Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-30

and England and Germany arc seeking
to think out the problem to-day. Every
one OF these nations is preparing to de-
tend Its own market by II protective
tariff. h end of tho war will end also
shc opportunities for labor created by
the Il The millions In the trenches
to-day Will be our industrial COMPETE
tors tomorrow. If we are to save our
lnporinS men from IL catastrophe. VIC
must plan Il tariff protection along
sound. just II economic lines. TO
this endenvor 1 pledge myself and he
men who are to be my colleagues.
In this matter again I differ abso-
lutelE from h policy of the present
administration. Democratic platforms
V declared that the government has
no right to levy tariff duties except for
income. This is the fundamental fuith
Of the Democratic party.
pledge myself and those who stand
with me to deal with the needs of la
boring men the country over. what
ever their trade or organization, upon
the principle of giving the largest pro-
lection possible to every American
working man and the largest partici-
patton possible In the prosperity Of our
industries. with special favors to none.
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS
BEHIND THEIR les
Finally. it is to be remembercd that
every European government Is putting
Itself behind it's Observation-Disclosures
ing them, encouraging them ahd sug-
costing economies. When the CONNER
cial struggle begins anew, the indus
tries OF every European country will
go into the world markets backed by
the effective cooperation and intelli-
gent oversight Of their government.
Our national policy requires thar
E%oVerninent maintain u strict super-
vision OF business organization. This
can be done effectively and yet leave
the government free to encourage lc-
Ultimate and wholesome business en-
terprise. l stand for such supervision
and control OF business. but | demand
also that business great and small
land especially the small business) be
treated fairly and justly. Only under
such conditions can business pay liv-
ing wages or compel with foreign
manufacturers.
In this respect again the present
administration huidS Il policy entirely
opposite. 1t has viewed business en-
terprisc with suspicion and has made
the government a brake to stop the
wheels of legitimate Industrial prog
ress. 1t has treated the business men
or this country as though they were
suspicious characters. 1t has assumed
that capital and labor are natural
In -four years II has put this
country further on the road to class
war than has been accomplished in n
generation before. The men who stand
with me believe in the honesty of the
American workingman; they believe
no less in the honesty of the Ameri-
can business man, and they believe
that the common good is to be found
not In class war, but in mutual jus-
ticc and fair dealing, not as between
capital and labor in the abstract. but
as between men and men.
You know tho road u-n h. ,,o tra,a1oJ
this last four years. Mr.. Bryan ard
Mr.. Daniels are Its monuments of ex,
ecutivc efficiency. Our murdered and
forsaken citizens in Mexico reveal n
conception Of American citizenship
plain enough to see, but Il new one
monument g class bitterness raised
by this administration throws a sin
lister shadow across our political
horizor: Inc unjust accusation agaiast
business men has left a bitter taste
in Il national life. If YOU prefer this
patti. II IS plainly marked. And the
end OF IL is class war.
You ask what road 7 propose to
travel? These are the milestones
which mark it-an executive respon-
sible to the whole nation. a Cabinet
chosen from the ablest Americans. Il
foreign policy that stands courteousIy,
but firmly. for American rights. n flag
that protects the American in his law
full rights wherever his legitimate
business may take him, u preparation
for trade competition which shall pro-
tect all groups Of American ~workmen,
Il government oversight of business
which will fearlessly eliminate abuses,
but will act on the assumption that
the average business man Is honest,
and. finally. q domestic policy which
looks to industrial peace. and to sound
and permanent prosperity based upon
the development OF American trade
and the building Ut of American in
dustries.
We Americans are in one boat. You
cannot strike n blow ut one group
without injury to all. Common justice
and fnir play will settle our difficult
ties il suspicion and bitterness are let
alone. These are the principles by
which I opo to he guided.