The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-10-17
HUGHES
BRANDS
SHAMS

| built on sand, that the intoxicated
| fancy may indulge in happy dreams
| but the sober thought of the country
is directed to the day when this
| stimulant-the European war-win be
| no longer available"
| He referred to those who are seek
ing to make political capital out of our
present war prosperity" portrayed in
| detail conditions as he viewed them,
| in the United States when the war
| shall end and assailed the Democratic
| tariff policy as a policy which means
| idle plants and impoverished work.
| men,"
At Springfield and again here last
| night, Mr.. Hughes assailed the
administration for the enactment Of
| the Adamson law.
Real Law.
| What are the real laws?" he ask
ed. Real laws are passed after in
| quiry with some understanding Of the
| justice of the case, with some idea of
what is involved and ought to be done.
| Sham laws-sham laws must be pass
| ed under duress / am opposed in the
interest of labor to government by
hold-up and 1 am for government by
reason and fairness
| Mr.. Hughes train was about three
| hours late in reaching Springfield. The
vention hall had been waiting two
hours and a half and hundreds unable
| to find standing room were turned
| away.
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 Euro
pean war. Hopes are raised which
q,,1G
prosperity is built on sand. Our ex-
/ ports have jumped to fabulous figures
because Of the withdrawal from pro-
duction of the millions of men abroad
| who are engaged in fighting. Our
! trade is not determined by conditions
| of normal competition, but of an alb
normal European want.
But a Fraction.
Munitions of war are but a frac-
| ton of those suddenly expended ex-
ports Everything we produce, food
| of every sort, Europe puts forth her
| hand to fill the void created by her
extremity. The resulting employment
of labor on an unprecedented scale
and increased purchasing power slim
ulates trade throughout the country.
The intoxicated fancy may indulge in
happy dreams, but the sober thought
when this stimulant will be no longer
available.
You cannot have our exports sud-
denly jump hundred per cent in some
cases, thousand per cent and ignore
either the cause Of the effect of it's
removal
What will be our condition when
the war is over2 In the first place a
large amount Of labor employed at
high wages will lose that employ
ment. The demand. which it is now
supplying will cease The mere stop
page of the manufacture of NUM-
tions will mean in itself a serious
| change in the opportunities of labor.
| When the millions of men in the
trenches return to production, our
exports of manifold products will fall
off tremendously, even as they have
| risen tremendously.
Think Of the percentage of Ameri-
can labor now profitably employed in
making Europe's necessities created
! by the existence of war. What will
occur when those necessities no longer
exist? The labor now devoted to that
abnormal demand must compete with
the labor satisfying tbs normal op-
portunities of American trade The
change will be reflected in diminished
purchasing power.
Il do not desire to exaggerate. There
without exaggeration. America with
Europe at peace will not have the
| opportunity of America with Europe
at war. And the difference will be
most keenly felt.
Must Not Lose.
eve shall not simply lose opportuni-
| ties for labor. We shall have the ac-
tive competition resulting from the
resumption of foreign production.
That production will be more skillful;
/ more intelligent; better organized in
| every one of the foreign nations now
at war than it has ever been before.
Nations will not only seek to protect,
| so far as possible, their economic inde-
pendence, but they will seek our mar
kets. 1t is fatuous to suppose that
the wastes of the war will incapacitate
them for efficiency production.
Despite the losses Of war, believe
| that each of the belligerent powers
| has vastly Increased efficiency. The
| lessons of war, of discipline, of pru-
dent management of resources, of CO.
operation in economic needs of i'm
proved processes, of methods Of
| organization will not be forgotten.
War factories are established with a
view to being easily changed into
peace factories. Thus. as recently
stated in a bulletin of the chamber
of commerce of Paris the large war
| factories in the neighborhood of
| Lyons, Et. Etienne, Roanne and Ammo
nay will be after the war converted
| into works for various manufactures.
| Engineers and workmen now making
plosives will be able with the same
machinery to make products used in
peaceful trade.
| Powerful associations, such as the
| Syndicate, grouping together different
| societies in the coal, metal, dyeing and
| weaving trades have been formed. 1t
| is this commendable planning and
| foresight of which this is only an
| Illustration, which will make war fac
| tories. not only in France but in Ger
| many and England productive after
! the war ends.
'It is manifest that we cannot meet
| the situation which will arise at the
close of the war without sensible
! use of the protecting power of gov
| ernment. Our opponents have scout
| ed a protective tariff. They offer a
/ tariff commission but tariff commits
sions do not legislate. 1t is congress
that legislates. / believe in tariff
commission as / want all the facts
carefully gathered and analyzed. We
wish tariff adjustment that is fair
! and reasonable.
Must Change.
'If the American people desire the
| principle of a protective tariff applied
to the protection of American pro-
ducts, the upbuilding of American
industry and the securing of our prop
4 er economical independence, they must
put in power those who believe in the