Show f 1 t TAfT FORMAllY OPENS CAMPAIGN t i if Expounds His Views on Relative ii i Interests and Rights flights of La Labor L Ll Laher ii N 0 l I her bor b or an d C ap It a I t t LVE QUESTIONS S PUTT PUTTO PUT TO HIM FIlM oE i ff 1 le ii nir r Out Ono IH About the flit t III anil i q I t i i j i J SJ S X i w York Ian lt L 1 0 ihu llio hl time he lu h a tt lt co ian t llo fur for the tI Ih i t i T t y of lit if War II H 0 iatt tt tonight faced it 1 Now New York i x unco ule set itt In lii hut bin olan on Oil 1 if of or tho the ls end rights ts of ot labor and IIII capital tul and in ia i i I t to n II i ill attack ti i froni x U tho au which I d I and In III n a U J J fal spirit to tho thu of ot ott t tj t j 9 Institute whoso WhOM ho tk Tho Tue eqUally vf t tho vo In lit attack and nn defense and his prompt and forcible replies und occa oica O ca l E WItty witt sallies J evoked tho ho simo sanu ot or n ru as r led Lc the salient nt points of hix hl Two o pOI HH JIll rapacity h crowded Into COOt when s p reserves r Eel tervo I WI to clear It lr t w walks In j front of tho ho building 1000 or hail had Ung FOR FOB As iJ tho th t form of ot I urn he h secretary of o r war Ji lo its Hi way tho throng n II Sli t of cf Three cheira for tOI or tho next president pr was the UW for tOI n t 1 noisy ovation ova lolI that continued until Mr tr TaU boned lihi hili front from iho tho platform J Ill Ii ls prepared n I thu i pointed out tho the dependence one ono upon the flits other ot of capital and lUul do Ji cd that great greaL lolis of ot y nUh properly employed widened tho Hold 2101 1 of ot labor and were to b J welcomed wel omed while whilo wealth improperly II l was to toI I bo lio condemned Ho Ilet advocated Unionism int 1110 o fur tur as I S und and ene thu tho co for Cor the tho common Y go good goodAt d goodAt At the conclusion of o his lis address the tho thun n hal had Its turn Chairman I Charles s Sprague Smith announced l that Secy Seey Taft would woul read us its they thoy th handed up upI I Thu first questioner desired to know j would stake his ical future le on tho the attitude taken ny ily y the administration on Oil the incident l 1 Sect Secy See Taft ritt declined to answer tho tim question stating that tho the matter wan now before the tho committee and ind hud llull been leen no discussion In lii tho tiit U lJ lill Do you think II a laborer gets h wa WILli another question to h Taft re reI 11 2 I dont know Itlo what tho lito laborer r gets geB eta I x dont know wit what labor ho liti performs but Iu I 1 ll tie know that S slIm sone get than thau they thc ought to t have havo and I think get set more inure There Then wu wat u ii I loud shout when tho H etUI commenced to laugh while whIlo reading 10 over n question which h Inquired ed why ho hUd hoI changed his toward labor lIbrn ho left lort tho the Ohio bench The secretory declared that his bin attitude had hudnot not changed and that tho tim things ho had h td said cald tonight h j had al 11 always ways 5 stood for fur forIs Is lu not hot an mimi Industrial situation based on oil n it tat tariff Iff a me false ono ony rime Tho secretary replied that It If tho tim was abolished now there would be bc Il no iii business at nt all ull Fu It hIli he tie said he hO would not din cussi ll tho tariff lamio at nt this time Av A qi concerning tho the i right Ight of or an nit employer to bring Injunction pro iro proC ro rov v C Induced tho tIm secretary to cite a ft casa can In III which ho lie appeared as coun sel 1101 N Co had Im obtained u IL Judg lentol of against a II labor union ho lie timid and lId It took loul 10 ears to obtain tho money Tho secretary added that if it an Injunction had been obtained by elo Co they would not hot havo have stir suf sUlf f fl any damage Shortly a auditor sent ut UI up V following duration which caused a n aff Wf ff bf 1 laugh 1 U h sr OH on FINE C I If It took Lo k Moores Cu Co 10 years MIS J J to t 1 lOO 1500 hoW long It tak thi i United tates h to collect fi the Oil all Tho Tiu said that tho the solution n would tj ihl reli ii I re on a ii advanced vii form of ot mathematics with which he was not familiar Then wits ono rino query IU over OCI fl which i tho secretary hesitated while his hl nice as on lis a U thoughtful sin Plon Thou jhon ho read eIL i What Is n II man to do tie who Is out of or in ti a I and anti Is tG God l knows ho replied They have huc in m deepest If It I they thoy got gul work It ft la is an 1111 awful case a IM Is willing Wi hum g to work worl Vi rk and l Is III put i mu L In this thin Position lion lionI I 1 am nut wild said the Lime If It i C Ut i 1 I i p i If It t mines Hid would make disputes l bc he labor nini capital to set but the I l dont think HO KO Do you what w hat a n power you ou would woul put in hI Wa h You would put a power mower In II tho the Ito rids of ono one man limn 01 or u t rf r min that limit I ci I limit I nit la yoU ou I ble for fot Ihl I f safety of o time lie republic i l L Ji i f 1 11 mt These and many other questions WOre volleyed at lit tho the secretary who an nil answered them with facility and great good humor hI which Itself In Inthe tho the attitude of ot his Jun audience One Olle cities ques questioner wanted to know It if were ready to work so MO hard hurd fur for private individuate Individuals why they tho would not nut bo bf b m ready to work as hard for tor the ho govern gOern government moot mont under rO ownership The Tho secretary replied without hesitation Because o human nature Is II not built along that line II no It Is I not possible 1 Ihlo to curlY carry on government tho the borne sante as an a m I business by b individuate Individuals wot workIng king for private gain You cannot change tho the motive of or enlightened into altruism Taft TaCt aft Indicated clearly that not hOt think the tho time had hod come for foran or 01 orlen an len Income tax law Ho lie was Ilc re another smother ovation when whan he lie finished f nl and nod ninny In the thu audience flocked to tho the platform to hI tt shako him by IY the tho hand baud S cu OF ot PANIC MI tr TaCt Tatt Kald said In ills 1111 it address Buffering now from a it n panic II nl It ft on In my Judgment by bytho r tho the of ot tree free capital the world over by the tho leek lack of or an nn elastic system of and ani anc also by a It lack of con IOn confidence euco In lii our business bullIe fabric produced in J Europe through tho the revelations In certain great corporations of or business dishonesty Cl corruption and amid unlawful unlawfulness ness floss It Jt had hind been necessary for tor us u to purify some somo of if our business methods but the purification cannot stop Stol tho tim panic panto It will II doubtless mako another In lit the tho far ai future less likely 1111 Meantime all must suffer suiTor both Innocent rind and guilty and rind the tho more than the Certainly tho the laborer who Is in thrown out of at his employment by the tho hard had times Is Innocent und rind suffers surfers more than the tho capitalist whether Innocent or guilty who has money to live on until prosperity shall bo be restored Discussing tho the difficulties In peace pence peaceful ful adjustment Lu of between capital und labor Mr JIll TaCt Taft commend commended ed Q ho tho work of ot such organizations as its tho the civic federation fe In seeking to bring together to Lher capitalist anti and labor leaders leaden and expressed M tho the hope that by reason of this thin friendly contact between em employed and labor leaders labor unions union nun uit be Induced to assist tim the of or honest Industry to In the sobriety ety t industry skill and fidelity to io tho employers interests of ot tIme the DIFFICULTIES S On thin tho subject of o arbitration Mr Fl r Taft argued tor for the adjustment of ot la it labor bor hot difficulties by h i submission to an on Im hll Impartial partial tribunal rind and to abide ahlde its his Judgment und and in lii this connection commended the tho tD plan This method tic lie hail had ally ully holl adopted by hy President Hoose velt veil find and hud hail shown substantial and practical re This Is a provision of ot law Ja by Imy which h an un Impartial al tribunal shall Investigate all 1111 the conditions sur aur surrounding rounding tho dispute dl take sworn evi evl denee dence draft a IL conclusion In respect to 10 tile thu nf ot tho issue 18 and anti publish it to 10 tho thu wot world worldOn Id IdOn On tho Iho question of ot tho tile legal rights of ot tho labor labo unions to strike Taft said Mon Men time the right might to hI leave leuc time the em employ In ploy of ut their employer in iii n a 1 body bod In or order o der to 10 on him him OB os great croat an In Inconvenience convenience us ns possible to Induce him to 10 mute come to 10 their terms They have Limo tho might light III in labor unions to delegate to 10 their leaders limo Hie power 10 to soy suy sn when In to strike They Tho hMO lh th the In Iii nd nil to t iii by h contribution all of If time labor unions n II fund which oll hJ th to live during durin thu tho pending They Tit Tile hav hilI the right to use U p lt nil all oili oth oilier er lI laborers hi who ire nrc Invited I eel to lake lakeI thi I ItOh ll r places Jl in II I Ii order curd er to lo convince Cl vi them I lieu of or tho th lo to labor of tiC united ar at lion H Jt IH Its II ibm s nf of o the and of urn the polk it to tn rei poel thee hl with ith tho thu of ot care cart Hint tilty respect the Iho nt mit of capital to 10 I mm the protection ot 0 1 their tIm sir property an 1111 I 1 business lie He added however Hint a lL resort t ti Violence or flu other rerun form of ot h WI SIW on behalf of fir n ii 1 labor merits and Ind the th sharpest cof cr I ion from ron the time public i e and Is I n null i u likely to lot lose the tho tIU O of or labor In hur Us its support III In the Ihl rn Tho Tim abuse of capital In In 1111 I and nun railroad IIII iiI itt lit length and tho the relation o miC er wago cantors thereto therlo pointed out IO Tho The inn 1111 lii of or lIch mch ul monopolies Saul Mr MI Taft Id is for Cor time the I O of o keeping mug up ii the thu of th Lh Lint of life 11 fl multi mid this I reduces the power of or till tile which tho tito wage Ingo ngo earners re receive reeCic 1110 This Is II a It f Uncut to 10 thorn them and n a real 1111 why wh time tho should condemn such corporate abuses and sympathize with the effort to lo stamp them then out It Jt Is Its not that time they sympathize with nil mill fort to such auch great groit enter because they hey 1 of ot 1110 cm pern und and lawfully tend and the tho capital which the wago wn J tumid fund l II h drawn but they the should and do un vigorously tho the policy I of Qt the government In bring brill bringing ing lug UI IlC great corporations within the law la mid arid requiring thorn to conduct Urt business In iii accordance with the time statutes of ot time the country III In flirt rani I corporate mann mana gem sers have entered Into a tL course courso of oC yb I tn In I ri maintain hum In t ni ii their side Ido of a fL la iii labor bor coutre l controversy vcrs They heLve have justified IL It on aim tho tilo ground that they time were vere simply lighting lire fire with sith und that lint If the labor union proceeded lo to Use dynamite they the tho would use dynamite In return rot cl Urn turn I cannot too ton strongly condemn this thin course of argument No Ne amount mm of 01 o lawlessness on the tho part of o labor strikers strikers ers will Justify tile tho lawlessness on the tho part of or tile the employers Such a n course IL it of ol civil war rind and anarchy A second abuse O which employer ale aio sometimes 1 guilty ot of IS U what tech technically is III known us as blacklisting This Thin Is unlawful and amid nile should be condemned Mr Mi I Taft raft condemned time the abuses ot of labor sUch lIuch as violence Intimidation and the boycott mind and pointed out tho time legal remedies by b which a II person may maybo maybe bo be protected against tho the Illegal acts of combinations of capitol capital and combinations of ot labor In eases cases pt pf unlawful combinations ot or capital cl as ns well as of such Hueh combinations of or labor he ho said time the method In iii equity by b securing an nn injunction seems to bo be preferred by thoRO who are about to be Injured lie He defended tho the Injunction against the criticism that it places pieces s in III the time hands of or a Judge legislative lel Judicial lend and executive powers anti and declared that hELL prevention v Is III better than cure Ho lIe granted the contention he said that tho time Injunction hind had been abused In labor disputes and nn favored amend amendment ment merit of o tho the law to provide o that no temporary restraining order should IB is issue sue until after notice and a 1 hearing alpo requiring a II different Judge In con contempt contempt tempt proceedings from Cram rem the tho judge Is Issuing Issuing suing the Injunction Thorn There is IA n II class of ot capitalists who wio look upon labor unions minions as liS n POI per so vi vl vicious cious and amid a It class of at radical labor unionists who look upon capital an cut la hl labors bors bars natural enemy declared ed Mr MI Taft In closing I believe however that the tho great majority of at each cuch clans cIulla 1 mii gradually becoming moro more conch concil conciliatory in tn tho the ono one toward the other Between them theta Is I a II larger class chess r capitalists nor mior labor In or unionist who are arc without prejudice aunt and I hope I am ani ono one of those thoRe The Tho ef of effects 0 feeLs of ot tile the panic are not over Wo We must expect industrial depression Timid This ThIl may muy bo b fruitful of ot labor controversies I J earnestly hope hOllO that tha a a more more conserva conservative Ivo tive and unC conciliatory attitude on 01 both sides shIeH may mn avoid vold the destructive struggles struggles Ilos of or tho the past 1 t STOLE TAFTS TAFfS OVERCOAT New Now York Jan 10 Following his speech at Cooper Union Secy See Seo of o War Wil William II 11 TrilL Taft Tnt visited several clubs mend and restaurants on Oi the time East Elt Side Hide and amI consequently wan waa obliged to go home In III time the early curly hours of ot the morning with without out ul an overcoat Wh When 1 ho imo looked look l for forthe tho the coat cont lt at t time the end emiLl of time the Cooper Union meeting It was WI not to bp b found and a search had hind been Instituted for tor it IL I when hon someone discovered a boy 10 trying to got gol out ot of tho the building with It The Flue coat cont vhs wis recovered but the tue boy escaped Tim Tho first stop top WIB made at Hungarian club cub where Secy Sec Taft Tatt hits has hUI often orten been boen entertained and amid ho spoke bi Icily Supper was WIB time the party In Iii a II cafe on 01 Avenue C nod and nd time the last lost stop of lt the tho trip wOn was WIS made mn e at lt the tho Old Cafe Cato Boule Boulevard yard vard where Mr Taft Tatt was vaR greeted by b a 1 1 number of mft artists and other of at this tiui old Id Bohemian resort |