodrow Wilson
with characteristic activity and, not
combining himself to mere words, has
gone into the financial aspect of the
Wilson administration deeply and
thoroughly.
A pamphlet entitled "The Balance
Sheet of the Wilson Administration"
has been received in this city and
represents a conclusive demonstra-
ton of the prosperity of the United
States under Democratic rule
IMMENSE GAINS
Mr. Lybarger, comparing condi-
tions now with those obtaining four
years ago, points out that 100000
more men have employment; that
there is S1,S5S, 100000 more money
being paid out in wages than in 1912;
that the American farmer has made
an average gain of billion year;
that our national wealth has been in-
creased $410 per capita and, totalled,
is II billions more than the combined
wealth of England, Germany and
France.
MUNITIONS PRODUCTIONS LOW
Mr.. Lybarger is keen thinker
and he points out significantly that
the production of munitions by the
United States is less than one per
cent OF the total wealth production
He calls attention to the fact that
there is an increased trade balance
in this country of 237 per cent. Less
than ten per cent of the total wealth
production is exported over 80 pei
cent is consumed at home.
A WELCOME CHANGE
Mr.. Lybarger points out that un
der the Underwood (Democratic) tar
iff, American manufacturers have
sold from ten per cent to so per cent
higher in Europe than here, while
under the Payna-Aldrich (ReHubli
CAM tariff, they compelled United
States people to pay them from II
per cent to SO per cent more thar
they got in Europe.
THINK THIS OVER!
Mr.. Lybarger closes his most illum
mating circular with the following
words:
The close of the war will see
the United States a creditor ma
ton, instead of a debtor nation,
and New York, instead of Lon
don, the financial capitol of the
world.
OF the SO years from 1860 to
1918, fifty were lived under high
protection. Their record is one
of panics, strikes, and industrial
depressions. Every panic since
1860 occurred under high pro-
tective tariff. Recall the panics
of '67, '7S, '76, 'S4, 80, '9S, 1902
and 1907.
If you want to return to the
"good old days" of Republican
panics. strikes, lock-outs, indus
trial depressions, labor wars,
bank failures, low wages, Pinker-
ton detectives, and the starving
millions of unemployed, vote for
Hughes.
If you prefer peace TO war, Gre
alton of wealth to destruction of
life, credit to debt, opportunity
| to monopoly, equality of rights to
special privilege, protection of
labor by law to the despoiling of
labor by law, together with the
continuance of the most abound
ing prosperity ever enjoyed by
this or any other country,
VOTE FOR WOODROW WILSON