The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-08-22
WOULD GIVE DETROIT
ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN
w. H. Hill Makes Strong Point
in Campaign for Progress
sive Nomination

One OF the main points that w. III.
Hill, of Detroit. Is making in his cam
paign for the Progressive nomination
for ongressman-at-large is that fol
years Detroit has not been given a
faiy representation In congess. With
no eDtroit man in the senate, MIR, Hill
points out that the city's half million
people are practically represented by
only one congressman, the representa-
tive from the first district, while all
other sections OF the state have a
representative for each 177,000
II Mr. Hill is elected congressman
at-large this fall this inequality will
be greatly reduced he points out. De-
troit will have two representatives in
congress, while IL any of his competit-
ors are elected, the extra representa-
| tion will 60 to some other section OF
the state and Detroit will continue to
have but one representative in Wash
tington though having one-fifth OF the
population of the state and paying
one-sixth of the taxes.
There is nothing fair about this,
says Mr.. Hill. and he is making a
strenuous campaign for the nomina-
tion.
Another point on which Mr.. Hill is
laying emphasis is that OF the twelve
Michigan representatives and two
senators now in Office only two are
business men, the others all being
lawyers, and he is urging that it
would be we'll 10 inject little more
business common sense into legisla-
tion and eliminate some OF the tech
nicaities.
Until the present campaign Mr. Hill
had never taken any active part in
| politics, and he did not at first take
! kindly 10 the Idea Of making a cam
| paign for Office But his scruples
were finally overcome by the insist
ence of business men in as many as
| 63 counties who kept after him TO de-
clare himself in the race for congress.
man-at-large.
For q years Mr.. Hill has been a
successful manufacturer In Detroit
and he is now president OF metal
| furniture company and also OF a drug
specially company. He believes in a
| government "of the people, by the
people and for the people" and not in
| government OF the interests, by the
! interests and for the interests, and
has outlined the following platform
The strengthening of the pure food
| and drug act so that the government
can eliminate all Impure food and
drugs
The creation OF national industrial
| commission that will control all cor
porations doing an interstate business
on the same plan that the Interstate
! commerce commission controls the ran
/ roads. and on the same Blan that IN"
national banks are now controlled ny
! the government--not to destroy or dls-
| integrate business but 20. control 81.
! and not let the big businefs interests
| destroy the smaller business men.
| The enaction OF a law that VIII at
| once establish in the nation and IN
I it's several states minimum standard
! OF wages for women. on the plan OF
| the Massachusetts law
| The establishing OF standard or
sanitation and safety in the mines OF
1 the country
| The passage OF legislotion IN the ma
| tion and all states providing standard
OF compensation for accidents ana
| death OF wage-earners.
! A living wage for all workers.
| Legislation that VIII prohibit night
| work by women aud children.
| Legislation that VIII prohtbtt the
premature employment Of children.
/ The corporation OF the government
| with the farmer that the farm NAY
be made more productive 20 the end
/ that the farm may be left 60 the farm :
! els son IN better and not worse condt-
/ tion because 81 its cultivation.
| Direct election OF the president ana
1 United States senators by the people.
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