The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-10-26

National foundations to Which
Our Country Has Even Been Sub
jeeted.
Declaring that the campaign Of 1915
IL as important as the campaign Of
1896 and resembles that campaign in
that the Democratic party and its
candidate are seeking a vote Of power
Tor disingenuous, unsound, but allur-
Ing reason. William H. Taft, former
President of the United States. deliv-
cred the opening address Of the New
Jersey Republican state campaign at
Trenton.
MI. Taft said. in part:
1.-The great public advantage in o.
g%anfzation and combination Of cap
atal and Of wage-earners We all recog-
nize. The power they acquire may,
however, become 30 great as to tempt
to serious abuse and public injury,
and they have done So Hence, we
have had the antitrust law and the
Interstate commerce Law. directed
chiefly against combinations of cap
ital but efecting in soMe measure
combinations Of labor. Labor leaders
have sought exemption from such
laws as a privileged class, and in some
cases they have been successful.
While MI. Wilson in one Of his me-
morandums attached to an appropria-
ton bill avowed his opposition to such
class legislation. he united with the
Democratic Congress in passing, at
the demand Of the unions, the Clay
ton. Act, which, the labor leaders
claim, takes unions out of the limita-
lions Of the. Trust Act.
"Cnwise subserviency to the de.
mands of leaders of organized labor
finds its browning instance. however,
In Mr.. Wilson's dealing with the
threatened strike of the Railway Or
ders Of conductors, engineers, train
men and switchmen. The orders
claim to control 100000 men. who run
the freight and passenger trains of
the country. which constitute the
arterial circulation Of commerce, and
are necessary not only to the bust
ness but to the health and life of the
people. Were these men able to tie
up the railways Of the country, as
they said they could and would, It
would mean enormous loss In bust
ness, and great deprivation and suffer
ing to the public. 1t would mean that
many millions Of other workmen
would be thrown out of employment,
and lose the high wages they are
now receiving. because without com.
merce local industries cannot pro
coed. The Railway unions said to
the railway president I'VE wish an
eight-hour day. with ten hours pay,
and If we work more than eight hours,
We demand so per cent more an hour
for the extra hours. If you do not
give us this, We will not only injure
you, but we will bring disaster to the
country" The railway managers re.
fused the demand. but offered to sub
NIT it to arbitration. They said ii
would increase their cos of operation
$6O,0OO,OOO, and that this would have
to come out Of the pockets Of the rail.
way 0tockholdeEA By q reduction Of
profits, or out Of the shipping public
by an increase Of rates. The labor
leaders said they had had arbitration
in the past and that it was not salts.
factory that 10 unless their de
mands were fully granted. no power
under heaven could prevent the strike
with its disastrous consequences
Under the duress of the threat, the
President of the United States and
Congress Of the United States sue
cumhed. 1t was one of the greatest
national humiliations to which the
people of this country have eve been
subjected. II struck most q blow q,
the principle of arbitration for tn.
settlement Of Industrial disputes.
"Nr. Wilson as a publicist. attacked
the enactment Of q federal child labor
law. as an absurd extravaganza, and {
departure from constitutional limita
tons, and now within the last sixty
days he has personally visited Con
gross to urge the adoption Of exactly
such Il measure.
For the purpose of evading responsi
bility for present conditions. it is ad
vanced in behalf of Mr.. Wilson ant
the Democratic Administration tina
the conditions in Mexico were an in
heritance from the last .Administra
ton. The last Administration iii,
nothing to complicate Mr.. Wilson,
problems. Huerta had been lively,
days in power when Mr.. Wilson cam,
In. Up to that time nothing had bee,
done committing the government t,
n policy or another. Had the Re
publican administration been con,in
ued. Huerta would have been recoe
nized. but with only twelve days be
fore the coming in of a new Admins
tration. it would have been entirel
improper and inconsiderare for tn
outgoing Administration to commit tn
incoming 10 any policy on the subjec,
Mr.. Wilson cannot shift the blam
for his blunders in Mexico. He ha,