The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-31

The Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bulletin for October has an article
on "The November Election" by j.
A. Campbell, president, showing the
attitude of the big manufacturers
on the matter of voting at the COM
ing election. Mr.. Campbell also
gives his reasons why voters should
stick to the old parties. We find in
the article so much of importance
to the average citizen that we re-
produce it. Mr.. Campbell says:
Tuesday, November 4, is Election
Day.
On that day the people of the
United States will decide what party
and what policies viii be in contro
of our national government for the
four years beginning March A, 1928
In SO d ing they will largely deter
mine the business conditions which
will prevail during that period, il
not for many years beyond.
Since these conditions vitality
affect employment, wages and prices
they come close home to every one
Of US and are of tremendous i'm
portance to every individual.
For several months / have beer
trying to interest readers of The
Bulletin, most of whom are en-
ployes Of this company, in their
duty as citizens, and wish to make
a final appeal to them in this, the
last issue before the election.
have no 3,esire whatever to urge
them to vote for any particular can
didate. They should decide that
question for themselves. But
would like to have them give earnest
thought to the subject, so that when
they go to the polls they will repre-
sent the highest type of American
citizenship casting their ballots with
full understanding of what each
party and each candidate stands
for, and realizing fully how the sue
cess of any particular candidate or
any particular party will affect
their own welfare and the welfare
of the country.
1t is human nature to be disatis-
fed with government. No matter
how well off we are, it is quite
natural that we should wish to be
better off. When some candidate
or group of people who expect to
be candidates comes along and tells
US that if their policies are adopted
we will be better off, great many
of us are tempted to believe them,
OF to feel that their political doc
trines are at least worth trying.
But before listening to such appeals
as this, we should give careful
thought to the consequences.
For more than fifty years the
government and policies of this
country have been administered by
the Republican and Democratic par
ties. Sometimes one was in con-
troll; sometimes the other. Both
made history from which we can
easily make up our minds as to
which has brought greatest pros
perity to the country. Both have
had to contend with scandal and
graft and some unworthy men in
office. Both have made mistakes.
The principal difference between
Republican and Democratic policies
at this time is in regard to the
tariff. The Republican Party be-
lieves in protection to American in
dustries and American labor, while
the Democratic idea is that the tariff
should be assessed for revenue only.
The World War demorahzed
European credit and industry to
such an extent that we have had
little foreign competition for ten
years, and we have been inclined to
forget this matter But the adop-
ton of the Dawes Plan, the pro-
posed international loan to Ger
many of $200,O00,00 and the stab
ilizing of German currency by the
adoption of the Rentenmark have
changed this situation. We may ex-
pect strenuous effort on the part It
Europe to recover her foreign mar
kets, which will make our tariff
policy highly important. Study this
matter carefully before you make
up your mind which party you want
to handle the tariff question during
the next four years.
Under the guidance of the two
old parties the United States has
become the greatest and richest
country in the world. It's people
are better off than the people of
any other country, individually and
collectively. They have more money
in savings banks. They have better
homes and better schools. More f
them own their own homes and their
property rights are secure. Their
earning power has grown in an
astonishing way. They work less