Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-31
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HUGHES DURING TOUR
OF OHIO CENTERS
toontInn.d Prom Png. One. !

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and that American industry would
suffer In those days were il not pro-
! tectcd
Mr.. Hughes was received by audi
cnccs which chcercd him frequently.
At East Liverpool, first stop Of the
day, ho spoke in the open air, his
voice combating the NOISE Of the
street traffic, before an audience that
could hear only part Of what he
said. AT Wellsvlle, scores of railroad
employees in their ovcralls crowded
around his car and applauded his
brief address. At Mmgo Junction,
Whistles proclaimed his arrival and
hundreds Of workers cIambered over
the high fence TO hear HIM. They APP
plauded him frequently.
Many were turned away from the
han at GAINESVILLE, where Mr. Hughes
spoke, and the hail was crowded with
an audience that interrupted him
from time to time 10 cheer and 10
voice its own comments on what he
said. These were Of "A friendly nature
except once, when a group OF men
cheered for President Wilson. That
was after Mr. Hughes had declared,
We cannot afford to open our mar
kets TO the products of uudefpaid la
tr I'M El'fope'-a,n r~~s' 4, oru men, walk
tho streets in idlcness
After the Wilson cheer had subsid-
cd, Mr.. Hughes continued
No idle Dream, He says.
This is not an idle dream, because
you know, and those of you who are
excited 10 some manifestation Of eX-
ubcrant opposition may have reason
to know If foreign competition was TO
he met with what it s to walk the
streets looking for work"
In his East Liverpool speech, Mr
Hughes touched upon statements In
President Wilson's Cincinnati ad-
dress. He declared that the $1,000,
100000 Increase in American exports
represented almost exclusively" the
of Europe for American
goods, created by the war. The nomt- !
nee also cited recent statement at !
trihuted TO Chairman Hurley, Of the |
federal trade commission, to uphold I
the contention that America IS not .
prepared to meet the competition of /.
European nations after the var.
Let me tell you this he told the .
crowd at Steubenvlllo, the iron and F.
steel manufacturing establishments Of /
Europe scarcely have been touched /
by the war on the contrary, the war |
ITSELF has caused great increase in I
The efficiency and productivity of .
hose establishments
There they are. they have got
heir raw materials, they have their [
plants, they have their
men and they are ready to produce.
When the war ends there is going to
ie the most efficient production in
his trade, not only here, bat through
,ut the world, ana not only viii
american labor lose the opportunities
hat it now has, created by the war
iut 1t win have to compete with the
over paid labor of Europe.
America Not Ready.
'1t is no time for men to go
through the country saying America
8 ready II is not ready. America
as got its Underwood bin and It has
ot IN the ranks Of our opponents any
ispositiOn to change IT, They have
OF their doctrine to which they have
dhered for generations They say
'e viii give you q tariff commission
believe i'm a tariff commission We
'ant the facts, but they talk about
he tariff commission as though II
ad some authority to pass tariff |
Ills
III you want protection to Ameri-
an industry you have got to have a /
lajorlty in congress that believes in
rotecting American industry, and /
lnnot conceive Of a people so ABB
llutely lost to common sense as to
oppose that In ohio and in a place
ke this you would ever put major
y in power that believed in the prin-
pie OF the Underwood Bill
What an extraordinary thing it
- he said, that TINS country which,