Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-10-20

LEFT CLEAN SLATE ron
waIrINe mclIoAn POLICY


DECLARING that ths csnpalou Of isie
b ~ important as ~ campaisn Of
lso8 and resembles thet campaign h
that the Democratic paSov ana its can
didate are seeking . voee e power for
dIsinsenuous. unsound. Vt alluring rsa-
SOUS. william II. Taft, fornor President
VI the United ststss. delivered The
opening address Of the New Jersey Re-
publican state campaign Il Trenton.
Mr. Taft said. In part:
The great public o1vanoage In Or
yanissti on and comhlnatloo Of cap
ital and Of wage earnevs ~ all recog-
ulxc. The power they acquire may,
however. become % great % tn tempt
Ia serious abuse and public injury.
and they have done ~. Hence. we
have had the antitrust law and the
Interstate commerce law. directed
,hicn, against comblnstions Of cap
itul hut eirectlng In SONS measure
combinations Of labor. Labor leaders
have sought exemption FINN such laws
rs privileged class, and IN some cases
they have l,een successful. while MI.
Wilson IN me u hls memogandums at.
iachei to an appropriation bill avowed
bis opposition IL such class legislation.
he united with the Democratic Con.
grs~s IN passing, at the demand Of the
unions. the Clayton Act. Which. the L.
Dor leaders claim. tnkes unions out Of
the limitations of the Trust Act.
Unwlse subserviency to the demands
Of leaders ~ organized labor nnds its
browning instance. however. IN Mr.
Wilson's dealing with the threatened
strike :" the hallway Orders Of con.
durtors. engineers. trainmen and switch
men. The ORDER claim to control 100.
0s, incn. who run the freight and pas
scneer trains ~ the country. which
constitute the arterial circulation Of
commerce. aud are necessary not ouly
10 the business but TO the health and
life Of the people. We're those men
able to tIr ~ the railways Of the
country. ~ they said they could and
would. Il would mean enormous loss
10 business. aud great deprivation aud
suffering 10 the public. II would NOM
that many millions Of other w0rkmen
would he thrown out Of employment.
and lose the high wages they are now
receiving. because without commerce
local industries cannot proceed The
Railway unions said to the railway
president: We wish an eight hour day.
with ten hours pay. aud II we work
more than eight hours. We demand "a
pr cent. more un hour for the extra
hours. IL you do not give us this. We
will not only injure you, but We will
bring disaster 10 the country" The
railway managers refused the demand.
but offered 10 submit II TO arbitration.
They said Il would increase their cost
Of operation s80. 00O0, and that this
would have to come out Of the pockets
OF the railway stockholders. by 4 re-
dnction Of pro6ts. or out Of the ship.
ping public by an increase Of rates.
The labor leaders said they had had
arbitration 10 the past and that It was
not satisfactory, thai now unless their
demands were fully granted. NO power
under heaven could prevent the strike.
with It's disastrous consequences Un.
der the duress Of the threat. the Presi
dent Of the United States and Con.
grsss Of the United States succumbed
II was one Of the greatest national hu.
c,iliations TO which the people Of this
ccuntry have ever been subjected. II
I struck most blow at the principle Of
arbitration for the settlement of In.
dustrlal disputes.
Mr.. Wilson ~ q publicist attacked
the enactment Of q federal child labor
law rs an absurd extrayagance. and .
departure from constitutional limita.
lions. aud now within the last slyty
days he has personally visited Coz.
gress To urge the adoption Of exactly
such = measure.
+, For the purpose Of evadins rssponsi-
bility for present conditions. II h a.
yancesl IN behalf Of Mr.. Wilson and
the Democratic Administration that
the conditions In Mexico were IN IN.
heritance from the last Administration.
The last Administration did nothing
TO complicate Mr. Wilson's problems.
Huerta had been twelve days In pow
CT when Mr.. Wilson came IN. Up to
that time nothing had been done CON
hitting the government 10 one policy
or another. Had the Republican Ad-
ministration been continued. uuesta
would have bssn recognized, but With
only twelve days before the comlno
IA OF Q new Administrator Il would
have been entirely Improper and n
considerate for The outgoing A6minls-
tration to commit the incoming to any
policy on the subject. MI. Wilson can
not shift the blame for BIZ blunder1
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