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before. In addition to this the admin
istration felt obliged to pass a war
lax law few months after the world
war broke out and tax the small bust
ness man.
Have spendthrift Record.
Il am willing TO give credit where
credit is due. however. and so If the
Democrats have made a failure of the
business Of raising money for this
country they take the cake as spend
thrifts. The Democrats used to talk
about a billion dolla rCongress when
the Republicans were i'm power. Was
this last Congress one? Yes, and then
sOmei
"The last Republican Congress spent
s3.790,915.00O during the four years IL
was in power. The Democratic Con-
gress has spent S4.946.5S4O0O so far
and then have still got from the pres
ent moment to March 4 to get what's
left
There is not one plank in the Bal
timore platform which the Demo
crate administration has not flagrantly
violated. Woodrow Wilson stands as
the figure head for the Democratic
party His will has been their law.
! have often sympathized with my
Democratic colleagues who have had
TO agree with him I'm all he has done.
How they have walked backward, and
forward. up and down, lOngitudinally
and latitudinallyl We have had Pres
idents who have changed their minds.
but never one who changed his nina
every day.
Il have gathered some statistics on
this subject just to assure myself how
many times President Wilson has
changed his mind on subjects OF pub
Tie importance, and 7 find that i'm for
ty-Ono matters of this nature he has
taken 81 different positions. That is,
they were the figures a month ago.
They may not be correct today.
There was farmer in Ohio who
employed green cOuntryman to pillow
for him Tho fellow did not know
anything about blowing, so the farmer
took him into the field and said: You
place the pillow here ana run the fur
rows straight towards that red heifel
there
The farmer went away. and when
he returned he found sucn a looking
field as he had never seen before.
The burrows ran every which way.
eel thought ] told you TO run the
burrows straight" remarked the
farmer TO the green hand.
"'NOu told me TO run them towards
the red hcifer and sne was never
standin still.' was the hired mans
reply.
THAT is the way it is with the fol-
lowers of Wilson. Tiny try their best
To run the burrows straight. but to
their dismay. they sometimes look up
and find thS rcd heifer is behind
them"
Congressman Fordney Speaks.
Congressman FOrdney in the course
Of his speech said:
I'VE now have a Democratic tariff
law on our statute books. Under its
operation. 40 per cent. Of all the for
pign made goods brought to this cOun-
try are admitted to the American
markets. free of duty. large pro-
portion of the male labor Of Europe
Is i'm the trenches. What will happen
when the millions Of men on the bat
tlenelds return home and seek en-
ployment? That there will be a sur
plus of labor but few will deny. a
lINOl SUI UANN AuHoAAn INV WArN' eA-N
low costs OF production. There will
b. an abundance OF low priced pro
ducts in the European countries. for
which "a market must be found, and
America will be the most desirable
market i'm the world. The conclu-
sion of peace will Immediately throw
our ports open to an immense for
cign trade With the present low tariff
rates in force. the product OF the
poorly paid labor Of Europe will come
to our shores. and can. and will. I'M
dersell goods MADE in America" Az
the termination Of the war. the neces-
sity for an adequate protective tariff
law will be greater than ever before
in our history.
1T is the theory OF the present Ad
minstratiOn that we should encour.
age the importation of foreign mad,
goods. and that any industry which
cannot exist in this country and com
netc successfully. in an open mar
ket with foreign goods. should b'
wiped out. and the people engaged il
that industry should turn their atten