New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-01

cnIc To move at the least cos; implied movoInenttn
the ars9; Quantity; ana 6 S ecn rToads ed net TO
equality. but to the exact opposite; ior u Wa coiuu
70 points while an Others were iei, sngeci 20
he nrieiuS that competitor free to charge what
DE liked hut must be satisfied TO take wnst e ooeu Ee
and here he could get he liked 10 charge rms
last Was the most unexpected and finally mucrons re-
sult OF H. tfa9S eT % cUnmnIfy principle or
no pTinepe could rot and woud not soc the business oil
nothing while the loss incurred recovered at The
expense O. another place over which Two Oh more COZ
simply stated, then, the great railroad monlcm ol
which much Of late year has been hiO i5.1c's ~
amenabe or at only partially anenanle 10 old laws
ana laws supposed to he tundientai as Neh AS oi''
what yOu going TO do about ~
WHAT 4 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER MIGHT SAY.
To this pont-blank question am inclined to believe
the political philosopher would return one answer, and
The practical statesman another. know very well that
he regulation lawmakers have already offered great
many solutions Of it, aud their supply eynces no indca-
lions OF exhaustion.
since We have begun try to look OF the question
through the eyes of each OF those, and then will re
sount to You practical experience in 1assachuse'u'
In way at least we shall try to cover the whole
SrOund and nothing comes OF 1t, we sbSil but Dc
where wenow are. And in tae first place. let us get at
he political philosophers point Of view lie is the pure
sbipker-theogizer, II you choose " call him So His
nge OF thought is the highest his field OF observation
hold le widest OF all IS out Of place IN the senate
ne ia apt 10 DO failure the markoplace. le belongs
wrely practical man 70 called The yCrsod the IN
ticaSit OF tie ledger and the insandous OF the ex-
ut gee, an that there is within tla inCh With se intense
clcamess and couscousucsa OF dc'ah |mch ,, We ony
guarantee sucCcsS-s man, from amid tie clear a.
InOspLeIe OF lis own htaenos, s apt 20 io)e upon He
prophet "h rotoy i' vS lIi T{ess mp he truths
Of the one and docs not remember the other.
imagine Adam Smith on Change! even now
through ne silence o. century. EN- hear he shie"c
moucyhanecls Jcrr at hs the,ies e' h3"e.f., ny
OF tie principles Of tner cat Than an 81 h'n haa
ever Grcansd Of. - his closet DC already 81" T",hs
which ti9 a}I1ns o. ~, ~ yi fs3 N5 Row v;ond
Of this description ever himself ON ms raiiIoit
s.ils' "' i itti ~, tho ,,ins nj the tror.e OF fhis
country. / am inclined 10 tluS ne would S} mat here
Ess M 1s,id ~ shallow stafn,cs moidiu:
t; IN r-s der,orracv let loose int .ence b!O&c-
cast mobilization made possible. MOre than a ms, 10
Was Sas al ' i process CT development or WORK
GU its mission As .N ahch3iy u, ~ 5..o.,, ,, ,C
OF IA spite OF statutes. ct would prescr'e Us o"l
course Having gradually WorAcd oUt ll5 ue'e to-tnl,
perhaps 10 years hence pcInIs 90 lefhAl> ~; hoM
will IL cii'ct the government. what relations Wlu hca
TO les IAa, Question can oa{ DE- 0ecue! ~ t4s soy
road fystem rIcs5gby tends n al countries 10 CON
centrtion 10 the hands Of lev wealthy and able MOI
men Who hH0W'hS tielI Dlaiie,S t'.C,. 5 ~ "a
what thoy want and exactly hoN 20 70 20 ". To 49, ~,
system is concentrating m the hands Of these hen we
mean tit 70 is Tie wAo.c complicated system OF hodarn
Mrrc theories oil governmental Interference ih 4A'lsrai
enterprises and Of reliance Tor protection @" Di Sl
,,,Iat as 81 81 s,s nty words brought in contact
Win b f'cs; whether NJ, ike il or rot they Iaust and
Mi y,ed II is in this c.se lie practical mui, too,
aud not the OJctiA&Tt NLo is ioicihS ' 'i, iNa' GOV
Frcrd. 90 how Scott and Garrett and Vanderbilt or,
Goyouin5, each IN his own way Dnt s2tded On ~ Ii9
concentration; how luaIcraus.y impo-cht your statutes
and even sou. constitutional powers ere 20 nn.'e OF
and aboye AL. uncon c.oasy they WORK tcN,.a t-...
non psrl,a1l, wiz accomplish What viii t'.cn rcsil,
our political philosopher perhaps mlSlJ iolc'tui c-
SnI ti is ffat through laws OF over laws, by develop
ing exits, pO.iHc'i systems or by ti"a!I% S.,'ti'
tulul u,lt4s IL place uI them, ia tlds generation OF III
80 ~ -t ~ ra,roaJ s,sfoIi, OF the future mast and
viii come together ana nerse IN each 1iner.
lFGIsLaTIVf TANACFAS.
Ths or something Ike this IL what tie political phIcs-
opher might say. But political nakesitts nrc more IN
vogue just at present than political philosophy Accord
ney "a oar swollen statute books bear ample cyd nee,
the rse ton lav-lnaior has during the los, six years
been more than ordinarily busy. do not hro" that the
passion for legislative paHaceas for every III which me
90 il flesh IS heir 20 "a peculiar to America 90 not
think it f. only in other countries it takes different
FORM and called net an aC @. legislature hut b, soAe
other NAME, such as "uissr," "drman," mandate"
"imperial GecIce" or the like. But If there is one
thing which human experience has proven more thor
oughy than another, It ia that the limits OF
effective legislation are very and that Nine laws
out Of oycry ten lar they have any effect at all
rather defeat than further tlcir object 94is somewhat
important fact however has not received aluoas las Of
late any ~ 81 married G'g.Cc " cons u~It4On. lLe C
s ss9cS sor s34et ,i, in re- n, I 70 a I'd @
cal I'd public opinion; hut in our practice tDc penal Ia"
represents the constable fcrce and the n"inen' any
fueis wrong, il rs but Necessary 10 get c"l-ro- 81 tiD
constable 90 have 10 SET rrlt 80 in Hass"c etts ioi
so wears now they have b,eu trying through jb, agency
Tie iilC 10 make i4en t.llefais; ~ ils every
State u thr Union tlc CJls.aue Us invoke 30 zee Iat
Tho borrow era DO not pay more .ntert than goo,
Them thO south the con table must sec 10 IT tl-i
1f @ Slrs must have bi.' eve OH Tin, r,i,goli,.
the operation of naur- ia"s. To my lnid ING ioitt
system. va tatI III Iui4, or IN EGIs-1 o. iA = .s-
power not upon reason; upon arbitrary viii, nor au
emil gt.'c4 public opinion. IL - as n p-J.,l were
cas- I'm fo IN ignore IFS seeds in the d,q.h Of TIE
ss-f7n thorough invests .ation Of causes and results
would ail confident Ia}ci pas, aii dispute 100 Utf
lN'n's % '-t ~ go 1' l IN W nd IN ron ~, rail-
tLat tle state scyCf It5i nom al coA1"ct1h Ah
business undertakings, Lecat5e c@Y'--eAtc !is .,'
ana 10 o,ruuon and froui tins hasis seaFs ~ one" 20
ccnver. Cur Legislatures INTO irrtsIons.co b1ads oi
iIe1 MOI tig- In place vi iaeituate b.,Hc, dc9uut
finally compelling the veal ieet corporations 20 nave
ruYtiO2-au evil eA tines HO.sc tAa tie "o-s' eAts.e
PRACTICAL sTATHslIAvSTIP.
Tuiuing thcn from philosophers and political make
shifts it now only remains 10 try and examine This Qucs
ton IN the light Of practical statesmanshp. conr on It
not Is do,.rnaires not politicians but rs thinking
meA curious ard patient IN the study Of causes, oosey
ant of tho lessons OF experience anxious hut slow
vitha in reaching conclusions dealing with facts and
net VITA theories providing for the present and not FOR
pose,ity. the first place. should find nothing 70
excite either surprise anger in the fact thar marvel
ousy RAPID growth had developed glazing abuses rapid
growth never wholly healthy erowtl-ucyer with sys-
tens any more than with men, trees, OF animals 4
DEVELOPMENT Of snch UnexGmuled raldty that OF
railroad ~ sem45.oO0 miles, they sag, in IS years and