The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-08-27

OF the varions evils resulting from The present
sysIem or rather lack Of system.
There IL In our country peculiar difficul-
~ In the w,y OF exsrcising such supervision
and control because Of the peculiar division
Of governmental power. When the industriR iRi
conditions we're simple, very little o0ntrOl
was needed and no trouble was cxused by the
doubt a. To where the power wnS lodged un-
der the constitution. Now the cnudittors are
IMPLICATED, and We ind it difficnlt To frame
national legislation which shall be adequate,
state action has proved eptireIy Insufficient
and In all human probability can not or will
not be made sufficient tn meet the needs OF
ths case. Some Of our states have excellent
have enacted by the national legislature.
But the wide differences 10 these laws, even
between adjacent states and the uncertainty
of the power OF enforcement result prcticaliy
In Rliogether insufficient control.
II believe that the nation mus assume
this power OF control by legislation and II II
becomes evident that the constitution will
not permit needed legislation. then by con-
Tho immediate need IN dealing with trusts
10 10 place them uuder the real, not nominal
CONTROL Of Some sovereign To which, ~ 10.
creature. the trusts shRil owe aiegiR nee, and
In whose courts the sOvereigu orders may
with certainty be enforced. THIS In not the
case With the ordinary Eocalied 'trust' to-
day, for the trust In lnrge stale corporation,
generally doing business In other states also
and is often With tendency 10 fnonopolize.
such q trust il an artificial creature. not
wholly responsible 10 or controilaoie by any
LEGISLATURE. not wholly subject 10 the Juris.
diction Of any ono court. some government
nj sovereign must be given fell power over
THESE artificial and very powerful corporate
beings.
NATION MUST CONTROL.
the national government When Il has been
given full power. then this full power can be
used 10 control any evil influence, exactly es
the government IL now usiog the power COD.
ferred upon it under the Sherman anu.trust
Even when the full power has been confer.
red. Il will be highly undesirable 10 attempt
The mscnsnism Of modern business is a. deli:
cate and complicated an IL In vast, and moth
Ing would be more productive OF evil 10 all Of
Us and especitlly TO those least well on In this
their mschanism and above all, II the med.
ding were done In spirit ofclaxs or section.
ai Tancor.
possessed by the nation, but Il is quite IN de-
sirapie that tho power should be exercised
with modeutino and selfrestra,ntT The first ex-
ercise Of that power should be the securing OF
publicity among all Erea, A., corpor.!ions doing
non.lnq quisitorial, ,Shouid be real and thorough
ns alI Important facts with which the public
has concern"
THE MASTERY OF LIGHT.
The foil light OF day In . great discourager
OF evil. such publicity would. by Itself, tend
To cure the evils Of which there is just COM
piaint. and where the alleged evils are imasi.
nary it would tend to show that auch was The
case. When publicity ID attained, u would
then DO possible to see what further should be
done In the way o! regulation.
"Abovo all, u behooves us 10 remember, not
only that We ought 10 try 70 do what We can,
but thst our success In doing Il depends very
much upon our neither attempting nor ex-
ecutiug the impossible
"Always distruat q man who Offers you
patent cure all for the evils OF The body polite
lust m you would diHtrust q man who offers
you patent cure for all the evils OF the car.
nate BODY.
"Mankiud has moved slowly upward
ID rough the ages. some 'imes q little slower.
bui rarely indeed by leaps and bouuds- Al
times great erisis comes In which q great
people, perchsnce led by great man, can. nc
white heat, strike some mighty blow for the
right, make some long stride In advance along
the path OF orderly liberty and justice. But
normally. We must be content n each OF IN
can do something. by no means all that We
wish, but still something for the advance.
meni OF those principles OF righteousness
which underlie all real national greatness
and real civilization.