The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
ASSA|LSDEMOCRACY
FOR BUSINESS LACK
A. W. Shaw Declares Admins
tration Has Failed to Real
ize After-War Danger.

Vigorous onslaught was made today
on the Democratic Administration for
Its failure to realize the dangers that
VIII threaten American business from
foreign competition at the close of the
war In Europe,
In a statement issued through the Ma
tional Hughes Alliance A. w. Shaw, one
or the foremost business experts OF the
country, declared that II was because
OF this blind disregard that the thinking
business men Of the country had de-
te nm to vote for Mr.. Hughes.
Mr.. shaw Is chairman Of the commit
tee 9 nthe department of Commerce OF
the Y. 8. Chamber of Commerce, and a
member of the faculty OF Harvard
Graduate School Of Business Admins
System" and Factory" and is in close
corresponoence with the business in
terests OF Great Britain and Germany.
Says Faith Is ChildIike.
After commenting on the "child-like"
faith Of the Administration, as recently
expressed by Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo. that the United States would
nave nothing to fear after the war
from the competition of stricken and
broken Europe, Mr.. Shaw said in part:
Is coming out OF this war economically
stricken and broken has refused to take
an account OF facts. The Industry OF
Europe Is organized as II meyer was
and France. having literally been CON
verified into factories with the whole
non-copbatant population as employees
a. Another factor to be considered is
the tremendous number of new women
workers. The women of England are
now In the munition shops. These wom-
en- are receiving much the same wages
as the men. whose places they took.
and In most cases they are doing bet
ter work than did the men. England
Is now. In spite OF the millions OF men
In the battlefields. actually producing n
greater volume of commodities than
"nen al Us workmen were in peace.
when the war stops. our war orders
VIII stop and the competition OF Europe
VIII begin. Millions OF trained and
hardened men VIII come out Of the
trenches to join with other millions re-
leased from The manufacture OF NUM-
tons. and supplemented by the trained
women workers. to turn all the highly
developed labor-saving machinery 10 the
producing OF the commodities OF peace.
They Will all be trained and disciplined
ready to battle in the shop as N the
field.
Administration Did Not Act.
THE present Administration, having
little comprehension OF either present
or future business conditions. has made
no practical provision to meet them in
any really businesslke way. The tariff
board seems but vocal effort toward
tariff revision: the anti-dumping law q
curious device to inform the country
definitely as to the name of any indus
try that died through foreign competi-
ton.
The Democratic program. stripped of
rhetoric and stated in plain business
language, not only fails 10 meet the
situation which we must meet. but II
also denies that such situation viii
ever exist.
MIR. Hughes, on the other hand, has
entirely grasped the situation. He pro-
poses that We protect our home market
by scientific tariff on truly protective
principles. Whatever may be the pros
ard cons of the tariff In normal times
there can be no logical argument against
the protective principle when all the
world Is preparing to build tariff walls
Mr.. Hughes proposes squarely to meet
these business issues-the issues OF
prosperity; to effect practical CONNER
cial relations with the nations with
which we are to deal and to organize
and coordinate our home industries
that they may be able to meet on equal
terms the government-fostered indus
tries abroad. lie proposes a thorough
and businesslike constructive govern
ment assistance to businessmen ener-
waiting paternalistic control. but slim
ulating association of effort"