The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-11-03
AN EDITORIAL
For the sake of experimenting with change in the admins
ton of national affairs
CAN WE AFFORD TO WASTE A YEAR?

ton Of national affairs
CAN WE AFFORD TO WASTE A YEAR?
The of the Maine Immediately resulted
loss through lowered commodity prices of $000000 to the
farmers of the United States. similar reaction the stock
Exchange cost the security owners of the country
That only symptomatc OF what would happen November
the country determined to change political leaders at time
when the economic depression had spent itself and unmistakab
signs of recovery the horizon
Roosevelt has declared that the protective
tariff is CHASTITY fraud he what he says his state
ment only oreshadow prompt revision OF the tariff 1t does
not require long to recall what ALWAYS has happened
business and employment when revision of the tariff
deaken 1t is INEVITABLE that under such conditions
form of business affected by the policy of protection
should curta to the utmost until knows definitely what the
future tariff policy going to be- No human reaction could be
predicted with greater assurance than this.
With the money panic phase of the depression past and
banks reopenng than closing with the evil of
ing stopped the outflow of gold transformed to inflow of the
precious metal with bank deposits going instead of down. with
the price of all sound securities increasing and commodity prices
slow upward trend there remain two chief obectves be
attained the struggle back prosperity The first of these
unemployment of the idle by industry and the second is the
toraton of prosperity Although
medatey and tremendously affected by the accomplishment of
the first of these two purposes the farm problem less directly
affected by tariff revision than industry and the and
employed by industry.
ohal the millions of and out of work and
suffering prvaons because lack income be compelled
wait another twelve months while the country experiments
with leader who thus has shown neither adequate
understanding of the magnitude of the problems to be met
anything that remotely approaches for meeting hem
That the question which both the leaders in industry and
business and those employed seeking employment by business
and industry ask themselves The policies of Hoover
administration signed to meet the present crisis
Most of them have been given effect legislation
operation There not the slightest vestg of doubt in the
mind of to what the Hoover admnsra
ton if retained in power will do with regard
industry No safely predict what the opposition will
given We do know although the election is only
weeks off, that Governor Roosevelt has yet
gram of economic recovery.
We do know that under the leadership of there
proposed the bill which would have cost
immediate cash $20000O00 We do know that
to put huge pobarrel BILL also requiring billions
lars of additional taxes We do know that every fantastic project
which attempted imitation of the currency cheapenng of the
dollar had the support of majority of Gamers followers that
branch of Congress which the last session controlled by
Mr.. Garner
Under such circumstances how any thoughtful
woman fail to recognize that change the political
nomc leadership this fall would than years post
ponement of the return normal conditions business
ployment?