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': WATCH FOR BARGAINS IN OUR ADVERTISING COLUMNS
The Muskogee Cimeter.
OLDEST COLORED PAPER IN OKLAHOMA.
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VOL. XIV.
MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA OCT. 19 1912.
NO. 19
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. MT F0R6ET
JOB WILSON antAqonibm to
UtANtZED LABOR It A MAT
tlK OP RECORD.
ICMEMIER THE SOUP HOUSES
lHm (tor Ttovee ef Democracy SMII
Free. In the Memory of the
Wari-lnf) Who Had No
Ing to Cat and No Plaee
- to MM.
m&fcwmmt
PROF. WILSON ON LABOR
etoftdardlaed
S trtdee unJene and thlo ia the
oonform. ... I need not
point out haw economically die- &
J aetreua eueh a regulation or la-
aor ia. mm unpremeoie 10
ma ematoyor that la aome
tradee H will prooonUy net be g
WW wrwpe SO aiiempi any
I aeasJc aupremaey may be loot w
eeeauee uw country grown mor
and mora full off unprofitable
aarvaaaa." From an addreaa by
Prof. Wiles to the graduating
claao of Princeton university
m Juno m .tot.
! Woodrow wileea. Democratic ea
jtldato far president la bow address-
tag honeyed worBa to tba laboring
aaa la the hop of securing the labor
Vote. Ha would If be could hare tho
.NrotklacaMB forget tba addreaa deliv-
ered by bias at PriBcetoa Ib lftot. la
Waieh bo regretted that labor la
ataadaiwbwd by tba tra4aa unlton."
!aad aaaertad thai oweb regnlatioa at
labor U "eeeaomteally alaaatroua."
?la ojtB labor lenattbat to tba earae
o9eeehhe ebaraotertaod membere at
later ealoaa aa unproStable eorv.
i No wonder that tba Minnesota Slate
'Federation of Labor recently adopted
ireaalatioM eoadaraalag Profaaaor WU-
aaa tor bja aaugoalatto atUtudo
toward organised labor.
And while Profaaaor Wilson la ap-
pealing to tbd. worktagman to over-
look bla owa peraoaal views and vote
tba OaavwratSa ticket bo should know
that tba raaori of tba Doasocratic par-
ty la eoaaaotloa wttb the working man
la engraved upon tho tablets of labor's
'faeaery. '
' Labor haa not votod for a Demo-
ratla prooMont alaee fAa terrible an-
parlanaa whleH fellowod tho Demo-
ratio vletory ija IMt.
And labor will not tbla year vote
to repeat tboee dJstreaaing tinea.
I f What Labor Remember.
Labor baa not forgotten that nndor
DeaweraUa adntlnlstratloa. before the
etootloa of Prealdent McKlnley thou-
aaada of Idle men ware walking the
atreota of ovary city town and ham-
let la tba country la aaarcb of onv
ployaeat and the chanoe to earn an
fcooeat living while tboao or many of
tbaas Who chanced to have employ-
eat wara working tor a mere pit-
taaoa. Labor baa not forgotten tba soup
feouaee aatabllahad all over the coun-
try at that tlme.t
' Labor baa not forgotten the procea-
ajtoaa of unemployed from New York
to Baa FraaoUoo and from the Cana-
dian border to tba Gulf aeeklng NOT
CHARITY BUT" WORK during a
Democratic national administration.
Labor baa not forgotten Coxey'a
nod Kelly's "armies" one of the
yrodueta of Democracy
Labor baa not forgotten tba hordea
f tramao made by Democratic rule.
Labor baa not forgotten that the
Democratic national administration
auaad tho depletion of labor's treaa-
nrtea to keep tba destitute and unem-
ployed alive.
Labor baa not forgotten those try-
log daya of DamoeraMe mlsrale when
It turned Its halls meeting places and
assembly rooms ioto sleeping quar-
ters for all who could find room
thereto.
No Breae: to Bat.
Labor baa not forgotten that labor
ajona auf ered then that labor lacked
bread to eat. clothea to wear and a
oof far abaltor.
Labor baa not forgotten that labor
alone worked out tba problem of its
sjalvatiea fa these trying daya
Labor baa sat forgotten (hat It
bounced Democratic rule for Repub-
Moaa rule at Ita Brat opportunity in
tba Brat presidential election 'after
vtbat pertod-la ltjM aad has net
voted far a Democratic candidate
Bar nroJldsnt atnea.
1 Leber baa net forgotten that truato
ad maaapoHaa war bora In tk)a
rWbUe mw wbllo Domoeraile
ueoUeat stood guaxotoa
i Labof bM met torgottea that
aeretto free tra4e meaaa aree trade
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"Labor la
T.r.
I
T. -lla THE ONLY SHOW
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( .j-. .. r Ml aM-MaMaaMataaaiai Tai tan JMbTaaTnr a i
i Now a full Dinner Pall.
' lAbor' haa no forgotten its loRBon
en how It passed through poverty nnd
ftteudlessnese and Dcfuocratlc mal-
administration to tho full dinner pall
of the McKlnley and subsequent Re-
publican administrations.
Labor has not forgotten that the
American Federation 'of Labor held
Ha auniMl convention in the council
chambe.- In the city hall Chicago the
reok of Monday December 11 1803
at h tlmo when 6000 men were night-
ly sleeping on tho cold tonn floors of
Chicago's city hall building because
of lack of money to secure other shel-
ter. Farmers Will Not Foroet.
And farmers have not forgotten
thai during the period which brought
suck untold disaster to labor they
themselves were neither prosperous
nor happy. They worked hard and
raised big crops but their market
was- gone because their cuetomors
could not buy.
The candidate and the party whopo
policy puts labor out of a job robs
tba fanner of hie profit Just as truly
aa if the blow Were aimed at him
direct.
LODGE'S BULL'S EYE SHOTS
Massachusetts Senator States Some
Truths In Few Words.
When Senatpr Lodgo of Massachu-
setts opened fho Taft campaign. In
Ohio recently he uttered aome truths
In a few words. Here are a tew of the
sontenoee whlph ought to be read and
remembered: .
"1 bellevo most profoundly that now.
aa hi the past the success of the Re-
publican party is foi tho best Inter-
ests of the people of the United
States." ' ( r
"The Democratic house presented
the woolen schedule In a form which
would put an nd to the woolen manu
factures or the 'United States and
would slaughter he product of the
American sheep raiser."
"If ou doajre to strike down the
sheep and woolen industries of the
United states ghra the Democrats full
power and qu'will have It done; If
you do not tl(o only way to preserve
thero Is to elect a Republican congress
and" a Repubjicau president."
"If the pioposed constitutional
changes should be carried Into ef-
fecttbey would completely revolution-
ise our system and theory of govern-
inenL as we have known it since the
beginning of history."
"All the progress that has been
made In this country In 60 years has
been by the Republican party."
'The Republican party has always
been the party of sane and rational
progress under the Constitution."
"The Republfcsn party stands for lib-
erty as against license; for order aa
against confusion; for loyalty to the
groat prlnefples ef Justice and freedom
which havp; been handed down to us
from' the days' of Washington; In one
were! 'it' aUnds for the constitution
wbjoX Marshall interpreted and which
Uneola saved."""
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.. .. - - -J.-.--J.- .. - . . - .- . . . . ...
DESERTS PROF. WILS0N.
iWhy a Democratic CdltorTJeclaVea'fer
President Tart."
J. Holrnan Duck the Democratic
editor of tho Wimtern Novadu Miner
at Mlna In voicing his allegiance to
tho Tuft udniinitttrntlon is not sparing
in hla crltlclsma of tho actions and
policies of Governor Woodrow Wil-
son the Democinttc nominee or of
Roosevelt. Iluck is a Democrat of the
old school and readily seeB tho error
of hlB ways In supporting tho Demo-
ciatlc nominee for tho presidency. In
bpeaklng of Wilson ho has tho fol-
lowing to say:
' A man utterly untried in the affairs
of government; whoso administration
bs icovurnor of Now Jersey has proveu
u lullure and a furce; whoso views
huve beeu contracted by a lifetime
tpi nt in tho narrow confines of the
school room; whoso associations havo
nutdrally been the classes rather than
the masses and whose radical views
and agarics outrival those of Debbs
nnd Emma Goldman and that no more
represents real Democracy than does
tho frothlngs of Roosevelt. The Ib
sues thon arc Tnft conservatism tho
preuervntlon of the constitution and
a free Republican form of government
versus Wilson socialistic radicalism
and the turning over of established
form of government to n mobocrncy.
nellcvlng us we do we would he un-
jiiFt to ourHclves nnd false to princi-
ples "and the public did we not align
ourHelf with Mr. Taft and the princi-
ples ho represents ft'e hope thnt In
the coming frny thnhe will bo vic-
torious nnd shall Iprid'overv offort nt
our command to bring this about
Party lines by tho Issues promul
gated have boon swept ustde and con
neivatlve Democrats be they true to
themselves and principles will sup-
port William llovvnrd Taft for presl
dent and rebuko tho (rrnsrnnt domlna j
tlon or Hrvnn nnd tub pirntlcal bnnC
of BoclaltBtle. ngltnlors"
DODGED TARIFF REVISION
Roosevelt When President Failed to
Take Any Action
Once In his life Mr. Iloosoyelt al
most expressed an pplniou oil the
tariff question in a preliminary draft
of one of his messages to congress
as it came from tho printer was this
sentence: "In a litter message I shall
dlHCUES the tariff." On revisit)' the
proot sueem oi urn nu'snuKe mt. ttoose
velt bluo-peiiLlled that line And he
never came even that near to dfs-
cuHuIng the question again as long
as he remained In tho Whlto House
And yet the tariff law then on the
Btatuto books was far mote objection
able than the Payne Ihw whlrh he
Is now bo vigorously denouncing. Why
didn't ho levlHe the tailff the way
he now sas it ought to have been
when ho had the power? He says now
he wrnitt to 'fix It so that more of
the turlff 'prize money' 'will go Into.
the pay envelope or tne workman "
Why didn't he "fix It" that way dur-
ing the seven aud one-balf years bo
was In the White House?
In other words In the face of his
record while in office Is not all the
Third Termer's present tak about the
tariff the most transparent guS aad
bluff and balderdash?
u ( 1 '
Mr Roosevelt's explanation Is Un-
worthy of vroaalderatlon for two ra
aoaa In ""the fret place a uiau Ik
bis1 post ttou "from wboau advice aa
suggestion had been sought by tbf
president of the United States ought
not to admit having hastily eudoiscu
reciprocity without knowing what be
was doing. As. a matter of fact Mr.
Roosevelt's letters and speeches
above quoted ate exactly In Hue with
his record
More than this Mr. Roosevelt's ex
planatlon is an Insult to the lutein
i;ent voter becuuse In his letter tc
President Taft he says "1 firmly be
Here In free trade with Canada'
This Ib going farther than President
Taft ever went because Mr. Taft'i
Idea of reciprocity was to obtain vai
uable consideration In return for con
cessions granted. Roosevelt's frer
trade proposition If enacted into lav
would break down all the barrier
between Canada and the Uulter"
States and would cause tremendoui
financial loss to Amerioan farmers
The fact Is that Mr. Roosevelt wai
heartily In favor of reciprocity ant
of free trade with Canada until h
made his tour of the west before th
Republican national convention whe
he found that reciprocity was unpoi
ular. Then he shifted. His pros
ent attitude demonstrates his utte
Insincerity aid shows that he Is read
to do anything to catch votes. H
is ready to endorse anything that h
believes is popular and to condemr
that which he thinks Is unpopula-
without regard to his own conviction
or wise governmental policies. Th
manner in which he has suddenly n
versed himself in the hope that b.
ao doing he would gain a few votes 1
an example of demagoglsm thorougl
ly typical of his character.
It is ulso Important to remembe
that If a Democratic president should
be elected reciprocity with Canad
would soon be an accomplished fact
Inasmuch as the Democrats la th
house of representatives voted for I
aud alito voted against repealing tin
law which bad been passed. Demo
cratlc reciprocity Is the kind tha
the Canadian newspapers are hopln
Cauada will secure because It will
mean that Cauada will get everth1u
from the U' tied States and give uotb
Irs In retiu..
WILL GET MORE SAURY
Promotions and Increased py for
13000 Railway Mall Clerks.
Still another evldeuce of Repub
Mean prosperity aud President Taft'r
sincerity in eudeavoriug to tfcuetit
the toller Has manifested when he
recommended to congress that the
clerks In the railway wall service b'
classified aud given an increase In
wages There are 16700 clerks In
that branch ef the goveruaieuts serv-
ice and the postal appropriations hill
signed by the president Just before
congress adjourned carried with it
the promotion with Increased pay of
13000 men oa Oc. i 112 and those
not promoted on that date will re
eelve mora pay f (j iw
The nev Ian prorldet ToV throe
clasrpe of railway postal Hum with
tlirlr transfer and terminal offices the
compensation ranging highest on the
I tin' e wbora the work Is heaviest fie
ginning lth f900 a year all clurks
who render fal.hful and efBclent serv-
ice receive tti.nuul proruodoni of 100
until they reach the maximum of the
sucieailve annual grades after which
the) may be promoted at Intervals
for MKiclally meritorious Mervlo until
their nnnual compensation reachoe
II 800 In 'the highest class Chief
clerkd liihe lallway mall aento re-
ceive $2000 a year.
Mote than 11000.000 a car wilt
be Involve J In thecc lucriiases.
i
BUY FARM IMPLEMENTS CHEAP
ER THAN CANADIAN FARMER9.
CAMPAIGN LIE MS NAILED
Investigation by State Department
dives Facts and Figures and
Michigan Manufacturing firm
Adda Evidence i
"Farmers Uuucoed by the litgb
Tailff." Is the title of Bubllcatlou la-
dustiiousty circulated among farmers
by the Tariff Reform bureau of Mw
York a free tiade aunux of the Demo-
cratic party. f j'
it asserts' that American made farm
Implements are sold Ju Canada at a
lower price thau they are obtainable
by America! farmers. The purpose
of the statement la to prove that the
American farmers are made to suffer
through the operation of the protect
ive tariff laws..
'Iho statetueut ia rl9e. Plow a
planters cultivatora and .other tarm
Implements made iu the United States
coat tweut) live perCAMLmos la
'Canada; ih&u lif tbls'couiilry. 'V
The free trade advocates who' try
to mislead the Amerlcau farmer do
nut know apparently that there is a
so called autl-dumplng law In Canada
whereby an American manufacturer
cannot sell iu that country at a lower
pi Ice than at home.
Official i facts and Figures.
In addition to this the) arc alia
Ignorant of the fact that the United
States government thiough Its board
of trude relations in tho state de-
partment has made a thorough Inves-
tigation which disproves the falso as-
sertion. It issued under date of May
10. in 10 a document entitled "Com-
pailson of Prices of Agricultural Im-
plements in Canada aud the United
States" which shows that Canadian
farmers pay more for Amerlcau farm
machinery than Is paid by the Ameri-
can farmers. Hero are some of tho
figures:
14-inch steel-beam walking plow price
In North Dakota VI prU in Manitoba
I.
14-Inch sulky plow with lift prlco lb
Ohio. HO price In Ont.vrlo I'-S
It-Inch North Dakota sulky ptow-ptloo
In North Dakota; HI pries In MuntUiba
103.
17-tooth spring tooth harrow price IS
Ohio and iikhlitn 117; price In OuUrlo
m.
S-foot. 16-Inch disk harrow-price la
North Dakota f3t: piles In Manitoba M.
10-Ioot iO stunk dlik Kentuck) drill-
price In North Dakota. 1124; price la
Manitoba 910.
Hiding cultivator portable axle prluo
In Ohto and. Michigan. Ui. price In On
tarto SM
Hay loader rake bar price In Ohio and
Mlihlgan ISO prke In Ontario $10.
Flint griii!- farm waKon prlcu In North
Dakota t prke In Manitoba IKK.
Evidence Offered With Proof.
Eildnnce to the same effect is given
by the Ual Manufacturing company
of Albion Mich which was specifical-
ly charged by the free trade advocates
with selling goods more cheaply to
Canadian farmers thau to American
farmers
The secretary aud general manager
itiu irnt.!iii v. mirier 1tu nf AllKUat
10 1912 wrote Mo the Tariff Reform'
club denying the charge aud threaten-
ing to sue for damages unless the as-
sertion was promptly retracted The.
firm also wrote -to the Republican na-
tional committee as follows:
"Plows planners cultivators and
other farm machinery made iu the
United States cost 26 per ceut. mora
Iu Cauada than in this country. You
can stand ou this statement and if It
Is challenged we can produce proof."
The proof ineutloued In this letter
consists of letters from retail dealera
throughout Cauada quoting tho prlcea
at which the products of tho Mlchlgaa
factory are sold to Canadian farmers.
These figures agree substantially with
those given In the government publi-
cation. For lnstaaco a planter which
sella la Detroit for M0 costs $45 la
Windsor less than a mile away acrosa
tho Detroit river and a cultivator
which sells In Detroit for 110 cannot
bo bought la Windsor for less tba
m.
As soon as free trade statement
are subjected to the. eold analysts at
Investigation tbelr falsity Is abowm.
It Is an old proverb- that a lie wta
travel seven leagues while truth lag
putting on Us boots. It is tmporua'l.
therefore that farmers who have:
heard the untruths of the free trader
should promptly learn the real facta la
the case.
ROOSEVELT M
INSINCERITY AND DEMAQOQIBB1
OF THIRD TIRM CAN-
DIDATE SHOWN.
Ho Net Only Favored RoclpreeUy bat
Wrote President Taft That Ho
Firmly Believed In Free Trade
With Canada.
Although reciprocity Is now a dead
Issue It Is worth while for the ea-
llghteuiuont of those who oppose
Presldeut Taft tor his endorsement
of reciprocity to recall the position
taken by Colonel Roosevelt apoa that
question. Mr. Roosevelt favors free
trade with Cauada and waa aa ardent
advocate aud supporter of reciprocity
until ho found that ltd oadoraemelat
would net kelp aim U bla third tana
race
President Taft While ho waa ee
si daring the question at reolpreeJty
naturally consulted with ea-FreallaMt
Roosevelt. He knew that Mr. Kooao
velt bad been arooleent that he'wa
famlllar with tba aubjeet aad Utot be
waa at that time a goot jwf loyal
Repullleaa. Whoa 4a the aearse of
a lengthy' letter bo asked Mr. Itoeew-
velt's advice be reviewed bath aUe
ef the matter la Impartial f nobly.
Mr. HoeeaveJt'e reply waa set eeir
run ttuaereamoBS nut ae west i
aa to advocate abaalute free
with Canada. Mr. ReeeeveM wr
aa fellows: '"
.Re? Mvakfarreeieato i UfM. .
- - KeeHTerb'MavHr4u.7r
Dear Mr. Prestdeat t-
It yfosus to atothaiwm4'eevijS-far
pose to do wttb &aadevtoftgmBMBJBBuft!tt)i
from every standpoint. I ftrmly be
Hove In free trade with Canaee far
both economic aud political raaaeftn.
As you say labor cost Is suaetautlaUy
tho same la the two countries 'tf
that you aro amply Juetlled by the
platform. Whether Qaiada will e
cept such reciprocity 1 So sot BMW
but It la greatly to ;yeur credit 'to
make the effort. '.
Ever yours
THUODORE ROOSBJVBLT.
Not only In his Jotter teJrajlftg4
Taft but also n speeebee Mr. Bealto
velt endorsed reciprocity. At OtaM
Rapids Mich' oa February It 19U'
bo said:
"Here friends la Michigan riejbi
on the northern frontier I have lie
peculiar right to say t a' word of eejr
aratulatlou to you and to all ef d
upon the likelihood that wo shall
JlaeejB
havo closer reciprocal tanx aad
relations with the great nation
north of us."
And iu a apeoob before the Repub
ilcau club of New York) city deliv-
ered on February It 1911 Mr. Raaasi
velt gave emphatic endorsement et
President Taft and reciprocity la tba
following words: k
"I want to say how glad I am at
the way iu which the oieaibera of tfte
club hero tonight responded to the
two appeals made to thaw to upheld
the bauds of Piesldent Taft both la
bis effort to secure reciprocity with
Canada and In his effort to secure'
the fortlfliatlon of the Panama eanal."
Explanation Dees Net4 Explain
la the face of this record Mr. Rsaoo.
volt now explains bis aatagealsmte
reciprocity by saying that be did Vet
fully understand the proposition a'a
endorsed It under a lularegreseutatlee.
Of Us detaljs
MANY WORDS OF CHEEI
t e
Contributors to the Campaign Fund
Whe Believe In President
Taft
Oue ef the most encouraging fjae.
tors ia tho campaign la the eatfctiel
asm expressed by tba many coatflb
utors to tha Republican campmW
fuud " I'T
"It is my deliberate Judgment!
writes a Chicago merchant. "that!H.
Taft has been one of the1 boat preal-
deats that the Uulted States hae Imf
la the last forty yearn awl 1 belUvg
that he deserves re election." '? '
"We do nut need any ebiago ia tbjs
presidency' writes a Wiefonala esav
trlbutor "and la my oatejea we 'era
not going to have any ebatfge. Preet:'
dent Taft la aa boneat able aad fceeV'
scientious una aad be deaarrea T'ftB
will tecolve reeiootlea. lu tbia laeoaVJi
ity the sentiment to eemlug bm way?:
Hundrede tt lettera eaatato isasUe
iiinMww m saiaioft. nay a
in every aectlea a atroag Ttthag
PresMeat Taft'a aatonu aZZu
Uoa baa maee a Baa "- Jtl
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