The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-10-23

before they retain in power an admin
istratiOn which tolerates such an inter
national alliance as that between
Messrs. Wilson, Gompers and Carran-
"a, and such management of it's foreign
affairs as Mr.. Gompers is carrying on
with the countenance. and in the in
terest, of Mr.. Wilson.
A Friend OF Labor.
The welfare of the laboring man and
the welfare OF the farmer taken to-
gether represent the foundation of the
national welfare. l have always con-
scientiously endeavored TO do every
thing in my power for the wageworker
who worked with his hands and for the
farmer. 1 will do everything that in
me lies for their permanent good.
ercept anything that is tCrOng. and tina
| win do for no man. | speak out OF
my deepest convictions and as con-
scientiously as 1t is in my power to
speak when l say TO you that | believe
that Mr.. Wilson's action in connection
with the Adamson bill is deeply preju-
dicial to the real and permanent inter-
ests Of the laboring nan. | say to you
with deepest conviction that il you
yourself will look back you will find
that on the average, the wageWorker
has prospered more when this country
has been under a protective tariff than
when the protective tariff has been
so low as not to give protection 10 our
immense and varied industries. and
above all, to the men working IL those
industries. AS you know. | have al
ways stood for the tariff only TO the
degree in which the benefit was rea-
sonably shared between the men i'm h
front office and the men who receive
he pay envelopes. / stand for that di-
vision now. Blu there must be some
thing to divide. or nobody will get any
thing.
/ ask you TO look back only two short
years. Mr.. Wilson was inaugurated as
President three years & last Spring.
He and his party Immediately passed
a low tariff law. Under il Government
receipts fell off so alarmingly that there
was a great deficit which had 20 be met
by a special tax. This was later called
a val tax; but It was not due to the
war at all; the decrease in receipts
was prior to the war. 1t was a def
cheney tax. pure and simple. AS some
one pointed out at the time. canada
had a war with no tax: whereas we
had a tax with nc war II was purely
a deficiency tax.
Only a War Prosperity.
During the first eighteen month"; OF
his Administration the national busi-
ness went TO pieces, the sidings on the
railroads We're damned with empty
cars. and the number OF unemployed in
every great industry grew TO appalling
dimensions. i speak here of what /
personally know; for less than two
years ago l had 10 take an active part
Ia New York I'm measures 10 relieve the
unemployed. / then saw municipal
lodging houses crowded to overflow
ing with people DESTROYS OF working,
who could not get any work, and who
did not ave enough money to pay for
the poorest lodging or the cheapest
meals. The unemployed were num-
bered not by the thousands. but the
scores OF thousands; and l was i'm &C
tive correspondence with men and wo-
men I'm other cities. Chicago. Detroit
and Philadelphia, where the conditions
were just as bad as in New York. Every
kind OF provision had 10 be made. by
private charities and by the public au-
thorities. in order 10 care for the null
titude OF people who wished 70 work
but who were in dire want because
there was no work. The misery was
widespread. For instance. the Board
Of Health OF New York. had to pass a
special resolution allowing the eating
OF horse meat CT think the exact
p~hraseology gave permission to fatten
old horses for slaughter and food), be-
q patfua ofenrt hnI 80 no ,aoAn 20
give TO those out Of work the cheapest
food that would sustain life. Remem-
Der that those times were normal.
There a hen no war. We were at
peace. We were simply experiencing
the normal results OF legislative action
under Mr.. Wilson and the Democratic
administration.
The suffering was widespread through
out this country. Suddenly the war
came. At one stroke this country was
granted a measure OF protection great
er than any It had ever received under
any tariff in it's history. Moreover. the
demand for munitions of war was slim
ulated to such an enormous degree as
TO completely reverse trade conditions.
For example, comparing the fiscal
years ending June 80. 1914. and June
30. 1916. that is, the year before the
war and the year that has just elapsed.
the losses in ordinary exports during
the last year. compared TO the former,
were over two hundred million dollars.
whereas there vas a gain in exports
Of war material OF nearly two billion
dollars. IL IL were not for these artih-
cial conditions, the suffering from un-
employment In this country at this
time would in all probability be as
great as IL was in 1914. and we would
have seen two or three ear OF an in
dustrial crisis at least as bad as any
we have ever known In our history.
The present stimulus is artificial. 1t
win cease with the war conditions COM
ing TO an end. 1t will then be difficult
to avoid some suffering anyhow. IL
Mr.. Wilson is kept in office, this suf-
fering will doubtless be prolonged and
acute.
you Will Steal From Me-"
In short. you miners Of Pennsylvania,
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