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JAGE FOUR THE GAZETTB-TIME9. HEPPNER, ORE., THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 19H 4 ; A AAA 4 t t tt tt A A. v v t : t t : t t TV Vv l4 t tt tt ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft it ft ft t ff ft ff ft ff ft ff ft ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ft ft tt tt ft .vt ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ft ft ff ff ff ff ff ff ff t t tt ff ff ft ff ft ff ff Reasons Why You Should Vote For Hughes and Fairbrnks Nov. 7 READ WHAT OTHERS THIKK OF CONDITIONS (By Congressman Rodenberg of Illinois.) Four years ago our Democratic friends made certain direct and specific promises to the wage earners of this country. They promised the men who work in the mills, in the mines, in the factories, and on the farms the men who earn their bread in the sweat of their brows that If they were successful in wresting control of the Gov ernment from the Republican Party they would place upon the statute books certain economic laws which would bring increas ed prosperity to every American home and to every American fireside. Has that prom ise been kept? Has the Underwood Demo cratic tariff law proven a benefit or an in jury to the wage earner, Has it increased or decreased his opportunities for employ ment? Has it directly or indirectly been the means of establishing a single new in dustry in any State in this Union? Has it created a market anywhere within the con fines of the Republic for the only commod ity that the workingman has to sell, name ly, his labor? No; no a "thousand times, no! From the day that the Underwood tar iff law went into effect on October 19, 1913 until the spring of 1915, when we first be gan to feel the stimulating effect of the tremendous orders for European war sup plies, complete industrial paralysis rested like a blight upon every part of our com mon country. Starvation and stagnation confronted us on all sides. The mines quit working, the mills and factories closed their doors, and across their silent and smokeless chimneys was written tnn epi taph, "Died of an overdose of the Under wood bill." Applause on the Republican bide. A half million men in New York alone were compelled to patronize the bread line, and 200,000 in the city of Chicago daily visits to that one institution that al ways springs into existence under a Demo cratic administration, the free soup house. Every railroad sidetrack In this country was filled with long strings of empty freight cars, and the rabbits built their nests and bred their young in the weeds that covered the roadbeds. Our imports from abroad Increased by leaps and bounds, and there was as much joy and rejoicing among the manufacturers of Europe as there was gloom and despair among the manufacturers of America. Our custom revenues fell off, wages were cut, dividends were passed, bank clearings de creased, credit was destroyed, and failurs became the order of the day. Compared with the last year of a Republican admin istration the gross earnings of the rail roads alone fell off more than 4 per cent in the first year of the Wilson admin istration, and Iron productions decreased more than 25 per cent. The steel mills of this country were reduced to 40 per cent of their normal capacity, two-fifths of all the looms In our woolen mills were Idle, and $40,000,000 of capital Invested in cot ton mills became unproductive, while the importation of cotton cloth from abroad almost doubled in quantity, ad FMBAIK A vote for Hughes is a vote for per manent prosperity; A vote for Hughes will make the name "American Citizen" something to be revered instead of an idle euphonism The United States is approaching the great est Industrial crisis in its history What will the laboring man do after the war? Will he be forced to compete with' the cheap la bor of Europe or will he be protected from for eign competition? A Vote For Hughes Dl Means i For the Laborer; For Our 'Produce; For Our Industries Read what great newspapers and prominent peo ple nave to say on this vital question. ONLY HUGHES "Industrial Preparedness" can save na tion from depression, is asserted by Portland Telegram To prepare for the approaching industrial storm we need strong men at the head of the government. Four years more of the Democratic tariff, lack of preparation, vacillation, and section al legislation will bring disaster. Now is the time to avert it. Those who want the country to regain the high place she once held; those who want an administration strong at home and respected abroad, one fair alike to labor and capital and one which will protect American industries throughout the land, should help the Republican party to win. ' Morrow County Republican Central Committee Paid Advertisement by Morrow County Republican Central Committee. AW 11 Lh 11 WIN READ WHAT OTHERS SAY OF CONDITIONS (From the Eastern Press.) New York, Sept. 28 The total exports from the United States (or the year ending June 30, 1916, amounted to $4,333,658, 000. According to the New York Times, which is enthusiastically supporting Presi dent Wilson and which has made a careful study of the subject, three-fourths of these exports constitute war trade. That is, of the export trade of the United Statnc dur ing the year ending June 30, $3,249,000, 000 was due solely to the European war. What does that mean? It means that the amount received from Hie war trade would be more 1'ian suffi cient to pay 3,000,000 workmen $3.50 a day for an entire year of 312 days. What is to become then, of at least 3,000,000 American workmen when the end of this war cuts off this trade? Actually, a far greater number of workmen will be affect ed, because, of course, the sum received for war supplies was divided between ma terial and labor, with a percentage of prof it to the employer. It is a reasonable as sumption in view of the character of the war exports that labor did not receive more than half of the sum paid to the United States for war supplies. Of course, some workmen received much more than $3.60 per day. Others received less, but allow ing for these variations and for the share which went for material, rent of buildings, interest on plant, wear and tear of ma chinery and employers' profit, it is a- per fectly reasonable assumption that not less than 5,000,000 workmen were paid their entire wages out of the receipts for war materials. Does it take a college professor or even a politician to figure out that the greatest need of this country today is industrial preparedness; that if this nation falls to take steps now to protect itself against the terrific slump in its export trade when the war ends, it will experience a period of unemployment, soup kitchens, bread lines and all the suffering and privation which come when literally millions of men are thrown out of employment and must walk the streets seeking opportunities to ex change their labor for bread? The ques tion which the intelligent voters of this country will ask themselves is "Are we for continued watchful waiting, or for indus trial preparedness?" Among the war exports were $173,000, 000 for gunpowder; $3,900,000 for dyna mite and $252,000,000 for other explos Ives; $18,000,000 for fire arms; $37,000, 000 for cartridges; $7,000,000 for aero planes; $24,000,000 for barbed wire, used in making defenses; nearly $100,000,000 for horses and mules; $138,000,000 for automobiles and parts thereof. Of course the Instant that peace is In sight the de mand for all these things must cease. In fact, many of the contracts already award ed to American manufacturers contain a clause permitting cancellation at any time the war shall end. . t tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt 'tt tt tv tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tr if tt tt tt tt Vr tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt vvvvvvvvvvvv vv
