Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-11
TAFT FORMALLY
OPENS CAMPAIGN
Expounds His Views on Relative
interests and Rights OF La
Dor and Capital.
LIVE QUESTIONS PUT TO HIM.
Declined 10 Answer Ono About the
Brownsville Incident and Rather
Neatly PnTicd Next One.

New York. Jan. 10, For The Arst
time since he became a recognized cam
didate for the Republican presidential
nomlnation, Secy OF War william H..
Taft tonight faced n New York audi
ence. set forth in detail his stand on
the question of the relative interests
and rights of labor and capital. and IN
turn submitted to II rnpld-dre attack
from the audience, which quiszed him
keeniy ana IN somewhat controver-
sial spirit. according TO the practise of
the Peoples Institute whose guest he
was. The secretary proved equally ef-
fcctiye in attack and defense. aud his
prompt and forcible replies and occa-
spnal witty salies evoked the same
demonstration of applause as greeted
the salient points OF HIS address proper
Two thousand persons, It's capacity
had crowded into Cooper Union when
police reserves were summoned 10 clear
the walks in front of the building,
Where 1000 or more had congregated.
CHEERS FOR TAFT.
AS tho form OF the secretary Of war
made its way through The thronS, a
shout of Three cheers for the next
president was the signal for a NOISY
ovation. that continued until MIR. Taft
bowed his Acknowledgement from the
platform
In his prepared address the secretary
pointed out the dependence, one upon
the other. Of capital and labor He de-
claied that great aggregations of
wealth properly employed widened the
field of labor and were to be welcomed
while wealth Improperly used was to
be condemned. He advocated hnionism
In so far as sympathy and the resultant
corporation made for the common
good
At the conclusion of his address, the
audience had its turn. Chairman
Charles Sprague Smith announced that
Secy Taft would read questions as
they were handed up.
The first questioner desired to know
II the secretary would stake his polit-
ical future on the attitude taken py
the administration on the Brownsville
incident.
secy. Taft declined to answer the
question, stating that the matter WAS
now before the senate committee, and
there had been no discussion in the
DO you think a laborer gets enough
money was another question, TO
%hich Secy. Taft laughingly re-
don't know what the laborer gets.
don't know what labor he performs.
but / do know that some get more
than they ought to have, and think
some should get more"
There was u loud shout when the
secretary commenced to laugh while
reading over question which inquir-
ed why he had changed his attitude
toward labor since he left the Ohio
bench. The secretary declared that his
attitude had not changed, and that tho
things he had said tonight he had al
ways stood for.
rs not an Industrial situation based
on q tariff 4 false one?" The secretary
replied that If the tariff was abolished
now there would be no business at all
Further, he said, he would not dis
cuss the tariff issue Mt this time.
question concerning the right OF
an employer to bring injunction pro-
ccedings induced the secretary to cite
n case IN which he appeared as conn
SCI Moores d Co. had obtained Il judg-
ment Of $1,000 against labor union.
ne SAID, and IL took 10 years TO obtain
the money. The secretary added that
II an Injunction had been obtained by
Moores IL Co. they would not have SUI
fered any damage. shortly after1yarrd
2 humorously-incllned auditor sent up
the following question. which caused a
general laugh;
STANDARD OIL FINE
II u took Moores 81 60. 10 years
to collect 81 500, how long would II take
the United States TO collect S29, 600. 600
from the Standard OilP"
The secretary said that the solution
would require an advanced form of
mathematics with which he was not
familiar.
There was one query oyer which the
secretary hesitated. while his face as
stunned thoughtfuly serious express
sion. Then he read:
What Is a man to do who Is out OF |
ine?"
God knows he replied "They have |
my deepest sympathy II they cannot |
get work. II Is an awful case when |
man Is willing to work and is put In |
this position"
II am asked" said the secretary III |
lhe government ownership VI mines |
and railroads would make disputes be- |
tween labor and capital easter 10 set
tlef | don't think So DO you realize
what n power you would put IN Wash |
ington? You would put q power in tho
hands Of one man or got 90 men that
would well make You trcmble for the
SAFETY of the republic"
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