The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-24

New York. Oct. 24.-President Wll- sons recommendation of the labor legislation was as courageous az it was wise,'' his management of the crisis created by tile four railway brother hoods neither 4cowardly no unfair.
 President wilson's main policies to- ward, Mexico are fundamentally right"
 This is the answer of Dr. Charles w. Eliot, President Emeritus of Har- ward to attacks by Republican cam paigners on the Presidents labor and Mexican achievements since August, when the venerable educator sweep ingly approved the previous conduct of the Democratic administration. In his supplementary statement, pr. Eliot says: . Since my article on the Achieve ,ments of the Democratic Party in the October Atlantic was written August t13), the nasty and fragmentary deal l ings of the Democratic Congress with the threatened strike of the four rail- way brotherhoods have occurred and the Republican campaign orators and writers have made President Wilson's s .policies in Mexicon and Europe the objects of vehement attack. l there tore state my reasons for thinking that these events have not invalidate the conclusions reached in my Allan ayic article, namely: k II First, That the Democratic Party tAas done such an extraordinary Rmohnt of good work during the pres- ij&nf; administration that the period troh 1912 to 1916 will be memorable A ithe history of the United States; lRnd. secondly, that the man chiefly Responsible for this consummate ser Nice to the American people should be again made their chief servant.
 s"rhe real question before e\coun- try in the Presidential election so far as the appalling industrial warfare is concerned. quite transcends the pre- vailing discussions about the person af>qualities and opinions of the two candidates.
 'tTo which of the two great parties Is it safe to confide the conduct of the Governments action in relation to the struggle?
 ITO my thinking, 1t is safer to trust the Democratic party. For more than thirty years the Democratic party has shown more sympathy with ordinary humanity, with the less comfortable and happy classes. with the dejected or discontented portion of the Ameri- can population than the Republican party has shown. Even when yielding to economic, de1usions, the Democratic Legislatures a nd Executives have been trying to help the poorer men and women. Now, industrial peace is go- ing to be the outcome of social jus ! tice, sympathy, and goodwill, and not of force and fighting.
 s' Since 1880 the Republican party has been the party expected to confer special privileges on manufacturers. banking syndicates, and groups of promoters, this expectation being bas- "a on the habitual Republican process of granting special privileges through the tariff. The main policy of that party has been protectionism, policy which in practice at home gives a de- grading and enfeebling protection to some capital but cheats labor with a delusive word and promises never full filled, and abroad breeds between na- tions heartburnings and war It is notorious that wages are apt to be low and conditions of labor bad in pro- tected industries rather than in unpro- tected industries is apt to lack fore dght, elertness. and enterprise, since 1t relies on the tariff to provide its profits
 The history of the Democratic par ty for a generation past, and it's pres- erit state, show that it is better quali- fled than the Republican party to con- tribute to desirable industrial develop lment whatever political action is able to contribute through wise laws and helpful national administrations. The present leaders of the party throuogh- ly understand the imperative need of cooperation between capital and la Dor, of freedom for hoth the employer and the employed. and of identity of m0dve for zeal and energy iN man ager and operator alike. They are also sincere opponents of protectionism in ell it's forms. S America cannot keep her people and their machinery busy without worldwide trade: and she can not win worldwide trade without abandoning protectionism.
 "The independent voter who finds 1t difficult to vote, for the reelection of President Wilson because of his dealing with labor will do well to con- slider whether he can vote for MT. Hughes with confidence that he is act ing with any greater certainty of pro- noting by his vote the welfare of the country.
 'sThe main policies of, President Wilson toward Mexico are fundamen- tally right, and have been pursued with a fair degre of constancy They are: No. war with small, feeble, and distracted Mexico if it can possibly be avoided; and no protection by force of arms for American commercial and mining adventurers in, Mexico. who have voluntarily gone thither in search of industrial resources and pro- fits.
 By pursuing these policies Presi- dent Wilson has greatly advanced the honor and dignity of the United States and every patriot must hope that they truly represent the conscience, and honor of the American people.
 Many of the Republican orators and all the American jingoes now say that President Wilson has not with drawn the troops because he is a weak, vacillating, and cowardly man. who is seeking votes. Such denuncia- ton is easy and common, but not con- elusive. It is still possible for good citizens who hope to do justly and love mercy to believe, on the con k1N- <