New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13

would so add to the amounts which our NV.
chants would have to charge Tor thelr val -.
wares. in order to make reasonaoie Pio"'
for themselves as well as for others VINO may
own stock in their enterprises, that not oniy
would they fail to obtain foreign HaiA'
for their goods, but these seitsame soouI
would be prohibitive in prices to Americans Va
ordinary means.
1t is a we'll known fact that the worN'ns
man who receives IS a day at the Prese"'
time cannot buy so much with his wages a.
the man who got SO a day twenty years aso'
This is due principally TO the SUCCESSFUL ue
mands made by organized labor IN pEe0"s
6avs. which have so increased the cost y,
production of almost every manuiac'"i,u
article that we have become, generally spe"N-
ing. an importing nation. Aside from 'he eN
porting of natural products, such as 'ne"S
Grain. ore. etc, we are truly an importing
nation (our present exporting actNIt! oe''e
but temporary, because we cannot, DIVINE ~
the high cost of production IN the Ohi'eo
States. underbid foreign manufacturers ""'
can sell far superior article Tor less ho"e!
that we can in every land, including our own
The influx of cash which is our preseh. soOO
fortune. owing to our temporary expectation
of manufactured goods and war munitions, u
fair sample of the wonderful age in when
we would live, could we continue to eNchaHs'
our natural wealth, in the form Of manu-
featured goods. for the foreigners gold. ne
cboanness of labor in other lands and the
high cost of labor in this one have made TINS
cIorious state impossible for us in times oil
general peace, and it has, IN the past pe."
deemed wise by our ablest statesmen to place
"a
while creating a home market for our III
dustries and providing staple source o.
revenue for the nation, prevent sIeauy ou'
mourning Of gold from the pockets OF our P'0
rIe into the Golfers of foreign tradesmen.
,rLo continual clamor of organized Labor
for higher wages has increased the cost o.
,nad,ctior and has at the same time de-
croased the purchasing power OF the dolIar
The union man has not gained luNuries 10
himself in proportion to the amount OF nH'u
ships which he has inflicted on the "o'Ne,
whose salary has not advanced IN the pas
twenty years to the same extent as MS wv
Included in this group we find workme'
,,.ho,o tho unions will not accept as members
ci+y 6remen. school teachers, letter carriers
nolcemen. soldiers and sailors OF the Onl'e'
States army and navy and others.
II unSpeakdDle lHdb N"N'N
c,;e4s u,bo in the end do not reap the COLDER
harvest that they imagine their antics obtaif
for them. should be allowed to take our people
bv the throat at a time when most OF 'n'
states had not even the protection OF thehi
own militia.
This law was enacted solely because Amer
cans are not adequately protected either al
home or abroad. Why is this so? Why nave
more than 1000 Americans been slaughtered
in Mexico? Why were more than Do AMER
cans fouly murdered at sea by 0erh'@'
rirates? Why have 1OO,OOO,O0O Americans
been menaced by anarchy? The answer IS;
the present Administration has shameIuH!
failed in its duty to the people.
Mr. Wilson during the first two years OF
his term steadfasty refused to hear any
voice that cautioned an increase in our armed
forces: he at one time ridculed the idea oy
Humanity saying. "There are some among us
.,.ho arc nervous and excited" Even in later
DAYS, when he harargued on preparedness a.
subsequent events have shown, he had no