Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 20, 1916, Page 4

EMPTY PHRASES INSTEAD OF CONCRETE ACTION. Not once has President Wilson squarely placed before the Am- erican people the question which Abraham Lincoln put before the American people in 1860; what Is our duty? Not once has he appealed to moral idealism, to the stern enthusiasm of strong men for the right. On the con- trary, he has employed every elocutionary device to lull to sleep our gense of duty, to make us content with words instead of deeds, to make our moral Idealism and enthusiasm evap- orate In empty phrases Instead of being reduced to concrete action.—From the speech of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, delivered at Lewiston, Maine, in behalf of Charles E. Hughes. Telling Tariff Points Let these telling points on tariff and protection Iin the speech by Charles Evans Hughes, the Republi- can candidate for President, delivered In the Salt Lake Tabernacle, be fixed permanently In your mind and memory during the remainder of the campaign: ‘We are desirous of having strong and sure the foundations of our na- tional greatness in this pursuit of competition among the nations which 1s sure to follow the cessation of the present struggle. I presume that the Republican party as the national party, according to the constitution of the United States, within the national sphere, shall pro- ceed wherever it is practicable, to build up and foster and encourage American enterprise, and open the doors wide for honest American achievement. Then came the Underwood tariff bill itself. What was the result? En- terprise halted and there was a cone traction of trade throughout the land, and America, instead of going ahead, stopped. That {s what happened, Three hundred thousand were unem- ployed in the Oity of New York. There was not a city in this land where the jobless man anxious and able to work did not walk the street. ‘They were fed by our charitable or- ganizations, which were taxed to the utmost limit to provide for, those for ‘whom American enterprise could no longer make provision. It was a sad spectacle. Americans have not for- gotten it. It is not forgotten here or anywhere. It cannot be forgotten, It is too recent. If you are going to have the basis for prosperity in this country; if you are going to protect the American wage Scale; if you are going to have American enterprise able to meet the competition which will follow the end- ing of this war, you must have an honestly devised, wisely framed tariff law to protect American industry. No, the Democratic party will not be saved by the European war. If you would know what our condition will be when the war ends, think of war began, 1f you think these natlons are so impoverished that they cannot again turn to work. Those millions of men now fighting are better able to work than ever before in their lives. * * * Their factories are there; their plants are there; they know themselves better than ever be- fore. They are better disciplined, more alert, keener, stronger, better physically than ever before, in the main, and they are ready to turn great national energies into the pur- i suits of peace to pay their war bills, to produce- up to the limit, to send their goods throughout the world. I propose that we shall study this nut, applying a principle that we be- lieve in, and secure intelligently and honestly adequate protection to Am- erican Industries in every part of this land. WHY HUGHES IS NEEDED IN THIS TREMENDOUS CRISIS. . Against Mr. Wilsgn’s combina- tion of grace in elocution with futility in action; against his record of words unbacked by deeds or betrayed by deeds, we set Mr. Hughes’ rugged and un- compromising straightforward- ness of character and action 1n every office he has held. We put the man who thinks and speaks directly, and whose words have always been made good, against the man whose adroit and facile elocution is used to conceal his plans or his want of plans. The next four years may well be years of tremendous national strain. Which of the two men do you, the American people, wish at the helm during those four years; the man who has been actually tried and found wanting, or the man whose vwhole career in public office is 't guarantee of his power and good faith? But one answer is possible ; and it must be given by the American people throughout the United States.—From speech of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, de- t livered at Lewiston, Maine, in Il behalf of Charles E. Hughes. A |L~WW¥ Bryan butts, Wilson tuts. Watchful waiting maketh woeful wanting. Candidate Hughes doesn’t talk like a tut-tutter. Hughes is hammering and the Demo- crats are yammering. The Wilson Administration stands for taxes, and more taxes. The Hughes trail will be cold by the time the Democrats strike it. As a party leader, would it be fair to refer to J. Ham Lewis as J. “Pork” Lewis? Bryan says Mr. Hughes’ talks aren’t judicial. No. The people can under- stand ’em perfectly. Can the folks on the Democratic band wagon continue to play by the Presidént’s notes? NN e IR ] We Have the Lot You Want E Most of those choice lots in Bemidji are ours to sell, because we own them. Itis better to buy direct from the owner. PAY AS YOU LIKE In most cases these are the terms. We are here to help you secure a home of your own. Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co. THAYER C. BAILEY, Local Agent. ! = Phones: Office 177-W ST i FOR All Kind Of Wood=--Wholesale and Retail SEE Geo. H. 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