Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-02
HITS THIRD
PARTY PLATFORM
Governor AssaiIs Minimum
Wage and Federal Commits
sion to Regulate Monopoly.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson today ana
lyzed the third party platform in its
relation to the laboring man. The
occasion of his speech was a Labor
Day celebration under the auspices
of the United Trades and Labor
Council.
1t was the first expression from the
Democratic candidate on the merits
of the Progressive platform. The
Governor said that while on the one
hand was to be found there SYM
pathy with practically every project
Of social betterment that part was
merely "a proclamation of sympa-
thy" while the real program lay
elsewhere where the tariff and the
trusts are spoken Of"
The Governor assailed the mini
mum wage idea, declaring that en-
ployers would take occasion to bring
their wage scale as nearly as they
could down to the level of the mini
mum permitted by the law.
With the idea of a Federal COM
mission to regulate monopoly the
Governor took emphatic issue. He
declared that the plan suggested not
only would legalize monopoly but give
the chief employers of the country a
tremendous authority behind them"
He said in part:
Intelligent w~orkingmen will ask
the men now seeking their votes what
they may be expected to do for them.
Most of the answers they get will
turn upon the question of tariff duties,
from which our politics never seem
able to get away. On the one hand,
they will be told that if the Demo-
cratic party gets into power they may
look to see industry languish and
wages go down and employment be-
come harder and harder to find.
THESE uncomfortable predictions
come both from the old-line Republic
cans and from those Republicans of
the new departure who are seeking
to. build up a third party of their
own.
in fact there is this very singular
feature about the platform of the new
party: 1t has two sides and two
tones. Itgis a proclamation of SYM
pathy rather, an indication of the di-
rection In which the leaders of the
party would fain sometime move.
The program lies elsewhere, where
the tariff is spoken of, and the trusts.
In that portion of the document there
is an air OF business and very definite
indication of what is intended to be
done and by what means.
"Mr. Roosevelt declares his de-
voted adherence to the principle of
protection. I have searched his pro-
gram very thoroughly for an indica-
non OF what ne expects 10 90 IN oroel
TO see 60 IL mat a larger roportio
OF TINS prize money gets INTO the
pay envelope, ana l nave 1ouho only
one suggestion
inere is a plank IN .ne PROGRAM
which SPEAKS Oh ESTABLISHING a mini
num- OF living wage ior women
WORKERS. anu ! uppos .ha, we MAJ
assume ina the prlnclple Is no IN
lhe long run meant 10 De eonIined III
its apphcatioh TO women only. 1er-
maps we are )ustitieo IN assum'hs
that the thlrd party looks FORWARD
10 the GENERAL escapilshiheh' ny ia"
OIL a minimum wage It's very iiheiS'
'ahe vi ei"h'ou' no. -
mum wage were estapilsheo by Ia"
the great majority o empowers
wouid take occasion 10 oring theii
wage scale as nearly as mlsh. ot
down to the lever OIL nat MINIMUM
ana II Wouid De very awkwaro loi
the 10 resis. Tue pIooess
successfully, pecause II "ouiu nt
dangerous TO STRIKE agalns. 'he au-
thorlty Oh the ieoerai government
Sees Danger In Plan.
moreover, most of his employers
at any rate practically all of tho