The Washington herald., 1916-11-06
TELLS OF SOLID NORTH.
Quotes The Herald
Editorial In September.

Correspondent Quotes The heraIo
Editorial In September.
Editor The Washington Herald:
On the morning of the Maine election.
the first Monday in last September, The
Washington Herald said editoriany' be-
fore a ballot had been cast, that the re-
suit would show a clean sweep Tor the
Republican candidates. That prediction
was abundantly verified as soon as the
ballots were counted. Many claims were
made then, as now, that the Democrats
would win in the election. 1t was un-
reasonable to suppose that the Demo
cratic prediction could be fulfilled, and
II seems to the undersigned that the pres
ent predictions of the Democratic leaders
and managers are equally improbable
The Washington Herald's editorial went
on to say that II all the Northern States
were to vote on the same day that
Maine voted, they would all vote the
same way. and for the same reasons. The
time has now come when We are about
to ascertain the accuracy of that state
ment. The writer fully and strongly be-
Ieves that the genius Of our people as
a whole is such that they could not fail
at this time to uphold the policies and
indorse the processes by which our coun-
try has been led to such a high degree
Of success for the last fifty years.
The decisive things which will deter
mine the result OF the contest now pend
ing cannot be fully expressed in platform
declarations or even in speeches. but
they are found in the consciousness of
the people, resulting from their own
knowledge and experience. The people
care little for the open door to China
but much for the open door of oppor-
tunity In their own country. And almost
everybody knows without instruction
that these open doors Of opportunity are
more abundant in the North than in the
South.
The most ignorant laborer knows that
wages are higher in the North than in
the South. that the opportunities for edu-
cation are greater in the North than in
the South. that the inventive genius and
constructive faculty Of the people are
much more in evidence in the North than
in the South. and 1t Is common knowledge
among all our people that the wealth Of
the nation resides in the North rather
than In the South. not because II is i'm
ported there, but because II is produced
there. The increased power of produc-
ton which results from the inventive
genius and the constructive faculty. CO.
operating with the division OF labor and
the application Of machinery. has multi
piled the productive power Of labor by
ten in all the free States Of the North.
and as a result Of this. II Is not uncom-
mon for wages to be as much as IS per
day, while in the South, 50 cents per day
is more common.
The Industrial methods, which are the
mother Of these marvels, are known and
recognized by all who observe them. with
out platforms or preaching. When the
observer sees an electric light, or an
electric car. or a telephone, or a tele-
graph, or an automobile, he knows as
well where II originates as where the
sun rises. None Of these things ever
come to US on a south wind. The peo-
pie OF this country believe in the institu-
tions and men who give birth to these
marvels of the age, and they know
that our country cannot maintain its
pace of progress and hold its position at
the head Of the procession OF nations un-
less the open door Of opportunity shall