The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-05
FIGHT
 FOR WILSON HAS
 STRONG SUPPORT
Leader and Workers of Elec- trical Industry Out for
 President

When Thomas A. Edison. lifelong Republican. announced to the Ameri- can people that I'm for Wilson," he aroused interest and reflection in all sections and among all classes, par ticularly so in the electrical industry of which he is the recognized head.
 A direct result of MT. Edison's em- phatic declaration that he does mot think it a logical or sensible thing to change to an inexperienced and untried man just for the sake of change, or without much better req sons being given for the change than any I have noticed,' was the organiza- tion of the Woodrow Wilson National Electrical Club by leaders in the in- dustry.
 Though but a few weeks old, the Wilson Electrical Club has several thousand members, 38 states being represented. Republicans and Pro- gressives figure largely in the mem- bership, as we'll as Democrats and all are enrolled under the slogan of For the Flag and Wilson,
 A vigorous campaign conducted by mail is bringing hundreds of members daily, while full page advertisements in electrical journals have assisted in enlarging the organization and its scope.
 "In my opinion" said MT. Edison in his statement, MT. Hughes, if presi- dent, would have found it difficult to decide on the best course for the government to take. His capacity for hindsight, as we learn from his | iC hi ioh hut c to his foresight we are not equally we'll informed.
 The "Woodrow Wilson National Electrical Club has driven home this bit of Edisonian shrewdness in cir cular that has been widely copied and commented upon. This pamphlet de- scribes the. achievements of the Will son Administration under the caption "Wilson's the Man." in these words:
 'The American, business man is the wisest in the world; he does not dis charge. a valued servant, nor swap fool-proof executive for a man who is out of job an& one hpndred per cent, applicant! There are Twelve Big Reasons why we-stock- holders and directors of this, the greatest, richest, earnest, and most progressive corporation on earth should keep our wise General Manag- CT, Woodrow Wilson, on the job.
 '1. The Federal Reserve Act cured us of financial fits-our national dis ease of panics;
 ''2. The Underwood Tariff Act and the Tariff Commission have freed our tariff of the devastating blight of poli- tics;
 "3. The Clayton Act clarified the ob- scurities and threatening vagueness of the Sherman Antitrust Law.
 "4 The Income and Inheritance Tax Laws make the extraordinarily rich contribute fair share toward national upkeep;
 "5. The Ship Registry Act has doubled the tonnage of our merchant marine and restored the American Flag to the high seas;
 "6. The Rural Credit Act removes the insufferable financial handicap on agriculture;
 '7 The Good Roads Law opens up rural trade to broader success;
 "8. The Smith-Lever Agricultural Education Act carries direct to the farmer the results of scientific ex- pertinent.
 "9. The Child Labor Act safeguards our children's children to the ever lasting credit of the nation;
 "10. By enlarging and enormously increasing the efficiency of our army and navy, we are prepared against the possible aggressions of rival na- tions.
 "11. Wilson has preserved the san ity of half the world while the other half weltered in blood, and by keeping Jus at peace with Europe and certain itching fingers from the throat of our Mexican neighbor in travail, he has won with the Golden Rule the Great est Victory in The Greatest War.
 "12. He has given us unprecedent- ed prosperity, despite the world con- f1agration, and because-good manag- CT that he is-he has been impelled by one aim, one desire and one ann bition; Peace with honor, prosperity with honesty, and results for all the stockholders.
 HE HAS DELIVERED THE GOODSw
 Another circular issued by the elec7 trical men which cites government figures to prove the nations prosper ity, with the following comment:
 we are prosperous-the only hun gry ones are the "outs'-the office seekers and political job-hunters.
 And we arc prosperous because we have fought for ft-and for nothing else. We have coveted neither our neighbours property nor his trouble Wilson cleared the track; he restored business confidence; he adjusted with out idisorganizing; he reformed with out destroying!
 ''He kept us out of war. We have done the rest"