Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-02

self, ana Is the weakest source from
which to get reliable Information
and Judgment. Politics, like every
thing else, to be understood rightly
must be considered on basis Of
common sense and the student OF
political questions has got to know
the world and the people to come to;
a right conclusion. No matter how:
a person may be. his opinion
ia worth nothing to solve the prob
lens OF government unless he has l q
kno Wedge Of the people and .thecon-
ditions surrounding them. The pol.
icy and management OF the govern
ment, to be successfully carried on.
must he suited to the people as they.
are and not based ON what some
theoretically figure out on Il
basis OF a perfect people. There are
those learned in science and philos-
ophy who know SO little about gen
eral business OF the country and the
people In general. that in nearly
every little hamlet may lie found
individuals who know more OF the
practical size OF life, but nevertheless
we find some OF these scholars and
scientists writing treatises' on
political science and general govern
ment that read very nice, but when
applied to the conditions OF man as
he is found in the world, shoot wide
of the mark. Too many people fail
to realize that the policy in the
working out OF the. governmental
function must be based upon people
as they actually exist and not on
a basis Of what, in theory, people
ought to he. To summarize
all this in one sentence, first know
the people of our country and the
conditions Of our country and the
people of other nations and the con-
ditions of the people of nations with
whom our people come in contact,
and then build the party suited to
best promote the people OF our ma
ton consistent with natural laws
and humane principles such as will
naturally lead people in general to q
higher degree OF civilization. That
is the foundation and the corner
stone of the Republican party.
The administration OF the govern
ment by the Republican party tends
to expansion and diversity o. pur-
suits. The more diversified the pur-
suits of the people the more prosper
Gus they are. All are necessary for
the common good. The farmer mus
have his hoe, his plow, his wagon
etc, and tho result is the manufac7
ture OF these are necessary. Every
body must be dressed and the result
is people are required to manufac-
ture and mako materials for dress:
The shop aud the railroad are :neces-
sary to carry these and US to and fro
as our needs require and therefore
the railroad and the railroad man is
necessary and the transportation
compans es on the waters are neces-
sary. In short, there is constant
interchange between us all. We all
want to buy something and we all
want to sell something and we all
need each other. If the pursuits Of
life were properly diversified, the
right number OF farmers in ptopor-
ton to the need Of farm products.
the right number Of merchants in
proportion to the needs of the buyer
of merchandise, the right number OF
banks in proportion to the financial
requirements. and so on all through
the various callings, occupations
and businesses; ifeveryth thing were in
proportion to requirements, we
might go ON and multiply the peo-
pie employed in each pursuit indefi-
Ditely as long as the increase is in
proportion to the demands, with
out interfering with prosperity.
When we get too much OF anyone
thing it is because that is out of har-
mony with general conditions. for if
other things increased in proportion
the result would be beneficial. We
may have too many engineers, too
many carpenters, too many
merchants, too many - farmers,
and a host If other too
many's in the respective lines
and the equilibrium he broken and
therefore the well being OF some
classes disturbed. TIL &c are of
course very complicated questions
and the world will have to advance
much farther to settle them to a con-
dition where there win he no COM
plaint. There is no hopes that dur
ing the existence of any OF us now
living of having everything so har-
mOniOus and prosperous that the
calamity bowler will be entirely
without subject for his calamity
howl. The simple fact is, considered
in a general way, we have all got to
have one another and the trouble is