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Show WILSON SPEECH ; ' IS PICTURED ; BY MHJjUGHES- Republican Candidate Is Cheered to Echo by St. Louis Audience as He Makes Telling Points. TALKS ABOUT THE CHILD LABOR LAW Also Federal Trade Commission Com-mission Act and the Extravagant Ex-travagant Claims Made by Democrats. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2. Charles E. Hughes faced an audience in the Coliseum Coli-seum here tonight that cheered him twenty-one minutets, and in his talk he referred repeatedly to points made by President Wilson in his acceptance speech. "I protest," Mr. Hughes said, ' against the extravagant claim that the antitrust act was clarified by definition defi-nition by, our opponents. They folded themselves up in a vague phrase and ' presented that as the solution." Mr. Hughes said that "from the claims of our opponents with respect to child labor legislation you would suppose sup-pose they had discovered children." "I am for the protection of chil dren," ho said. ''I was for it before the present administration was heard of." Reads the Record. "I want to read you what a governor govern-or of a state said to a legislature nine years ago," said the nominee. "Ho said in 19U7, 'I recommend to your careful care-ful consideration the important subject of child labor laws for the protection of children in securing for tnem their rights through an elementary education, and in surrounding them with appropriate appro-priate safeguards, making an especial appeal to human sentiment and that nothing should be left undone to give them full effect. ' ''That, I said in the state of New York nine years ago." Mr. Hughes referred to child labor legislation enacted during his term as governor of New York. "1 think 1 know something of child labor and the importance of protecting it," he said. "The recent bill passed i in congress affects a very small num- her of children in this country. f More Work Needed. There remains a vast amount of necessary work to be done by our 'tates before child labor shall be pro-J pro-J hibited to a degree which will safe- guard this important asset. I am for the protection of our children." The nominee declared that the business busi-ness man .had a right to know what he could and could not do. m "More again we are met with extra ordinary claims," he said. "I suppose allusion is made to the federal trade commission law. I have no quarrel with the composition of the trade com- mission law, but L cannot accept the crude statement of suggestion that the antitrust law has been clarified by definition. defi-nition. ,m Common Law Enough. "It is said in the federal trade commission com-mission act that unfair methods of competition com-petition in commerce are hereby declared de-clared unlawful. "Now what are unfair methods of competition? Naturally a man in the street would think about fraud. It is not necessary to establish a trade commission com-mission to deal with fraud. Fraud has been recognized by the common law since its institution. "No, they nro not thinking of fraud. Unfair competition had a different meaning mean-ing than the fraud under the law. It is a time-honored phrase. We know what it means. I n a very simple way of statement it may be said to have relation rela-tion to methods by which one man's goods are palmed off as the goods of another man, through deceptive state- f nients in advertising and tho like. Definition Does Not Clarify. "Those things aro described in the law as unfair competition. Was this law passed to reach them? Of course not. Talk about clarifying the antitrust anti-trust act by definition. Why there is not a business man in the country who knows what that act means or what he should do or not do under it. "I complain of tho extravagant claims made with respect to the Clarification Clari-fication of tho law in tho alleged interest inter-est of business when nothing of the sort has been done and the act expressly states that nothing of tho sort was attempted. at-tempted. You cannot mislead the American people by claims of that description. de-scription. ' ' Assails Mexican Policy. Mr. Hughes assailed the administration's administra-tion's mexican policy on tho ground that the profession of dealing with p smaller nations in the same manner as with larger nations " is a profession belied be-lied by practice. ' ' "It has not been made good, It ought to, be made good, " ho said. "We said to Huerta, not einiplv that he would not be recognized, but that he should not even be a candidate at a Mexican election. Is that the way wo deal with a great and powerful state f 4 Do we dictate who shall be candidates of great and powerful states? What is the use of talking about treating small and weak states in the way in which we treat great states when we depart from principle and get ourselves involved in serious difficulties bv the departure when wo attempt to control Mexican politics instead of adopting the straight course of protecting the lives and property of American citi- zens?" Mr. Hughes's adilress in the Coliseum Coli-seum was' the third he had delivered tod a v. The first was at a nonpartisan luncheon gathering of business men. I' Hitchcock Plans Trip. F CFllCACIO. Sept. C Frank H. Hitoh-Ly' Hitoh-Ly' cook, member of the Republican national advisory committee, will leave In a few f I days for a trip through the west In the Interest of Hughes and Fairbanks. He will visit every state regarded as I close or doubtful or where there is lak of harmony in the local organization. The t states he expects to visit are "Wisconsin. 1' South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana, Trial io, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona. 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