The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-17
maintain It's neutral rights against
every belligerent

maintain It's neutral rights against
every belligerent.
This convention must make it plain
| that all divisions among the Ameri-
| can people stop at the oceans edge.
over and above every other reason
| that the nation may have for uphold
| ing its president, is the necessity OF
| proving TO the world that We are q
united people
SO long as the other nations OF the
! earth realize that the millions under
| Americas flag think as one, believe as
| one and act as one in the face OF for
eign war. We shall be free from for
eign intrigue. and all that il entails.
High above every other issue nat
| this convention offers TO the Ameri-
can people We must therefore write
a yindication OF American loyalty.
Our Domestic Policies.
-Four years ago the people OF this
country entrusted their government
/ 10 man and 10 a party who prom
Used that they would liDerate the ma
| tiou from the chains ot industrial
/ tyranny. who pledged themselves 10
/ break down the barriers behind which
/ special privilege sat eEtreuched, who
/ engaged themselves TO emanCipate
! business. 10 throw wide the gate OF
| lawful enterprise. to restore 10 the
/ men and women of America the paths
| OF progress which had been chOked
/ and blocked by long years OF invisible
| government
That promise has been kept; that
! pledge has been redeemed. We must
content ourselves here with a brief
! consideration OF the great landmarks
| which chart the change from govern
ment for the fortunate few 10 an even
! handed government in the interest
/ OF all.
The first Of these is the federal
/ reserve act which freed the business
man and the farmer from the financial
] domination of the money changers and
/ lifted the menace OF panic from our
| industrial life.
In the same spirit and with the
same motive that inspired the led
/ eral reserve act this administration
/ has devoted itself TO the stimulation
/ of American industry, agriculture and
/ trade through all the agencies OF gov
eminent.
New Meaning to Laws.
IL has given new meaning and
a new force to the laws restraining
| big business from stirling competi-
| tiCn.
IL has created trade commission
! TO afford TO business generally a more
direct and prompt administration OF
! the laws relating TO business
1t has established government rep
| resenta,ives throughout the world,
whose sole duty is to foster the ex-
| pansion OF American trade.
! II has created a closer union OF
economic, commercial and financial
interests between the United States
and the nations Of South America.
/ 1t has declared in language that
no court and no employer can compel
his men to work for him against their
/ Will
1t has freed the farmer from the
! chains of d financial system which
was devised for business and not for
farming.
| cannot close this review of what
plished without advertiug to its cour-
| aGcous and statesmanlike solution Of
the nations tariff problem.
OF all the tariffs We ever enacted
this is the faigcst and the best
BY the Underwood law this admin
istration has taken the tariff out OF
politics; by the new tariff commits
sion it proposes TO take politics out
of the tariff.
Under the present administration
the United States has enjoyed a Won
derful era of good business and good
times.
Floodtide Of Prosperity.
The fiOOd-tide of our prosperity has
risen to such an unprecedented height
that the only limit to trade is our
ability to make and transport the com
modities demanded at home and
abroad.
The purchasing power Of our peO-
pie is greater than that of any other
people on the globe. Never was there
as much money in our vaults as today
Nowhere else on earth is there a
more equitable distribution Of what
the energy of labor hammers into ex-
lstcHce out Of the material which capt.
tai places in its hand
Measured by every possible stand.
ard-by the volume Of exports and
imports, by the expansion of dOmes-
tic trade, by the condition Of labor.
by the rate OF wages by the size Of
bank deposits and clearing house re-
turns, by the balance OF trade or by
the amount of gold in the country. by
any and all of these standards. this
country today is enjoying prosperity
such as no other country has ever en-.
JOycd before
Wilson the Man.
AmeriCanism and peace, prepared
ness and prosperity these are the
issues upon which the Democratic
party stands. and the heart of DEM
oCracy swolls with pride that is more
than a pride of party. as It halls tho
man. who has asserted this Ameri-