The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1916-06-22
Preparedness.

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Preparedness.
The Democratic party advocates
and seeks preparedness, but II IL pre-
parodness for defense, not prepared
ness for aggression" the speaker as
serted.
IT Ia the preparedness which builds
the nations house upon a rock, so II
will not fall when the rain descends
and the floods come and the winds
blow.
"A regard for national surety as
well as a pride OF personal honor will
therefore bring the American people
to the support OF their President
Whether their blood is drawn from
the banks OF the Rhine; or where the
River Shannon flows, whether they
hail from Alpine valleys or the mead
ows OF the Pyrenees, whether their
descent be German or French, Irish
or English. Austrian or Italian, Rus.
sian or Greek, the men who have
sworn an oath OF fealty to the ideals
OF America will DO true.
They may love the lands OF their
fathers much, but they love the land
OF their children more. They may
cherish the memory OF the sod from
whence they sprung, but they stand
ready to die for the soil that they
have hallowed with their homes
Promises Kept.
In his review OF our domestic policy
the temporary chairman pointed out
that the promise made by democracy
four years ago had been faithfully
kept
To-day the prosperity which the
nation enjoys bears witness that
Democracy has kept the faith. Today
the gates OF opportunity are opened;
the hosts OF special privilege stand
disarmed. Today the forces Of gov
crnment are encouraging, not block
ing, the full expression of the nation's
progress. Today the business man,
the artisan and farmer find them.
selves free TO enjoy the fruits Of their
labors, unhampercd by the sinister
power Of special privilege or the sci
fish oppression os invisible govern
ment.'"
Federal Reserve Act.
If this Democratic administration
had performed no other public ser
vice than the enactmenot OF the Fed
sral Reserve act, II would deserve
the unstinted approval of grateful
nation. Thanks to Democracy and
to Democracys great leader, tho
business man who Is struggling to
establish himself may now work out
his destiny without living In terror
OF panics and hard times. The toiler
in the factory may ply his tasks In
security, knowing that his employ
er's business is safe from assault
The farmer who must borrow to move
his crops may do so, without spend
ing his days in anxiety, his nights in
nightmares OF foreclosure and disas.
ter.
The Underwood tariff" declared
the speaker, enacted by this admin.
istration. has banished greed from the
gates OF our ports and written justice
into our tariff schedules
"Of all the tariffs we ever enacted
this is the fairest and the best
Until the foreign war reduced i'm
portations no new tariff was ever
more satisfactory, The highest pro.
tective tariff ever written would
probably have given US no more
revenue during this European war
and n higher tariff on raw material
would have hampered our manufac.
turers; higher tariff on the necessi.
ties OF life would have placed
woeful burden on the poor man In
the conditions which the war abroad
has brought about.
by the Underwood law this nd
ministration has taken the tariff out
OF politics; by the new Tariff Com.
mission It proposes TO take politics
out OF the tariff"
Prosperity.
In the discussion OF prosperity. Mr.
Glynn made particular reference 10,
our Industrial condition.
To-day prosperity shines from
blazing furnaces and glowing forges.
1t echoes from busy docks and from
thronged emporums OF trade. Its
message OF plenty fills the land with
the chant OF the spindle and OF loom,
lifting the mortgage from the poor