Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-02
WHY A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS

WHY A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS
IERE are two plain and fair reasons
: ! why the best interests of the Ma
tons demand Republican Congress.
Reason l. The better to win the war;
why? Because more Republicans than
Democrats in both branches OF Congress
voted to support the seven important
war measures. In fact, but for this
loyal Republican support the Democrats
would have defeated every one OF those
important war measures!
To cite few illustrations. The
President was obliged to turn to the
Republican Congressman julius Kahn
to take charge of and carry through
the first draft bill against the opposition
of Dent Of Alabama, the Democratic
Chairman of the Military Affairs Com
mittee. Again Kitchin. of North
Carolina, Democratic Chairman OF the
Ways and Means Committee, voted
against the war, and even Champ Clark,
Democratic Speaker of the House,
opposed the draft, insultingly saying
there was "precious little difference be-
tween a conscript and convictp' In
one word, the Democratic party leaders
in both House and Senate opposed the
war, opposed the draft and other
measures necessary to win it; on the
contrary, the Republican leaders have
favored the war and supported all those
measures.
Would it then, not be wise to replace
those obstructing Democratic pacificists
who have opposed the war and measures
in furtherance Of it, with Republicans
who favor a vigorous prosecution Of the
war? They would thus strengthen the
Republican minority in Congress which
the president in his recent unfortunate
appeal admits "have been unquestion-
ably pro-war.'
Reason 2. When this war is over
which may be soon-business will need
to be protected against the i'll effects OF
the Democratic free trade tariff.
Here are some facts which no fair
man will attempt to dispute: In the five
months from March to August 1918
when the war broke out, disastrous re-
suits to the country's business had al.
ready shown themselves; mills and fac
tories were decreasing their output or
closing down altogether, and thousands
of workmen were being thrown out Of
employment. In the big cities soup
houses were being opened to fed the
hungry lie workers. The country was
plainly going to have a bad dose of
hard times, if not indeed, financial
panic also.
Then on sudden this awful war in.
volving all Europe, shut off all trade
and business between those countries
and the United States, and thus more
effectually protected US from the evil
effects of Democratic free trade than
could any Republican tariff have done,
But for this protective war wall we
should long since have been overwhelm-
ed by the cheap labor Of Europe whose
products dumped upon our shores,
would have swamped our manufacturers
and of course our workmen as well.
When peace comes not only will this
protecting war barrier be removed and
under the Democratic free trade policy
all the cheap labor goods of Europe L
thrown upon our markets. but wo1se
still! those starving millions in Europe
will then be glad to labor for less than
ever, indeed, for mere bread and butte,
and the prices for which their goods
will be offered in our country will drive
every competing American manu-.
facturer out of. business and fiji the
streets of our cities and towns with
idle workmen.
Under that same Democratic free
trade policy our American farmers will
have to take lower foreign prices fol
their products. The wheat of Argentine
Canada and India will give our Delaware
farmers lower prices for their whea,
etc. All the present prosperity. high
wages and all that. is dne, as every one
knows, to the war. and when it ends
and the Democratic free trade is in
operation there will be horrible slumn
from all this prosperity down to business
stagnation and want.