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e . doesn’t buy as much as it did four years ago. ‘That is the real test of ‘* prosperity.”’ Wilson Promised Lew Prices Now, what have Mr. Wilson and his Congress had to do with that! When we elected Mr. Wilson and ‘his Congress, they said they would ‘‘revise the tariff,’’ and thet “would reduce the cost of living.”’ They put through the Underwood Tariff bill and declared this new Tariff‘would do two things:— 1. ‘It will reduce the cost of living.’ 2. ‘‘It will not disturb business.”’ How about these bright, joyous promises? As to the Cost of £Living—You all know that living is from One-Third to Two-Thirds higher than it was then. As to Disturbing Business—Have you forgotten that dark, pitiful year just before the war? ‘Thous- ands of factories closed down, or ran at part time, and over 40,000 business concerns couldn't pay their bills and went into bankruptey. Over a MILLION working men were out of a job. Every , city had every night that heart-break of poverty— a BREAD LINE. Charity had its hands full. Mayors called citizens’ meetings to appoint relief committees. Governors called special sessions of their legistatures to see what could be done to make jobs for workless men, How Wilson Explained the Hard Times And President Wilson? He wrote and said, ** These hard times are only psychological.’ But psychology didn’t feed the daily bread line. The bad times didn’t begin to mend till the War began, and Europe had to buy our guns and powder and wheat and horses. That frenzied War-demand set eyerybody working, sent up workmen’s wages, ht of Lurope bas been concentrated on destruction. Th le nervous and physical energy of Europe will require a pener- ation to recover its tone.” He followed what his Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. McAdoo, had said on October 18:— “Our virile, rich, unmaimed and hi: hly developed pec ple need fear nothing from the competition of stricken and broken Europe.” The same old bland, blind Trust-to-Luck as four yeurs ago. “I Don’t Know,” Says Wilson But now listen to what an expert says. Not a Republican but a Democratic Chairman of the Federal ‘Trade Commission, one of Mr. Wilson's own appormtees. On October 27, the day after Mr. Wilson, in Chicago, said, ‘‘No danger,’ this Ex- Hreae ; e pert said in New York: “When we think of Europe as a continer war, devastated and disordered, | want to sa) engul'ed in o you that we are not correat in that conception. Under the stress of the strug.le every effort is being made, in the warring nations. to obtain the highest efficiency in the production, tribution use ol modities. of all i Md as compelled ¢ Sritain to mal rs of | propress in 8! r hs. 7 many that rom ‘he War will be years ali the Gery any win 1914, © ** Within five years we shall find a new Europe competing against us with war-sharpened brains, not only in our foreign markets, but right here at home.” . What did Mr. Wilson say after reading that rousing alarm! On October 28, at Shadow Lawn, he said to a Tammany delegation: ‘‘/ don’t. bnow what will happen after the War. Gs Hughes Does Know On the other hand, consider Mr. Hughes and the Republican policy. As to the terrible economic danger ahead after the War, Mr. Hughes clearly pointed it out in his very first speech last July. He showed how the warring nations were building up a new system of co- operation yr te still at war, is trying to master, and@hich America must learn if we are to meet the new competition. Hughes, awake to this, wants to give to America ORGANIZATION — not interference, but a friendly spur and aid to co-operation. Contrast The Two Policies Another remedy which Hughes says is vital is a scientific PROTECTIVE tarith. Wilson as a professional free-trader, and stand- ing on the Democratic platform, holds that the Government has no right to make a tariff except for revenue. Hughes, backed by the Republican Party, be- lieves that a scientitic PROTECTIVE tariff is the only basis for American prosperity, fair wages and fair prices, All thinking men agree that America must use the Tariff as a means of defense against the in- vasion of cheaply-made European goods, The question that YOU must decide is—To which man shall that Tariff be committed? Shall we have a Democratic tariff that only pretends to help the wage-earner, the salaried man and the man of business—or a Republican tarit? that does really protect him? Be Mighty Sure Before You Vote You are picking out a man who for four difficult years must safeguard your honor and protect you and yours from danger and from want, ‘The vote you put in the ballot box eannot be ohanged or Lis ter Face squarely the facts and the reasons printed here, Then, when you have gone to the very bottom of things—you will Vote for Hughes REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY COMMITTEB . THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1916, os | POLITICAL. POLITICAL. IL PROLITICAL, SR ms pouitical, | POLITICAL. = eae POLITICAL, POLITICAL. POLITICAL, | a 4 ust. DeTore ou ote Gt) eS . You are not a rock-ribbed parti- about those reasons. Let us see san. You are going to vote ac- why, this year, so many Voters, cording to your conscience. And like yourself, will finally decide at . . our conscience demands Reasons. the last moment ‘that a vote for ow let us have a square talk Mr. Hughes is the only safe vote. A ig Issi helped the merchants sell their goods,—and raised between labor and capital which beats any effi- Very Big Issue the prices we had to pay faster than the money came in. ciency the world has ever known. | _Now, all that Mr. Hughes has said about This simply means that Mr. Wilson and_ his He described how each of these nations was ; National honor, protection of our citizens, the need Congress figured that Free Trade was a fine theqry eliminating industrial waste, and was organizing a pal Sokelartoaly 4 bg pregery war, a sincere, fair that — work, ii st Dh it, ‘ be tons - mutuality of interests which was bound, to make policy—these ideals are mightily important to our very battom out of business and the dinner-pail. them more formidable in peace than in gvar. country, and he is the right man to carry them out. Then the war came along. It set business going, He-made it clear that the stress of the struggle But bread-and-butter—that is, common ordinary but it sent P I Ances (cpeltals taster. was awakening the most sluggish men, and was prosperity for the common people—is another very training them to do better work than they had ig issue in bi election. For 365 Phe ed re After the War Is Over: ever dreamed of. there is-one all-important question for all_of us who . And he not only sensed the situation, but in are not rich—that is, How to Make Both Ends Meet. The War will end, suddenly. Then, no more Pantin fie crenmeate ieaadlisaren tne ie sii , ao our guns, powder, Lhe horses, and a pai — r speech heandicated just how he would hundred other things Europe has to buy of us now. Your Dollars Are Worth Less Then, unless we adopt a different policy, we will again Contrast The Two Men eivouarern aera : lp atts be just where we were in 1913-1914. Only worse. . a. hett 4 wanes th Lelie ha iy my, sale m4 For business will have to readjust itself again to Now you are able to see the fundamental ii ‘ 5 eee nee Lae oe th a oe his “hee that Underwood Tariff. Men will lose their jobs differences between the two men. You can see vs teetiew . fener ai ue a ch ee by the million. And it will take a long time for how the election of Mr. Wilson will leave the opamp aA ASL TE CRS es ule Prices to get down. country to flounder, in the coming crisis, while ister, an ordinary brain-worker, you probably have : ‘ was é nti rN 4 »s will lead busi 1 _ a (ee . - 7 Unless something very wise is done by our gov- the election of Mr. Mughes will lead business ane no more money. If you are a merchant or have a § f é ahor’ 3 ant ad Dhis is see : small business, you are probably making more ernment, the end of the War will see more Unem- labor in a straight road. This is an election for money. ° 4 8 ployment and Business Ruin than we had in 1913- thinking men, not for sentiment to decide. sani: ae : 1914, Wilson, at every point, has shown an inability But, workin cea ff 3 arene y ap rte getting *Now, the big question is—Who can be trusted to to sense a situation till it reaches a critical stage, age uAbeclutely, ‘NO, asmuchias (Gaia Jour years do that Wise Thing? when only hasty and inadequate measures are . “ i ‘ : possible. For Prices have gone up faster than incomes, ‘“ ” 5 rhes, be te menttine an ae of life. They range from one-third to two-thirds Can Mr. Wilson and a Democratic Congress be remedy while itinafar of He cava— higher today than when Mr. Wilson and his Con- d to do the s ight thing? ; : m 5 d vi trusted to do the sure, rig it t ung: “We cannot afford to be running along without any re- gress were elected four years ago. Here is what Mr. Wilson just said in his Cinein- gard to business standards. We need a fair under-tanding But your /ncome has not run up at that rate, nati speech on October 26:— Scoala RiLeaU Te aULiOt Waliocs ka atereenen Of, tial has it?’ No matter how much more money you “It is predicted that after this War, Europe will in avoided, in order to promote business.” are now earning in this aie of fictitious prosper- ge Pees iat peer Ea han That is the deep problem which Europe, while ity, due entirely to the European War, your money cnenton efithal tors The wliole decterity’ and thought of ‘ , } :