New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-02

employed, and the agerag, o
wages higher.
1t has given tho nation syS
tenn Of banking and finance tha
shielded IT from panic and depres
sion when the whole structure o
European credit was DESTROYED b,
war. and which overwhelmed othe
neutral nations whose Statcsme,
lacked the foresight and capacity
of America s Democratic states
men.
! It has amended the antitrust
laws making guilt personal. defn
ing for the first time without am
bigulty what constitutes restrain,
of trade. and preventing trade mo-
nopoly with prohibition Of inter
locking dlrcctorates; and has set
up in the Federal Trade Commits
sion a court Of business.
Labor Not Commodity.
1t has taken labor ont of the
classification Of commodity, and
bid it aspire to the higher things
it nationally Graves without fear
Of punishment for doing SO.
1t has afforded the farmer easy
credit and diminished the bur,en
of interest he must carry.
1t has opened new avenues of
business, created new markets for
the products Of American factory,
field and farm. charted new routes
for commerce. and is in way of cs-
tablishlng am American merchant
marine which will put the Stars
and Stripes in every harbor in the
world.
1t has forever taken the tariff
out of politics by the creation of
a partisan commission.
It has served the humanities in
DENYING to goods produced by
chiltAabor the right to shipment
in interstate commerce, and con
served childhood in ,he Children s
Bureau law.
It has laid the groundwork for
, national system of good roads,
guarding against extravaganza in
Use Of the peoples money with a
that for every dollar ap-
,ropriated by the federal gotean-
nent the states must 2ppropfists
dol1ir..1 - !. ~
= rStriotism Reewalsenod.
It has kindled anew the fires of
'atriotism, reminding men and
romen of the meaning Of Ameri-
anism, awakening the nation to
ively sense of it's perils, it's pow
n. its weakness, it's mission, and
uickeninQ the pulse with fervor
t devotion to the flag and all it |
ymbolizes. |,
These are only some Of the larg- !
r achievements of the Democratic .
administration. accomplished not ,
MY without disturbance to bust :
ess. but with acceleration of bus
less.
"The ring Of the anvil, not the .
,ttle Of the sabre the song Of the ,
,aper. not the shrek Of the SOL 7
Ter; the clatter Of the shuttle, not 2
le crack of the rife. have won us E
le place we occupy to-day in the
,uncils of the world"
Do You Approve This7
Does this record of the Demo.
attic Administration, this very re-
arkable record made in times
at try mems souls" appeal to
,uY Does it appeal all the
ronger when you take thought
at ahead are more dangers,
mes not less trying, when one
lse step may plunge the nation
to war, when the hand of mex
rience may make error irrepar
let
If this record Of the Democrat
, Administration with the assur- A
ce it carries of future wise CON !
ct Of the nation s affairs, ap-
ais to you, won't you contri-
te some money to re-elect it9
Won't You Help?
The call for aid is not only to tn
.rty Men, but to all patriotic fr
N and women to serve the ma eft
N by re-electing the party in tr
wer. They can provide means w
lich must be had to make the sc
npaign. They contribute to their tr