Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-10
wilson No LONGER
TOO Proud TO FIGHT
Tells Omaha Audience That
Cause Must be
Just"
HIGH COST OF
LIVING IS PROBLEM

Special &c HE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. - President
Wilson has changed his mind agan
TIC has Just assured an Omaha aud-
fence that THE European nations
should realize that America is as
ready TO fight as any nation in the
world. but that its cause must b.
Just" Just how the European ma
ons could be expected to understand
This when. Immediately following the
killing Of several hundred American
including women and little children
Mr.. Wilson procla med 20 tho world
that the United States was too proud
10 tight" Mr. Wilson did not explain
10 his audience. Neither did he give
any indcsi on Of what in his estima-
ton would constitute lust cause.
we have seized aud destroyed your
property Nc have murdered your
mon and your children and VIC have
ravaged Your women. Is there any
thing that will make white livered
Gringo Gght?" IS the pleasing saluta-
tion with which American army and
navy officers are greeted on every
side in Mexico. This gentle reminder
OF too proud 20 fight" is generally
followed by the MeX.caus with spit
ting on the uniforms. and some times
in the faces. OF American soldiers
and sailors. and they arc helpless TO
defend themselves. because they have
been repeatedly warned that any
Amer can IN the service who gets into
q eight with a MeN'can will be sum
al.
circumstances how can the European
nations he blamed for failing 10 rea-
ize that America is as ready to fight
as any nation in the world however
Inst the cause must he?
Who VIII You Trust!
Senator Root. in his great speech
in this city. after declaring there was
4 general agreement that after the
war America will be confronted by
tariff barriers 80 every now bellig-
crent country. said: What are wa
going TO do then? We must do some
thing We must protect ourselves, or
we shall become the dumping ground
Of the world and our worlSmen will
beg in the streets Even the Demo-
Gratis have seen that something must
he done. for they have provided q
tariff board 10 ascertain and report
the true facts. 70 which a tariff law is
TO be applied. Now we all under
stand that II the country wants a
tariff for revenue only they may put
the making Of II in the hands Of the
Democratic party But can any sane
man contemplate that party making
protective tariff? In the first place,
they can't do il honestly. They
don't believe in t.. They we're born
and bred in = different faith"
The Cost 0f Living.
1.-THE high cost OF living is q ser
ious problem in every American
home We charge that excessive
prices result in . large measure,
from the high tariff laws enacted and
maintained by the Republican party,
and from trusts and commercial con-
spiracies fostered and encouraged by
such laws. and we assert that no sub
stantial relief can be secured for the
people without import duties on the
necessaries of life are materially re-
duced Democratic Platform Of 1912.
The tarff on the necessaries of
life has been radically reduced, re-
duced so much all along the line that
il has been necessary 10 devise all
sorts OF new and onerous special
taxes but the cost Of living has not
been reduced. II is steadily increas-
ing. This week one of the most eX-
;ensive restaurants in New York. an
institution which has more than
hundred branches in this city and
branches in many other cities. res
taurants where the wealthy never eat,
but which feed hundreds of thousands