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Show It is Time for Business Nen to Act More of Them Are Needed In Politics To Rescue Business From the Free Trade Slough Merchants have, In tho past, been too prone to leave political matters to the professional politicians. It 1b highly dcBlrnblo that they at onco begin be-gin to take a larger sharo in national nation-al affairs. Tho American Protective Tariff League Is correct when it points out thnt it is in tho power nnd certainly within tho rights of American Amer-ican buslnes men to exert a potential Influence In American politics. Tho I.caguo Is urging a larger partlclpa- J Hon In political nffars by business men and Tho Times Is glad to do all It can to second Tho I.engucs efforts In this direction. More business men In politics nro needed for tho congressional, con-gressional, Stnto and presidential campaigns of 1011 and 1010 if tho public business Is to bo conducted with intelligent and Enno regard for 1 tho business needs of tho country nnd tho prosperity of tho people at large, j Tho business men nro tho back-, bono ot every olty Mid state. Without! them no community can stand up. It Is highly important, therefore, that H they attach themselves to the real H part) of iirogri'fs, to tho party which, H in ti s crlLia, can be relied upon to H resvite business frotu the slim;! Into which it has been tl.ro? n by thu H Democrats. Tho nirty of rettljifo' giess and upon which rrtianee oftTi fl b placed Is the llepub lean party; Short as has Ix-on the time Blnoti the Democnts ollmbod Into olllco on H the shoulders of the traitorous llooso H elt, It Imrt been long unougji to In- H Jure business. Already we lmvc-tha army of the unemployed, wo have failures, railroads going Into recclv- H ers' l'n, ills and nil the usual depress- i ed conditions which accompany Oeiu- H ocrntlc rulo In tho United States. Tho workiugman'u dinner pall Ih H ' growing smaller and Btnallcr. For- olgn mnnutacturers arc fnttcnlng at the expense of American Industries. H The Democratic tariff has been given B a fair trial and has been found as H much wanting as tho Democratic for- H clgn policy, which hns made this country the butt of tho nations. H |
