New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 2, 1916, Page 10

10 NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1916. ILSON ACCEPTS DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP| (Continued from First Page.) protection American in the rights of neutral life, the f American citizens and ts resplendent orld’s tional law earth’s This stands interr diplomacy. at) ¢ anq the world gave protection to on-combatants and neutrals that war-mad countries must respect, and diplom achievement will be the guiding. protecting preccdent to millions of lives of the innocent and unoffending long after you are gone. [This triumph of yours will not be told in history by a great war debt, a mammoth pension roll, vacant chairs 2t unhappy firesides, and Decoration day services to place flowers upon the mounds of those who achieved it, but it will be told in the victory of matchless diplomacy and of irresist- ible logic, presenting in an unequaled manner the éverlasting principle of Justice. “Under your unrivaled and fearless leadership you have rescued the little children of America—the future fathers and mothers of our race— from the grinding slavery of the Bweatshop and the factory. No divi- dends or fortunes in the future will bear the stain of their toil and tea their youthful days will be spent in the fresh air of growing life and in the schoolrooms of the land, whers they will be properly prepared in strength and mind to become the fu- ture citizens of a great, humane and free republic. Greatest Prosperity in History. “You behold your country after three and a half years of your admin- istration more prosperous than ever in its history. The earnings of the la- borers of America exceed by three billion dollars their ernings under the four years of the administration of your predecessor; the sawings of the people deposited in the banks of our country amount to six billion dollars more than was deposited under the four years of the administration of Mr. Taft. “Our exports for the first time in our history lead the world; our far- mers are more prosperous than ever; business is free; individual endeavor is no longer denieq its reward. The increase in the business of the com- mercial world is so great that it al- most staggers the mind to contem- plate, notwithstanding a world’s war has called for legislation to stay the process of the courts in debt collec- tion in all the neutral countries of the world except he where plenty blesses and prospers our people. Your beloved country marches forward to 8 prosperity never dreamed of. Your opponents are unwillingly forced to admit this happy condition of our people, which they say is not per- manent, but they shall be no more regarded as prophets now than they tic and in the | were when they said it could not come. “Four years ago nomination of the democratic party the presidency you stated that would seek advice and counsel vou could obtain it upon free terms: this you have done. You uncovered and drove a mighty lobby | out of the capitol and invited Ameri- cans of all stations to come and coun- el with you. The laborer with his grimy hand, the farmer with the tan of the blazng sun upon his face, the Iroad men who hold the throttle, swing the lantern, and direct the roll- | ing wheels of commerce, the toiler ! from the damp and darkness of mine, from the shop, the mill and the fac- tory; the business men from their of- fices, the clerk from the counter, the banker, the artisan, the lawyer and the doctor, have come and found wel- come and shared counsel with you. They knew you were free to serve, that you were unbossed, unowned, and unafraid. They knew you only sought the truth, and when you found it you were ready to challenge all of its adversaries to ary conflict. “When peace shall spread her white wings over a charred and bloody world, in the quiet of the chamber of the just historian, when the din and roar of political antag cnism shall have ceased, when the prejudice and passion of par- tisanship shall have died away, when principle shall actu- ate men and parties rather than ap- petite, when ambition shall no longer lure men and parties to unjust at- tack, the historian will accord to you and your administration a foremost place in the republic’s life. in accepting the for you wherever Americans Not Ungrateful. “Americans are not ungrateful; the people are not unpatriotic; they rec- ognize the thousands of difficulties that no man could foresee which you have encountered and mastered. Their verdict is already written; it has been agreed upon at the firesides of the land and has been molded in the schoolhouses, tha places of wor- ship and wherever Americans meet to talk over the affairs and good of their | country. That verdict leaps forth from almost every American heart in undying gratitude to you for the ser- vou have rendered, for the peace, rosperity and happiness your leader- | ship has given, and I but voice this day the overwhelming wish of Amer- | fcans everywhere for your trium- phant re-election. “This great convention which nom- inated you was neither controlled nor intimidated by any un-American or foreign influence. It had the heart | beat and spoke the true sentiment of our country. “A committee composed of the per- manent chaifman of the convention and one delegate from ecach state and | wh its duty. expli of your selection as the nominee of the democratic party for president of the United States and to request you to accept it, and the convention did me the honor to make me chairman of this committee charged with such a happy mission . “Therefore, in compliance with the command of that convention, this committee performs that pleasing duty, and, as the appointed agent of that great national democratic con- vention, I hand you this formal letter of notification, signed by the mem- bers of the committee, accompanied by a copy of the platform adopted by the convention, and upon that plat- form I have the honor to request vour acceptance of the tendered nomina- tion. And, on behalf of the demo- crats of the whole republic, who are proud of your great administration, we pledge you their enthusiastic and united support, and our prayer is that God, who blesses the peacemaker, may guide you to a glorious victory in November.” Senator James, Gentlemen of the notification committee, fellow citizens: I cannot accept the leadership and responsibility which the national dem- ocratic convention has again, in such generous fashion, asked me to accept | without first expressing my profound gratitude to the party for the trust it reposes in me after four years of flery trial in the midst of affairs of unprecedented difficulty, and the keen sense of added responsibility with which this honour fills (I had almost aid burdens) me as I think of the great issues of national life and policy involved in the present and immediate future conduct of our government. I shall seek, as I have always sought, {o justify the extraordinary confidence thus reposed in me by striving to purge my heart and purpose of every personal and of every misleading party motive and devoting every en- ergy I have to the service of the na- tion as a whole, praying that I may continue to have the counsel and sup- port of all forward-looking men at every turn of the difficult business. For I do not doubt that the people of the United States will wish the democratic party to continue in con- trol of the government. They are not in the habit of rejecting those who have actually served them for those who are making doubtful and conjec- tural promises of service. Least of all are they likely to substitute those promised to render them parti- cular services and proved false to that promise for those who have actually rendered those v services. Boasting is always an empty ness, which pleases nobody but boaster, and I have no disp boast of what the demo has accomplished. It has merely done It has merely fulfilled its But there can be busi- party t promises. territory was appointed to inform you ADJOINING TREASURE FIELD KENSINGTON, CONN. Free Watermelon Picnic At 2 P. M. Sunday, Sept. 3rd. You have never seen an offer like this in all your life and probably never wil> again. These Canvas Houses are made of the very best They are large and water tight. You can live in one of these canvas Don’t pay rent. Don’t pay high lodging rates. material. no violation of good taste in calling attentipn to the manner in which those promises have been carried out or in adverting to the interesting fact that many of the things accomplished were what the oposition party had again and again promised to do but had left undone. Indeed that is man- ifestly part of the business of this vear of reckoning and assessment. There is no means of judging the fu- ture except by assessing the past. Con- structive action must be welghed against destructive comment and reac- tion. The democrats either have or have not understood the varied in- terests of the country. The test is contained in the record. What is -that record? What were the democrats called into power to do? What things had long waited to be done, and how did the democrats do them? It is a record of extraordinary length and variety, rich in elements of many kinds, but consistent in prin- ciple throughout and susceptible of brief recital. The republican party was put out of power because of failure, practical failure and moral failure; because it had served special interests and not the country at large; becuse, under the leadership of its preferred and es- tablished guides, of those who still make its choices, it had lost touch with the thoughts and the needs of the natlon and was living in a past age and under a fixed illusion, the il- lusion of greatne It had framed tariff laws based upon a fear of for- eign trade, a fundamental doubt as to American skill, enterprise and ca- pacity, and a very tender regard for the profitable privileges of those who had gained control of domestic mar- kets and domestic credits; and yet had enacted anti-trust laws which hampered the very things they meant to foster, which were stiff and in- elastic, and in part unintelligible. Tt had permitted the country throughout the long period of its control to stag- ger from one financial crisis to an- other under the operation of a na- tional banking law of its own framing which made stringency and panic cer- tain and the control of the larger business operations of the country by the bankers of a few reserve centers table; had made as if it meant to reform the law but had faint- heartedly failed in the attempt, be- cause it could not bring itself to do the one thing necessary to make the reform genuine and effectual, name- Iy, break up the control of small groups of bankers It had been ob- livious, or indifferent, to the fact that the farmers, upon whom the countr depends for its food and in the 1 analysis for its prosperity, were with- out standing in the matter of com- mercial credit, without the protection of standards in their market transac- tions, and without systematic know- ledge of the markets themselves; that the laborers of the country, the great army of men who man the industries it was professing to father and pr mote, carried their labor as a mere commodity to market, were subject to restraint by novel and drastic process in the courts, were without assurance of compensation for industrial acci- dents, without federal assistance in accommodating labor disputes, and without national aid or advice in find- ing the places and the industries which their labour was most needed. The country had no national system of road construction and development. Little intelligent attention was paid to the army, and not enough to the nav The other republics of Amerfca d trusted us, because they found that we thought first of the profits of American investors and only as an afterthought of impartial justice and helpful friendship. Its policy was provincial in all things; were out of harmony with the temper and purpose of the people and the timely development of the nation’s in- terests. So things stood when the democratic party came into power. How do they stand now? Alike in the domestic field and in the wide fleld of the com- and life and industry have been set free to move as they never moved be- fore. The tariff has been revised, not on the principle of repelling foreign trade, but upon the principle of en- couraging it, upon something like a footing of equality with our own in respect of the terms of competition, and a tariff board has been created whose function it will be to keep the relations of American with foreign business and industry under constant observation, for the guidance alike of our business men and of our congre American energies are now towards the markets of the world. The laws against trusts have been clarified by definition, with a view to making it plain that they were not directed against big business but only against unfalr business and the pre- tense of competition where there was none; and a trade commission has been created with powers of guid- ance and accommodation which have in | its purposes | merce of the world, American business directed | Established 1886 $2.00 relieved business men of unfounded Hart, Schaffner fears and set them upon the road of hopeful and confident enterprise. By the federal reserve act the sup- ply of currency at the disposal of ac- tive business has been rendered elas- taking its volume, not from a fixed body of investment securities, but from the liquid assets of daily trade; and these assets are assessed and accepted, not by distant groups of bankers in control of unavailable re- serves, but by bankers at the many centers of local exchange who are in touch with local conditlons every- where. Effective measures have been taken Globe Clothing House AUTUMN HATS DERBIES OR SOFT $3.00 This Store is the Home of & Marx Clothes | for the re-creation of an American ! merchant marine and the revival of ! the American carrying trade indispen- sable to our emancipation from the ! control which foreigners have so long ‘exercised over the opportunities, the routes, and the methods of our com- merce with other countries. The Interstate commerce commis- sion has been reorganized to enablo it to perform its great and important functions more promptly and more ef- ficlently. We have created, extended and improved the service of the par- cels post. much we have done for business. What other party has understood the task so well or executed it so in- (Continued On Eleventh Page). Free Watermelon Picnic and Big Land Sale At Seldan Heights Section money toward building a home of your own. and get rid of ‘the rent problem once for all, Building Lots 50x100, Some Larger, At Seldan Heights Range in Price From $99 to lLiouses seven months of the year and save all your rent Buy one of the lots and big Canvas Houses $199. A Few Higher. Terms Only $5.00 Down and $5.00 a Month. BIG FREE PRESENT WITH EVERY CASH DEPOSIT OF SELDAN HEIGHTS is close to New Britain. Somie of the lots are right on the South Main Street Trolley Line. We believe Seldan Heights, adjoining our Treasure Field property, is the best located development in or about New Britain. It is close to stores, churches, schools, and in a fast growing neighborhood. How to get to SELDAN HEIGHTS. Take South Main Street-Berlin Trolley. Get off just below Towers $25 OR MORE. Corners at Newton Street ing Lot right in front of Treasure Field. Seldan Heights is the high land just south of Treasure Field. Look for the Big Jordan & Selleck flag on the hill. Don’t Forget the big Watermelon Picnic Sunday, Sept, 2rd, at 2 p. m. Remember it is absolutely Free. you want. A good time for all. Come down and eat all the watermelon » BIG SALE OPENS SATURDAY, SEPT. 2nd AT 2 P. M. BIG SALE CONTINUES MON- DAY, LABOR DAY, SEPT. 4th. A Large Build- and a Big Canvas House for $99 ORDAN & SFEFILILECK, INC. “THEY OWN THE LAND THEY ADVERTISE.” (MAURICE H. FOLEY, MGR.) Other Conn. Offices at Hartford, Bridgeport, Wallingford, Georgetown and Avon. New Jersey Offices at NEW BRITAIN OFFICE NO. 259 MAIN STREET, BOOTH BLOCK, ROOM NO. 41. . 29-31 Franklin Avenue, Passaic, N. J.; No. 100 Main Street, Haskell, N. J