The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-05

war. for they hamper those who would
endeavor to find out In rational fashion
what the wrongs really are and to what
extent and In what manner II IL prac-
ticabls to apply remedies"
Remedies for the Trust EVIL.
But while he says the above is true, he
yet sees many evils for which there should
pe remedies provided: OF these evils the
Snief Is over cspitalisation because Q:
The conviction Of the American people
that the great corporations. known as
trusts. are in certain OF their features and
is based upon sincere conviction that com
oination and concentration should be not
prSn1Sitssdf basf but supervis,ed and within
judgment this conviction is right
AZ ! a remedy for these evils he says:
to deal with the great Industrial com
bin,;n9im bina,t;i0ns is knowledge Of the facts
@ ana essmne snGd hs hays wesknsEs as sa
| the great corporations engaged lin Inter-
state business. Publicity Is the only sure
Tsmedss @e sas neeses 9ySk n What
OF governmental regulation or taxation,
can only be determined after publicity
the ee eoupss o9 Of ss Sna
requisite Is knowledge. full and complete
.knowledge, which may be made public
Artificial bodies. such as corpora tions
and Joint stock or other associations de-
pending upon any statutory law for their
1'sIemcS to nrans OF PRIVILEGES should be subject
full and accurate Information as to their
operations ",r, should be made public regu-
The large corporations. commonly
called trusts. though organized in one
state, always do business In many states,
often doing very little business in the
STATE where thew incnrpnrnt tod
Is utter lack OF uniformity in the state
laws about them. and as no state has
possible to get adequate regulation
through state action Therefore in the
should, without interfering with the DOW.
er OF the states In the matter itself, also
assume power OF supervision and regula-
state business. This is especially true
OF its wealth from the existence Of some
business. There would be no hard shin in
such supervision. Banks are subject to
It. and In their case It is now accepted
Is probable that supervision OF CORPORA. AZ
not go SO far as is now the case i with the the
conservative a state as Massachusetts in
order to produce excellent results"
The president believes that. il will be
FOR the trust evil under tho constitution
as II now eAists, but II congress thinks
otherwise he recommends that a conatitu.
CO, fer the po .t' necessary.
In connection with the trusts he rec.
Smmends legislation creating cabinet Of.
n e.ce. whose d, ties wouil be TO Heal
with all du 'stions concern'fg r Commerce
isEcr and the merchant marine
Would Exclude the Chinese,
The message ..,nn'ains strong rcc,m-
Mendation for Ge reenactment at once
which connection he says: "
wages are higher to-day in the United
States than ever. before in our history
nsasi tsaa OF San AMY oSs s.s SsS.,
than ever before. Every effort OF ,Swis-
lator and administrator should be bent 10
OF things and It's Improvement whersver
possible. Not only must our labor be
protected by the tariff. but It should also
the presence in this country Of Sny 'Im Isn
borers brought over by contract or Of
those who; cominI freely, yet represent
they can underseli our men In the labor
! regard u g necessary. with this 'snd end
exeiudIns Chinese iSSse' iaSo1ers ana ims 'aw \.
strengthen II wherever necessary in ar.
Ser ssct,Vs TO make Its enforcement entirely ef-
He also recommends such legislation. nv
an amendment TO the Interstate commerce
Jaw. a. viii protect the labor Of one state
another state. and also that the govern. n.
ment cease being a party to this COMBAT
ton by not purchasing goods made either
and children are caused to work excessiva
hours or at night.
In the labor unions Of the present he .ee.
much that 10 good, In which connection he
"vefy great good, has been and will h.
ACCOMPLISHED by associations or unions
sd,.,nI"Hm, Of WageTm9rkers snS % when managed with
sstence upon their own rights with Law
abiding respect for the rights of others.
The. the display OF these Qualities in such
than. to, the associations Themselves
Finally there must also In many cases be
safeguard the rights ard interests OF all
Under our constitution there is much
more scope for such action by the state
But on points such as those touched on
above the national government can act
when all Is said and done, he rule of
prerequisite to success IN the kind of ma
tionaI life for which we strive Each
man must work for. himself, and unlesp
he SO works no outside help can avail
him. But each man must remember also
that he is indeed his brothers Keeper
and that while no man who. refuses to
himself or anyone else, yet that sach at
times stumbles or halts. that each at
times needs to have the helping hand out
stretched to him. To be permanently ef-
fectiye aid must always take the form Of
can ali best help ourselves by joining TO-
gether In the work that Is Of common in
The Immigration Laws.
He pronounces our present immigration
iaws hs saxa Snsat..aGtory M IN which % connection
fcient immigrant fitted to become an
American citizen. every Immigrant who
"s bedy soSd hsaS sna srnEs rescuts
purpose to dc his duty well in every way
and to bring up mis- children as law-abiding,
God-it arng members OF the community
There should be a comprehensive law
enacted with the object of working a
threefcld Improvement over our present
system First, We should aim 10 exclude
atsolu'e ely not only all persons who are
known to be believers In anarchistic prin-
ttiipies tiIs % or members Of anarchists soeie-
low moral tendency or OF unsavory repu-
taiion. This means that we should re-
a,lre more thorough system OF inspec.
tcn abroad and more rigid system of
examination at our immigration ports,
me to.mer being especially necessary.
ra Tne i,n second object Of a proper immi-
careful and moi merely perfunctory edu-
cational test soine intelligent capacity to
saneiy as American citizens. This would
not Keep out all anarchists. for many OF
them belong to the Intelligent criminal
that is. tend to decrease the sum OF ig,
norance 80 potent IN producing the envys
svspicior' malignant passion and hatred
ment Inevitably springs. Finally all per-
sons should hc EXCLUDED who are below
a certair standard Of economic fitness to