New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-19
WILSON BLAMED
FOR IDLE MILLS
The Republican Campaign
Opens Here to Repudi-
ate His Policies.
HUMPHREY LANDS
BLOW ON TARIFF
Attacks Rule of Academic Doctor
as Costing Business $780,
100000 a Day.

Representative w r. Humphrey OF
Seattle opened the Republican Congress
slonal campaign here at the moh'h'E
meeting OF the county committee III
Murray HIN Lyceum last evening MI
1Y,,,nbrev after reviewing the depres-
sion in business, which he charged was
due 10 Democratic policies and the Onoer-
v,ood tariff. and denouncing the meas
ure repeating the free tolls clause IN the
Panama Canal bill. said that the three
issues IN the Congressional campaign Will
10 the repudiation Of the Presidents Pan
am. Canal and foreign policies and the
tariff. ~
az the Panama Canal legislation MI
1y,.mpbroy said fear OF Japan inspired II,
and that the transcontinental railroaoS %
The countrv would be the chief gamers
hy il. 49,.
prior n Mr.. Humphreys address the
committee adopted a call for the uhoiil-
cial primaries 10 be held on AusuS' y.
William Rulmer was elected secretary !"
fin the vacancy caused by the resignation
last fan OF John Boyle. An appear loi
woman suffrage was made by MIS- mar
riot stantos Batch.
Mr. Humphrey began by quoting hgures
90 show the extent 10 which Democrat'C
promises Of higher wages ana reouoeu
,ost Of living had been redeemed. ne
conpared 1913 with 1912, although as ne
said during 1913 we had but ten mohtIs
Of democratic administration and three
months of the Democratic tarih law
..,rbe hank clearanceS in 1872 he SAID
.v,cre t4175 10000 greater than in l9lO
ION the last day Of January 1919. the
1-ritoJ States steel Corporation had OF
doris for $50 coo tons of steel. on January
1914 II had orders for 4,25O.OoO IONS Oi'
the first day Of this month 1t hau o'ueiH
Tor c.99s.O 900 tons. What could ten ii'oi
distressing story? To-day more than one
,nird ~ the stee, mills in the entire couh-
Try are closed An. IAN
"To-dav there are million IDLE men
I'm the iron and steel associated INDUSTRIES
representing a daily payroll OF more 'n"ii
e o,on oo There are $4,000 miners In TINS
Jo,ntr,, out of work that in RepuoI'cdi'
Zines were earning S75o00O'OO -annuallS'
,Thoro are cSS.OOO idle freight cars the
I,,rest number in the history Of TINS IA
ton When tie Republican party went
ont Of power there was none
To-day there are more than S"VD cah-
,o,d mon ont of employment that were
reccivinr more than 100000 a day III
wages when Woodrow Wilson went "l'o
the White House.
..There are 10000 idle men in New iorA
10000 idle men in Chicago, 5000 ldIe men
in pittsburgh. % 900 idle men in san iran
cisco. We arc facing the awful prooie"
~ unemployed everywhere. There are
more idle men in this nation than ever
before Every day that woodrow VII
son has been in the White House the pusi'
ness of the nation has decreased by more
than s2O00OOO0 This is the price OF De
rnocracv. This is the price that the peoP'e
nav 10 have the affairs OF this natl"n
controlled bv academic doctors and en-
ciency experts 10y gowned theorists ara
scholarly dreamers, by pedantic puAdll'
and Cbautauqua performers. by learned
illusionists and grape juice statesmen
NE 1ve are told that this is merely
psychological The President has assured
the country mat what ~ 49,
LEGISLATION. There is this slight cohsold
ton. however. that while Congress Is u
session destroying the business Of th'
co,,,tr,. they are also destroying Wha'
remains Of the now discredited Demo
cratic party. The business men OF the ma
linn have appealed IN vain to the fresi
ent TO stop further legislation but MS re-
,J, has been that they simply imagine
that they are being injured
The Presidents Mexican policy nc
said WAS a series OF zone fool plunaei
after another" following the ignoring OF
oxperts on Mexico and placing depend
o,cc upon the reports Of special agent
o., minister who left the church TO be-
come professional muckraker, an ex-
pert on scandal"
As for the Progressives. Mr.. Humphrey
said most of them were already back in
the Republican party and would nc
longer vote to keep the Democratic party
in power
No mention Was made of District Attor-
nov Whitmans candidacy for Governor
The question Of nominations not being
mertioned. any more than was Colonel
Rooseyelt's declaration that he will not
run. The nearest approach TO that being
discussed was after the meeting, when
chairman Koenig was asked what Id
thought OF Roosevelts decision not to be
a candidate.
u never thought he would be" was the
answer.