Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-08
HUGHES OPPOSES
STRIFE BETWEEN
MONEY AND LABOR
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE SAYS
AMERICAN EMPLOYEES MUST
BE TREATED FAIRLY.

Hughes speaking To-Day 10 IOrty manu-
facturers of Detroit and vicinity en-
ploying nearly 100000 men, congratu-
lated them upon what they had done
for the welfare Of their employees. told
them that the democracy Of the United
States would not stand for a continu-
alton Of this alleged strife between
capital and labor and declared that
the American workman should not be
regarded as a mere economic unit, but
as "a fellow worker, human being"
Mr.. Hughes address was impromptu
and followed brief speech by J. M.
Eaton, spokesman for the manufactur-
ers, who outlined the welfare meas
ures for employees taken by Industrial
concerns here and suggested that the
nominee endorse movement looking
to the formation of national welfare
association of manufacturers. Mr..
Hughes said he regarded the sugges-
tion very favorably.'
Portions Of Address.
In his address to the manufacturers
Mr.. Hughes said In part:
1T Is an awful mistake to think OF
the men through whose activity pro-
duction Is possible as mere economic
are all workingmen in this country.
but we ought to have sense Of CO.
operation.
"In your welfare work you are but
tressing democracy. The human fac
tor Is after all the important factor.
You may develop everything that goes
to make up the material side of pros
perity but you are absolutely hopeless
without the human factor and In
America, the land of free men, the
man who Is at work for living must
feel that the country is doing the right
thing by him. He Is entitled to be
safe in his work, to have every precau.
tion taken against every sort Of acc!-
dent that can be prevented.
"A man is put at Work. How can he
refuse the job which stands between
him and starvation? You have got to
protect him.
1--WE are not materialists in this
country; we are all idealists but the
one thing that appeals to the working
man is the idea that he is equal to
some Job in first class way.
1--WE will get through with this old
strife between labor and capital.
Democracy can not stand 1t. We are
not laborers and capitalists in this
country, we are fellow citizens"
10 For Suffrage.
Later with his wife standing beside
him, Mr.. Hughes spoke to group Of
suffragists He reiterated his declara.
tion in New York that the suffrage
question should be settled speedily by
giving the vote to women all over the
country. He added that he had formed
this opinion long ago, before he
thought the time would come when he
would have to announce his position
publicly.
HUGHES STARTS TOUR.
Detroit, Mich, Aug. 7.-Charles Ev-
ans Hughes will open the 1916 presi-
Dental campaign here this evening
with two addresses. Arriving from
Niagara Falls shortly after a. m, the
republican nominee had busy day
before him. With a series Of recep-
tions, conferences with party leaders
--progressives as we'll as republicans
"a visit to Navin field to witness part
of ball game, a tour of local automo-
bile plants, a luncheon with newspa-
per men and two speeches In the larg-
est auditorium in the city, Mr.. Hughes
faced a program that left him little
time that he could call really his own.