The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-20

particularly appealing to western
voters and his presence on the plat
form In Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa,
South Dakota and other western
states cannot but have a strengthen
ing effect on the Republican hold on
those states.
Face Actual Ruin.
Many American industries face
actual ruin II the close OF the Euro
pean war finds them In the naked
and unprepared condition forced up
on them by the Underwood tariff" he
says. Tho tariff IL really the great
issue of this campaign. We should
not forget the conditions which were
forced upon American worklngmen
both OF the farming and the factory
classes, by the nine months OF the
Underwood tariff Law before our i'm
mense war orders came to help us
out OF a terrible hole which yawned
right in front Of us / tell you the
more the people come to understand
the real peril of the Underwood tariff
law to our American Industries and
TO the welfare OF our American
workingmen tho more they are in
clined to repudiate this Democratic
measure.
But the voters this year are de-
handing facts. not Eeneralities. ri
said some of our industries will face
ruin when the war is over unless they
have protection. And when an in
dustry fails, those employed in that
industry are out OF work. Tticy can
mt nav FIR tyonda y,ry,t,,ng,l T., -.
and so an endless chain OF nOn-pro-
duccrs, non-payers Is started il short
time ago l spoke in North Carolina
where there are 500 cotton mills
within 200 miles of Charlotte. Re
liable reports from an but two OF
these mills indicate they will have TO
close after the war unless the I'm
derwood tariff law is repealed Why?
Listen. Within the last year the
Diapers, the big automatic loom con-
Germ, sent full train load Of auto
matte looms to Japan to equip cotton
mills IN that country In Japan the
men work for twenty-One cents per
day, the women for sixteen cents and
the children for eight cents. These
American looms will turn out lust rs
nese as they viii for Americans.
These goods viii be sent TO what
should be American markets and nd
there is no tariff protection for Amer
lean mills. these mills must either
cut wages to the level of the Japa-
nese, or close UP shop entirely. In
other words they must close, because
cutting wages to Japanese levels or to
foreign standards OF wages is un-
lhlnkable. uncomfortable. impossible. |
That is only one instance.
Another Instance.
Here is another instance. In Chi |
cago. recently. | visited a Wholesale |
establishment whore ! was shown a
room filled with American china
ware made in Japan. The models
We're American. the decorations were
American and you could not tell tke1
from American made goods. They
VIII be sold as American Bear in
mind that piece Of chlnaware n
only a pcnny's worth of clay plus
labor. With no tariff thrown around
this industry we cannot compete with
workmen who use American machin-l
cry and work for twcnty-one cents
per day without reducing our wage
schedule to that OF the Japanese. Ey-
cry chinawdrc factory in this country
faces absolute ruin under the Under |
wood tariff law.
And you farmers must not think |
that you are not affected by this
menace. When the factories close
and the city men have no Jobs, YOU
will have no market for your grain |
and your meats. And did you know
that during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1914, under the Underwood |
tariff. this country imported S375,-
100000 more agricultural products |
than the average for the last four
years under Republican rule? You
lost a market Of just that size in the
one year Of the Underwood tariff. Fur
thermnre. there were 100000 men
thrown out Of employment during the
first ten months Of that Democratic
tariff. Unemployed men mean unfed
families and unfcd families mean a
curlailing OF your markets. Can YOU
raise wheat as chcaply as any place
on oarth' Yet during the first ten
months Of this Underwood tariff Can
adam farmers sent into this country
four times as much wheat as they did
In the corresponding months OF the
previous year. They paid ten cents
per bushel tariff, and still sold the
wheat at the same price for which you
sold yours.
Not Popycock.
Our Democratic friends tell YOU this
talk about our present prosperity be-
ing due 10 war orders is popycock.
L.istnn Rnfnrn thn M dih - -.