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TAFT DEFENDS
HIS P(W
t
His Trust Attitude Firm, Con
sistent and Effective.
SCORES POLITICAL NOSTRUMS
Recall of Judges a Menace to Inde
pendence of Judiciary Declares
That Attacks on the Integrity of
His Nomination Are Baseless and
Vicious.
President Taft discusses the Issues
of the presont cumpalgn in tho "Sat
urday Evening Post." lie talccB his
stand squarely on tho issuo that with
him rested tho responsibility of main
taining the high stnndnrd set up in the
records of his party and of carrying
oil', hose policies of his predecessors
which he declares have mado good
govornniont and Republicanism syn
onymous. Tho greater part of his argument,
which is the first of three to bo writ
ton by tho chief candidates for the
presidency, is dovoted to a review of
tariff legislation during his adminis
tration nnd to tho reasons for oppos
ing tho bills set before him for a re
duction of schedules before they had
been Investigated by tho tariff board.
Ho sayB ho signed the Puyno tariff
bill because, above all, it provided tho
machinery by which alone, in his opin
ion, a just and intelligent rovision of
tho tariff could be effected; becauso it
gave tho executive power through
maximum and minimum rates to get ,
proper treatment for American prod
ucts from foreign nations; because it.
imposed a tax on corporations and
paved the way for government insight
into tholr operations; because it pro- ,
vldod a means of collecting revenue
quickly in case of emergency; because
it granted a larger measure of justice
to the Filipinos, and finally because -it
did provide for a material reduction
in tariff rates, not so much of a re- .
duction as he would have lilted to get, j
but as much as he believed it was pos
sible to obtain without the machinery
of the tariff board which the law cre
ated. Ho disapproved of tho tariff
bills Blnce passed becauce ho saw in
them a menace to the American work
man. '
Coming to those measures of his ad
ministration which have been passed
in the interests of social justice, the
president sots down first tho railway
rate bill, which he describes as the
logical development of the policy em
bodied in the Hepburn act. It gave
authority to tho interstate commerce
commission in many details that had
been lacking and added powers of
supervision over express companies,
telegraph, telephone and cable lines.
It authorIzedthe institution of investi
gations of rates before formal com
plaint had been mado the protection
of water lines from unfair competi
tion, and enacted a long and s! ort
haul clause that has proved valuable
to many communities.
President Taft asserts that his trust
policy has been firm, consistent and
effective in hplte of tho enmity of
those business interests which he
knew it would nrouso. He points out
that forty-fcur cases against trusts
wore instituted during tho 3even and
one-half years that Mr. Roosevelt was
President, while during the less than
four years of h's own administration
twenty-two civil suits and forty-five
criminal indictments have been
brought
To what ho styles tho nostrums of
the recall of judges and of judicial
opinions the President is firmly op
posed, holding them a menace to the
independence of the judiciary.
"As wo listen to the demagogic or
fatuous reformers," he says, "let us
not forgot that votes are not bread,
constitutional amendments are not
work, roferendums do not pay rent or
furnish homes, recalls do not provldo
clothing, initiatives do not supply em
ployment or relievo inequality of con
dition or opportunity. For any defi
nite plans from those who advocate
innovations which will promote equal
ity of opportunity anct ameliorate
hardships we listen In vain."
As to the Chicago convention, the
President declares that iio considera
tion of party weal or personal ambi
tion would teinpt him to stand as a
presidential candidate did ho not
know that tho attacks upon tho integ
rity 06 his nomination aro as baseless
as they are vicious.
Extract from (statement of
Mr. Roosevelt, dated Nov. 8,
1004:
"On the 4th day of March
next I shall have served three
and one-half years and this
three and one-half years consti
tutes my first term. The wise
custom which limits the Presi
dent to two terms regards the
substance and not the form. Un
der no circumstances will I be
a a candidate for or accept an
other nomination." '
"What Washington would not
take, and Grant could not get,
no man shall have."
NO EXCUSE THIS TIME
The Pas Shows That Democratic
Success and National Dlsastor Are
Inseparable.
For those who voted Into power n
Domocrntic low tnriff administration
twonty years ago there was tho ex
cuse that they had no lesson of expe
rience to warn them from tholr
course Moro than thirty years had
passed since the enactment of a mo-
tectlvo tariff, Industries v.vro flourish
j Ing, wages rising and tho treasury had
I a considerable surplus. There was n
feeling that Cleveland had not been ac
icordod a fair opportunity to prove that
j"a tariff fcr revonuo oily" would ben
efit tho country, nnd whllo tho issue
was still '.i tho balanco came a des
perato labor struggle, amounting to c
local war to inflame tho public mind
.and.ovoko a demand for some action
on tho pait of thj national govern
ment to curb tho power of largo cor
porations. Tho Sherman law, enacted
'by the Republic-n Congress, and
signed by President Harrison July 2,
1SD0 was "n force, but Its powers had
not been Invoked, and its scope had
(not boen determined by tho highest
'judicial authority. Mr. Cleveland's
supporters argued that radical rtxluc
rtion of tho tailff would restrain cor
porato greed and prove a cure-all for
economic ovils. Mr. Cleveland him
'self took substantially this ground in
his inaugural address.
The facts of history are that tho
tnriEf was reduced to a revenue basis,
the Sherman law remained dormant,
capital shrank .torn investment, is.c
lories were clc30d or ran on short
.time, business languished becauso
very few had money to buy, pr.c s
went down for tho same reason, tho
farmer could not scil his produce, and
hundreds of thousc.uds of unemployed
workers had to live on U.o sav.ugs of
former prosperity cr, if they had no
savings, on cliniliy. A large number
of the uuempio: cd f' rmed what was
known as "Coxey's : rmy" imA inErohod
on Washington to '. nir.nd relief.
Such were the cor.ditons under the
last Democratic ad.u.nlstration, and
tho people waited longingly and re
pentlngly for thai four ycar3 to piss.
Knowing that mcd.fied free trc.de had
proved a failure, t.if Democrats of
fered free silver a3 their next pa- a
cqa, but the peoplo would have none
'of it and whon li.93 cr.mo Repub lean
rule and Ropi.b"cn policies were
voted in with a wl oc-p.
Fifteen years hr.ve passed since a
protective tariff v. at. restored in 1S37.
Under Presidont T.'.ft the nation has
achieved a height of prosperity far
exceeding any In the past. Every le
gitimate industry is active, wages are
higher than over before, and the sav
ings hanks teem with thousands of
millions of dollars of the wage earn
ers' money. The Sherman act has
boen and is belns enforced agalrst
every violator, and Important legisla
tion has been enacted for the greater
protection of employees of public serv
ice corporations within the jurisdic
tion of fedcr.il authority.
With the lesson of the last Demo
cratic administration before the peo
ple a step backward in the same di
rection would have no sensible ex
cuse. When dl-aster followed in the
wake of Cleveland's second election
the plea of ignorance could be offered
for tho false step that had invited the
lean four years of mUfortuno. A sim
ilar plea ccu'd not be offered In the
future, should a majority dectd j to
make the trial cf another Democratic
administration. In view of past ex
perience ruch a change would no' ho
from a csrt' lty to an uncertainty;
it would be frrm i certainty of proa
perlty, indi'ti'al activity and Erod
times generally to a certainty of '"de
pression, Industr'al paralysis, general
reaction and pilvation. "I told you
so!" could roint with accusing and
unerring Jlnor to tho costly and pain
ful lesson of 1S93-97. whoso moral had
been set at naught, and those who had
brought about the new era of wretch
edness could offer no palliation for
tholr folly.
Happily all signs point to a continu
ance of the present fortunate condi
tions under the guldai.ee of President
Taft whoso sound, sane and Impartial
administration of affair- has made
these conditions possible. Tho Amer
ican people aro not going to make a
change simply for tho sako of chungo.
From every part of tho country comes
assurance that tho Republican party
is gaining in renewed strength every
day and will go to tho polls In No
vi'iiibor to roll up a substantial major
ity for Taft, prosperity and progress.
"We denounco the profligate waste
of tho money tnr.j from tho peoplo
by opprcbsivo taxation through the
lavish appropriations of recent Repub
lican coi'grepies, which have kept
taxes high and reduced tho purchas
ing power of the people's toil," da
elarcd tho Democracy In the Haiti
moro platform. Whereupon, that job
being out of tho way, tho Democratic
Congress prococded to pass moro ap
propriation bills, producing a net In
crease over tho last Republican Con
gress of $0,533,261.04.
Those political advisers who told
Woodrow Wilson to bring tho tariff to
tho front aro having the time of their
jives explaining tha they didn't know
it was loaded.
Press dispatches say that Candida to
sVIIeoii spent Wednesday at Princeton
revising his speeches. Revising tho
'ariff out of thorn, probably,
The spectacle of -tho third termor
hiding another candidate for mis
juotlng him possesses an element of
i. union
THfe PfiftfiYdBUHQ JOURNAL,
mimnwuii liMMMniMjirtirarr.i
C0NTENTMENT--N0T APATHY
But All Should Remember That Vigi
lance Is tho Price ef Prosperity.
It's contentment; not apnthy. Tho
masses of tho peoplo aro satlsfiod.
Tho dissatisfied aro a number, largo
In tho aggrognto, but not largo In pro
portion to tho totnl population, who
aro anxious for r. political oruptlo'.i, in
tho hopo of coming out on top, oi
higher up than thoy aro now. Tho
malcontents nro mostlyi of tho non.
productive vnrloty. Ttey includo n
lot of young fellows vho hate hard
work and think thEt politics owes
them n living, and they don't much
enro want happens provided thoy land
tho slnecuro thoy are after. Like Col
onel Sellers, thoy nro for "tho old flan
nnd an appropriation."
"Tho shallows murmur while the
deeps aro dumb." Tho peoplo aro too
busy earning money and buying and
selling tho good things of llfo to be
hunting troublo which doesn't trouble
them.
Satsflod as tho grant majority doubt
loss aro with tho administration oi
President Taft, Its splendid record ol
restored confidence, of flourishing In
'dustrles, of unprecedented growth oi
cemmerco at home and with foreign
nations, it is not to be forgotten that
vigilance is tho price of prosperity as
w 1 as of liberty, and that tho only
way to keep the jealous drones from
breaking up tho busy hive Is to pile
i.n an emphatic vote for the Republi
can candidates and the policies they
represent and thereby assure not only
a continuance of the prosperity we
now enjoy, but oven greater prosper
ity in the approaching future.
Even a Free Trade Paper 8ees the
Point!
(New York Evening Post, Oct 16.)
Any indication that campaign ap
peals to the people are based on the
assumption of a high degree of intelli
gence in tire electorate must bo wel
come to patriotic citizens, irrespective
ot party preference. It is for this rea
son that we have taken such keen
1 .eaaure in observing that one of the
front electric signs about sixty feet
high and fifty feet wide flashed out
from .the advertising tower at Broad
way and Forty-third street, reads as
follows:
"Remember the panic of 1803.
Remember the p nle of 1007.
No panic under Taft.
Better be safe than sorry."
Here we have no rhetoric, no bom
bast, no appoal to prejudice or pas
sion. Tho voter Is simply confronted
with tho controvertible fact that
during the whole three years and six
months of Mr. Taft's presidency there
has been no financial panic. He is left
to do his own thinking. Could any
thing show a moro sublime confidence
in the intelligence of the public? The
Taft managers know that a word to
tho wise Is sufficient. The voter will
say to himself: "Why has there been
no panic since 1007? Is it not custom
ary for panics to follow each other In
rapid succession? Would thore not
have been another panic In 1910 if
Roosevelt had been President, and
probably one regularly every year if
tho terrible Domoorats bad beun in
power? The man that saved us from
these calamities is surely entitled to
my vote." If Taft is tot elected after
this what encouragement vill there be
fcr the use of sound arguments in a
o. ideal campaign?
Democratic
Meeting
Towd Hall, Perrysburg, 0,
Thursday Eve,, October 24
Everybody Invited
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.FOUND RIGHT MAN AT ONCE
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Beedy and Unlikely Looking Individ
', ual Knew All About City's Street
; Railway Troubles.
. A man one came to Newton D.
Baker, mayor ot Cleveland, and said:
"My town is going to have a street
railway fight. I want to know all
about Cleveland's."
"I shall bo only too glad to tell you
all I know," Bald Mr, Baker, "but un
fortunately I bavo appointments until
one o'clock. Will you come back?"
"How can I most profitably put In
the two hours hero until that time?"
asked tho stranger.
The answer was: "Go out on tho
public square, sit down by tho most
unlikely man you can find the one
who looks most as If he didn't know
the difference between a franchise and
a double track. Ask that man to tell
you' about Clovoland'e street railway
fight, and whon you come back I will
tell you whatever you haven't been
able to learn from him."
Tho man came back at tho end of
two hours. "I noedn't keep my ap
pointment here," ho said. "I found
an old chap whoso feet were out of
his shoos, whoso elbows were out of
his shirt sleovos, and who looked as
If bo had Just sobered up for the first
timo'in a month In short, I found tho
unllkeliest looking Individual at largo.
I put one question to blm and bo start
ed right In at tho beginning and filled
In all the details and brought mo down
to date. Thero's nothing for you to
tell mo, unlosu you know what's going
to happon. lie hasn't been' let in on
that," Tho Survey,
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PERRYSBURG MARKET
Prices quoted on Wednesday oven
ing, subject to fluctuations of market.
GRAIN.
Ron Whent 1.00
White Wheat 08o
Out" , 80c
Corn, por cwt 1.10
PRODUCE
Corrected each week by ScluiBter & Son
Muuor - 23
Ejjcb 28
POULTRY,
Prices quoted by Mungor Bros.
Hoo-ters old live 0
(Jbtckotis, old 10 12
Chlcitons, livo, spring 11 to 12
ChlcUons, dressed, .12 to 13
Turkey, live 15
Geose, livo 10
DuekB, live 12
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle i 3 to 7
On I vug live.. 7 to 8
Calves Dressed 10 to 11
Hoea.llvo 6 to 8
Hops Dressed 8 to 10J
Lambs 4j to 61
Sheen, 2 toOi
MASTER-SMITH OF THE DAY
Produces Steel of Cutting Capacity
Surpassing Work of Legendary
Swordmaker.
Wo aro all familiar with tho old-
time legends of the master-smith, who,
by his skill at the forge, was ablo to
produce for tho hero of tho tale a
weapon which should cut through tho
armor of giant or wizard and main
tain its temper and edge against all
tests.
The modern industrial captain has
to cut bis way also through metal,
and ono of the notable achievements
of tho engineer and metallurgist has
been his success In the production of
steels of hardness and cutting ca
pacity which, altogether surpass tho
finest work of tho legendary sword
maker. Not content with the manufacture.,
of tool steel of hardness, high-speed
cutting capacity and exquisite temper,
the modern master-smith has now pro
duced a method of converting soft
Iron or low-grado steel into tool-steel
of the highest grado simply by tho in
fusion of the necessary proportion of
carbon and other elements by contact
and proper heat treatment, so that
keen-edged chisels may be mado from
railroad spikes and machine cutters
from soft and inexpensive steel. '
Trials of cutting tools made by tho
(nfusionprocess at the ordnance bureau
of tho United States' navy department
have given such remarkable results,
both as to cutting speed and endur
ance, that tho chief of the bureau
says: "From the test of the infusion
treated samples, It appears superior
to any hardening process now in use
at the naval gun factory," so that the
modern master-smith has outstripped
the fabled tales of tb,e wizard weap
on-maker of mediaeval times.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
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TOWN HALL, PERRYSBURG
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1912
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HON. J. H. BEIGE
OF BOWLING GREEN, OHIO
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Will address the people of Perrysburg and yicinity
at the town hall on the .political issues of the day.
Eyerybody invited to come and here these able
speakers.
MMrfMfiMMHMMMnfttt
"LET US HOLD FAST TO THAT
artfl
How Hot Is Lava?
To ascertain tho tomperaturo of
lava as It is emitted from a volcand
has baffled many scientists. Tho
Roman academy has just published
tho results of the investigations mado
by Qlovanl Platanla during tho erup
tion of Etna last year.
Tho eruption began September 10
and tho scientist was unablo to ap
proach the mountain for ten days,
when one crater .was still in action.
Ho camped as near as ho could to
this crater, close to a stream of lava
flowing about a yard a second.
Using the. now "telescopo pyro
meter," ho got temperatures for tho
surface of the lava flow of all tho
way from 1,040 to 1,420 degrees.
A second series of observations,
taken at a dlstanco of n dozen feet,
gave figures as high as 1,500 degrees.
The estimates are that tho incan
descent lava, as it comes directly
from tho crater, has a temperature
not less than 2,200 degrees.
Unforeseen Complication.
Jlmpson, in London, had rung up a
well known shop in Paris by tele
phone to communicate an order on
behalf of Mrs. Jlmpson. After wait
ing two hours for the connection to
be made, he entered the booth and
began. Two mlnute3 later ho merg
ed. "Say, mister," said ho to tho at
tendant, "can't you put me on n wire
that'll translate what I have to say in.
to French? I can't make that darned
jackass on the other end of tho lino
understand a word I say. Harper's
Weekly.
A scientist man savs men don't
know how to eat. Perhaps they've
forgotten since tho food prices went
up.
JOHN B. MGGREW
OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE'.'
WHICH IS G00D."M'KlNLEY.
A Vivid Picture.
Of all "aptitudes," tho mechanical
Is lertst likely to manifest itself In a
(femlnlno brain. Tho young woman
whoso visit to n locomotlvo works is
described in Young's Magazine, waB
doubtless interested in what sho saw,
but her account of tho processes ob
served leaves tho reader to doubt her
entiro understanding of them.
"You pour," she told a friend, "a lot
of sand into a lot of boxes, and you
throw old stovo lids and things Into
a furnace, and then you turn the red
hot stream Into a holo In tho sand, and'
everybody yells and Bhouts.
"Then you pour it out, lot It cool
and pound it, and thon you put in it
a thing that bores holes in it. Then
you screw it together, nnd paint It,
and put steam In it, and it goes splen
didly, and they take it to a drafting
room and mako a blue-print of It.
"But one thing I forgot They havo
to make a boiler. Ono man gets in
Bldo and ono gets outside, and thoy
pound frightfully, asd then thoy tio it
to tho other thing, nnd you ought to
see it go!" Youth's Companion.
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Lucas County, )
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Frank J. Cheney makes oath that ho
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Cheney & Co., doing1 business In the
City of Toledo, County and State afore
said, anil that said Hrm will pay tho
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot bo cured by the uso of HALL'S
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed In
my presence, this Gth day of December,
A. D. 1S8C.
(Seal) A. V. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
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blood and mucous surfaces of tho sys
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