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EIGHT HOUR DAi
Does Xot Consider Principle One to
to be Arbitrated?fleets Challenge !
Of His Opponents.
rLong Branch, Sept. 23?President
Wilson today actively opened his
campaign for re-election in a speech
replying to republican criticism of the
settlement of the recently threatened
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B tures before a large crowd assembled
w at Shadow Lawn he defended the
I eight hour day and declared also that
the nation must be freed from the
possibility of interference with its
commrce. Business men from various
parts of New Jersey often interrupted
the president with hand-clapping and
cheeTiag.
After thanking the business men
! for tiie generous message the chairman
had brought him, the president
begian his speech by discussing the
^ outlook for business in this country.
^ "There have been times," he said,
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"when it looKea as 11 AlUCIlva .. v.* v,
1 interested only in herself but in these
[ recent years American business men
b liave lifted their eyes to more distant
| !iorizon? and have seen how the marI
kets of the world were waiting for
I their service; and they have sought
' And obtained entrance into these mar
fcets a^hew vision has come to them
o what the development of the re|
- sources of America means and what
f the organization of American efficiency
means.
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At Beginning of Xeir Era.
"There never was a time when the
pulse of energy -and success beat so
strongly as it beats today. And yet I
* "hope that all business men in America
realize that we are only at the beginning
of a new era. |
"The problems mat are oefore
American business men are world
f problems rather than American do-1
I mestic problems. America must un)
derstand the world in order to be subject
to its peaceful service; and yet
when we look upon the fieid'of American
business there are some things
that disturb us. Some men seem to
think that the way to advance busi.
nes is to walk backwards and to atf
tempt again the provincial policies
wkch. have characterized aji age when
we shut our doors against the influ
ence of the world.
v "But the chief cloud that is upon
the domestic horizon is the unsatisfactory
relations of capital and labor.
Theer is only one way, gentlemen, in
which the relations of -capital and labor
can be rendered satisfactory.
That is by, in the first place,*regarding
labor as ?a; human relationship of men
with men; and, in the second place,
to regard labor as part of the general
partnership which is going to
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make lor tne suacsa V4 V UM.?
and business enterprise in this country.
So^-long as labor and capital
stand antagonistic, the interests ofj
both are injured and the prosperity of j
America is held back.
A Partner in Business.
"Labor is not a commodity. It is a
v form of co-cperation iand the laboring
man is a partner of his employer.
"I have recently been through an
experience which distressed) me^- 1
tried to settle a difference Detweeu
some of the employes of the American
railways; and the distressing thing
I discovered was that on one hand
'isVrclted suspicion and distrust,!
and on the other side, that I
suspicion and distrust was returned
fnii measure. i
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The executives did not believe in
the sincerity of the men, and the men
did not believe in the sincerity and
fairness of the executives.
"The first thing I told both sides
hpfore I required their opinion v/as j
that I stood for the eiglit-hour day. I
I received no suggestion of any kind i
from either side as to what the basis
of settlement was to be except that the
railroad executives did suggest that
congress give them some sort of assurance
that if the eight-hour day
went into operation they would get
their freight. j
"We believed in the eight-hour day j
because the American does better j
work within eight "hours than he does
within a mc-re extended time, and the
whole theory for it, a theory which is
stistrrned now by abundant experience'
V- t his r^cioncy is increased, his <
spirit in iiis work is improved and '
the whole moral and physical vigor of
j the man is added to.
Demanded tight Hour Day.
i "And therefore, I said to these gen
tlemen on both sides at the very bej
ginning: 'The eight-hour day ought to
be conceded.'
! "But they said: 'It will cost us an
immense sum of money.' How do
you know how much it will cost you?
' I said to the railroad executives. You
; are asking that the results of; the
eight-hour day be predicted and the
nrpdiption he arbitrated. You are ask
ing for an arbitration of a conjecture,
of >jn opinion of a forecast of the figures
of experts based upon an entirely
different experience, and if you were
to ask me personally to arbitrate \
such a question I would say I am not
j competent to arbitrate it.
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1 "The reasonable unnj iu uu ia .
grant the eight-hour diy, not because
the men demand it, but because it is
1 right, and let me get authority from
j congress to appoint a^commission of
' as impartial a nature as I can choose
to observe the results and report
j upon the results in order tlv.vt justice J
j may be done the railroads in re- <
, spect to the cost of the experiment.
~ nrATinsal W'hinh they j
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rejected and which congress put into i
a law, a proposal which 1 mad1* to
them before I conferred* with congress.
"I did not ask either side whether
, it suited them, and I requested my
friends in congress not to ask either
side whether it suited them. * defined
before the controversy begun, so
far as I was concerned in it that the
I whole temper of the legislative 5ody
| of the United States was in favor of
: the eight-hour day.
Republicans Voted for It.
j "In the house or representatives the
plan was passed, was sanctioned by
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a vote which inciuaea, 1 <1111 IVIU, j
j about 70 republicans, as against 54
republicans, and in the senate. I am
informed five republican members of
the senate held a conference in which
they determined to put no obstacle in
the way cf the passage of the bill. |
Now, this was because the proposal
was reasonable and was based upon
right.
"But, ladies and gentlemen, that is
not the end of the story. This thing
I
(ought to "be done tat the time that it'
acus done, so as to bring about a reasonable
trial of the eight-hour day
and a careful examination of the results
of the eight-hour day. But tnat
does not finish the matter. Let me
call your attention to what I believe
Aiifrht all to be thinking about oO
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ias to set the stage for this and all
similar cases.
"There are some things in which society
is so profoundly interested that
its interests take precedence of tli?
interests of any group of men whatever.
One of these things is the supply
of the absolute necessaries of life,
it would be intolerable if at any time
any group of men by process should
be suffered to cut society off from
tho necessary supplies which sustain
life.
People's Welfare at iStake.
"But these supplies are of no use
unless they can be distributed and in
the matter of the distribution of
goods, particularly of the goods that
sustain life and industry, the interest
of society is paramount to every other
interest; and the difficulty about
all situations like that we have just
passed through is tins, inai me menii j
partner is left out of the recognition.
I These men were dealing with one an|
other as if the only thing to settle
was between themselves, whereas, the
j real thing to settle was what rights
j tiad the hundred million people of the
| United States.
| "The business of government is to
see that no other organization is as j
strong as itself; to see that no Doay {
or group of men, no matter what their
private interests is, may come* into
competition with the authority of society
and the problem which congress
because of the lateness of the season,
* e? ~ nnstnoned. is
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this problem: By what means are we
going to oblige persons who come to
j a controversy like this to admit the
public into partnership by which the
thine is discussed and decided? Thut
j i* not an easy problem. A great
! many diferer>f ^ave been ::
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i postponed, p-0'5 the reasons
JVE NI:\YS FKOJI I
LITTLE MOUNTAIN i
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Little Mountain, Sept. 25.?The fol- i
lowing young people left last week1
for college: ?>lisses Helen Latiian and !
Lucv Brady for Winthrop; Miss Evelyn ;
I
Wjse for Columbia College and j
Messrs. Ralph Sease, Olin Long, Haiold
iAMse, Willie Hack Derrick, Olia i
Bundrick, Robert Lee Riser and Lee!
Shealy for New-berry college, v.
Misses Annie Mae Gentry and Elberta
Sease spent Saturday in Newberry.
Mr. Virgil Sease left Saturday for!
John Hopkins' University, Baltimore, j
from which institution he will gradu- j
nte next June. j
Miss lone Matthews spent a few;
days of the past week with her sis- j
ter, Mrs. Kibler.
Df' W Q Potrpa anrl Rf^v. B E. !
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Petrea of Wytheville, Va., spent last |
week-end in Little Mountain. . j
Mr. James Brady came heme Fri-'
day for a short visit.
Mr. Joe ^ejgle, who is home for J
a few days and his mother, Mrs. John ;
Feagle, spent last Thursday in Colum- ,
bia. i
I
Miss Margaret Feagle, who has been
making her home with her grand- j
parents here for several years, will
spend the winter in Atlant i-with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Feagle. j
The Hi mpton Literary Society of
the Little Mountain high school was
reorganized on Friday with the following
officers: Mr. Homer Lindler,
president; Mr. Marvin Chapman, vice
president; Miss Mvude Epting, secretary;
Mr. Hasel Shealy, treasurer;
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-Mr. Kaipn sneaiv prusctuuug \_n
Miss Annie Lee Huffman andf Mr.
Raymond 'Shealy, reporting critics. j
Mr. Dewey Epting from Newberry
has returned to the Little Mountain
High school.
Mr. J. B. Drrick spent last Monday
in Spartanburg. * ;
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Death of I)r. ,1. ('. Halfacre.
Dr. John Calhoun Halfacre died at
his home in this city on Friday even
iug at 6:45 o'clock, after a lingering
illness. He 'had been in b/jd health
for several years. Dr. Haifacre was
65 years old and had been living a
retired life for a number of years
previous to the loss of liis health,
after giving up -his farming interests
and large pructice as a physician. He
is survived by the following children: I
Mrs. IW. F. Hipp of Spartanburg,
Frank Halfacre of) the city, raui
Halfacre, who teaches school near
Wilmington, Miss Ruth Halfacre, of
the city, Miss Mary Frances, a student
iat Winthrop, and Misses Lula
Xeel and Elizabeth Halfacre of Newberry.
The funeral services were "held at
the residence Sunday arternoon at
3:30, conducted by his pastor, Rev. J.
W. iCarson, interment at Rosemont
cemetery by the Masonic fraternity.
The following were the pallbearers:
Messrs. Geo. W. Sumer, McK. Hutchinson,
H. H. Rikard, William Johnson,
J. Y. Jones and Geo". C. Hipp. i
Destructive Fire.
Mr. M. W Oxner had the misfor-1
tune to suffer a serious loss by fire!
at his place at Kinards Sunday morning
at about 3:30 o'clock. His gin j
house was burned with the contents, i
In addition to *the loss of the building,
valued at $500, he lost $3,000
v.orth of machinery, with nine bales
of lint cotton. 800 pounds seed cotton,
some wcod, etc. His loss is about
$5,000. with very little insurance.
,be fire is though to have been of incendiary
origin. Sheriff Blease is
working on the case.
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why congress thought it necessary to
postpone the decision for a few
months was that there were so many,
honest differences of opinion, not as
to the object, but <ts to.'the method."
"It is not a question of obliging individuals;
it is a question of enforcing
a partnership and seeing to ft
that no organization is stronger than
that organization to which we nil belong
and support and call and love
by th?v name of our own go\ rrnmcnt.
"? -> I laid a program be"orc con})V
which at any rate i bezinmight
be made in that direction
, r?.:i th?? r>rcrra:n i > going to be "proceeded
with."
I POINTED PARAGRAPHS
FROM PROSPKROl'S PROSPERITY
rcsperity, ^ept. 25.?Mr. and Mrs.
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J. B. Stockman spent Aionciay in Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Bovvers left Monday
for Greenville, their future home.
Mr. S. D. Duncan and Miss Nannie
Simpson of Columbia spent the
week-end at the home of Mr. J. H.
Crosson.
.Miss Annie Lee Langford has returned
from a short st;y in Columbia.
Mr. J. S. Wheeler, Jr., left today for
New berry college.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Suber of Newberry
are visiting their daughter.
Mrs. JKat Mitcneii.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ruff of (Saluda
spent Sunday w"ith Mrs. John Boozer.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Taylor have returned
to Batesburg after m short
visit to Mr. A. P. Wise.
Mr. B. T. Barnes has accepted a
'nosifion with Mr. J. L>. Quattlebaum.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Schumpert attended
the funeral of Dr. John Half,
acre at Newberry Sunday afternoon.
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT.
The enrollment in the city schools
is at present 1.101. The following "is '
11 1 O/.lTflAlo
me enrollment atwiumg w .
I High School 110.
Boundary Street 229.
Speers Street 206.
West End 163.
Mononon <*.
Oakland 54.
Hoge 263.
The school of the Oakland mill vil- !
lage has recently been added to the j
Newberry district by the county!
hoi rd of education. The children in
the village v. ill continue at the Oakland
school through the fourth
grade. All others will go to the
Speers street school. The C. X. & L.;
railway is the dividing line.
COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION.
The Newberry delegation held a 1
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niCvXing me umcr uav n?u *
mended the following commissioners
of election for appointment ov h*j
governor:
Federal?1,. \V. Jones, B. H. Her-J
ron, J. B. T. iScott.
State?H. M. Bozer, T. L. B. Epps,
J V. Clary
Death of Jlr. T. J, Eison.
j Mr. Thomas Jefferson Eison died at
1 his home in Maybinton last Friday
morning and was buried at Ebenezer j
church cemetery, near Mayomton, j
Saturday afternoon. He wus about 80
years old and is survived by three
children. His nephew, Mr. Julius R.
Eison, of Xewberrv, accompanied by
I "
Messrs. Cannon G. Blease, James W.
I Henderson and Rastus Eison, attend!
ed the funeral.
i Mr. Ben Hardy of Blairs was in the
i
! city yesterday.
i navid Haves returned Monday from
| a trip to Laurens.
j Mr. O. 0. Smith of Greenwood
spent the week-end in Newberry.
Mr. Ellesor Adams has quit IWhit mir?
fnr Ypwherrv and is assisting
, .
j Mr. Claude Williams in his cigar,
| tobacco, milkshake* and other soft
drink stmd, etc., at his pool room.
LOAX ASSOCIATION.
I
The Land Loan Association will
meet next Saturday September 30,
?.t 11 o'clock in the Court house.
Important business before the as~ I
sociation.
All the members and all who dtsire
to become members will please be at
the meeting promptly.
W. C. Brown.
V President.
Mr. J. L. Mooreliead and wife of
Gaffney and son, Prof. Paul Moorehead,
and bride of Virginia, are visiting
Dr. J. M. Kibler and family.
Mr. O. Klettner has returned from
New York and1 Baltimore after a
careful inspection and selection of
new fall rvnd winter scods. He will
have a fine supply and display.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Johnson, Miss
Ruth Payne. Miss Rosa Amick and
Mr. Julius Pozer motored to Leesville
Sunday afternoon, returning
Sunday night.
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