The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-12-03


OF the country. Is problem fraught with
great difficulties and one which il is OF
the highest Importance 10 solve ON lines
OF sanity and farsightcd common sense a.
wei as OF devotion TO the right. This Is
an era Of federation and combination
Exactly as business men ind they mus
often work through corporations, and as
II Is a constant tendency Of these corpora.
tons to grow larger. so II is often neces
cary for lab0ring men to work in fedora
.ions. and these have become important
factors of modern industrial life Both
Kinds OF federation, capitalistic and labor,
can do much good. and as necessary
corOllary pry can both do evil OppOsf
ton TO each kind Of organization should
tahc the form Of opposition TO whatever IL
bad in the conduct Of any given corpora
tion or union, not Of attacks upon cor.
porGtons as such nor upon unions as
such. Tor some of the most farreachine
benciicrnt wCgk for our people has been
accomplished through both corporations
ana unions. EH,n must refrain from ar
bltrary or tyrannous Interference with
the rights OF others. Organized capital
and organized labor alike should remem-
Der that In the long run the interest Of
each must be brought into harmony with
the interest OF the general public, and the
conduct OF each must conform to the
fundamental rules OF obedience to the
law, of individual freedom and Of justice
and fair dealing toward ALL Each should
remember that in addition to power il
must strive after the realization OF
healthy lofty and generous ideals. Every
employer every wageworker must be
guaranteed his liberty and his right to do
as he likes with his property or his labor
so long as he does not infringe upon the
rights Of others. II is of the highest i'm
portance that employer and employee
alike should endeaVor to appreciate each
the viewpoint Of the other and the sure
disaster that will come upon both in the
long run II either grows TO take as habit
ual an attitude Of sour hostility and dis
trust toward the other. cw people de-
serve better Cf the country than those rep
resentatiyes both Of capital and labor
and there are many such-who work con
tinually to bring about good understand
ing of this kind. based upon wisdom and
upon broad and kindly sympathy between
employers and employed Above all, we
need TO remember that any kind of class
animCsty in the Political world is, II pos
sible. even more wicked, even more de-
structiVe to national welfare than sec
uonal, race or religious animositys We
can get good government only upon condi-
ton that we keep true to the principles
upon which this nation was founded and
Judge each man not as part Of class,
but upon his individual merits. All that
We have right to ask Of any man. rich
or poor, whatever his creed. his occupa-
tion, his birthplace or his residence is
that he shall act well and honOrably by
his neighbor and by his country. We are
neither for the rich man as such nor for
the poor man as such; we are for the up
right man, rich or poor So far as the
constitutional powers Of the national gov
and vital moment to the nation, they
should be exercised in conformity with
the principles above set forth.
1t is earnestly hoped that secretary Of
commerce may he created. with seat in
the cabinet. The rapid multiplication of
| questions affecting labor and capital, the
| growth and cOmpleNity Of the organiza-
| tions through which both labor and Capi-
tai now find expression the steady tend
ency toward the employment Of capital in
huge corporations and the wonderful
strides of this country toward leadership
In the international business world Justify
an urgent demand for the creation OF
| such position. Substantially all the
| leading commercial bodies I'm this country
have united In requesting its creation. 1t
| is desirable that some such measure as
| that which has already passed the senate
| be enacted into law. The creation Of such
a department would In itself be an ad-
vance toward dealing with and exercising
| supervision over the whole subject Of the
great corporations doing an interstate
| business and with this end In view the
congress should endOw the department
| with large powers. which could be in
creased as experience might show the
need.
hope soon TO submit to the senate a
| reciprocity treaty with Cuba. on May y
| last the United States kept its promise to
| the island by formally vacating Cuban soil
| and turning CUBA over to those whom her
| own people had chosen as the first officials
| Of the new republic.
1
| fects her for good or for i'll affects us also.
| So much have our people felt this that in
| the Platt amendment We definitely took
| the ground that Cuba must hereafter have
| closer political relations with us than with
| any other power Thus in a sense Cuba
| has become part OF our International
| political system. This makes II necessary
| that in return she should be given some Of
| the benefits Of becoming part Of our eco
| nOmiC system. IL Is, from our own stand
point. a shortsighted and mischevOus pol
icy to fail to recognize this need. More
| over. IL is unworthy OF mighty and gen
erous nation, itself the greatest and most
successful republic in history, to refuse to
stretch out a helping hand to young and
weak sister republic just entering upon
| its career Of independence. We should al
ways fearlessly insist upon our rights in
| the face Of the strong, and we should with
ungrudging hand do our generous duty
| bv the weak / urge the adoption Of reci-
prOcity with Cuba not only because II is
emincntly for our own interests TO control
the Cuban market and by every means to
foster our supremacy in the tropical lands
and waters south Of us, but also because
we Of the giant republic Of the north
should make all our sister nations OF the
American continent feel that whenever
they will permit it we desire to show our
selves dlsintcrestcdly and effectively thei
friend.
been concluded. which will be at once laid
before the senate for ratification. prOvid-
ing for reciprocal trade arrangements be-
tween the United States and Ncwfound-
land on substantially the lines Of the con-
vention formerly negotiated by the secre-
tary Of state, Mr. Blaine. ! believe rccip-
rocal trade relations will be greatly to the
advantage Of both countries.
As civilization grows warfare becomes
less and less the normal condition OF for
cign relations. The last century has
Yeen a marked diminution Of wars be-
tween civilized powers. Wars with un-
civilized powers are largely mere matters
Of international police duty. essential for
the welfare of the world. Wherever pos
sible arbitration or some similar method
should he employed in lieu Of war to settle
difficulties between civilized nations. al
though as vet the world has not pro-
gressed sufficiently to render 1t possible
or necessarily desirable to invoke arbitra-
tion I'm every case. The formation OF the
international tribunal which sits at The
Hague Is an event Of good Omes from
which great consequences for the welfare
" all mankind may flow. II is far better
where possible to invoke such perma-
nent tribunal than to create special arbi-
traitors for n given purpose.
1t Is a matter OF sincere cOngratuatiOn
TO our country that the United States and
Mexico should have been the first to use
the good offices of The Hague court. This
was done last summer with most salts
factory results in the case of claim at
issue between us and our sister republic.
IL Is earnestly to be hoped that this first
case will serve as a precedent for others,
in which not only the United States but
foreign nations may take advantage Of
the machinery already in existence at
The Hague.
/ commend to the favorable considera-
tion Of the congress the Hawaiian fire
claims. which were the subject Of careful
investigation during the last session.
The congress has wisely provided that
we shall build at once an isthmian canal.
II possiblc at Panama. The attorney gem
eral reports that we can undoubtedly ac-
Uuire good title from the French Panama
canal company. Negotiations are row
pending with Colombia to secure her as.
sent TO our building the canal. This canal
will be one Of the greatest engineering
feats of the twentieth century. n greater
engineering feat than has yet been ac.
complishcd during the history OF mankind,
The work should be carried out as q con
tinuing policy without regard To change
Of administration. and II should be begun
under circumstances which will make II
n matter of pride for all administrations
10 continue the policy.