The Washington herald., 1916-10-30
HUGHES EXPLAINS HOW
He WOULD rule nation
Makes Declaration of Principles in
New York.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

Oh IDe NaNy-nc CnOee men
whom he knew to be wholly unequal TO
their duties. Administrative obligation
was subordinated to political exigency.
can assure the country that any ad-
ministration under my direction will stand
upon sound administrative ground with
the ablest Cabinet the country can sup
ply.
Across the road we travel this next
four years, even though we start right
and move with prudence and courage,
serious hazards are thrown like breaks
in a roadway made by a torrential rain.
These all rise out of the war torrent
which has overwhelmed Europe. The
first has to do with our foreign rela-
tions. It is the Presidents duty to safe
guard the interests OF our nation and to
preserve the friendship OF every other
nation.
Determined to Maintain Peace.
mo man is more determined than to
maintain the peace which the United
States. Spain. Sweden. Norway and all
the American republics now enjoy. But
should seek to maintain that peace by
firm and courteous insistence on the
rights Of our citizens at home and abroad.
AN American in Mexico Is subject to
Mexican law. but he is an American and
IS entitled to the protection OF his own
government in his lawful business For
one. l shall never consent to a policy
which leaves Americans helpless against
the lawlessness of any country in which
they have right to do business.
There confronts labor IN the next four
years a condition more serious than any
that American laboring men have been
called upon to face. When this war be-
gan over a million American worktngrnen
were seeking vainly for employment
When the war ends and the developed
energies OF new Europe are thrown into
commercial production, our nation will
see a competition such as It never knew.
''One Of two things must happen-either
millions Of men will be seeking work In
vain or else there must be thought out
in advance the problem of commercial
organization as France and England and
Germany are seeking to think out the
problem today. Every one Of these ma
tions is preparing to defend its own mar
liet by a protective tariff.
Must Plan Protective Tnrtn.
THE end of the war will end also the
opportunities for labor created by the
war. The millions in the trenches to-
day will be our Industrial competitors
tomorrow. II we are to save our labor
ing men from a catastrophe we must
plan a protective tariff along sound Just
and economical lines. To this endeavor
pledge myself and the men who are
to by my colleagues.
I'm this matter again differ absolute
ly from the policy of the present admin
istratton. Democratic platforms have de-
clared that the government has no right
to levy tartn duties except for income
This is the fundamental fact Of the Dem
ocratic party.
'I pledge myself and those who stand
with me to deal with the needs of labor
ing men the country over, whatever their
trade or organization, upon the principle
Of giving the largest protection possible
to every American workingman and the
largest participation possible In the pros
perity Of our industries with special ia
vors to none.
Finally 1t is to be remembered that
every European government is putting it.
self behind its industries, organizing
them, encouraging them and suggesting
economies. When the commercial strug-
gle begins anew, the industries of every
European country will go into the world
markets backed by effective cooperation
and intelligent oversight of their govern
ment.
Would Treat Business Fairly.
Our national policy requires that gov
ernment maintain a strict supervision of
business organization. This can be done
effectively and yet leave the government
free to encourage legitimate and whole
some business enterprise. I stand for
such supervision and control Of business,
but I demand also that business, great
and small land especially the small busi-
ness) be treated fairly and Justly. Only
under such conditions can business pay
living wages or compete with foreign
manufacturers.
I'm this respect again the present ad-
ministration holds a policy entirely op-
posite. 1t has viewed business enterprise
with suspicion and has made the govern
ment brake to stop the wheels of legiti-
mate industrial progress. 1t has treated
the business men Of this country as
though they were suspicious characters,
1t has assumed that capital and labor
are natural enemies. In four years IL
has put this country further on the road
to. class war than has been accomplished
in a generation before. The men who
stand with me believe in the honesty of
the American working men, they believe
no less in the honesty Of the American
business man. and they believe that the
common good is to be found, not in class
war, but in mutual justice and fair deal
ing, not between capital and labor in the
abstract but as between men and men
All Americans in One Bowl,
You know the road we have travel
ed this last four years. Mr.. Bryan
and Mr.. Daniels are its monuments of
executive efficiency. Our murdered
and forsaken citizens IN Mexico reveal
conception of American citizenship
plain enough to see but a uew ma FOR