The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-02

tIln nhhtftlUh INIT more NM nillety'
Ave- per cont Of tho notiyn manage
mWnt NJ tho great combinations u
rnnitnl VI thia country, mud tho motive
management Of eneli one VI Tho dur
pnrtmmDtA Of tl,oan grent combinations
OF mpltnl, IN IN tho hands ei youlip
mon without wealth, influence Or posi-
llon, bnt whose worth and merit have
boan recognized by tho directors nt
those grnnt concerns, III tho trust
does NOT have such ability NJ its com'
mnnd constantly, II viii brnnl down
Just ~ trusts often md for osnetIy
this reason, np bponljng down,
Keen, bold, dnpinR minds Will son lllnt
the tPnst w NOT managed with ability,
and tloy Will organize another trust
which ~ mhnngod with ability. A
trust am only exist when nach mud
every department Of ~, ~ The small.
ont detail of ltA business, h conducted
With mnthomntionl mud mnchiDealll Ike
accuracy. And tho clief demand IN
this oonnry today " f0p talented, in'
dustrIoue, honest md brave young
mon 10 mid the mighty work which
this industrial development of our
civilization requires
Az no Womnns who Listens ~ me
W0nld hive Tho department store dis
solve Into tho little, l~no0Dyonlenl,
highpvriood shops, selling poorer goods
IN u moro l%noonyenient way Nv nor n
man In this republic would hhye my
0t 0ur Rront rnilp0nd lines, which wnre
formed ont of dozen small, poorly
O%pprntod, hiRh'prieed, m%isnpnbly'
equipped, inoOnyenlent limos, broken
np into thosol lille roads nRnil, just ~
not u man IN this country ~ ngninHt
Tho industrial development VI " trust,
when " Nv honestly and righteousiy
conducted, Wlnt we We NIL against
Nv the dishonest operation % these
trusts, Just NV we nro nll nRniuBt The
dishonest conduct Of my man, l'Dt
tho sensible thing Nv not 10 destroy
thnm the Sensible thing w 40 remedy |
them Tho right rDnd w onward to-
ward government control, some tllinh,
md mnny developments nro anggoste1
lhe right solution VIII certainly le
found, and not backward toward tho
dry when tho farmer wnped lir grain
with u seytho, inntcnd OF with thn
snlf-binainR harvester not backward
10 tho dry whom no tlpophed N with u
fail. instnnd Of with u vibrating
thpeshort not backward 10 tho dry
whom thn "stngoNoneh did The business
of passenger transportation, instead W
tbA travel OF tho country being cnrpiod
Mt y fmction ~ tho price Tho stage.
Gonsh charged, and IN palace cars,
with nll tho comforts and Injuries Of
this wonderful civilization, The rond
10 the tvue solution Nv onward, md
not backward, and tho elements that
avn require In our stntnA men III deal
Ing with this tremendous problem OF
society, this nntuWl industrial
development, w onrnost thought,
thorough Etndy, fearless Justice and
moderation, instead ~ violent nId w.
popnpt assertion, infnmod prejudice
md mad resolutions, not TO remedy.
bnt w destroy
Common sans" nDd Justice HaIDipad,
My friends, whnt we need IL not 10
mnnh sweeping declaration ono wny or
other against thn trusts Of labor or
Tho trusts Of cnpitnl Whnt WI need
N common sense and Justice, Com.
mon sense, In order tInt we may see
what Nv JUST and tho spirit Of Justice,
Opdv that wo mny do what Nv Just.
On his dying bod Hieheliou, who Gro.
,tad France, was asked what WINS tho
secret Of lhB power, Ito answered,
Some my N Nv ennDinR--tllnt lam 4
fOx, Some say " N oOurDgo--thnt
lm u Hon, u " neithor--The secret
u my power IN told IN ono word--juss
tioa--ror " havo boon Just" And
That Nv what we neol In our public
non who donl with tho profound
problem Ut combinations NJ lab0r md
combinations Of capital md tho whole
tremendous social evolution OF which
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