Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-30
HOW THE CANDIDATES DIFFER.

piles advocated by the three leading candi-
dates for President have been brought out
very distinctly. 1t is now possible to judge
what each man holds to be the paramount is
sue and the voters can mark their ballots &C
cording to how the views of the candidates
coincide with their personal views.
Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candi-
date, has concentrated his fight on the tariff.
He maintains that the tariff is at the root of
all our troubles in this country. He sees In it
the foundation for the trusts, and incidentally
one of the principal causes for the high cost
OF living. Mr.. Wilson would revise the tariff,
placing many articles on the free list, par
t%icularly those which affect the cost Of living.
He would bring about a change gradually so
as nor to arrest the industries of the countries
which have been built up on the high protect
i've system. He would see to it that the re-
duction is brought about so that the country
would have a tariff sufficient only for the reve-
nue. necessary for running the government.
Mr.. Wilson believes that the industries of
America are we'll able to take care of them
selves in the markets of the world and quotes
prices of American goods abroad as evidence.
Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive candi-
date, is making his appeal to the voters on a
platform in which "human rights are en-
phasized. He does not deny the Importance
of the tariff, and distinctly states he favors
the reduction of some of the schedules. He
holds fast, however, to the protection of prin-
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sue is of very great Importance.
Mr.. Roosevelt's mind, as is seen by the Pro
gressive platform on which he stands, runs
more to the social side of life. He would en-
act laws which would tend to improve the con
dition of the workers. He would limit the
hours of labor and pass employers liability
laws. He would have some regulation over
the conditions under which men and women
are compelled to work. He would prohibit child
labor entirely. His whole interest seems to be
concentrated in the uplife of the masses who,
in his opinion, are now grossly imposed upon
by employers who seem willing to grind the
very lives out of men, women and children in
their greed for the almighty dollar.
Mr.. Roosevelt's principles are socialistic in
a degree, but the socialists refer to him as
their greatest enemy. Roosevelt admits that
he is their greatest enemy because he claims
that with his principles put into force social
ism would disappear, as his platform is the
remedy for socialism.
AS for Mr.. Taft, who is a candidate for re-
election on the Republican ticket, "standpat''
is the word. He points with pride to the great
prosperity of the country today. He argues
that all the mills are working, many of them
overtime. Orders are being placed for new
material. Everybody who desires to work can
find a position. More money is being spent
for amusement and entertainment than ever
before, wages are high and, on the whole, the
country is in a most prosperous condition. He
would leave things exactly as they are, believ-
ing that this satisfactory condition will CON
tinue indefinitely if not interfered with. While
admitting that there are one or two evils that