Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-01

thought out in advance the problem of commercial organization as France and England and GerfnAny are seeking to think out the problem today. Every one of these nations is preparing to defend it's own market by a protective tariff. The end of the war will end also the opportunities for labor ere ated by the WET. The millions in the trenches today will be our industrial competitors tomorrow. If we are to save our laboring men from a catas- trophe we must plan s tariff protec- tion along sound, just and economic lines.
 To this endeavor I pledge myself and the men who are to be my col leagues.
 In this matter again I differ abso- lutely from the policy of the present administration. Democratic plat forms have declared that the govern ment has no right to levy tariff duties except for income. This is the funda- mental faith of the Democratic party.
 I pledge myself and those who stand with me to deal with the needs of lab bring men the country over, whatever principle of giving the largest pro- lection possible to every American working man and the largest partici- patton possible in the prosperity of our industries with special favors to none.
 Finally it is to be remembered that every European government is put ting itself bshind it's industries; or ganizing them, encouraging them and suggesting economies. When the commercial struggle begins anew, the industries of every European country will go into the world markets backed by the effective cooperation and intel ligent oversight of their government. Our national policy requires that government maintain strict super vision of business organization. This can be done effectively and yet leave the government free to encourage le- gitimate and wholesome business en- terprise. I stand for such supervision and control of business, but l demand also that business great and small (and especially the small business) be treated fairly and justly. Only under such conditions can business pay liv- ing wages or compete with foreign manufacturers.
 In this respect again the present ad- ministration holds a policy entirely opposite. It has viewed business en- terprise with suspicion and has made the government a brake to stop the wheels of legitimate industrial pro- gress. It has treated the business men of this country as though they were suspicious characters. It has assumed | that capital and labor are natural en- emies. In four years it has put this country further on the road to cla sS
 
 generation before. The men who stand l with me believe in the honesty of the | American working man, they believe no lesSin the honesty of the American | business man, and they believe that | the common good is to be found not l in class war but in mutual justice and | fair dealing. not as between capital | and labor in the abstract but as be- 1 tween men and men.
 You know the road we have trav | Ia ct forJv xyoo Pv~v1o ",
 and MT. Daniels are it's monuments of executive efficiency. Our murdered | and forsaken citizens in Mexico re-
 veal a conception of American citizen
 ship plain enough to see but new | one for American patriotism to adopt;
 the monument of class bitterness | raised by this administration throws | a sinister shadow across our political | horizon; the unjust accusation against | business men has left a bitter taste in our national life. If you prefer this path it is plainly marked. And the
 end of it is class war.
 You ask what road I propose to | travel? These are the milestones | which mark it-an executive responsi- ble to the whole nation, a cabinet
 chosen from the ablest Americans,
 foreign policy that stands courteously | but firmly for American rights, a | flag that protects the American in his l lawful rights wherever his legitimate | business may take him, a preparation | for trade competition which shall pro- l tect all groups of American workmen, a government oversight of business
 which will fearlessly eliminate abuses,
 but will act on the assumption that l the average business man is honest
 and finally a domestic policy which looks to industrial peace, and to sound
 and permanent prosperity based upon | the development of American trade
 and the building up of American in 1 dustries.
 We Americans are in one boat. You
 cannot strike a blow at one group
 without injury to all. Common jus
 tice and fair play will settle our diff 6culties if suspicion and bitterness are let alone. These are the principles by which propose to be guided.