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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

This criminal was a professed anarch-
list, nfamed by the teachings of pro-
fessed anarchists and probably also by
the reckless utterances of those who on
the stump and in the public press appeal
to the dark and evil spirits of malice
and greed, envy and sullen hatred. The
wind is sowed by the men who preach
such doctrines, and they cannot escape
their share of responsibility for the
whiriwind that is reaped. This applies
alike to the deliberate ~demagogue, to the
exploiter of sensationalism and to the
crude and foolish visionary who for
whatever reason apologies for crime or
excites aimless discomfort.
q The blow was aimed not at this =
. president, but at all presidents, at =
Q every symbol of government. =
>>>
President Mckinley was as emphatical-
ly the embodiment of the popular VIII
of the nation expressed through the
forms a law as a New England town
meeting Is in similar fashion the embodl-
ment of the law-abiding purpose ana
practice Of the people of the town. On
no conceivable theory could the murder or
the president be accepted as due to pro-
test against Inequalities in the soclal
order" save as the murder OF all the
freemen engaged in a town meeting coulo
be accepted as a protest against the So
cial inequality which puts a malefactor In
Jail. Anarchy is no more an expression
Of social discomfort than picking peck
cts or wife-beating.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

There is q widespread conviction in the
minds of the American people that INC
great corporations known as trusts are III
certain of their features ana tendencies
hurtful to the general Weltdre' Inns
springs from no spirit Of envy or unchaf-
itableness nor lack OF pride in tae great
Industrial achievements that have placed
this country at the head of the nations
struggling for commercial supremacy. IL
does not rest upon a lack OF lntelllselt
appreciation of the necessity or meeting
changing and changed conditions OF trace
with new methods nor upon ignorance Oh
the fact that combination OF caplIal IN
the effort to accomplish great Things is
necessary when the worlds progress de-
mands that great things be done. 1t is
based upon sincere conviction that COM
bination and concentration should be not
prohibited, but supervised and within rea-
sonable limits controlled, and IN my JudS-
ment this conviction is right.
1t is no limitation upon property rights
or freedom of contract to require that
when men receive from government the
privilege of doing business under cofpo-
rate form which frees them from lndl-
vidual responsibilities and enables them
to call into their enterprises the capital
of the public they shall do so upon ap-
s~olutely truthful representations as 10
the value of the property in when the
capital is to be invested. Corporations
engaged in interstate commerce shouiu
be regulated if they are found to exercise
a license working to the public injury.
1t should be as much the aim of those
who seek for social betterment 20 rid the
business world of crimes of cunning as
to rid the entire body polite of crimes
of violence. Great corporations exist
only because they are created and safe
guarded by our institutions, and it is
therefore our right and our duty to see
that they work in harmony with the in
Sfit1tiopS-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06
TRUSTS AND COMBINES.

These Are Placed Under the Head
of Serious Social Problems.
During the last five years business con-
idence has been restored. and the nation
Is to be congratulated because Of its pres
ent Astounding prosperity. Such prosper
fly can never be created by law alone. al
though 1t is easy enough to destroy it by
mischievous laws. If the hand Of the
Lord is heavy upon any country, II flood
or drouth comes, human wisdom Is pow
erless to avert the calamity. Moreover,
no law can guard us against the conse-
uuences OF our own folly. The men who
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06
CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Protection for the American Work.
fnxman Is Necessary.

projection Tor the american Work.
fnGman Is Necessary.
With the sole exception of the farming
interest, no one matter is of such vital
ome to our whole people as the well
fare of the wakeworkers. If the farmer
and the wageworker are we'll off, it ia
absolutely certain that all others will be
well off too. 1t is therefore a matter for
hearty co~ngratulation that on the whole
wages are higher to-day in the United
States than ever before in our history.
and far higher than in any other coun-
try. The standard of living Is also high
er than ever before. Every effort of leg
islator and administrator should be bent
to secure the ~permanency Of this condi-
ton of things. Not only must our labor
be protected by tariff, but it should also
be protected so far as 1t is possible from
the presence in this country of any la
borers brought over by contract or OF
those who, coming freely, yet represent
q standard of liviug SO depressed that
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

Our, experience N>AA1
! shown that sween,ru the pas
tariff are apt to sevislons 49,
closely approaching ouee condtss
= mess world, panic in tbs
c><V<<>>A
yet 1t is not oniv @nX\tAAA
~ desirable, to combine but sniss
mentaru Uu, economic system s,a the
nh,ina system of reciproca,@ a SUI
oollsatlon with other natioGAi bene6t
proci'y IS an incident ana . Such
nrm establishment and result o.
our present economic p,eservatim }
specially provided for in tpolcy. Il
law. III the presen, /.
= RsonHSN<><<>>>A.1
bandmy must be treatsSttt}
of protection eo as "
" - -
our first duty is to seey><\i
tectlon granted by the tarir mat the
where 1t is needed is maintaih every
reciprocity be sought for 'ned, and ,
saieiv De done without as Il
noine industries. Just how to
anus, oe oetermined accordin," az tas
ulVloual case. Remembering 10 TIE
every application of orr a.ways
meet u shifting national naa policy
conditioned upon the cara;neeAus mud
the duties must never he raaa TACT Y
the point that will cover ,.uuced ba
Between the labor cost here and Sass,
Inc well being of the waee aau aar(
prime consideration of our vrksf ]
OF economic legislation e"Are ~
subject to this prov,so =. J
protection necessary to on. Ie pq|
well being at home the princir, .uuas0
procity must command onr eun n
port. The phenomenal n.arV =
export trade emphasizes th o aW
the need for wider markets and assnev
eral policy in dealing with taA
tlons. Whatever is merely petty .sa \
atious in the way of trade aua n
should be avoided. The cpstaa0e
whom we dispose of our surnI,,s s
In the long run directly or indirearuVV l% y
chase those surplus productS =. y
US something in return. Their abs''
purchase our products should as =.
possible be secured by so arrana,.s
tar1f as to enable us to take fresa
those products which we can no. y
out harm to our own Industries 49,,
Dor or the use of which will no nt 7
benefit to Is. 10Y
-
. 1t Is most important that We s,a.sv
. maintain the high level of our ~.
= ent prosperity. -
-
we nave now reached the point II !,
development of our interests whs,.
are not only able to supply our own !,
kets, but to produce a constantlv o.,
ing surplus for which we must find !,
kets abroad. To secure these mail
We can utilize existing duties in anv !
where they are no longer needed h,
purpose of protection, or in any !
where the article is not produced i
and the duty is no longer necessary
revenue. as giving US something ia d
in exchange for what We ask. The
dial relations with other nations MI
are so desirable will naturally be
iiioleu NY lhe 'ouiS' ludS required Dy
own interests.
The natural line of development II
policy of reciprocity will be in connec
with those of u productions Nhieh
longer require all of the support
needed to establish them upon a 90
basis, and with those others where eli
because of natural or of economic ca
we are beyond the reach Of succes
competition.
l ask the attention of the senate to
reciprocity treaties laid before it by
predecessor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06
RECIPROCITY,
This Is Favored, hut Tariff Revision
Ii Not.

Ii Not.
There Is general acquiescence in orr
present tariff system as a national policy.
Inc hrst requisite to our prosperity is the
continuity and stability of this economIc
policy. Nothing could be more unwisa
IMAM to disturb the business interests OF
tne country by any general tariff changes
at TINS time. Doubt, apprehension. lln-
lain.y, are exactly what we most wish
to avoid in the interest of orr ooron,or,
and material well being.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06
MERCHANT MARINE,
American Goods should BE CarriN
In .Amcrican-built Ships.

In n-built Ships.
The condition of the American merchul
marine is such as to call for imrnedh1
remedial action by the congress. III
discreditable to US as a nation that oR
merchant marine should be utterly iaas'
nificant in comparison with that Of otne
nations which we overtop In other Torn
of business. We should not longer slOak
to conditions under which only a INN
portion OF our great commerce 10 carnN1
in our own ships. To remedy TINS stss
things would not merely serve 70 pu!
up our shipping interests. but II WasI
also result in benefit to all VINO are me
ested in the permanent establishment us
wider market for American produces z
would provide an auxiliary force Tor y
navy. Ships work for their W counus
lust as railroads work for their teFnlna
points. Shipping lines, if estanlsaeo
the principal countries with "nsn
have dealings, would be oil poie"A
well as commercial benefit.
<$<VI
. From every standpoint 1t is un~N
Q for the United States to continue ' \
- rely upon the ships of compelns
q nations for the distribution Oh w 4
q goods. 1t should be mace au,as
q tageous to carry American soou' : \
q American-built ships.
At present American shipping Vs., +
certain great disadvantages wheh pus
competition with the shipping Oh ~
countries. Many of the last I'M
steamships, at a speed of fourteen ~ =
or above. are subsidized, ana a. In
ships, sailing vessels and steahie.. ~
cargo carriers of slow speed any RI
carriers of high speed, have 70 Snaanl
fact that the original cost OF ~ n
American ships is greater thaa a amst
case abroad, that the wages pau mu6I
can officers and seamen are .ns -
higher than those paid the ooan,N
seamen of foreign competlhs an 8
and that the standard OF ilv.ns I
ships Is far superior to the ss"anrcia 4
living on the ships of our CONNIE
walls. snch u
Our government should tahe suoIAia
ton as will remedy these nae ea shod
The American merchant lna'
be restored to the ocean
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06
TAKE ONLY THE BEST.
Three-fOld Improvement in IInmf-
grafton Laws recommended.

~Three-fOld Improvement in IInmf.
grafton La WIS Recommended.
Our present immigration laws are I'M
satisfactory. We need every honest and
efficient immigrant fitted to become an
American citizen, every immigrant who
comes here to stay, who brings here q
strong body, a stout heart, a good head
and a resolute purpose to do his duty well
In every way and to bring up his children
as law-abtding and God-fearing members
of the community. But there should be q
comprehensive law enacted with the OBJ
1ect OF working a threefold Improvement
over our present system. First We should
aim to exclude absolutely not only all
persons who are known to be believers
In anarchistic principles or members of
anarchistic societies., but also all persons
VINO are OF a low moral tendency or of
unsavory reputation. This means that
we should require a more thorough sys-
tenn of inspection abroad and a more
rigid system Of examination at our i'm
migration ports, the former being espe-
cially necessary.
The second object of a proper i'm =
. migration law ought to be to secure /
= by a careful and not merely per-
. %functory educational test some intel .
= llgent capacity to appreciate Ameri- =
= can institutions and act sanely as =
. American citizens.
This would not keep out all anarchists.
Tor many OF them belong to the intelligent
criminal class, but would do what is also
IN point-that Is, tend to decrease the sum
or ignorance 80 potent in producing the
envy, suspicion, malignant passion and
hatred of order out of which anarchistic
sentiment inevitably springs. Finally all
persons should be excluded who are be-
low a certain standard Of economic fit
ness to enter our industrial field as COM
petttors with American labor. There
should be proper proof of personal capa-
city to earn an American. living and
enough money to insure a decent start
under American conditions. This would
stop the n1ux of cheap labor and the re-
sulting competition which gives rise to SO
much of bitterness in American industrial
life, and it would dry up the springs of
the pestilential social conditions in our
great cities where anarchistic organiza-
lions have their greatest possibility OF
growth.
Both the educational and economic tests
In a wise immigration law should be de-
signed to protect and elevate the general
body, polite and social. A very close su-
pervision should be exercised over the
steamship companies which mainly bring
over the immigrants, and they should he
held to a strict accountability for anv in
fraction of the law.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

The old laws and the old customs when
had almost the binding force Of law were
once quite sufficient to regulate the accu-
mutation and distribution of wealth..
Since the industrial changes which have
so enormously increased the productive
power of mankind they are no longer
sufficient.
The growth of cities has gone on beyond
comparison faster than the growth or the
country, and the upbuilding of the great
Industrial centers has meant a startling
Increase not merely in the aggregate or
wealth, but in the umbe Of very large
Individual and especially of very large
corporate fortunes,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

The national government should demand
the highest quality Of service from It's
EMPLOYEES, and in return it should be a
good employer. If possible, legislation
should be passed in connection with the
interstate m law which Will rem
der effective the efforts Of different states
to do away with the competition of con-
vict contract labor in the open labor mar
ket, so far as practicable under the con-
ditions of government work provision
should be made to render the enforce
ment of the eight-hour law easy ana GER
tain. In all industries carried on directly
or indirectly for the United states gov
| eminent women and children should be
protected from excessive hours or labor,
from night work and from work under
~unsanitary conditions. The government
should provide in it's contracts that all
work should be lone under fair" condi-
| tions ara, IN addition to setting a high
standard, should uphold it by proper in
spection, extending if necessary to the
subcontractors. The government should
forbid all night work for women and
children as we'll as excessive overtime.
For the District of Columbia a good fac
tory law should be passed, and, as a
powerful indirect aid to such laws, pro-
vision should be made to turn the lnhab-
ited ALLEYS, the existence of which Is y
reproach to our Capital City, into minor
streets, where the inhabitants can live
under conditions favorable to health and
morals.
American ~wageworkers work with their
heads as well as their hands. Moreover,
they take a keen pride in what they are
doing. so that, independent of the reward,
they wish to turn out a perfect job.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06
INTER-

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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

are idle or credulous. the men who seek
gains not by genuine work with head or
hand, but by gambling in any form, are
always a source of menace not only TO
themselves, but to others. If the business
world loses it's head, it loses what legls-
lation cannot supply. Fundamentally
the welfare of each citizen and therefore
the welfare of the aggregate OF citizehs
which makes the nation must rest upon
Individual thrift and energy, resolution
and intelligence. Nothing can take the
place of this individual capacity, but wise
legislation and honest and intelligent ad-
min~istration can give it the fullest scope,
the largest opportunity to work to good
effect.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

: All this Is true, and yet it is also \
. true that there are real and grave =
3 evils, one of the chief being over, =
3 capitalization, because of its bahelui :
. consequences, and a resolute anu :
. practical effort must be made TO cor =
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06
FINANCIAL sAFEGuAROs'
Tl,ese should BE Throw
Present Laws aoa =

These Should BE Throw"
Present Laws ,dOd =
nv oct of March il. 1909, intenu.s =
eouivocallv to establish golo do a AIN
ard money and to MAINTAIN :" ad;up :
Herewith all forms of money no tiu4z
use with us. has been shown goyef3
and malicious The price Oh ret xh1J
ment bonds in the world 'i nlr,ilar O6Si
comnared with the price OF is q bN5
o,tinns issued bv other natlohs AZ I'M
ter,nn +r;h,,te 70 our public creu ~ mar
condition II is evidently deslra"'
tain. AAA>NM
: In many f.,rpisbes sufficient nv \. I
ertv for the proper eXerclss ,snrs TO d
honLing fnnction, but there seeraina n
hn need of better safeguards .onmer- Y
- aaranginp influence OF cum \
,o, ar;sas and financial panics. ~
the COUNT
made responsive TO ~ cor
mands OF our domestic
merce. s,,.ies on N.Y.
snna, taxes continue TO .arnnebs
thanks mainly to the redusea should y
p~enditures. The utmost c .onpcs 50 -
taken not to reduce the ri rev. Of a dehcs
there win be any possiblIi's nv such .o =,
but after providing against .dopted vh,ss
tinrency mean should be sa nearly " !.
will bring the ny ny needs. 10 :
So ~ limit of our actual nnoo,atary =
-, g. tS,e congress the SCI Question
the trea surg considers all tne''
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

.hey can undersell our men In the labor
market and drag them to a lower level.
q 1 regard it as necessary, with TINS =
Q end in view, to re-enact Immediately =
q the law excluding Chinese laborers, =
. and to strengthen it wherever neces- !
= sarv in order to make it's enforce .
d ment entirely effective.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06
Yet it isnot~enH<><>>A.

b g ; ues nf to combine vi nat snis
manto OK our economic sys WIN the b
ary system of reciproosean a SUI
ooligation with other nat,oSl bens6, h
procity is an incident ana Such :
hrm establishment ana a'ia Result 49,
our present economic preservatim
law. III the pressn. !
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

The process has aroused much antag-
onism, a great part of which is wholly
without warrant. 1t is not true that as
the rich have grown richer the poor have
grown poorer. On the contrary, never
before has the average man, the wage
worker, the farmer, the small trader,
been so well Oft as in this country and
ut the present time. There have been
abuses connected with the accumulation
Of wealth, yet it remains true that a
fortune accumulated in legitimate bust
ness can be accumulated by the person
specially benefited only on condition OF
comforting immense incidental benefits
upon others. Successful enterprise of the
type which benefits all mankin can only
exist if the conditions are such as to Of
fer great prizes as the rewardr of sue
raSS
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

q This is the great secret of our sue q
. cess in competition with the labor Of .
Q foreign countries.


The most vital problem with which this
country, and for that matter the whole
civilized world, has to deal Is the prob
lem which has for one side the betterment
Of social conditions, moral and physical,
In large cities and for another side the eff
fort to deal with that tangle of farreach-
ing questions which We group together
when we speak of labor" The chief
factor in the success Of each man-wage-
worker, farmer and capitalist alike-must
ever be the sum total of his own individ-
ual qualities and abilities. Second only to
this comes The power of acting In COM
bination or association with others. Very
great good has been and will be accom-
plished by associations or unions of wage
workers when managed with forethought
and when they combine insistence upon
their own rights with law-ahiding respect
for the rights of others. The display Of
these qualities in such bodies Is a duty
to the nation no less than to the associa-
tons themselves. Finally there must also
In many cases be action by the govern
ment in order to safeguard the rights and
interests of all. Under our Constitution
there is much more scope for such action
by the state and the municipality than by
the nation. But on points such as those
touched on above the national govern
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

. The creation of these great orpor 4
. ate fortunes has not been due to =
. the tariff nor to any other govern =
. mental action. but to natural causes Z
. in the business world, operating in Z
. other countries as they operate in Z
= our own.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

, The tremendous and highly com I
, pick industrial development Whlch \
, went on with ever accelerated rapid
, ity during the latter half of the nine :
&teenth century brings us face to race :
. at the beginning of the twentieth
= with vary serious social problems.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

Eacn man must work LOT nlmSelI, ana
unless he so works no outside help can
avail him But each man must reMem-
Der also that he is indeed his brothers
keeper, and that while no man who re-
fuses to walk can be carried with adj
vantage to himself or any one else, yet
that each at times stumbles or halts, that
each at times needs to have a helping
land outstretched to him.. To be perma-
nently effective aid must always take the
form Of helping a man to help himself,
and we can all best help ourselves by
joining together in the work that Is Of
common interest to all.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

. The captains of industry who nave .
. driven the rilway systems across this q
. continent, who AVE built up our .
. commerce., who have developed our =
D manufactures, have on the whole =
D done great good to our people. With =
D out them the material development =
. Of Which we are SO justly proud .
D could never have taken place.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

. When all is said and done, the rule 4
Q Of brotherhood remains as the indis- 4
q pensible prerequisite in the kind Of 4
. national life for which we strive. 4
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06

q Therefore, in the interest of the 4
= whole people, the nation should, 4
q without interfering with the power 4
= of the states in the matter itself, 4
. also assume power Of supervision 4
. and regulation over all corporations 4
q doing an interstate business. 4