Putnam patriot., 1916-11-03
From the Editors Desk

h When the PATRIOT next goes 10 sess 1t will be known who the next president of the United States Is to be or Wilson. With reunited republican party we believe that Mir. Hughes will be the country's choice. il is true that the democrat campaign managers are making much of their nHe kept us out of war" slogan but peace at any price is not an agreeable dose for even those idesiring to keep out of war to swallow. We are not too proud to fight for our rights and our honor.
 The Adamson bill, which the presi- dent isigned after the hold up of the congress, might have gotten large majority of the labor vote If the cleo. ton had come at the psychological moment but after careful ana lysis il develops that the law does not shorten hours of labor but arbitrarily raises wages.
 The South is governing the country under the present administration. Five southern men are members of the cab inet, while southern men are chair men on seventeen ,out Of eighteen im- portant committees, including the ways and means committee which for. mnlated the Underwood low tariff law. This law put the farmers pro- ducts on the free list. The duties were removed from cattle, sheep, eggs, milk, cream, wool, beef, mutton and corn The rates were .rednced about 50 per cent on poultry, butter, cheese, h ny and horses. There was general slump in the prices Of these commodi ties until the European war began and when the war ends the same ceodi- tions will prevail.
 Ten months after this law went into effect nearly 4,o00,000 workers were out of employment. On that date n delegation of business men protested az ainst the operation of the law and were told by Mir. Wilson that the con dilion was "merely psychological"
 The president has done nothing about the killing of 800 American citi. zens in Mexico or the outrages perpe- trated by Mexican bandits on Ameri- can women and children, and the out rages still cor tinus. It is at such Il Irice that "he has kept us out Of war. H
 Present prosperity due to the war will end with the war. If our indus tries are not protected and foreign made goods flood this market il will mean the resumption ot the bread line and the soup kitchens.
 New England depends upon her fac. tories and mills for prosperity II they are idle there is suffering and want. If foreign goods made under the low wages paid abroad come to our shores without sufficient protective tariff closed will be tue mills and fac tories and there will be repetition of former hard times.
 A issw weeks ago there appeared for few days slow moving tidal wave toward Wilson. This was not only checked but swiiler moving tidal wave has Iset in towards Hughes and Is gaining momentum steadily, The people are beginning to consider the future. They begin to realize that the European war will come to an end and are stopping 10 ask themselves, "fhen whatg' Do we want to see goods made by foreign labor abroad, by labor glad to get work at any kind of wage, in competition with the goods they are making in this country under good wage and short hours. They answer, "Non and thousands of such answers are what is making the present Hughes tidal wave.
 Putnam is a Gibraltar of republican, Ism. Four years ago with split in The republican ranks the ticket was carried. The county and the state went over to the normal minority but Putnam stood firm. Putnam will without doubt stand firm again this election and all Of the republican can. didales will be elected. So will old Windham county. She will be back in the ranks. So the state and the na- lion, we believe.