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STABILITY WH * ffyl MSAsSgtw ?4 Itc?: -r tj RcsJIsed Until Country is 51 W HH Genuine Ta..* Rsfor (LOwet A. FUeae kl pr%*:<' rc *as A Son. B?eto? vi \ retail dry focxL He Is a former pr* Ahe I' mh?r of comm?rc> \hmr ' hs Nati nal Council of Comi <9?0<>'u; tvc 'eraMon. National S eKr lo**ue. < eland chamber of pas lad n n t ir of i scors of rsA ? , -.. ? ons; te ths aut teas, civic, lttb Rfc) twm Merchants and BtntMM Mi of the l John Wi. m PPOgl to ?ft* New Yerfc H. ild o! t>*i 4**11 for n contlnen * ta tb of Mr. Tn. ?. shams and go g| I eon a try, has no a gsgtons attention. It hs nan that those of up toils is Mr. Wanamak i aalataken should make k I attlons and the reasons I snailf that the buslneaa of th< wOl be beet served by the I jtlon of Governor Wilson to the presidency. There Is every n ason to believe that are are on the eve of abundant pros parity, and In my opinion one thing likely to prevent the setting In of WLmii a period woulJ be the re-election of President Taft and the one thing that would make prosperity moat car Cain would be the ilection of Governor WQaon. This opinion la baaed upon any belief that tor the business world earthing else Is so Important as sta : jfcfcbillty Is Impossible with Mr. Taft as president; there has been no feeling of stability during his administration. It la not that the president Is a dts of conditions or that hs Is not sufficiently careful of the, business in Ingests of the country- Tne absence ?* any feeling of stability during the ?/nit administration has been and Is #me tn a widespread belief that there gre cert sin reforms which the great testy of people want and that ths gen ami fearing of unrest will not maujrt tjtty lessen until these reforms are ac sgmpMshed. President Tsft's re-election would ? nol crests any feeling of ggsssjgj:? JBSU there would be s BAtlsfaorr, B> jgtton of the tariff question liy n is lefactpry m httloii i rn^a i * rernovu] of U*^ ..... w? ? I ? \fc ? r. ;> apart from u n veto < f 'ar tsT legislation th. -n . ? hstf thai - ggwsldciit signed the Paym- AMrl. ?. .nnrtff and )?trr tester if] tlsal wgs tu? if*m%, ta*ltf liiii ever writ sg has made It Impossible for the public to have any considerable confidence that they may si pect real relief from Roosevelt's Record. Upon this matter Mr Roosevelt's > record Is not much better then that of Mr. Taft, nor Is his present Posi? tion on the tariff much more promts Ing tbsu that of the president. The agitation for reform began while Pros? it McKinley was still In office and then reached such proportions the country in general approved of the advanced position McKinley took In bis Buffalo speech. It in cressi d steadily during the seven and < a half years In which Roosevelt was president, hot he made no attempt to give the people sny relief from tariff exactions. He does not now offer any de Unite tariff program. These things , me to believe thst his election \ like the re-election of Taft, would in four years more of tariff aglta With Wllaou elected one may rea ibly eipect a satlsfsctory solution of the tariff question. His expres? sions on this matter sbow s full con? ception of the country wide demand for tariff reform, s thorough knowl- | edge of the ways In which tariff laws are made and a determination to se eore an promptly u? possible the much needed legislation At the same time Governor Wilson has Hhown that he recognises ss a fact the Intimate re? lation ggggg tariff has been made to have to the utructure of business In this country and that be would keep this fact in mind in handling tariff legislation Ooveroor Wilsons election would mean u?<l would be taken by the soontry st Urge to mean that we wocld have very early In his adtnln tstrstion s revision of the tariff which would give the country the relief it is demanding and which st the same tlroe would be made carefully and with i view to preventing business disturbance t'ntll this Is done, or at least until BAOJBU7J hp 1^ sure that It Is to be th*re cannot be that stability which Is so necesMary to the fullest grveiopro nt of an ers of pronperlty. Truth About Prosperity. i gftslnlj Ihn facts do not warrant Sir Vs an?m*kcr * BOSSStUSeOS that a Itepuhlirai admlnlHtration lOBOrOg prosperity and that the periods of trade d?'prenHlon whlek the country has seen fron. Moo |g ttn.o have bOOB sue la DssBoerntle birirr wvisloo Mr Wsnamaker I Bgplm\ Is based tsssjstj as the taeorj thai Pagan rrs'o tariff revision *an respoie ntbb- tor ?h? hard It BASS of j !v f~.ee Sf ?h? fnetH no an foodrow Wilson's Message Sea Girt, 19. J., Oct. 19, 1912, To the Voters of Airerloa: 1 aa glad to have an opportunity to state very ? Imply bud directly vhy I aa seeking to be ?loot? ed President of the United States. I feel very deeply that this Is not an ambition a man should entert Un for hia own aalte. He must seek to serve a oause, and must know very clearly what oauae it is ha la seeking to serve. The oauss I am enlisted la lies very plain to my cwn view: The Government of the United States, aa now bound by the policies which havo become oharactsrlstio of Republican administra? tion in recent years,, is not free to serve the whole people impartially, and it ought to be Bet free. It has been tied up, whether deliberately or merely by unintentional development, with particular interests, which have used their pow? er, both to control the government and to con? trol the industrial development of the country. It must be freed from such entanglements nnd al? liances. Until it is freed, it cannot serve the people es a whole. Until it is freed, it onnnot undertake any programme of social and economlo betterment, but must be ohecked and thwarted at ?very turn by its patrons and masters.' In practically every speech that I make, I put ot the front of what I have to say the ques? tion of the tariff end the question of the trusts, but not beoauae of any thought of party strategy, bsoause I believe the solution of these ques? tions to lie at the very heart of the bigger 'question, whether the government shall be free or not. The government is not free because it has granted special favors to particular olasses by msans of the tariff. The men to whom these apeolal favors have been granted havo formed great combinations by vhioh to control enter* prise and determine the prioes of commodities. They could not have done this had it not bean for the tariff. No party, therefore, vhioh doss not propose to taxs away these special favors and prevent monopoly absolutely in ths markets qf the country sees even so much as the most elementary part of ths method by vhioh the government is to be set free. The control to vhioh tariff legislation has led, both in the field of polltios and in the field of business, is what has produced the most odious feature of our present political situa? tion, namely, the absolute domination of power? ful bosses. Bosses oannot exist without busi? ness alllanoes. With theo polltios Is hardly distinguishable from business. Bosses maintain their oontrol because they are allied with men vho vlsh their assistance in order to get con? tracts,, in order to obtain spsoial legislative advantages, in order to prevent jeforme which will interfere Vith monopoly er with their en? joyment of ?peolal exemptions. Merely as polit? ical leaders, not booked by money, not supported by'securely Intrenched special Interests, bosses would be entirely manageable and comparatively power lees. By free ins the government, there? fore, vs at tha same time break the power of the boas. He trades, he does not govern. He ar? ranges, he does not lead. He sets the stage for ?hat the people are to do j ha does not eot as thsir agent or servant, but an their director. For hin the real business of politics is done under cover. The same means that will act ths government free from the Influences which nov constantly to the American People oontrol it would set industry free. Tl.e enter? prise and initiative of all Americans would bs substituted for the enterprise and initiative of a small group of them. Ejonomic democracy would take the place of monopoly and selfish management. American industry would have a nev buoyancy of hope, a new energy, a new variety* With the restoration of freedom would come the restoration of opportunity. Moreover, an administration would at last be set up in Washington, and a legislative regime, under which real programmes of social better? ment could be undertaken as they cannot now. The government might be serviceable for many things. It might assist in a hundred ways to safeguard the lives and the health and promote the comfort and the happiness of the people ; but it can do these*things only if its actions be distinterested, only if they respond to publio opinion, only if those who lead government see the country as a whole, feel a deep thrill of intimate sympathy with every cldss and every in? terest in it, know how to hold an even hand and listen to men of every sort and quality and origin, in taking counsel what is to*be done. Interest must not fight against interest. There must be a common understanding and a free ac? tion all together. The reason that I feel Justified in appeal? ing to the voters of this country to support the Democratic party at thi3 critical Juncture in its affairs is that the leaders of neither of the other parties propose to attack the problem of a free government at its heart. Neither pro? poses to make a fuhdamental change in the policy of the government with regard to tariff duties* It is with both of them in respect of the tariff merely a question of more or les3, merely a ques? tion of lopping off a little here and amending a little there; vhile with the Democrats it is a question of principle. Their object is to out every apeolal favor out, and cut it out Just as fast as it can be out out without upsetting the business processes of tho country. Neither does either of the other parties propose seriously te disturb the Bupremaoy of the trusts. Their only remedy is to aooept the trusts and regulate them, notwithstanding the fact that most of ths trusts are so constructed as to insure high prioes, because they are not based upon effici? ency but upon monopoly. Their success lies in control. The competition of more effioient com? petitors, not loaded down by the debts created when the combinations vere made, vould embarrass end conquer them. Th8 Trusts vant the protest ion of the government,.and are likely to get it if either the Republican or the so-called 1 'Progres? ses' 1 party prevails. Surely this la.a cause. Surely ths questions of the pending election, looked at from this point of viev, rise into a cause. They are not merely the debates of a casual party oontest. They are the issues of life and death to a na? tion which must bs free in order to be strong. What will patriotic men do? i tbortty, bvwevef tiaUM>ot, tai. reason? ably ask that as icoepl the theory. Now iggori .r l (a I ie panic which was coiuiD'M.iy known as that of ISN might vc property h;ive been i - r.o?u mm that of 1800 or 1891, because vas under the McKinley tariff bill, j Ich became a law on Oct. 6, 1890. t the first signs of this disturbance ! , .wared. )l Nov. 17, 1890, Barker Bros., bankers, of Philadelphia, suspended with liabilities of $5,000,000, and the { clearing houses of both New York and Boston voted their certificates to banks In need of assistance. There wem other big suspensions and fail? ures In this year and the next In 1892, while the country was still under the Republican administration and a Republican tariff law, strike aft- ' er strike broke out as a result of the . worklngmen's attempt to resist reduc? tions in wages, and these strikes cul- ! mlnsted in the great Homestead strike and riot. In other words, the panic of 1893 was well under way , when Cleveland came into office Under the same tariff law in 1893 there were more than 15,000 failures In the United .States, involving losses amounting to $34C.O<)0.000. On the other hand, after the Dem- | ocratlc revision bad gone Into effect In j 1894 the number of failures fell to j 1S.0O0, and the amount involved fell I to $173.000.000, or less than half. In 1895 the number of failures was near? ly 1,000 less, and the amount Involved remained about half. There wore more failures than this In 1911 under Taft (18.441). Mr. Wann maker Is silent regarding the Republlean panics of 1873 and 1907. In view of the facts, then, is Mr Wanamaker Justified in his appeal? IX) not the facts prove quite the op? posite of his contention? There Is another matter, In my opln Ion very Important, for us as business men to ke*?p in mind, and that is the bearing of the cmnlng election upon the development of a better basis o' credit. The Republican tariff and Re publban policies h?v?? fostered gres' concentrations of capital In monopo lies and trusts 1'pon this great question also Oov ernor Wilson Is entitled to our sup port. Mr. Roosevelt favor* Uih recog? nition of monopolies gg Inevitable, and this Is logical, as ho favors a con trotted oontinnatior. of the conditions under which th??y have developed Mr Taft is against monopoly, but he 1h for a continuation of th?? laws whieh have brought them Into being Oovornnr Wilson, alons of thi sendldatee, has tak^-n a ronslHtent position for the pieesifatlOB Of ths Individual In tho business world, he stone of th?? oendl datas If pledged to legislation which win previ tit such "nanetal eonfeder nolei as now oontrol the buslneas and eredli ol the nation Therefore, feeing oonvinoed thai pros perlt) noa ewatta onlj stable run dltlons and a proper basis of credit, ! am firmly of the opinion thai we, as 'boslneee men. should work and rots for Governor Wilson I *;i>\\ Alt!) A riLENK YOUR GROCER BILL AND YOUR BALLOT: It Costs S5.50 For Week's Nec? essaries; $4 In 1904. The housekeeper and th wage earn? er can eee at a glance from these fig urea what the "high cost of living" means under a monopoly tariff: ACTUAL RETAIL GROCERY PRICES. BEING THE AVKRAGE PAID IN NEW YORK. JERSEY CITY AND NEARRY CITIES IN 1?04 AND NOW: nil 11 l?r P 2=3-5 : p B . ! 2 c < 9 1904. 1912. I 1912 liutttr .2*c 37c 2 Iba. 80.54 $0.74 Ijird .12o 15c Hlb. .00 .OS offee .17c 3<)c 1V4j Iba. .25 .45 Tea .(tic 5oe 1 lb. .50 .50 Ekk-h .2!>c 50c 8 doa. .87 1.5<> Su*ar .06?4c 06V?c 6 lbs. .2S .2.S ?hee-.?e .14c 20c 1 lb. .14 .2? l'ruiiv? .f*c 12c 1 lb. .OS 12 Floui .(flVvc "T^c 7 11)8. .24 .2? f'otatrxM ...."VV 860 1 pk. .SO .35 ^r.dnah .10c lie 1 lb. .10 .14 Milk .08c 11c 8 Qta. .64 .88 84.00 85.50 11904 figures from United States bureau or labor. 1912 quotations from Averaging current prices of a score of retail stores. 1 Can Btrict oconomy reuuoe the quan? tity of theee staple articles required for a family of five who wi?h to main tain the boasted "American standard of living?" \jpt the high protection? ists try to do with less if they will. Hut let them rellect that it la cost? ing them $1.50 a week more than It did eight years ago for $4 worth of rw'cessarles for the table?37Mr P?r cent increaae in the span of two pres? idential terms of Republican "proaper lty.H Have YOUR wages, Mr. Voter, kept pace with this advance? Do YOU soe any reason for paying a tariff tax of 3T> per cent on egga or 2.1 per cent on bexif or G3 per cent on sugar? Pood food alone?coats the aver? age family now 42Ms per cent of the total family Bgpenns. The average coat of food per family In the United States Iuih risen aa fol? lows: 19<v> .8814 foot . :<47 19T2 . 4S5 President Tuft vetoed bills reducing the tariff on all such necessaries of Ufa. A rots for Wood row Wilson la a vote to injure an hones! revision of the tariff and a reduction ??f your gro? cer bills The whole business of politics is tr brhiK classei together upon ;i com mo i platform <?f accommodation and com mon Interest Wood row Wilson YOUR SPOKESMAN, NOT YOUR MASTER. Here are the closing words of Wood row Wilson's address which brought to their feet the great audience in Carnegie hall. New York, on the night of Oc? tober 19: It Is not merely a matter of candidates I should b? abashed if I supposed that it was a mat? ter of the wisdom or the discre? tion of individuals. I do not be? lieve In government that de? pends upon the ability and dis? cretion of a few Individuals. (Applause.l If I am fit to ho a president it Is only because I understand you. [Applause ] And if I do not understand you I am not fit. If I am not expressing in this speech tonight the aspirations uimj the convictions of the men who sit before me I beg that & they will not vote for me. I IX) ? '? NOT WISH TO BE THEIR & MASTER; I WISH TO BE 4' THEIR SPOKESMAN. '?? I rejoice to sav that as I wait* <*> ed for your grarlous applause to 4* cease I realized that in that sen w tence I summed my whole phl ??> losophy and my whole desire <i> # I thank you for your attention. [from the New York Times. Ort. 23 1 NOT ELIGIBLE. Gov. Wilson has not joined the Knights of Columbus. Gov. Wlleon will not join the Knights of Columbus, Even If he wished to join that organi? zation ho could not He is not eligible. We say this for the information ?Jid comfort of Thomar. E. Watson, of At? lanta. Ga. In its iB.-ue of Oct. 13 the Times said that Gov. Wilson joined the New York chapter of the Knights of Columbus at dli icr in celebration of Columbia day on Saturday eve? ning. Joining the Knights at a dinner commemorating the discovery of America is not exactly tho same thing as entering the membership of the organization. If Mr. Watson of Atlanta, being invUed to dine at a friend's house, should linger with the gentlemen at the dinner table for cigars and conversation, he might thereafter Join the ladles, but that ! would not make him one of them. ' Yet Mr. Watson, totally misunder i standing and misinterpreting the re? port of the Columbus day dinner, per , mitted himself to he scared quite out of his wits at the notion that Uov. Wilson had become u Knight of Co? lumbus, with all that that lmp?les, and he thereupon made the Important announcement that hecould no longer support the governor*! candidacy. We hope he will be reassured, be calmed, soothed and quieted When he learns that his worst fe;ir? cannot be real? ized We suppose that It 1h only In wholly pagan countries that political campaign! are fr??' from fhrn?' tittle Incidents Nothing is more unfortunate, i oth inK Is im>r?' unwarranted lhan to thins of politics a1- a contest <<t classed as made up ??f Interests In competition with oue nnothi r and In h?>t opposition to one snotlt t Wi < drov Wilson "I Wonder Why? Don't you ever hear people say thai when rhny are constantly reminded that they can't afford tin.-- <>r that !!<? ceaalty? Nino times out of ten the r? 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