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Show oo TAFT STILL Says Country Will Vote For Him and Continued Contin-ued Prosperity Dalton, Mass., Oct. 7 President and Mrs. Taft and their guest, MisB Mabel Boardman. spent a quiet Sunday Sun-day hero with Senator Crane. Tho second day of their six-day automobile automo-bile trip through Massachusetts, Vermont Ver-mont and New Hampshire was In marked contrast to tho first. In tho morning the presidential party attended at-tended church in Dalton and late In tho afternoon motored to Senator Crane's piace, seven miles away. Early today the presidential party will strike northward Into Vermont. President Taft last night summed up the political situation in a statement In whinh h& said- "I have every reason to be satisfied with political conditions. I have been simply overwhelmed for days past with letters and newspaper clippings showing the trend of the tide toward the Republican party, its platform and Its candidates. I have been especially especial-ly gratified by the news from the northwestern states. Chairman Hilles of the Republican national committee who has been vjsltlng the northwest tells me that reports from all parts of those states bring most gratifying evidence evi-dence of Republican confidence and activity with earnest determination to achieve the success of Republican principles aud candidates. "The population of the northwest Is not surpassed anywhoro In Intelligence Intelli-gence and thrift and attachment to American Institutions. The farmers of that part of the union were never so prosperous, and they do not mean to risk the loss of their prosperity by abandoning the .Republican party whose policies have enabled them to prosper. They ore convinced that the third term candidate Is no longer In tho runnlug, and that the choice Ib between the Republican platform and candidates on the one hand, and on thp other hand, the Democratic platform with its plank of a tariff fqr revenue only; and Its candidate, Governor Gov-ernor Wilson, who said In an address at Williams Grove, Pa., that the farmer far-mer does not need protection. Unneccocary to Explain. It is unnecessary to explain to the farmer, wost, east, north or on tho Pacific slope, what Governor Wilson's very frank declaration would mean, with Mr Wilson in the White House and a Democratic majority in the enp-itol. "The principal reason exlstln? for prosperity Is the assurance that undor the Republican policy of home protection protec-tion and trade expenslon, American Industry, while reaching for foreigu markets is not In danger of losing the home market. While our foreign trado 1b growing more rapidly than at any time in our history, domestic commerce com-merce Is making advances fully as remarkable. re-markable. Our population Is increasing, increas-ing, tho demand for tho necessaries of HfQ is increasing proportionately, and thanks to active busincsB and good wa?os, tho people are able to pay for what they want and to keep our Industries In-dustries busy supplying their wants. "There Is no serious danger, I believe- to our institutions from industrial indus-trial agitations. So long as such agitation agi-tation keeps within the legal bounds It is not without .wholesome significance signifi-cance and may tend to Improve conditions. con-ditions. When it passes beyond tho legal limit, whether those self outlawed out-lawed aro connecfed with capital or with labor, it Is a menace to be dealt with by lawful authority. By Peaceful Means. "Notwithstanding occasional out- I breaks of violonco In labor disputes thoro is a growing tendency to Eet-tle Eet-tle dltforencoa by peaceful moans, and thero Is undoubtedly manifest a much more friendly and humano attitude on the part of employers to employes than was apparent not many ycar3 aso. The golden rule 1b getting to bo moro and more r guide Jo bnehieas as well aa In roligion. Social and economic eco-nomic conditions are growing bettor, not worso and Republican policies fostering and stimulating national prosperity, undoubtedly tend toward this betterraont. " "For the man or tho community enjoying en-joying robust health, quack remedies havo little attraction, no matter how vociferously recommended ns enro-alls enro-alls for the body politic Tho law of supply und domand along with labor organizations and artibtratlon, bucIj legislation as may properly bo enacted governing hours of labor and rates of compensation In the public service, thoreby giving an oxaraple for privato omployers ore adequate to deal with tho wage question. "A general minimum wo would have a tendency to bring down the maximum to the minimum. Labor organizations or-ganizations are well aware of this resnlt, where an arrangement to that effect has been entered Into with employers em-ployers However, as I have 3ald, the American pooplo are in no need of quack nostrums, and to llfiton to their vendors. Is World-Wide. "Whoro tho higher cost of living, as I havo said before, Is world-wldo. The aim of the Republican party Is to joe that American workors are enabled lo moot the cost of living by keeping employed at good wagos. It Is a simple sim-ple purpose and as direct and practical as It Is simple, and does not need a volume of rhetoric to explain or get around It. While the cost of living as far as' most of the neceBserles of life are concerned Is not eo high hero as In Europe the wage earner here is getting from more than double to six and seven sev-en time the wages paid In Europe and is In that proportion better able to meet any Increase in tho cost of living. liv-ing. "I propose in dealing with, the trust question to keep the great combinations combina-tions of capital within exactly the same control as In city and cross roads grocery that pays a federal license li-cense for selling cigars. 1 meant that both shall obey the law. Thai's all. Simple Ib it not? "The Sherman law has been nnd will continue to be enforced against all violators, however rich and powerful power-ful they may be I havo recommended national incorporation, without infringing in-fringing on the right of the states to tax corporate property, but such Incorporation In-corporation would not suspend or nullify nul-lify In any degree the Sherman law or any other law against monopoly in restraint re-straint of trade I am utterly opposod to the proposal to have an Interstate trade commission, fixing prices and otheiwlse exercising control over business bus-iness affairs. Such a contral because not siiided by law. but by personal discretion, would he both despotic and socialistic and no reader of history needs to be told that the two terms have a. very close relation. marines In Nicaragua. "Referring to intei national questions ques-tions I think that every one will agree that the American marines In Nicaragua Nica-ragua havo conducted themselves In a manner worthy of their flag and tho.r uniform. That story about sharing the rations with the starving women and children might be expected nun auch a fine body of men. It omphn-sizes omphn-sizes the timeliness of the existence given by the request and with the consent con-sent of the government of Nicaragua, 'n puttin? an end to conditions shocking humanity. 'Mexico seems to be emerging from its troubles, which have probably 'ot been an bad as reported. This government gov-ernment has been careful to respect international obligations in dealing with the questions that have arisen In connection with the disorders that havo afflicted our southern neighbor, and I have hope and confidence that the patriotic spirit of the Mexican peo-p'e peo-p'e will lead to complete restoration of the Internal peace and harmony essential es-sential to their national welfare " |