Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-07
HUGHES OPENS
CAMPAIGN AMID
GREAT OVATION
In Impromptu Speech at De-
troit Scores Strife Between
Capital and Labor
NATIONAL WELFARE CLUB?
Favored by Republican Nomi-
nee; Two Addresses and
Many Conferences
By Associated Press


Detroit, Aug. 7.-Charles E. Hughes,
speaking to-day to forty manufactu-
rers of Detroit and vicinity, employ
ing nearly 100000 men, congratulated
them upon what they had done for
the welfore of their employees, told
them that the democracy of the United
States would not stand for a continua-
ton of this alleged strife between
capital and labor" and declared that
the American workman should not be
regarded as mere economic unit, but
as "a fellow worker, a human being
Mr.. Hughes address was impromptu
and followed a brief speech by ]. NJ.
Eaton, spokesman for the manufactu-
rers, who outlined the welfare meas
urers for employees taken by indus
trial concerns here and suggested that
the nominee endorse a movement
looking to the formation of a national
welfare association of manufacturers.
Mr.. Hughes said ne regarded the sug-
gestion very favorably.
Speaks to Su!fragists
a few minutes later Mr.. Hughes
spoke to a group of suffragists. The
day was hot and the air of the little
room where he received the manufac-
turers and the suffragists was almost
sitting. The nominee spoke with his
wife standing beside him.
Mr.. Hughes reiterated in his address
to the SufiragiSts his declaration in
New York that the suffrage question
should be settled speedily by giving
the vote to women all over the coun-
try. He added that he had formed
TINS opinion long ag1, before he
though that the time would ever
come when he would have to announce
his position publicly.
Not Mere Economic Units
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
units. They are human beings. We
are all working men in this country.
We are in different spheres of activity,
but we ought to have a sense of CO.
operation so that every man takes
pride in what he is doing and in doing
1t to the best of his ability because he
is working alongside of every other
man for the good of the country.
The human factor is after all the
important factor. You may develop
your physical plants, your physical in
strumentalities. distribution and every
thing that goes to make up the ma
uerial side of prosperity, 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 ri oh Nv 1,S
entitled to be safe in his work, to have
every .precaution taken against every
sort of accident that can be prevented.
Must Protect Workmen
"A man is put at work. How can he
refuse the job which stands between
him and starvation? 1t is perfectly
Idle to say in our industrial conditions
that he can take or refuse the work,
according to his idea of the safety an
pliances which may be provided to
protect him: You have got to protect
him. No man can work in any position
where his life. his limb or his health
are subject to any unnecessary risk
some job in a first-class way. That is
good business
I'VE are not materiaIists in this
country; we are all idealists; but the
one thing that appeals to the work.
lngman is the idea that he is equal to
some job in flrst-calss way. That is
what makes him proud; that is what
makes him satisfied; and when YOU
consider our great industrial manu-
facture and the enormous extension of
our industrial markets, the hope that
IN all this there will be right through
1t the spirit of human brotherhood. of
Fellowship and of cooperation. so
that managers and workingmen will
feel that they are engaged in a COM
mon cause.
And we will get through with this
old strife between labor and capital.
Democracy cannot stand it, We are
not laborers and capitalists in this
country. We are fellow w-citizens.
That is what I stand for and
therefore, because you enrich our citi
zenship, because you build permanent
the foundations of our society. 1 greet
you and wish you the best success in
your work"
Has Busy Afternoon
Tho afternoon was devoted to con-
ferences with political leaders in Mich
igan, the visit to the baseball park, the
tour of local automobile plants and
the luncheon with newspapermen at
the Detroit Athletic Club.
Mr.. Hughes first speech of the even
Ing was to be made shortly before 8
o'clock in the Arcadia Auditorium,
John Magnum, chairman of the Re-
publican State Committee, was ex-
pected to introduce the candidate. At
the Light Guard Armory, where the
second speech was to be made. Mavor
Marx, of Detroit. was to make the in
troductory speech.
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