The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-07-18
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To. an American war correspondent
standing on the roadside and listening
TO the thunder Of cavalry horses, the
rhythmic tramp, tramp of infantry,
and the laboring of auto trucks bring
ing up the rear of a corps of the AL
lied armies, passing through a town
Somewhere in France" on the way to
the firing line, came the thought that
America is rendering a mighty ser
vice in shoeing the soidiery of Eu-
rope. The splendid industrial fabric
of the United States, built up under
the Republican policy of protection
to home industries, has been the main
stay of the Allied powers. Without
it, their war task would be impossible
of accomplishment.
But, to put the thought of u co
respondent in terms of money: From
August /, 1914. when war was declar-
ed in Europe, to April 80, 1861
months-we exported mems shoes,
horseshoes, and auto shoes, or tires,
from this country to the value of
$72, BAG, 900, as follows: Mems shoes,
$40, 30S, 900; horeshoes. $3,801 900. auto
tires, $19,240,0 600. Our normal exports
of these three products aggregate
about $12, 600, 900 annually, although
there was a marked falling off in ex-
portation just prior to the war, when
the Democratic tariff law was having
a free swing and Dame Depression
had arrived in this country, apparent
ly for a four-year visit. With America
to rely on it cannot truthfully be
said that
England with bare and bloody feet
Climbs the steep road of wide en-
pire."
Without our footgear, the pedal ex-
tremities of the Allies, man and horse,
would have been ruined on the sword
strewn plains of Europe long since.
In the manufacture of these three
commodities labor of all classes is
employed, and at least five great basic
products are consumed, four of which
are contributed by the United States
cotton, iron, coal and leather
while rubber is imported in its crude
state. An increased demand for these
basic products means additional pros
perity for cotton-growers and pickers,
ore and coal producers and miners,
cokeworkers, stock r~aisers, tanners
in short, the four great industrial ar
mics which labor to put these crude
products in shape for further use in
manufacturing, as well as for the
stockholders in these enterprises. And
then come the men who work in the
mills, and the stockholders who re-
ceive dividends from those mills.
Thus, when war orders from Europe |
increase our exports of the three man
ufactured articles named, from an av-
erage of $12, 900, 900 to an average of
v $40, 100000 per annum, the slim
illus is felt all the way down the line
on each article, from its finished con-
dition to the component parts in the
raw state.
Out of this far order prosperity the
Democrats seeks to manufacture cam
paign capital, but this is a raw ma
terial lily adapted to the purpose. The
laundering fingers of Senator Ollie
James can never weave this gossamer
into a cloak which will hide the de-
ficiencies of this teetertail administra-
ton. The efflorescent whiskers of
Secretary Of Commerce Redfield can
never distract the attention of the
voters from a four years accumula-
ton of evidence that the Democratic
party is shamefully incompetent. The
party which, led by Wilson, crucified
American industry in October, 1913,
must drink the bitter draught of
oblivion in November, 1916. 1t is
written.
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