The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-25
Defends His Railroad Policy
and Says Eight-Hour
Day Not Admirable
CAPITAL AND LABOR
CHIEF HOME CLOUD
Tells Business Men Nation
Must Be Freed from Inter-
ference with It's Commerce

Shadow Lawn, n. u, Sept. 25.-Pres'
Wilson Saturday actively opened his
campaign with speech replying TO Re
publican criticism of his settlement OF
the recently threatened railroad strike,
With emphatic gestures before large
crowd gathered at Shadow Lawn, he de-
Tended the eight hour day and declared
also that the nation must be free from
the possibility OF interference with its
commerce. Business men who gathered
from different parts of New Jersey inter
rupted the president every few moments
with hand-clapping and cheering.
"The chief cloud that is upon the do
nestle horizon is the unsatisfactory re-
lations OF capital and labor" the presi-
dent said, adding that so long as labor
and capital stand atagonstic the inter
esis of both are injured and the pros
perity of America is held back. from the
triumphs which are legitimately its
own"
Mr.. Wilson spoke OF the bright future
for American business and then launched
Il
ton. Without directly mentioning
Charles +. Hughes. the Republican nom
nee, the president brought in the Re
publican party by saying that about 10
Republicans supported the eight hour law
in the House of Representatives and that
Senate Republicans put no obstacle IN
the way of the passage OF the measure.
This was because the proposal was
reasonable and was based upon right,
asserted Mr.. Wilson. The president met
the arguments that the railroad question
should have been arbitrated with the fat
statement that he did not believe the
eight hour day an arbitrsble question.
Means of preventing a repetition OF the
threatened railroad strike were taken up
in detail. The president said 1T viii be
intolerable if at any time any group OF
men by any process should be suffered TO
cut society off from the necessary sup
plies which sustain life.
After talking for 30 minutes about the
railroad problem. the president discussed
business generally. He said that bus
mess men in America have had their
real commercial strength put at their
service BY such measures as the federal
reserve act and are now on their mettle.
Mr.. Wilson spoke from the porch OF
Shadow Lawn. He was introduced by
w. p. Runyon OF Perth Amboy, who SAID
that business men in all parts OF the
country were organizing to secure the
presidents reelection.
After his speech the president stood
for 80 minutes on the porch and shook
hands with everybody present. Mrs. WI
son stood by his side and near by were
Atty. Gen Gregory, Postmaster General
Burleson. Col f. NJ. House, Henry Nor
penthau. former ambassador to Turkey,
and Jacob Schiff.
Mr.. Wilson Saturday began making ar
rangements for trips to the Middle West
to speak before non partisan organlza
tions on public questions He definitely
accepted an invitation to speak in oma-
ha, Neb.. on Oct. 5, and tentative plans
were begun for him to visit Chicago. He
had already decided to go to lndianapo-
lis on Oct. II.
Atty. Gen. Gregory discussed with the
president the selection of United States
district Judges in Ohio, Louisiana and
New Mexico. Walter H. Page, American
ambassador to Great Britain, who went
to Shadow Lawn Friday night to see the
president, left Saturday afternoon.