The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-20

lseted.
D. 0giuE that The campaign OF 1916
b., as important ~ the campaign W
1896 and resembles that campaign In
that the Democratic party and its
candidate ara seeking a vote of power
for d~.siuEcnuuu~. uhsouud, hut aIIur
ing reason. William II. Taft. frrmer
PRESIDENT of the United States. dnIiy.
cred tho opening address of the New
Jersey Republican state campaign at
Trenton
Mr.. Taft said, in part.
The great public advantage In or.
ganizatiOn end combination ~ car
ltal and OF wage-carners we an recog.
uize. The power they acquire may.
however, become so great ms To tempt
10 euOu abuse and public injury.
and they have done su. Hence. we
have had the antitrust law and the
Interstate commerce law, directed
chiefly against combinations OF cnp.
ital but eneCting In some measure
combinations OF labor. Labor leaders
'A'N N'hRNA fAfAAIllNl AlRlll Nlil
laws as n privileged class, and in some
cases they have been successful.
While Mr.. Wilson In one OF his me.
m]orandumS attached 70 an appropria.
lion bill avowcd his opposition to such
class legislation, he united with the
Democratic Congress in passing, al
he demand NJ the unions. the Clay.
ton Act. which, the labor leaders
claim, takes unions out of the limita.
lions Of the Trust Act.
"UnwiSe SuhScryiency To- the de-.
mauds Of leaders Of organized labor
iinds its browning instance. however
IN Mr., Wilson's dealing with the
threatened strike OF the Railway or.
iers Of conductors, engineers, train.
men and switchmen. The orders
claim TO control 100000 men. who run
the freight and passenger trains Of
the country, which constitute the
srterial circulation Of and
are necessary not only to the bust.
ness but TO the health and life NJ the
people. We're these men able 20 tie
mp the railways Of che country. as
they said they could and would. it
would mean enormous loss In bust
ness, and great deprivation md suffer.
Ing to the public. II would mean that
many millions Of other workmen
would be thrown out Of employment.
and lose the high wages they are
now receiving, because without com
merce local industries cannot pro-
coed. The Railway unions said to
the railway president I'VE wish nm
right-hour day, with ten hours pay,
sud II we work more thar eight hours,
we demand 80 per cent more an hour
for the extra hours. II you do not
give US this, we will not only InIure
you, but we will bring disaster To the
country The RAILWAY managers re-
fused the demand. but offered 10 sub.
nit IL 10 arbitration. They said II
would increase their cost OF operation
SO0,OOO, OOO, and that this would have
To come out of the pockets Of the rail.
way stockholders, boy a reduction Of
profits, or out OF the shipping public
10y an iucreas of rates Tho labor
leaders said they had hud arbitration
in the past and that 90 was not Snti~.
factory that now unless their de-.
nands We're fully granted. mo- power
under heaven could prevent the strike.
With its disastrous consequences.
Under the durrss Of the threat. the
President Of the United States and
Congress OF the United States sue.
numh"d. II was one of the greatest
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Mr. Wilson as a puhliciSt, attacked
The enactment OF a Federal child labor
la" MS an absurd extravaganza, and q
departure from constitutional iimita-
lions % now within the last sixty
lays h' mas personally visited Con