The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-06-16

ing to pay taxes to perpetuAte IT, II
IS q tax that foreClOses me- mortgages,
forces no sales II IS collected only
where riches abound and prosperity
smiles Would the Republican party
dare TO suggest the repeal ot fhlS
part OF the taTin law VIII they oe
specific In their objections To thts
legislation what schedule would
they repeal What rate would theS
Increase Would they substitute the
plngley rate OF Payne Aldrlch rate :
II ihey were given eontroi again
would they reepact the tartr law that
tho Democratic party repealed nlll
that was repudlated by the EepubH-
can party Itself Al tn" polls
Who ~ IT, anyhow, that desires
really tho repeal II the present law.
made by honest men for an hones -
purpose. that Of raising reVenu" SUI
nctent 10 dsfray the expenses OF the
government. aud substitute IN us
steady the LOBBY made. monopoly
breeding trust-cTeattng. millionaire.
producing. Payne Aldrlth bill our
Republican friends told IA when we
enacted this bil into Law that u
would close the factories. MI the
panic. create soup houses. and DIS
tress would reign everywhere, nut
We rejoice today TO point 10 an un-
eNauplNd prosperity IN the nation
with labor more generally EMPLOY Ed;
at higher rates, shorter hours. and
better conditions than ever before.
our Republican friends tell Us that
that after the war IA over poor.
stricken, PROSTATE. torn, bleeding
Europ" Will take our home market
here from as that this yuung. virh"
republic. with l0O.00V.O0O frccms n.
that has gone out 10 take the tofeigh
markets OF the world. must tremoie
ia great fear lest those war-torn
countries with millions of their men
the dover and strength Of their
mannood--ouried in the trenches,
with their factories destroyed. Their
country laid waste. their cnarTed ana
blood soaked land filled with widows
and orphans and crippled men. ana
upon them the heaviest debt OF all
ages. VIII come here to this Happy
land. uncurs"d by war TsVSges or
It's burden - debt. and take our home
market from "a No, gentlemen, !
have no such fear. America IL gong
to take the markets Of the world, We
are gOing 10 meet our competitors IN
other markets ~ the earth and take
them. and this great people mere
fears no competitor at home that We
are willing 20 meet away from home.
We are all Americans no matter
whence We come We love our CouH-
Try because IL makes US free. me
beauty 81 tn" oceans that wash our
shores, our fertile plains, our lotty
mountains our winding rivers, our
une0uaIed landscapes. can only be on
joyed in their real and inatcnl"sA
beauty through the eyes OF fr""-
man. More beautiful than the beauty
and splrnAor OF the land Is the glory
IL the government The humblest
may become the greatest the weak
ct may become the strongest. the
poorest may become tho richest. here
no faint of blood. no law Of royalty
This freedom H. as much the right
81 the one who comes here as inc
one who is born here. We are glad
81 10 and happy 40 off@r this oppor
tunity snd this happiness TO all %
Tt. "a IA
love. loyalty 10 the nag, valor IN ITS
defense. and love Of our free institu
tgna. W o. do not care what songs
OF the old home land YOU may sins
or what memories Of the country
from which YOU came you may her
lsh. Al We ask is that tho song you
shall hold dearest to- rur heart ~
the "Star-spangIo Banner. And
the memories you shall cherish most
and best are those Of America that
makes you free There are some
who seek 10 destroy this nation
whose freedom and blessings they
enjoy They csll themselves anhr-
chists. n ( had my way would not
allow single man or association 81
men 20 hear aloft upon the strectS
and highways OF this nation nag OF
emblem that either questioned IN"
integrity or authority 81 the staTs
and stripes OF the republic.
In 1905 I attended the great peace
conference held in London and saw
there assembled &c nations OF the
earth speasiuu in different language
but all spoke the language 81 peace
thought that the millennium Of peace
had come, such a thing IA the wotld :
war was impossible: hut the "a y
when the Christian heart shall RUE
the world and when peace shall reign
over tho land II not here. ana unhap,
PLY ~ not In sight. Self-defense and
preparation FOR ~ Is a. necessal ,
now az ever before. We must not
can mistake oppression Tor peace, NJ
governments love peace-peac. WIZ
freedom. peace with honor WITHOUT
these all IL slavery besiny. w COTTON
Wilson and the Democratic party al
vocates an army big enough 10 MAKE
aRgressors think the second time be-
fore they strike blow. DemocraCy
wants an army and navy IN keeplnP
with tho dignity, preservation az
worth 81 this great republic. rucn
preparedness and ability 10 dstend
ourselves our cities from bomDar',
ment. and our soil from invaspn ano
Is tho purpose OF Woodrow WILSON
I want p navy large enough that "
will he Impossible for a foreign sheI
10 fall in a single American city
want an army strong enough TO MAKE
" impossible for an aggressors tool
10 press American soil. We DO MOI
want foot OF anybody elses So
and, by the eternal God. they na !,
NOT take foot OF ours ] DO not
fear militarism. IL has never menaced
free people.
when the Lusitania was SUNK ths
military voice Of Theodore Roosevelt
cried out for war. and IL he had been
presldent OF the United states at that
lime, today 500. 900 brave American
sons would be contending around tn
forts Of Nerdun In this mighty mael.
strom OF blood-thousands would
have been buried in the bitches. Oul
president, patient. patriotic, far.
sighted the real statesman, handled
this question with the greatest abil.
ity. and won for America it's greatest
diplomatic victory.
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