The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-14
HUGHES SAYS
PEACE MEANS
DREAMS END
Warns of Artificial Imitation
in the Country'S
Business.

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4 JOPLIN. Mo. oct. 1l.-charlcs i.
hughes Friday took his campaign to
Missouri the fourth Of the states that
skirt the so-called Solid South" to
be visited on his present trip Save
Tor one stop. AT Springfield. Mo. the
entire day was spent in travelling.
The nominee reached Joplin Friday
nearly three hours behind scheduled
time. and addressed an audience in a
big tent. making his chief theme the
protective tarid
MIR Hughes told the crowd that the
present prosperity Of the country was
built on sand that the intoxicated
fancy may indulge in happy dreams,
/ hut the sober thought of the country
/ is directed Ia the day when this slim
7 ulnnl-thC European war-wiIl be no
I longer available" He referred to
those who are seeking to make poll
/ teal capital out OF our present war
I prosperity" portrayed in detail con
! ditious. as he viewed them. in the
I United states when the war shall end
and assailcd the Democratic tariff
I policy as a policy which means idle
/ plants and impoverished workmen."
! ~ Springfield and again here last
nibht Mr.. hughes assaulted the admin
4 lstration for tho enactment OF the
Adamson law.
What are real laws" he asked.
Real laws are passed after inquiry
/ with some understanding Of the jus
/ tico Of the ease. with some idea OF
+ what is involved and ought to he.
2 hfN .
l | am opposed in the interest OF labor
/ 10 government hy hold-up and am
+ for government by reason and fair
ness"
I MIR. Hughes's train was about three
/ hours late in reaching Springfield
The audience which he addressed In
a convention hall had been waiting two
hours and a hair aud hundreds, unable
to find standing room were turned
away.
Munitions but Fraction.
mo thoughtful American can view
| our present economic condition with
out serious apprehension. Mr.,
Hughes told his audience here. I'VE
are under the unhealthy stimulus Of
the European war. Hopes are raised
which cannot be fulfilled. Our pres
ent prosperity IL built on sand. Our
exports have jumped to fabulous ing
ures because OF the withdrawal from
/ production OF millions OF men
abroad who are engaged In fighting.
Our trade is not determined by con
ditions OF normal competition, but of
an abnormal European want.
Munitions OF war are hut fraC-
] TI Il nI,r a nI ny
ports. For cN erything We produce.
foodstuffs. metals, manufactured
articles of every sort Europe puts
forth her hand to ill the void created
by her extremity. The resulting em-
ployment Of labor on an unprecedent-
ed scale and increased purchasing
power stimulates trade throughout
4 the country. The intoxicated fancy
may indulge in happy dreams, but
1 the sober thought of the country Is
directed to the day when this stimu
LIANT will be no longer available.
( You cannot have our exports sud-
denly jump hundreds per cent, in
some cases thousands per cent and
| ignore either the cause or the effect
( of its removal.
When the War Ends.
What will be our condition when
! the war is over? In the first place.
! a large amount OF labor employed at
! high wages will lose that employ
ment. The demand which 1t is now
supplying will cease. The mere stop
page of the manufacture OF munitions
will mean in itself serious change
in the opportunities of labor. When