Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-12-04

get adequate regulatlon tnrougn state
action. Therefore. in the interests Of
the whole people the nation should.
without interfering with the powers
Of the states in the matter of trusts.
itself also assume power OF supervis-
lon and regulation over all corpora
tions doing an interstate business.
II, however, the judgment of the Con.
gress is that II lacks the constitution.
al power to pass such an act, then
amendment should be
submitted to confer the power.
Should Create Cabinet Office.
There should be created cabinet
office to be known as Commissioner Of
Industry and Commerce. II should be
his province to deal with commerce in
its broadest sense. including among
many things whatever concerns labor
and all matters affecting the business
corporations and our merchant ma
rine. Not only must our labor he
protected by the tariff but it should
also be protected so far as il is possi-
BILE from the presence in this country
OF any labor brought over by contract.
Chinese Exclusion Act imperative.
regard it as necessary wiih this
end in view TO re-enact Immediately
the law excluding Chinese labor and
to strengthen il whenever Necessary
to make it's enforcement entirely er-
fective.
The Labor Problem.
The most vital problem with which
this country. and for that matter the
whole civilized world, has to deal, is
the problem which has for one part
the betterment of social conditions,
moral and physical. and in large cit.
les, and for another side the effort to
deal with that tangle of far.reaching
questions which we group together
when we speak of labor Very
great good has been and will be ac-
complished by associations or unions
of wage workers when managed with
forethought and when they combine
insistment upon their own rights with
respect for the rights of
others. The display of these quail
ties in such bodies is duty to the ma.
tion no less than to the associations
Finally there must also
In many cases be action by the gov
ernment in order to safeguard the
rights of all. Under our constitution
there is more scope for such action
by the cities and municipalities than
by the nation.
Emigration Laws Unsatisfactory.
Our present emigration laws are
unsatisfactory. There should be a
comprehensive law enacted with the
object of working improvement over
our present system. A very close
supervision should be exercised over
the steamship companies which
mainly bring over the emigrants and
they should be held to a strict &C.
countability for any infraction of the
lava
Our Tariff System.
There is general acquiescence in
our present tariff system and its oper-
alton as a national policy. Nothing
could be more unwiss than to disturb
the business interests of the country
by any general tariff change at this
time.
Reciprocity and Protection.
Reciprocity must be treated as the
handmaidsn Of protection. Our nrst
duty 10 to see that the protection
granted by the tariff in every case
where It is needed is maintained and
that reciprocity be fought for so far
as 1t can be safely done without In.
jury to our home industries.
Wider Market Needed.
The phenomenal growth of our ex
port trade emphasizes the urgency oI
the need for wider markets and for 9
liberal policy in dealing with foreign
nations. We have now reached the
point In the development of our inter
ests where we are not only able tC
supply our own market but to produc,
the constantly growing surplus fo
which we must find markets abroad
| ask the attention of the Senate I,
the reciprocity treaties laid before I
by my predecessor.
Our Merchant Marine.
The condition Of the American mer
chant marine is such as to call 70
remedial action by the Congress.
is discreditable to us as nation tha
our merchant marine should be utter
ly insignificant in comparison witt
that of other nations which we over
top in other forms Of business. Tn
government should take such actiol
as will remedy these inequalities. Tn
American merchant marine should b
restored to the ocean.
A Responsive Currency.
The act OF March IA. 1900, intende
to establish gold as the standar
money and to maintain at a parit
Herewith all forms Of money medlur
in use with us has been shown to b
timely and judicious.
Banking Laws.
In many respects national bankin
law furnishes sufficient liberty 10
the proper exercise Of the bankln
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