The sun., 1916-10-18
YOU SIDES7EP,' SAYS
PERKINS TO WILSON
Moose Leader Tells Latter His
Claim to Be Progressive
Is Past Belief.

In a letter which he sent President
Wilson yesterday In reply to the la.ter's
speech on the progressive movement AT
Shadow Lawn Oh Monday George w.
Perkins attacks tho Presidents own roc
ord as a progressive. instancing the cele-
hrated Seven Sisters laws OF New Jer-
sey. which Mr.. Perkins declared had not
been worth the paper they were writ
ten on.
"iour motto seems TO he a problem
postponed Is n problem solved" wrote
Mr.. Perkins. whose letter follows.
"DEAR SIR The morning papers again
record the pouring out AZ Shadow Lawn
Yesterday OF abusc OF those Of us who
for several years have been fighting for
real. not makebelicve. progress in this
country.
THE audacity OF some OF the state
ments made yesterday IL past belief
Those Of us who have been fighting In
his progressive movement for several
years cannot be satisfied with beautifully
rounded phrases, or with the passage Of
"a new law every fifteen minutes which
Is so worded that 4, ccones impo;en,
fifteen minutes after 1t is passed.
The Wilson laws from beginning "a
end are largely patterned after your IA.
nous Seven Sisters laws in New Jersey
which you passed under the whip one
day. Al that time you assured the PEG.
pie that those laws were IN. cureal! for
the trust problem. hut you know, and
every other man In the country AT AL IA.
m'l'ar with tho situation knows, tha
Those laws have not changed the corpo.
ration question one iota.
Those laws have not been worth the
paper they were written on. and the same
is the case with most OF the laws with
high sounding titles passed during your
Presidential term. For Instance. YOU
have referred often to your great az.
compl!shment In passing the Clayton BIZ
and to the numerous benefits tho countr
has received therefrom yet Senator
Reed or Missouri, one - your stanch
supporters and "A Democratic member %,
"A half dozen or more Senatorial commit
iees. IN speaking Of this hil. az { was
about to he passed said
When the Clayton bill was nrst
written II was IA raging lion with n
mou'hfui of teeth 1t his dcgcnera,rd
INTO n tabby cat. with soft gums AMI
p!aintive new and nnnemic appear
ance, II Is a sort Of legislative apol.
oey TO the trusts delivered hat in
hand. accompanied by assurances that
no d~iscour,esy is intended.
This Is an absolutely accurate de-
scrirtion Of the Clayton hill by one o,
your " associates and can, with eoual
truth. Nc applied TO mos, Of your Other
legislation. We pr0grcssives who ARE
supporting Mr., Hughes are supporting
him because as Governor Of New York
his acts squared with his promises and
verbal statements and We are opposing
you because yours do not.
we are not for fnc phrases We are
for real accomplishments. Your motto
seems to he "a problem postponed is q
problem solved, The result IL that not
since this nation was founded have our
people accumulated so many liabilities
as they have undtr your three and a half
years OF mismanagemcnt.
You have not settled definitely. once
and for all. a single great question that
has presented itself, In each and every
case you have taken one step forward,
two steps backward. hesi,a,ed and then
side-stepped,
1.-THE result Is q situation Of The gray
est possible concern to the welfare o,
our country. and We Progressivcs who
are opposing you are doing II with mo.
tives of the highest patriotism. withou,
regard to party affiliations, pas, prcscn'
or future. for when the GOOD name AM
welfare of a people are AT stake, every,
thing else must bo put aside