Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25

force thus appropri tted and preserved.
But neither God nor man can stay the
course of Time. Time stands by the
dial of the universe. and as the min
utes are licked off he gives them to
those who grasp them, but left un-
claimed they pass unused, unfruitful,
unyielding. to the past.
Time is the capital of the laboring man.
He must use it on the instant. or never
use it at all, and we who believe in the
principles of protection believe in bring
ing him market for his genius and his
ed to his happiness and to his good citi-
zenship and his property.
Producer vs.. Product.
Mr.. Wilson said chortly after he was
nominated that the theory of immigra-
ton was not consistent with our princi-
pies of protection: that while we kept
the product out we let the producer in.
But, Mr.. Chairman, a man who comes to
our shores from abroad. and simply
makes glass, only completes in that field.
If he makes glass he is simply a glass
maker. He does not make the Flag or
the vest or the trousers. He is not en-
gagged in making hats or caps or shoes,
o: axes. He does not build buildings. He
simply makes glass, and as glass-maker
We welcome him. because he becomes the
customer of every other mans labor. and
10 that extent helps enrich our country
and make it prosperous and happy. The
glass-maker does not make the crockery.
He engages in this one occupation, and
glass in our country. This party in
power would strike down the duty on
glass, and We buy our glass in Europe.
If we buy our glass in Europe. Europe
would have our money and We would
have their glass. But if we buy our glass
in America, America has the money and
America has the glass. (Applause) 1t is
absolutely vital to a great industrial or
ganism like ours that We should retain
our money supply. Any system which
turns the stream of yellow gold away
from our country is false to America.
That principle of government which in
vites our gold to run this way is a friend
Of the American government, and we
have become the clearing house of all the
world.
Comparative Bank Deposits.
When Woodrow Wilson took the
oath Of Office on the east portico Of the
Capitol at Washington. every poor citizen
III
credit There were $500 coo bank deposit
tors in America. When Woodrow Wilson
took the oath Of office on the east portico
of the Capitol at Washington there was
more money to the credit of labor in the
banks of our country than has ever been
discovered or mined since Columbus first
saw the shores of this republic. There
was more money to the credit of labor
when he took the oath Of Office than
would be required to pay more than
third Of the combined national debt Of the
80 leading countries of the earth. That
was our proud position. He has dissi-
pated our living. He has scattered labor
He has discouraged industry. He has
brought blight upon our industrial de-
velopment, and it was said this morning
by Governor Cobb if it were not for these
unusual and extraordinary munition ord
ers we would be in the very slough of
despond. Why, Democrat said to me
the other day. riding on car, Senator,
don't you think that business is looking
up" I said. Yes. business has been fiat
on it's back for three years. and it could
not look any other way than up"
daughter and APPLAUSE
Mistaken Foreign Policy.
The truth is that we are in very sad
plight at home and abroad. l assume
that you want me to speak plainly, and
am going to say just what know and
nothing more. But if it sounds harsh,
just accept it as the truth 1 want to be
very courteous to the administration and
to the head of state, but, Mr. Chairman,
it is time that we talk this situation over
frankly. This administration found our
government at peace with all the world.
and prosperous at home. They say that
their revenue law would produce abund-
That importations are not coming as
TdpIuIy DIS tiley SnOulQ come, ana would
come normally under their law. That is
not true. January. 1916, registers the
largest importation ever made in any Jan
uary since this country was born as a
republic. The revenues of the country
were only si5.oG00Qo. If the rates of the
Paine law which they repealed and been
the revenues of the country
would have been s34.GN.c1o They have
opened the doors and made of other peo-
pie present of our market There is no
reason in the world why our market
should be given away to strangers If
the only blessing that an American citi-
zen is to enjoy from his country is the
blessing which is conferred in his right to
pay taxes and to die for the country, he
is getting very little for it, If the only
blessing of an American citizen is to en-
JOY the right to pay taxes and to fight
his countrys battles, ne is getting very
little for it. and if we have not learned
as result Of our observations Of the
European war that that country gets the
quickest response in it's call of danger
that has shown the most solicitude ror
Its people. we have failed to learn one Of
the great lessons growing out Of that
war. Those countries which have been
solcitous about the welfare of their