The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-10-04

mendous Importance IN not merely con-
ceded but insisted Men who are not
willing to make such an issue paramount
have possible justification for raising
it at all. for under such circums tances
their act cannot under any conceivable
circumstances do aught but grave harm
Gold Basis Must Stand
The success of the party representing
the principles embodied in the Kansas
City platform would bring about the de-
struction OF ali the conditions necessary
to the continuance CT our prosperity 1t
would also unsettle our whole govern
mental system, and would therefore dis
arrange all the vast and delicate machin-
cry of our complex industrial life. Above
all, the effect would be ruinous to
finances If we to prosper, the cur
| rency of this country must be based up
on the gold dollar worth 100 cents
The sta bIity of our currency has been
greatly increased by the excellent hnan-
cial ACT passed by the last Congress
But law secure finances
against the effect OF unwise and diSas-
trous management in the hands of UNI
friendly administrators No party can
safely be intrusted with the mana cement
of national affairs unless it accepts
automatic the truths recognized in III
progressive countries essential to
sound and proper system of finance In
their essence these must be the same for
! all great civilized peoples.
Vital Question for Wa &e- Farmers.
In different stages of Development diff
ferent countries face varying economic
q
all circumstances the most important ele-
ment in securing their economic wel-be-
ing is sound finance. honest money So
intimate is the connection between indus
trial prosperity and u sound currency
| that the former is jeopardized not mere
/ y by unsound finance. but by the very
threat of unsound finance.
The business and the farmer
vitality interested in this question; but no
mans interest is great that of the
/ wa ge-w worker. deprecated currency
! IL.
man; but it means grim suffering to the
] wage-worker. The capitalist will lose
much of his pital and will suffer wear
| ing anxiety and the loss of many
! forts; but the wage-worker who loses his
wages must suffer and see his wife and
] children suffer for the actual necessities
| of life. The absolutely vital need
| of cur whole industrial system is sound
money
One of the serious problems with which
we are confronted under the conditions
of modern Industrial civilization is
that presented by the great business com
binations which are generally known
der the name of trusts
The problem is an exceedingly difficult
| one and the difficulty is immensely ag-
| gravated both by honest but wrong
/ headed attacks our whole industrial
/ system in the effort to remove some of
| the evils connected with it, and by the
! mischievOus advice of men who either
| think crookedly who advance remedies
knowing them to be Ineffective, but deem
! sci, achieve for themselves i spurious
reputation for wisdom.
| No good wha tever is subServed by in
| diScIin ina te denuuciat ton of corpora tionS
| generally and of all forms of industrial
combination in particular; and when this
| public denunciation is accompanied by
! private membership in the great corpora
| tons denounced. the effect is, of course,
| to give an air Of insincerity to the whole
/ movement Nevertheless, there real
abuses, and there is ample reason for
/ Ctf- -i41r Il
! or ill-consioered effort to remedy them
! would either be absolutely without effect
OF else would simply do damage.
Plan for Federal Interference.
The first thing to do is to find out the
| facts; and for this purpose publicity
/ to capitalization profits and all else OF
Importance to the public. is the most use
| ful measure The mere fact of this pub
! licity would in itself remedy certain evils
and. to the others, it would in some
| cases point out the remedies. and would
at least enable to tell whether or not
certain proposed remedies would be use
| full The State acting in its collective ca
pacity would thus first find out the facts
and then be able TO take such measures
Us wisdom dictated Much can be done
by taxation Even more be done by
regulation by close supervision and the
unsparing excelsior OF all unhealthy. de
/ structive and anti-social elements.
The separate State governments can
do a great deal: and where they decline
to cooperate the national government
must step in
How He Deals with Expansion.
While paying heed to the necessity of
keeping house in order home, the
American people cannot if they wish to
retain their self-respect, refrain from
doing their duty a great nation IN the
world.
The history of the nation is in large
part the history of the nations expan-
sion When the first continental con-
gress met in Liberty Hall and the thir-
t teen original States declared themselves
nation. the westward limit OF the coun-
try was marked by the Allegheny noun
tains. Even during the revolutionary
war the work Of expansion went on Ken
lucky, Tennessee and the great North
west, then known the Illinois country.
were conquered from our white and In