Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-26
C. O.P. PROSPERITY
.DER|DED BY RASKOB
Tells Radio Audience Smiths
Tariff Stand Is Backed by
Democratic Lawmakers.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 26.-More than
three -fourths of the Democratic men,
hers of, and candidates for, Congress
have signed a declaration indorsing the
Democratic tariff plank and Gov.
Smiths Interpretation of it in his
Louisville speech, Democratic National
Chairman John j. RaSkob announced IL
a radio address tonight.
The declaration reaf1rmed the al
lesiance Of the party to non-partisan
taFifY commission as recommended IN
the platform and expressed approval
of 'Gov. Smiths remarks at Louisville,
when he promised to consider no change
in the tariff, but specific revisions in
specific schedules, each considered on
the basis of investigation by the nom
partisan commission and hearing before
Congress. -,
Prosperity and prohibition were dis
cussad by RaSkob, who declared that
pressnt-day prosperity had its origin In
the war policies of Woodrow Wilson,
which sent wages skyward to high
leyeI where they still remain IN spite
of Republican efforts at a general de-
fiation. He resented and branded as
misrepresentations Republican asser-
tions during the campaign that GOV.
Smiths election would be followed py
a breaking down Of the wall against
immigration.
prohibition and upheld the governor
prohibition program as the means OF
lettering law enforcement and pro-
noting temperance. He declared him"
self a most ardent advocate OF temper
ance and declared building OF character
rather than removal of temptation
should be the method used to attain
There are few people more inter-
ested irS the restoration Of temperate
life to our country than Mrs. Raskoo
and l." Mr. Raskob said. I'VE are the
parents Of IL living children, none OF
whom dsink intoxicants and none OF
whom smoke. This result has been
Accomplished through education and
teaching, not by prohibition and force.
We beliege the way to build character
in children is not through keeping all
temptation from them, but through
teaching sthem how to handle them
selves in. temptations and teaching
them than in drong-doing they are not
only unfair to their fellow-beingS, but
they are untrue to their God and to
themselves-all Of which can only re-
suit in t,reat unhappinesS for every one:
This sort of teaching is teaching OF
love-and It Is the kind of teaching our
churches should be engaged In"
Discusses wilson's Policy.
Against. violent Republican opposi-
prosperity, sand to general industrial
apprehension, the Wilson war labor
policy produced a fiat upward and
marked revision in all labor rates. The
paw roll shot up 100 per cent between
l9l6 and 1920. Almost Immediately
industry opened its eyes. The high
wage gave labor opportunity to pur-
chase things rover dreamed OF before
and started tor wheels of industry
turning as they had never turned be-
fore. This economic policy established
by. Woodrow Wilson Is the principal
cause of postwar good times. This in
The discovery Of the principle was the
Democratic contribution to postwar
prosperity. 1t is the most important
single boost ever received by American
00 sThs Republican party does not rec
ognize this prtAciple even today. The
negative and obstructive Republican at
titude toward agriculture Is an exact
parallel of its .former attitude toward
labor.
"The Republicans believe that pros
perity resides Ii concentration OF the
beneflt of political action on particular
economic groups or particular geograph-
ical areas, even TO the exploitation and
depression of Others. The Democrats
believe that prosperity lies in main
tanning equality sof benefits and thus
broadly increasing the consuming power
of our whole don1esti market. This is
the only sound economic principle for
an integral domestic market Of 49,
Mr.. RasEob said that during the war
years more billions Of dollars In expen-
ditures were handed by the Democrats
than had been hsndled by all preced-
the Republican administrations COM
hined without pec0lation, fraud or pri-
vate exploitation.
1.-THE return Of the Republicans open
ed with one of the most shameful Incl
dents In our political history" he said.
Special interests which for eight years
had been excluded, from the Capital
moved toward 1t ins solid ranks. They
came and. as usual, conquered"
Uphold Smith on Tariff.
Gov. Smiths tariff doctrine, he said,
has thrown the Republican party into
panic and they noN tell you that the
Democratic party wiz not support Gov.
Smith in that policy.l Well. here is the
"Over three-quartegs Of the Demo-
cratic members and candidates for Con-
gress, both Senate and House, have
| signed the following declaration of
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