The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-28
Taft, in Acceptance Speech Lauds
Roosevelt Steals Democrats Thunder

uraI results OF modern enterprise and
are beneficial to the public In inc
public will soon snare with the manu-.
facturer the advantage In economy or
operation and lower prices
As to Unlawful Trusts.
Regarding unlawful trusts. Mr.. Tart,
after defining monopoly, pranos
against the law such monopohes as
show the element OF duress In the con-
duet OF business toward customers OF
competitors. He accentuates that mere
aggregation OF capital liz not viola.
ton OF the antitrust law, but adds that
unlawful trusts should ne restralhc"
with all the efficiency or inlunctlVe pto-
cess and the persons shsassu M Win
taining them should be punished Win
ali the severity OF criminal prosecutioh'
However Mr. Taft claims that 10 1e
stroy them and TO eliminate the WeaIth
they represent from the proaucins up
taI OF the country would entail enor-
nous loss and throw myriads or LABOR
ers out OF employment; which wouIo III
tiict far greater punis ,hn gn,, ap'" He
points out that while the Democratic
platform does not propose OUT ana ous
to destroy the plants OF the trnsn
physically, II proposes TO do the same
thing In a round about way and thet -
by taking OF the tariff In all articles
coming Into competition win those
produced by the so-called trusts ana 20
AYERS that if such course would be
destructive OF the trusts business ~
would also be destructive OF tns Ir
smaller competitors business. After
showing that business graduall. - ep.
preaching a healthier tone. Mr.. Iait
warns the wage earners OF impcndi.s
business disaster should Mr.. Bryan DC
placed at the head Of the government
with the Democrati9> platforms ruin
GUS policies, Mr.. Taft eNpatiates upon
the Republican doctrine OF protection
aan1 this SNstem Is whit
has led to the establishment or rate
of wages that has greatly enhanced the
standard OF living OF the laborins man.
Necessity for Tariff Revision.
The tariff I'm a number or schedules
continues Mr.. Taft. exceeds the diner.
ence between the cost of production OF
such articles abroad and at nome IA
Guiding reasonable proht 10 Ine
American producer. and the excess over
that difference serves no usefui pur-
pose, but Offers q temptation 10 those
who would monopolize the production
and sale OF such articles In this coun-
the other hand, Mr.. Taft shows, there
are other schedules wherein the tarin
Is out sufficiently high to give me
measure OK pro,ecIRsS enubiiean princi
! Piles and as to those. the tarin shoulo
be raised. A revision OF the tarin un-
dertaken upon this principle, declares
Mr.. Taft. which Is the basis or our
present business system. Will make the
disturbance OF business incident to such
a change as little as possible
| The speaker then goes on TO score
! the Democratic tariff plan and to fore
east its bad effect" on business con-
ditions.
back and reviews the Republican poll
| cies that accrue to the special benent
of the tiller OF the soil namely: Re
straining of excessive and unduly dis
eliminating railroad rates; enforce
ment OF the pure food laws; the promo
ton OF scientific agriculture and extern
| sion OF free rural delivery.
Labor and the G. .. II.
Taft then tackles the labor question
One important phase OF the policies oil
the present administration has been an
anxiety tossecure for the wage-earneI
an equality OF opportunity ana sue.
place him on u level In dealing with Ms
! employer. The Republican party mas
! passed an employers liability act ioi
Interstate railroads, and has established
an eight hour law for government EN-
ployes and OIL government constructioh
The essence OF the reform Effected o.
the former Is the abolition OF the TEL
low-servant rule. and the introductiot
OF the comparative negligence theory
by which an employe injured In th'
service OF his employer does not lose al
his right TO recover because or sn2h
negligence on his part. Then there y
the act providing for compensation 10
injury to government employees. to
gether with the various statutes re
curing safety appliances upon inter
| state commerce railroads for the pro
lection OF their employees. and limiting
| the hours OF their employment These
are all instances of the desire or the
| Republican party to do justice TO the
wage-earner.
To give to employees their proper pc
sition In such controversy, to enable
them TO maintain themselves against
employers having great capital. they
| may well unite. because In union there
Is strength and without It each indi.
helpless. There Is large body o.
laborers, however. skilled and un-
| skilled, who are not organized int
unions Their rights before the Law
are exactly the same as those OF the
| union men, and are to be protected
with the same care and watchfulness.
Rights Of Labor.
| In order TO induce their employer into
a compliance with their request foi
changed terms OF employment. work
men have the right TO strike In a body
| They have right TO use such persua'
sion an they may. provided II does no,
| reach the point of duress, to lead theti
| reluctant co-laborers to join them In
| their union against their employer. and
| they have a right, IL they choose, TO ac-
| ouinulats funds to support those en-
| gaged In a strike. to delegate to officers
| the power to direct the action OF the
union, and to withdraw themselves and
their associates from dealings with, OIL
giving custom to those with whom the }
are in controversy.
What they have not the right to do /,
| to injure their employers property. I.
| in1ure their employers business by use
| Of threats or methods OF physical du
| ress against those who would work FOL
| him, or deal with him, or by carrying
| on what Is sometimes known as a sec
| ondary boycott against his customer,
or those with whom he deals In bust
ness.
| Use and Abuse of Injunction.
The threatened unlawful injuries Il
business. like those described above
| can only be adequately remedied by ar
Injunction To prevent them. IL has beer
claimed that inJunctions do not issu,
TO protect anything but property rights
and that business Is not "A property
| right: but such u proposition is wholly
Inconsistent with all the decisions o
the courts. The supreme court OF IN,
| United states says that the Injunction
Is remedy To protect property oil
| rights OF "a peCuniary nature, and w,
may well submit to the considerat'
4 Judgment OF all laymen whether tn.
| Tight OF "A man in his business is not al
distinctly right OF pecuniary mature
as the right 10 his horse or his hous.
or the stock of goods on his shelf, anc
the instances In which injunctions 1,
protect business have been upheld by
all courts are so many that IL is futil,
| further to discuss the proposition.
Vague Democratic Plank.
II is difficult 10 tell the meaning o
the Democratic platform upon this sub
toct. II says:
Questions OF judicial practice
have arisen especially In connec-
tion with Industrial disputes. We
deem that the parties to all judi
cial proceedings should be treated
with rigid impartiality, and that
| inJunctions should not be issued Ia
any cases i'm which injunctions
would not issue " no industrial dis