The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-09
GOVERNOR WILSON
OUTLINES PLAN TO
REGULATE PRICES
Would Maintain Competition
By Forcing Trusts Into
Uniform Selling
TALKS WAY THROUGH
STATE OF KANSAS
Unfair Methods OF Corpora
tons Can Best Be Prevent
ed By Statutes, Says
Candidate

TOPEKA. KAN, Oct. Sin eight
speeches, extending from Horton,
son for the first time today outlined
the method by which he proposes, IL
elected, to regulate competition. The
governor suggests a law which will
compel the trusts to sell their prod
ucts at uniform price throughout
the country, SO that anybody can
come into competition with them In
a local field without being crushed
by underseliing. The candidate added
that if the local merchant does not
have to carry any water, he can best
the great combinations in his own
market.
As means of diversion, the cam
didate rode twenty miles, from Clyde
to watering station. the first stop.
in the cab of big mogul locomotive,
No. $50, the pride of the Rock Island
railroad. The governor was at lunch
when J.. A. Stewart introduced Frank
C sCennelley~ the travelling iocomo~
tive engineer OF the Rock Island
lines. Connolly told the governor he
would feel honored TO have him ride
tn tha locomotive. -.~
Il shall be very glad to do IT."
said the candidate. Tt wifi not,
however. be my first experience OF
the kind. / rode in locomotive In
New Jersey when / was a candidate
for governor"
When the train stopped at Clyde,
the candidate went forward and
took a seat ON the fireman's bench
ents were with him
The governor was permitted To
open the throttle and start the train.
Then the engineer took 1t in hand
and. as he expressed ii. opened her
up wide" The twenty miles were
covered In a trifie over twenty min
utes, including one stop at a rail-
road crossing and several siowdowns
going around curves. One straight
stretch of two miles was covered in
eighty seconds. The candidate en-
joyed the experience immensely.
Occasionally he turned and asked:
What speed are we making now?"
and when informed he was covering
a mile minute he gasped In aston
ishment.
The big steel monster -sMayed
from side to side and the governor
was Obliged to hola fast to the side
OF the cab. There was also a good
deal of pounding from the big driv-
ing wheels. When the ride was over
the governors face was black with
coal dust He looked like a real
engineer as he hurried to the wash
room to clean up.
ut was a delightful experience,
he said afterwards,
Has Big Meetings.
The governor had big and enthusi-
astie meetings everywhere. The
train arrived at Horton at A. NJ,
two hours late, because OF a freight
wreck. which necessitated employ
ment of special engine to haul
the governors private car to Nor
ton. The special travelled LOG miles
in 10 minutes Though it was
A. NJ. there was large crowd at
the station. The governor apollo
gixed for getting the people up so
tariff and the trusts.
FHiiiipsbuFg was tue next stop.
Another big crowd was at the sta
ton. The candidate had poked some
fun at Kansas normal Republican
majority. saying:
al have been much interested In
some OF the expressions the people
have used recently in speaking of
Kansas. They have generally said
Kansas is normally Republican, and
i can't help rejecting that there is
not anything normal that is Repub-
lican now, because the Republican
party is in such an abnormal condi-
ton that rs Kansas Ii normal Repnh-
lican 1t must feel very abnormal
need"
Republicans Not Progressive.
1.-THE front of the Republican party