New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
Mueller, of Chicago, Trot-
ted Out to Catch the
Hyphen Vote.
WILSON MEN SEE
A MOOSE STAMPEDE
Republicans, Too, They Insist,
Are Going to Support of
President.


Democratic National Committee, and
his associates, who are trying to re-
elect President Wilson, in a formal
statement issued yesterday declared
that President Wilson had the support
Of Paul T. Mueller, Of Chicago. This
is how the statement describes Mr..
Mueller:
Editor and proprietor of the Chi
cago Abendpost and Chicago 'Sonntag-
post the most influential German pub
locations, politically, in the United
States"
Through Mr.. Mueller, those at Re-
publican headquarters believe. the
Democrats are going to try to get all
the hyphenate vote.
The elevation of Mueller TO the Will
son band wagon was announced togeth-
er with statement declaring that
"the drift Of Progressives to the sup
port Of President Wilson has become
stampede since their meeting in In
dianapolis last Thursday"
Claim Republicans, Too.
Republicans, too, the Democrats at
headquarters averred, were also com
ing 70 President Wilson's standard
Less than fifty names of men alleged
TO be either Progressives or Repub-
licans were given out to support these
statements, which were smiled at in Re
publican headquarters. And OF these
forty-odd, not more than 1--WE are known
TO newspaper readers here. And these
names we're taken from points as FAR
West as Seattle.
The Democratic Text Book, the guide
Of all Wilson spellbinders, consisting OF
400 pnges, will shortly be completed
according to announcement made Ut
Democratic national headquarters yes
terday.
The first chapter Of the book goes 10
the defence Of business conditions IN
the country under the Wilson Admin
istration. and in substance declares
that the country i, prosperous and that
its prosperity is not due to the war
munitions trade.
"Prosperlty Records Broken.
"Not only all the Republican but
the worlds prosperity records have
been broken under Democratic laws ana
Administration-und the new free,
DOM of industry and finance createo
and administered by President VII
son." is one sentence from the opening
chapter.
"hnd the tide Of our business and
v.alth is still rising" it adds.
Continuing, Chapter l Of the Demo-
cratic Text Book says: =,
"The assertion that this unequalied
prosperity is due TO an abnormal SIT
uation created by the war is quickly
destroyed by q study of the facts. Inc
business in munitions of war is but
small fraction of the total business.
II the sales abroad Of explosives and
firearms, and other articles which may
be Justly placed as munitions OF war,
were eliminated from American busl-
/ ness of to-day still the prosperity OF
the country would far exceed the rec
} ords Of all former years.
! No figures or facts were set forth IN
substantiation of the claim that tine
prosperity Of the country would lar
exceed the records Of all former years
il the sales of war munitions were
eliminated.
. Total Exports Shown.
II gives, however, the total of ex-
ports of manufactures for the hrst
/ twenty months of the war as s2,S49'-
: 900 900, and adds: "Of these, ex-
Z plosives and firearms were $33O,OOo'-
| 0O0." The Democratic statisticians en-
tirely ignored the shipments of horses;
automobiles, oil, foodstuffs, cotton and
other supplies for the warning nations
I in arriving at the last figure.
Another statement in the only chap
ter made public so far is the following:
Neither the most hopeless pessimist
nor the most incorrigible partisan can
I withstand the knockdown contrast OF
/ the country's bank deposits under the
! last Republican and under woodrow
Wilson's administration. On May /,
1915, the gross deposits in the 1873
national banks were sl1,l35,322,0OO.
On the corresponding date in 1912 they
were ss,Ol5,5l1,00 The four-year
gam is s3,119,Sll,OOo, approximating 80
/ par can't