The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-08
Declares His Theories Pretty But Unworkable, and Takes a Slap at Pandora
 Panaceas.
LINCOLN IS ENTHUSIASTIC
Governor Tells Ncighbors He Believes in Bryan's Sincerity, But Is Glad Policies Won't Be Put
 Into Effect.

Lincoln, Neb., oct 7,--'ls it possi- ble that Mr. Bryan can know anything of the principles of business?"
 Under this caption Gov. Charles E. Hughes of New York, in Mir. Bryan's home city, this morning attacked the industrial and labor policies of the democratic candidate for president. Greeted at the station by large crowd, Governor Hughes was escort ed amid an enthusiastic demonstration on to the opera house,
 MT Bryan has announced himself in favor of the extermination of trusts, said Governor Hughes, ITO exterminate them he offers a variety of remedies, He has large assort- ment of remedies, so that if You do mot like one, you may try another, and so on until you find one that 1 pleases your fancy But analyzlng all of them, you find that he makes 1 three proposals which he thinks suit | able and practicable in limiting the | power of corporations. In the first I place he says. let us prohibit the du plication of directors in competing corporations, that is. make 1t unlawful fer q director in one concern from | being a director in another This Is very pretty theory. But is 1t work able2 You know quite we'll that if a man owned a majority of stock in a humber of corporations he would whether there was any duplication or not tho effect would be the same.
 We'll if you. don't like that says | Mir Bryan, here Is another proposal Let us go through the tariff schedules and put on the free list the things that are being manufactured by the trust. That will destroy them. True enough, but would it not also destroy the weaker manufacturers in the same line, who are fighting against the trusts, and who, being small, have the least power to resist?
 We'll then. says Mir. Bryan, There's another that's bound to win. Let's cut down the output of each monopoly to 50 per cent Anotlier pretty but wholly fsnciful theory
 "l say that an attempt to regulate manufactgrers by percentages would entail such complicated system of bureaus that government would be obnoxiously bureaucratic All these schemes are an attempt to bring about reform by magic I recognize the oratorical powers and believe firm ly m the sincerity of the democratic candidate, but believe just as firmly that an enforcement of his principles would end in disaster The best of lt is that he is not likely to be able to put them into operation. The work ingnans Interests are best protected by the increase of industry, by the correction of abuses which a sane and wise enforcement of the statutes pro- vide for. Great reforms have already been begun under the republican ad- on under a continuation of it. That's way l have come to Lincoln to speak in behalf of Mr Taft
 At Havelock, Nob, Gov. Hughes addressed crowd Of workingmen from the locomotive shops. You can't tell mo any one can deliver the labor vote" he declared. The average American workingman Is too snrewd and independent to bow to dictation, It has heen said that Mr Taft is not d friend Of labor That is cruel and unjust accusation. No man in public life has shown himself to be more friendly to labor At the same time he nas not tried to get your votes by offering remedies calculated merely to please your fancy"
 Leaving here Gov Hughes was scheduled to make fourteen addresses in Nebraska to-day, including stops al Grand Island Kearney MinJen and al Hastings tonight