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BILLION DOLLAR EXPORTS.
Exportation of manufactures in the
fiscal year just ended more than
justified the estimate of the bureau of
cFiaxioitv;!} i?i me uopanmeni or commerce
and labor, that the total value would
in 1912 for the flrtft time be more than
$1,000,000,000. That bureau, which has
just completed its figures showing the
exportation of manufactures, states that
the total value of manufactures exported
in the fiscal year was $1,021,753,918,
of which $674,302,903 was the value of
manufactures ready for consumption
and $347,451,015 that of manufacture for
further use in manufacturing. This
total does not Include foodstuffs which
have undergone a process of preparation
or manufacture, since the bureau groups
articles of that class under the general
heading of "foodstuffs exported." A.
comparison of the figures of 1912 with
those ef 1902 gives the following: Manufactures
ready for consumption in 1912,
$674,000,000, against $132,000,000 in
1902; total manufactures exported in
isiz, i,uzz,wv,uuu, against $4t>4,vuo.uw)
in 1902. The principal arbi'cles forming
this billion dollars' worth of manufactures
exported are: Iron and steel, copper,
mineral oil, manufactures of wood,
leather and manufactures thereof, cotton
manufactures) cars and carriages,
automobiles and paper and manufacturers
thereof.
CONGRESS IS GENEROUS.
The legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill and the agricultural
bill?two of the big money measures?
have been finally accepted by the two
Houses of Congress, and for the first
time in many weeks progress toward
early adjournment Is indicated. The
appropriation bill carries more than
$34,000,000. It abolishes the court of
commerce and forbids the appointment
of circuit judges until the number has
been reduced from 34 bo 29. The ag.
ricultural Mil, carrying more than $16,
000.000, also went through its final
stages. The paragraph creating a division
of markets was eliminated, as was
the provision for the segregat'on and
classification of all agricultural lands
on forest reservations. The p -nslon appropriation
bill, carrying about $1G4,000.000,
was returned to conference.
Pension agencies sustained a C:ose call.
The -House amendments appropriating
funds for their mainteoanc3 until December
31, 1912, were rejected by a tie
vote. The vote stood 29 to 26 in advocacy
of the separate agencies.
HOW IT W0BK8.
There are plenty of men who think
themselves reputable and leader* in
business who defend the saloon on the
i-fic-o mil it ucxy> uunuvw, wnen me
real consideration Is that the saloon
affords easy access to liquor and plenty
of K. It Is being constantly shown In
the Southern and Western communities
that there Is no business device that
so wonderfully promotes business prosperity
as does the elimination of the
saloon. The following from Leslie's
Weekly record* one of counties* Instances:
There 4s ndt a single saloon in
Vandergraft, Pa., indeed, there is none
within Ave miles of the spot. It 1s an
Industrial town, yet the liquor adjunct,
so highly capitalized by those whose
mission it is to criticise, never has been
considered necessary to the peace and
prosperity of Vandergrift. The town
givs the lie to detractors who have declared
that liquor is the "saving grace"
?perhaps the necessary antidote?of
the "slaving toll that breaks men down
THE PRESBYTEEli
>f Curren
at forty" in the steel mills. These men
of Vandergrift do not simply exist there
?they live. It 1b no working camp; It's
a home community. The employees of
tlie great American Sheet and Tin Plate
works are ninety per cent. American.
They own their own homes, too. In
fact, it is a question if twenty per cen?.
of the houses in Vandergrift are rented.
More than that, the men live well. The
word "luxury" has no meaning there,
for they have Bought and gained the
things so classed. So one of the things
that impresses the stranger?the great
iiuuiuci ul auiuiiivi/nvo uwueu uy uic
workrs?Is not surprising to them. It
is a matter of course. About thirty-four
hundred men are employed in the plant,
and the Vandergrift Automobile Club
has more than one hundred and fifty
members.
GOT. WILSON ACCEPTS.
On August 7th Governor Wilson was
officially notified of his nomination for
the Presidency, by the convention delegation
headed by Senator James, of
Kentucky. The following extracts from
his address outline his views of the more
prominent national Issues:
"We must speak not to catch votes,
but to satisfy the thought and conscience
of a people deeply stirred by the
conviction that they have come to a
critical turning point in their moral and
political development."
"The forces of the nation are asserting
themselves against every form of special
privilege and private control, and are
seeking bigger things than they have
ever heretofore achieved."
"Our task now is to effect a great readjustment
and get the forces of the
whole people once more Into play. We
need no revolution; we need no excited
change; we need only a new point of
view and a new method and spirit of
counsel."
"When we act we should act with
caution and prudence, like men who
know what they are about, and not like
those in love with a theory. . . .
There should be an immediate revision
of the tariff, and it should be downward,
unhesitatingly and steadily downward."
"I do not know any greater question
than that of conservation.
"With regard to the development of
greater and more numerous waterways
and the building up of a merchant marine.
we must follow great construction
lines and not fall back upon the cheap
device of bounties and subsidies."
"There is another duty which, the
Democratic party haa shown itself great
enough and close enough to the people
to perceive?the duty of govrnment to
share in promoting agricultural, industrial,
vocational education in every
way possible within Its constitutional
powers."
AS SEEN FROM AFAR.
According to the Paris correspondent
of the Boston news bureau, the nomination
of Governor Wood row Wilson
seems generally to please the press of
Europe. This man, this "professor in
politics," is hailed as a new and most
Interesting figure In the development of
the higher destinies of the great American
republic. Most foreign newspapers
have been considerably puzzled over the
complication In American politics by
the talk of a third party under the leadership
of Colonel Roosevelt, and they
have found it exceedingly difficult to determine
the meaning of the new drift of
political sentiment In the United States.
Mr. Wilson's career looms up to Europeans
as dramatic and constructive, and
* N OF THE BOOTH
it Events
one or two important newspapers like
Le Temps express the idea that he will
prove a redoubtable opponent for President
Taft. Mr. Wilson's attitude
towards finance is considerably speculated
upon, and without venturing to assert
the exact nature of that attitude,
the idea is that his scholarly and judicious
mind and his long experience with
International economics will conduct
him into cautious paths, when the
nrnhlomo a# 4 *- *?
r....v.u? vt uuaut? tuuiivui nun. wnat
European economists would like to see
in the United States Is a reform of
currency, and they generally believe
that a reduction In the tarlfT joined to
this currency reform would mean a
more prosperoue country.
PROGRESSIVE PLATFORM.
The following te a summary of the
platform adopted by the Progressive
Party, which was launched In Chicago
August 7th, at which time Theodore
Roosevelt, of "New York, was nominated
for President and Hiram Johnson, of
California, for Vice-President. Dec'ares
under heading, "The Rule of the People,"
for direct primaries for the nomlTVn.tinn
nf ? *
_rv?>.v> utiu uauujii oirvx'rs ana
candidates for the presidency, for the
popular election of United States Senators,
and urges on the States the use
of the short hallo<t, "with responsibility
to the people secured by the Initiative,
referendum and recall."?Pledges the
party to provide "a more easy and expendltious
method of amending the Federal
Constitution."?Advocates national
jurisdiction of problems which have expanded
beyond the reach of individual
States.?'Pledges party to secure equal
suffrage.?Pledges party to enactment of
legislation limiting campaign contributions
and expenditures and providing
for publicity thereof.?Opposes participation
by Federal appointees in State or
national conventions.?Demands "such
restrictions of the power of the courts
as shall leave to the people the ultimate
authority to determine fundamental
questions of social welfare and public
policy."?Pledges judicial reform, believing
that the Issuance of injunctions
in labor disputes should be prohibited
when such Injunctions would not apply
where no labor disputes existed.?Delares
against child labor and for a minimum
wage for women, for prevention
of Industrial accidents, safe-guards for
health of employes, publicity as to
wages, eight-hour work day and establishment
of a Federal department; of
labor.?Urges re-establishment of Country
LAfe Commission and promotion of
the welfare of farmers.?Fledges party
to a full and immediate Inquiry and to
immediate action to deal with the high
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cost of living.?Favors a single national
health service.?Demands national regu.
Iatfon of interstate corporations and
urges the establishment of a Federal
commission to supervise Interstate Industrial
corporations, foreign, and
favors strengthening the Sherman law
to Insure competition in business and
prevent trade practices.?Pledges party
to enactment of a patent law that will
prevent monopolies.?'Favors legislation
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Commerce Commission to value physical
property of railroads, and demands abolition
of the Commerce Court.?Condoms
method of issuing currency notes
through private agencies and urges control
thereof by the government aolne.
and opposes the Aldrlch currency Mil.?
Favors government co-operation with
manufacturers and producers in extending
foreign commerce.?Declares for
prompt development of all natural resources.
condemning exploitation, waste
and monopolization. Urges reasonable
compensation to the pnblic fOT water
power rights hereafter granted.?'Declares
for good roads, national highways
and extension of rural free delivery, the
Immediate development of natural resources
of Alasha, and promises to that
territory local self-government, as given
other Territories.?Fledges party to immediate
preparation of plan to .develop
rivers of the country, especially the
Mississippi and tributaries, without delay.?Demands
that the Panama Canal
shall be so operated as bo Insure sea
competition with transcontinental railroads,
and urges that .American railroad-controlled
ships be denied the use
of the canal.?Expresses belief in a protective
tariff -which shdll equalize conditions
of competition between the
United States and foreign countries for
all classes; demands tariff revision because
the present tariff is unjust to the
people of the United States, and pledges
party to the establishment of a nonpartisan,
scientific tariff commission.
Condemns the Payne-Aldrich bill and
the Democratic party's tariff policy as
"destructive of the protective system."?
Demands immediate repeal of the Canadian
reciprocity act.?Favors inheritance
and Income taxes.?Favors international
agreement for limitation of naval
forces and the construction of two battleships
a year pending such agreement.?Favors
governmental action in
behalf of immigrants, a wise and just
policy of pensions for soldiers and sailors
and the Immediate creation of a
parcels post.?In conclusion the platflftrm
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