The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-16
FARMERS PLEAS
NOT CONSIDERED
Nominee Hughes Tells Nebras-
ka People How Present Ad-
ministration Ignored
Their Requests.
az1.s
THEY PAY THE FREIGHT
InvisibIe Government Charge 10 An.
other Topic Taken up by
Republican Presidential
Candidate.
THEY PAY THE FREIGHT
[By Perry Arnold, United Press Staff
Correspondent.

[By Perry Arnold, United Press Staff
Correspondent
HASTINGS, Neb., Oct. 16.-Repub.
lican Nominee Hughes today answer
ed President Wilson's structures as
to the invisible government and
the republican party and then struck
emphatically at the democratic ad
ministration's failure to consider
pleas of farmers for consideration
prior to enactment Of the Adamson
eight hour law.
He spoke to an audience Of more
than 1000 people assembled in the
open air on one Of the streets near
the station.
Let me say here" he remarked
with vigorous gesture, that those
who are declaiming to the American
public about invisible government,
had better remember that when was
in executive responsibility in New
York, there was no invisible govern
ment' in that state"
! Hughes reference to ignoring OF
the right OF farmers to be heard In
any increase of wages to railway EN-.
ployes which was bound to be re.
flected in Increased freight rates
was particularly well received by
his audience OF farmers.
q II wish to say with regard to rates. :
he declared, that 1t seems to me the
farmers OF the country were very
little considered the other day, when,
on the demand OF the administration,
the wages OF certain group OF rail-
way employees were Increased by
hasty legislation, on the demand OF
force. l do not believe in that kind
OF legislation. 1t Is very thoughtless.
to say the least, OF the interests OF
the great agricultural communities.
such as this, because IL you increase
expense of carriers by great increase
in wages. somebody has got to pay
the bill. When you say that railways
will pay the increased expenses, you
have only begun. Railways get mon
ey from the shippers. and the farm
ers will know very quickly who pays
the increased rates. which are paid II
increased expenses are thus put up
on railway companies.
"Now there was great protest IN
time. on behalf Of the farmers. They
were not represented in this discus
sion, IL you can call 1t such. They
were not represented in this sur
render, they were on the outside with
others OF the public. have here a
copy Of the. telegram which was sent
to the president by Mr.. H. N Pope.
the president OF the state farmers
union Of Texas, who put very briefly
the demand OF the farmtrs with re-
spect to this matter"
The telegram which Hughes read
in full, asked that there be no con.
cessions or commitments that will
in any manner cause an increase In
freight rates on produce produced or
consumed on the farm and urged that
a committee OF farmers be permitted
to gather data.
'If you conclude to settle by arbi-
tration." the message concluded.
then the organized farmers should
have representation on any arbitra.
ton committee that may be formed
men who pay should have representa-
ton as we'll as the men who receive
it. We again urge that all questions
involved be settled by arbitration, all