Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-09-15
Editorial Suggestions.

1t is lucky for Hughes but unfortunate
for the Republican party that he did not |
make his swing nd-the-circle speeches
before the date of the Chicago convention |
Secretary Of War Baker finds that Will
son has applied the Golden Rule to our
Pan-American neighbors and the Declara-
ton of Independence to the belleerent
monarchs of Europe. He also quotes Gen.
eral Grant as saying that there was never
a war that could not have been settled |
better some other way.
The United States Census Bureau re-
ports the net cotton consumption Of Ameri-
can mills at 6.395.972 bales during the
past twelve months. which is nearly a
million bales above the record. This means
that American cotton mills are making
their greatest development for the supply
for the home and neutral markets without
the aid of Republican tariff bounty.
In seven weeks since July 1, 1915, the
Comptroller Of the Currency reports "a
new national banks organized with ST.
645.OOO capital. and capital increases in
other banks amounting to $1,615, 900, max
ing total banking capital increase of S.
100000 since July l. And still our de-
plorable temporary prosperity" goes on
with accelerated momentum.
Hardly had Mr.. Hughes declared that
our prosperity is Temporary" and that
American industries are in merely fools
paradise" when the United States Cham
Der OF Commerce. representing 800 COM
mercial bodies. reported as a result of a
careful canvass that the country's pros-
perity was so solidly established that no
Presidential election could disturb it.
Says Billy Sunday Some people are so
tight that if you ask them to sing old
Hundred, they will sing Ninety and Nine
and save per cent. Is he alluding to the
economy cry of Hughes and Penrose, who
chide Wilson for the expense of establish
ing the Federal Reserve system, rural
credits. good roads. agricultural extension
and the rest Of the constructive program.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
discovered another shortening directly
chargeable to Democratic laws and adj
ministration. namely, "the collapse of ex-
tortionate interest rates." The other eco
nomic crimes traced to the Wilson admin
istration include the elimination Of idle
cars. idle spindles, closed mills and fur
naces. idle men and wage reductions.
What tragedy for the world it would
have been II Mr.. Edison had demanded an
eieht-hour day." says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, Yet Mr.. Edison never
made or perfected an invention that is not
forerunner Of the eight-hour day Man
is not made for work alone; civilization
will increase when inventions and devel-
opments give him more time for mental
development. recreation and communion
with his fellows
The Outlook, which is supporting the
Republican candidate. in an editorial says
that those who are asking Mr.. Hughes to
specify exactly what he would have done
had he been In command at the crucial
times during the past four years are de-
manding more than any human being can
properly answer. Such an explanation of
silence is doubtless the best the Outlook
can evolve, but it will hardly cover the
case to the satisfaction Of the public 1t
is case Of truth proving unsatisfactory.
President Wilson's naval program calls
for construction to begin on l06 vessels
the present year. including 81 submarines
and IL capital ships, some of the latter
carrying l6-inch guns which are of two
inches larger caliber than the heaviest
guns Of the British navy. OF all this naval
program Charles Evans Hughes appears to
be still oblivious. as he is also Of the fact
that in three years Democracy has done
more for the American navy than 10 years
Of previous Republican administration.
1t is estimated by Charles Hayden. the
Boston financial authority, that American
securities held abroad have been reduced
from $4,000. 100000 before the war to
$l,000000,000 at the present time. At
the same time this country has become
creditor of foreign nations to the extent
OF over Sl.500,000.000. Under Wilson.
therefore, we haved wiped out Sc, 900, 000.-
900 Of foreign Indebtedness and are
creditor to the net amount Of $500.000,-
900. Win Republican orators kindly take
note Of this big fact in their discussion of
financial prosperity. and also note that
Uncle Sam was always a debtor nation
under Republican administration
Exports Of manufactures under Wilson's
administration have reached $2,600.000.-
900 in single year, which is the worlds
record. Despite these enormous sales in
foreign markets in free competition with
the world, Mr.. Hughes argues that Ameri-
can manufacturers are not able to hold
the home market, unless he and Penrose
erect tariff wall This means that he
has gone back TO the old home market"
argument Of a generation ago, and would
give up a billion-dollar export trade
and hustle our Infant industries" into
cyclone cellar to escape a campaign wind
storm.
When Mr.. Hughes hangs his head in
shame he perhaps is thinking Of the occa-
sion when President Taft sent message
to the Governor Of Arizona in response to
the latters request for protection against
Mexican attacks. Said the then Republi-
can President: Il must ask you and the
local authorities. in case the same danger
recurs. to direct the people Of Douglass to
place themselves where bullets cannot
reach them. and thus avoid CASUALTY
Thus while the Democratic method is to
call the National Guard to colors. the Re.