Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1914 — TWO GOOD MEETINGS , BY WILL R WOOD [ARTICLE]

TWO GOOD MEETINGS , BY WILL R WOOD

Hurriedly Arranged Meeting in Oourt House Saturday and New-, land Speech at Night, Senator Will R. Wood, of Lafayette, republican candidate for representative of tne tenth congressional district, held two good meetings in Jasper county Saturday. Owing to the rain of Friday evening the McCoysburg speech that evening was cancelled. Bills were printed Saturday morning and a meeting held in the court house Saturday afternoon. About two hundred voters gathered to hear Mr. Wood discriss the issues of the campaign and he did so in a very thorough manner. He devoted a considerable part of his speech to a discussion of the tariff and his argument was convincing that the American farmer and manufacturer can not prosper when the things they produce are brought into competition with the same things grown or manufactured in countries where the wages paid are less than half and in many eases less than one-fourth that paid to the American working classes. He discussed the effect of the latest democratic tariff on American industries, telling of the American factories that had been closed, of the thousands of men thrown out of employment, of the advantage secured by foreign countries and the fact that the tariff had failed utterly to reduce the cost of living, because the importers have taken advantage of the people and kept the prices up. Senator Wood stated that had it not been for the European war the prices of grain would far below the prices that were paid during the past two moftths. He discussed briefly the condition of state affairs, the fact that new and expensive commissions have been formed, salaries of officials increased, state tax levy raised to meet expenses and then the state has been compelled to borrow money to meet the running expenses. Senator Wood proved beyond a doubt that he measures up in every way to the position he seeks and his hearers were pleased with his speech and feel certain that they will have just cause for pride in the man who is to represent them in the national congress as the successor of John B. Peterson. During his speech Senator Wood read a letter, which Senator Beveridge had written him during the summer of 1910, and which is else where published. Saturday night Senator Wood spoke at Newland to one of the best meetings he has held in the district. There were £ large number of voters out and his speech was a splendid one. There are 97 more voters registered in East Barkley precinct this year fchan«two years ago and this resulted from the onion and truck farm boom at Newland. The people Who came in are intelligent, high-class citizens, interested in the affairs of the nation and state, and they gave rousing endorsement to the speech of Senator Wood. W. L. Wood, candidate for joint representative of White and Jasper counties, also spoke for about 15 minutes, and proved that he is alive to the interests of the state and his district. Senator Wood’s visit to Jasper county proved one of the most inspiring of the present campaign and doubtless resulted in securing many votes for him and the entire republican ticket.