The sun., 1915-03-12


In a talk with reporter for Tur
Sr'S to-day Mr. Williams took MP one
ny one the .tems In NJ Redheld'~ letter
to the President, H. had already made
"A formal answer To the S"cretary's
charges in which he said frankly that
these charges We're so feeble. Iamhliu.
and Indefinite that a direct answer was
Impossible. Having now had moro time
70 sulltZe the letter and the report of
Mr.. Barclay. Nj Williams. speaking
for the association Of which he il The
head. does not hesitate 20 say that they
represent a delih"rat" attempt 20 u is
represent the situation
The report shows" sad NJ Will
Jams. "thnt the thirty concerns 'rpre-
s"uted in our association aye employing
IN fewer men now 'Nlu they d.d
year ago, the total h,iuG i.62a. That
10 KS as If We had made an uuus 'osstry
poise just beCause 4 mere 1lS men htl
los. their Jobs. Wei. III men ar. a lot
in l community of this kind. hut that ls
not the Point At all. DO you find any
thing In thu report concerning the men
who are stu At work Docs Nj. Red
field carefully point ont tina; these men
are working on half time?
Ills statement wHuld b" mo"e il.u-
Wirl;ug u Il presented q comparative"
tlh.o sowing tho number %: hours 'ns.e
u..n work. Now II "" say That our tn
dustrics are running up 20 80 per cent.
OF their capacity We say all that the
facts warrant. Many of us are trying 20
keep all of our help busy "a par; oi
the time rather than a few T them all
of the time
I'm my own concern We have decided
'Ja' ( vas letter all around % Keep
'.oou men working four days q week
t.au u would h. to discharge 500 o.
th'm ana keep IA" others warNiug %
ful! week.
We have been dong tAis ugh. long
You Wi. remenheg that while ago
there was a good deal OF talk about
tines getting better: that II everybody
would jump in a condition characterized
as purely psycholog ogical would soon pass
away. We tutk tue upumists NJ their
word. We spread broadcast the report
that We were going back 10 fun time,
ana the fact was duly reported .s an in
dIratlon Of returning confidence and
prosperity Wen, we lasted jus, 'wo
weeks, There weren't any orders 20 III
Wa are IN half time now. and ". see
no prospects OF anything better
Calamity Howier..
The fact was mentioned 10 NJ ". NJ
iaIu- that even before the t.Iu law
became effective Mr. Redueld Md in-
i"-m-d the country OF HI belief tIit
many manufacturers Nould ~iinly Ci' -
down their mills ~ % protest. without
any reason for So doing other than the!r
an.mosity to thu Democratic party. ana
also tha. Mr. Redfeld, through his Bu-
reau Of Domestic and Foreign Commerce.
would investigate all such cases and
show the manufacturers up as mere
calamity howlers.
That" said Mr. Williams, "was a
very foolish statement. II The irst place
stockholders would not permit the men
who control their investments 20 do any
thing of that kind. Do you think a
stockholder is silly enough 10 permit us
10 use his money to fight a political
enemy or a theory? In the second place.
70 admit that anything Ike that might
he done would be to cllrge business
men with being unpatriotic and inhunan.
| have not come upon anything OF that
kind among business men.
business men are lust as pat.iNtlc
and humane as politicians. never saw
any evidence Of their intention 10 play
trick of that kind. and ! don't believe
they would. feel that the Government
OF the United States. as represented ny
the Presiden' and the members Of mis-
any such idea, and II they do they ce'-
taInly should proceed crlmnaly against
the men who would attempt Il.
II would Ike YOU TO say that 7 have
no desire to dscredt the President. He
IL universally respected But wouldn't
have him or Secretary Redfield feel that
because of my respect 7 am MT opposed
from conviction to the Democratic tariff
and 10 the whole attitude Of the Demo-
cratic party toward business in general
| have no sympathy with the idea Of
curing all ills by legislation 1t is a
mistaken notion and the Democratic
leaders have lmbbed that idea TO their
own hurt and TO the hurt OF the whole
country 30 far as they have been able to
carry II out
Charitable Work.