The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-07
NO BUSINESS MAN.
Hughes Charges Bryan With Being
Visionary.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. It's it posi-
BILE that Mr.. Bryan can know anything
of the principles of business?"
Under this caption, Governor Chas
E. Hughes of New York, in Mr..
Bryan's home city here this morning,
attacked the industrial and labor poll
cies of the Democratic nominee for
president. Greeted at the station by a
large crowd, Governor Hughes was
escorted amid an enthusiastic demon
stration into the opera house.
Mr.. Bryan has announced himself
II fayar Of t the exte anabss of
exterminate them he offers a variety
of remedies. He has a large assort-.
ment of remedies, so that If you do not
like one you may try another and so
on until you find one that pleases your
fancy. But analyZing all of them you
find that he makes three proposals
which he thinks suitable and prac-
ticable in limiting the power of COR
porations. In the first place. he says,
let us prohibit the duplication of d.
that is, make it unlawful for a director
in one concern to be a director in an
other. This is very pretty theory.
But is it workable? You know well
that if a man owned the majority of
stock in number of corporations he
would have such directors as he want
ed, and whether there was any dupli-
cation or not the effect would be the
same. Well, if you do not like that,
says Mr.. Bryan, here is another pro-
posal. Let us go through the tariff
schedules and put on the free list the
things that are being made by the
trusts. That will destroy them. True
enough, but would it not first destroy
the weaker manufacturers in the same
line who are fighting against the trusts
and who being small have the least
power to resist? Well. then, says Mr..
Bryan, here's another that's bound to
win. Let us cut down the output of
each monopoly to so per cent. An
other pretty but wholly fanciful
theory. 1 say that an attempt to regu-
late manufacturers by percentages
would entail such complicated sys-
tenn of government bureaus that II
would be obnoxiously bureaucratic. All
these schemes are to bring about re-
forms by magic. I recognize the ora
torical powers and believe firmly in
the sincerity of the Democratic candi-
date, but believe just as firmly that
an enforcement of his principles would
end in disaster. The best of 1t is he
is not likely to be able to put them into
operation. The workingman's inter
ests are best protected by the increase
of industry by the correction of abuses
which a sane and wise ENFORCEMENT of
the statutes provide for. Great re-
forms have already been given under
the Republican administration and
they will be carried on under con-
IlnuaI1On
come to Lincoln to speak in behalf OF
Mr.. Taft"
At Havelock, Nebraska, Governor
Hughes addressed a crowd of work
ingmen from the locomotive shops.
You can't tell me any one can de-
liver the labor vote" he declared.
s'The average American workman Is
too shrewd and Independent thinker
to bow to dictation. 1t has been said
that Mr.. Taft Is not friend of labor.
That is a cruel and unjust accusation.
No man in public life has shown him
self to be more friendly to labor. At
YOUR votes by offering methods calcu-
lated merely to please your fancy"
Leaving here Governor Hughes was
scheduled to make fourteen addresses
in Nebraska today including stops at
Grand Island, Kearney. Minden and at
Hastings tonight.