Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-27 | Page 39 | What of the Reaction?

What of the Reaction o XE wonders what hat precautions the President is taking or 01 men means neais lS to take to emerge with time the minimum 0 01 of damage from the thc inevitable violent reaction reaction re re- re- re action against ng his party in the 1914 e ejections No Xo degree of preparation can enn evade it history furnishes proof conclusive e that an nn abrupt change in ill adminis adminis- c policies is always followed b by br a n rebuff from the tho people at the first opportunity and the logic oJ of the time present situation points unerringly to time the usua usual political re reversal Even E assuming the thc economic policies the President is instituting to be Le certain oi of eventual and ultimate surpassing benefit to time the people the tile twilight zone between n arti artificially i prosperity and Mr Wilsons Wilson's vaunted a freedom to thrive b by the law Jaw of nature will be a veritable valley of the shadow for tho the people until the tho readjustment readjustment re re- re- re adjustment process procesa is completed By means of the protective e tariff American prosperity pros pros- has hns been artificially stimulated says Mr rr Wilson Vilson th the American manufacturer has been artificially artificially arti protected from foreign competition nn and the American workingman from the same annie menace A I great grent industrial system has been its foundation foundation foun foun- foundation dation is largely artificial because cost of product production production t tion on has been enhanced by tile the artificial means that defended time tIle American wage X Nature Mature has not been permitted to take her course in iii America the tile protective s system stem has shielded employer and employee alike from front a n dc descent cent to European conditions condition and has created a standard of living to which all have hare now become accustomed President Wilson and his party mean to remove remon those artificial aids we arc nrc to thrive c by the law of nature in the future A drastic change is h isto to be bc made macIc in ill our industrial methods the economic Stimulant to which we have e become accustomed i ito is isto isto to be suddenly withdrawn and nn-d our commercial system will cry in vain yain for its customary stimulant Can it be doubted doubled that this readjustment period during which American business must learn to forego its artificial exhilaration will the throes of the thc habitual user of stimulants who finds himself without them Is there thero any my doubt douht that the American American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean people will wm turn and rend rend tIle the political party that thatis is applying such heroic remedies The law la of averages a cannot bo he suspended Tho The President and his party cannot cannet escape the thc reaction that will remorselessly overwhelm them