Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-24
Nation Must Be Freed From
Possibilities of Interfer-
ence With Commerce.
SPEAKS OF BRIGHT FUTURE
FOR AMERICAN BUSINESS.
Chief Cloud Upon Horizon Is
Unsatisfactory Relations of
Capital and Labor.
ANSWERS @. o. P. CRITICISM
President Actively Opens His Cant
paisn Against Hughes for
REELECTION.

LONG BRANCH. N. J., septerber
81 o3.-rrcsidcnt Wilson to-day act,yeIv
opened his campaign for recollection
with speech replying to Rcpublicaa
criticism OF his settlement OF the re.
Gently threatened railroad strike With
emphatic gestures. before largo
crowd assembled ut Shadow Lawn, ha
defended the cight-hour day, and de,
clared also that the nation must Ia
freed from the possibility OF frterfcra
cncc with its commerce. Business men
from various parts OF New Jersey often
interrupted the President with hand
clapDtng aud cheering.
Tho chief cloud that is upon tho
domestic horizon is the unsatisfactory
relations of capital and labor" the
President said. adding thah 80 long
as labor and capital stand antagonistic.
the interests OF both are injured and
the prosperity OF America is held back
from tho triumphs which are legiti-
mately its own"
Mr.. Wilson spoke OF the bright fu:
turc for American business. and then
launched directly into a discussion OF
the railroad situation. Without d-
rectly mentioning Charles Z. Hughes
the Republican nominee the President
brought in the Republican party nv
saying that about seventy Republicans
supported the eight hour law in the
House of Representatives. and Senate
Republicans; put no obstacle in the way
Of the passage of the measure.
PROPOSAL REASONABLE
AND BASED UPON IiIGIrr
This was because the proposal was.
rcn sOnnbe and was based upon right"
asserted Mr.. Wilson.
! The President met the arguments
that the railroad question should have
been arbitratcd. with the flat statc-@
ment that he did not believe the eight
hour day an arbtrable question.
Means Of preventing a repetition OF
the threatened railroad strike were
, taken up in detail. The President sai id:
1T will be intolerablc il at any time
any group of men by any process
should he suffered TO cut society off
from the necessary supplies which
sustain life"
After talking for twenty minutes
about the railroad problem, the Prcsi-
dent discussed business generally. He
said that business men in America
have had their real commercial strength
put at their service by such measures
as the Federal reserve act. and now
are on their mcttlc.
Shadow Lawn He was introduced by
w. +. Runyon. Of Perth Amboy. ~ H..
who said that business men in all
parts OF the country were organizing
TO secure tho Presidents recollection. -
After his speech the President stood
for thirty minutes on the porch and
shook hands with everybody present.
Mrs. Wilson stood by his side. and
nearby were Attorney General Greg
"ry. PostmastcrG General Burleson, Coll
onel T.. NJ, House. Henry Morgcnthau,
former ambassador to Turkey, and
Jacob Schin.
MAKES ARRANGEMENTS
FOR TRIPS TO MIDDLE WEST
Mr.. Wilson to-day began making ar
ranScments for trips TO the Middle
West in October to speak before non-
partisan organizations on public qucs-
tions. In addition To accepting def
nitcly an invitation to speak in OMAHA
Neh.. on October :, tentative plans were
begun for him to visit Chicago. He
had already decided to go to Indian-,
apolis on October L.
Attorney General Gregory discussed
With the President the selection or
United states district judges in Ohio,
Louisiana aid New Mexico Waiter
Hines Page. American amba ssador to
Great Brita in who came here last night
to see the President. left this after
noon.
After thanking the business men for
the generous message their chairman
had brought him. the President began
his speech by discussing the outlook
for business in this country.
NEW VISION COMES
TO MEN or AMERICA
There have been times" he said.
when ii looked as If America were it-
tcrcsted only in herself. but In these
recent years American business men
have lifted their eyes TO more distant
horizons, and have seen how the
markets of the world were waiting
for their service, and, as they have
sought and obtained entrance into(
these markets. new vision has come
to them OF what the development OF
the resources OF America means; OF
what the organization OF American
efficiency means; OF why it was that
American merchants aud American
manufacturers and american miners
and all the multitude OF men who have
developed the peaceful industries Of
America were planted under this FREQ
policy, in order that they might look
out upon the service OF mankind and
perform it,
There never was ii time when tho.
pulse of energy and success heat 20 Z
business as II heats to-day. and yet
hope that all business men in Americsa
realize that we are only at tho begin-g
ming of new era.
The problems that are before Amssi.s.