The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-12-05
MS Annual Communication Upon Questions
of importance to the Nation.
VIEWS ON THE TRUSTS AND TARIFF
- Lowering OF Import Duties Would Not Remedy the
Evils OF Monopoly Believes in Tariff Com
mission-Much That Is G God in Labor
Unions and Corporatons-Many
Needs of the Nation.

To the Senate and House Of Represer a.
uses. we stiA CONTINUE III period OF
LLhounccG prosperity. This pros peritNr Is
not tbs creature 81 law. out UncouotecI II
the laws under which We work have be en-
IN, ~ : = nmen tai IN creating the conditions
lsiatior IL would he easy enough 10 dest roy
X There will undoubtedly be periods OF
,,Sp The wave will reeece; but the
a continent farked by two great ocel 5.
~ Is composed OF men the descendants of
seSvss 81 or men IN "A sense p,nssrs them
the nations OF the old world by the energy.
to.cness, and love Of adventure found in
their own eager hearts. Such a ration, so
tune.
A people We have played a large part
our future even larger than the past. In
particular. the events OF the hast four years
have definitely decided that for wee or
for veal. our place must be great among
the nations. We may either fail greatly
or succeed greatly: but we cannot avoid
the enGeavor from which either great fall
Ne wou1; we cannot Play small part.
would be that We should play a large part
igrobly and sham efully.
Causes of Prosperity.
No country has ever occupied a higher
plane or material well-being than ours
Is due TO no sudden or accidental causes.
but TO the play of the economic forces
I'm this country for over a century. 10
our laws. our sustained and continuous
policies: above all 10 the high indlvid-
ual average OF our citizenship. Great
fortunes have been won by those who
have taken the lead in this phenome nal
Industrial development. and most OF these
fortunes have been won not by doing
evil but as an incident to action which
has benefited the community as whole.
Never before has material well-being
been so widely diffused among our peo-
pie Great fortunes have been accum-
ulated and yet In the aggregate these
fortunes are small indeed when COM
pared 10 the wealth of the people as n
whole. The plain people are better OF
than they have ever been before. The
insurance cumpa MES. which are prac-
ideally mutual benefit societies-especfal-
~ helpful to men OF moderate means
represent Accommodations Of capital which
are among the largest In this country
There are more deposits In the savings
banks. more owners OF farms. more WE'LL
than ever before In our history. or course,
when the conditions have favored the
growth OF so much that was good. they
have also favored somewhat the growth
OF what was evil II Is cmlnently neces-
sary that we shotfld endeavor to cut out
this evil. but let us keep due sense OF
proportion. let us not In fixing our ga re
upon the lesser evil forget the greater
them are menacing. but they are the
outErowth. not or misery or decadence.
but Of prosperity-of the progress Of our
gigantic industrial development This
Industrial development must not he
checked but side by side with IL should
go such progressive regulation as Will
Diminish the evils. We should fail in
evils. hut we shall succeed only II we
proceed patiently. with practical common
sense ae well as resolution. separating
the good from the bad md holding on TO
the former while endeayoring 70 get rid
of the latter