The Ordway new era., 1916-11-03

'"e" ray "itnout investigating the
Justice Of the Demand.
Charles Il. Hughes who left Lincoln
FOR his second days campaigning in
Nebraska, told crowd of farmers in
his speech here that the Democratic
Administration had ignored the agri-
cultural interests of the country in
urging the enactment of the AdamSOn
law. The nominee, in support of his
contention, cited a telegram from
President II. n. Pope of the Texas
Farmers Union to President Wilson
requesting that the farmers be per-
mittcd to submit data in arbitration
proceedings between the railroads and
the brOtherhoOds. He said:
II want TO say in reference to rates
that 1t seems to me the farmers of
the country were very little consil
cred the other day when on the de-
mand of the Administration the wages
If II group of railroad workers were
increased by law, in response to force.
Somebody has got to pay the increased
bills, and the farmers will know very
i'''" NV ''''' " pay
"Thc farmers We're not represented
in this discussion, if you may call it
thut in this surrender. l have here
Il copy of Il telegram that was sent to
the President by Mr.. Pope, the presi
dent of the State Farmers Union of
Texas. which | shall read to you:
We ask that you make no con-
ceSSiOnS or commitments that will
in any manner cause an increase
in freight rates on products pro-
duccd or consumed on the farm
The men who pay the freight have
an equity in this dispute. which
neither the railroad trainmen nor
the railroad managers have au-
thOrity to represent. If it is your
intention to personally dispose of
the matter we ask that you post
pone further consideration until a
committee of farmers can prepare
Information and data to present
their side of the case. If you CON
clude to settle by arbitration, then
the organized farmers should
have representation on any nrbi-
trati0n committee that may be
formed to dispose of this question;
for the men who pay should have
representation us well as the men
who receive it.
we again urge that all ques-
tionS involved be settled by urbi-
tration, where all parties and all
interests can be heard and the
subject dealt with aside from
haste and intimidation
The crowd cheered when Mr.
Hughes concluded reading the tele
gram:
NO regard was paid to that mes
sage" Mr.. Hughes said. "The bust
ness men of the country, through tn,
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, were ut the same time and
had for many weeks before been i'm
: plOring the executive and leaders in
congress for an immediate and prompt
inquiry in order that the justice Of
this matter might ~be known. The
iarmers We're not there except through
the presence of the representatives Of
he people in congress, and those rep.
resentatives were asked to abdicate
their authority.
81 am in favor of everything that
can reasonably be done for the pro-
motion of agriculture. am glad to
note the work of the Agricultural De-
partment. 1t will be continued with
me, if | am intrusted with the power
10 the utmost Of efficiency under my
administration.
But 1t is idle to talk of interest
in the farmer when you have action
like this taken in congress overnight.
against the protests of the farmer.
and leveling body blow at the in
terests of our agricultural communi-
ties"
Mr. Hughes again denied the dec
Iaration that a vote for him "meant a
vote for war"