The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-29

r. ana 70, n ~ are 70 Judge some % ne
Arguments advanced against ana attsess
"A great fortune II not used Alright
makes its possessor In peculiar senss
a menace 70 the community as ~holes
lust as 4 great Intellect does. II II Is un-
accompanied by developed conscience. ~
Character. But obviously this no more
Affords grounds for condemning wealth.
than Il does for eondsmnins intellect,
Every man OF power, by the very Iact
Of that power. = capable OF DOING Gam
fSrs 10 discourage the development OF
such men merely because II Is possinte
they may use their power 20 wrong enas
N We did SO we should leave our history
a blank. for We should have no great
statesmen. soldiers or merchants. no sEsAt
men 81 arts. OF letters or OF science;
Doubtless on the average the most usetul
man 10 his fellow citizens Is apt 70 oe
he 10 whom has been given what the
ps1irnist prayed for. neither poverty nor
HE man OF wealth. who alone or In COM
blnaf ion with his fellows, drives through
our great business enterprises, 10 TAG.
tor without which this country eoulc not
possibly maintain It's present Industrial
POSITION In the world Good. not harm,
normally comes from the piing up OF
wealth through business enterprises
prohltb bly, the most serious harm resulting
10 Is the people OF moderate means, Is
when We harm ourselves ~ LETTING me
tona rds our fellows eat into our natures
.'Srfii' there l. another harm OF a more
evident Kind. and such harm " i our
clear duty TO try 10 eradicate. II possible,
and In ANY event a. minimize. The great
corporations. containing some tendency
10 monopoly. which We have grown 70
speak o. rather loosely a. trusts, are the
features ~ The state, ana the state not
only has the right 10 control them. but
Is In duty bound 20 contIti them wherescr
the need for such control + shown. ae.s
IS clearly need ef SUPER islon-neeu -
exercise the power OF regulation on the
part OF the public. wherever. as IN our
0Wu country III the present time. business
cnrrrratiorS become 50 very stroAS oobh
foT t-ensncient work and work thdt Is not
always tsut tIcent IL Is Idle 70 say there
Gent warrant Tor II IS 10 De found over
and over again IN any OK tie various evils
resulting from the present system. o..
rather lack OF system
There j. IN our country a pecl4lAr
difficulty IN the way or exercising slcn
super i-lcn and cuDtT0i because OF tns
peculiar division % governmental power.
When the Industrial conditions we're SIM
PIE very little cOltrO. Was needed. and
no trouble was caused by the doNbt a.
10 where power ~as lodged under the con-
sttturier. Now the conditions are COM
piicated and we ind IL difficult 20 frame
national legislation which snaA De
adequate. while as a matter OF praStica-
experience state action has proved en-
TREY insult cient. and in all human prob
ability can not or will not be made SUI
accent. 10 meet the needs OF the case
laws which X would be well. indeed. TO
have enacted by the national legislature
But the wide differences In these Jaws
even between adjacent states anu the IN
certainty OF the power OF enforcement
result practically in altogether Insufficient
control l believe that the nation must
assume this power OF control BY ieSis4a-
ton. and IL il becomes evident that the
constitution vii not permit needed lesls-
4 lation. then By constitutional arnendment
The Immediate Need in dealing with trusts
( Is TO place them under the real. not nom
: inal control " some sovereign 70 whicl.
I as SIS creatures. the trusts shall owe Al
I ierlAuCs. and IN whose courts the soNer-
elgn orders may with centrainiy b en-
forced. This Is not the case. with the
ordinary so-csiied trust To-Day. Tor the
/ trust Is a large state corporation gen
orally doing business In other states also.
and often with tendency 10 monopoly =
Ssh a trust il an artificial creature.
I not wholly responsible 10 or conrtoiiable
BY any legislature. nor wholly subject 20
1 the Jurisdiction OF any one court some
| governmental sovereign must be given fGl
power over these artificial and poweri ~
4 CORPORATE beings II my Judgment this
/ sovereign must be the national govern
ment When Il has been given full pow
| control any evil influence exactly as the
I government Is now using the power con-
ferrc1 upon IL. under the sherman anti
/ trust law Even when the full power has
been conferred. IL would be highly unde-
sir4ble 70 attempt too much or 10 oeSln
By stringent legislation The mechanics
/ OF modern business - a. CeilcAls hiil
con, piicatet as IL is vast. and nothine
would be more productive Of EVIL TO Al
OF rs and especially 10 those least wei
| or IN the worlds goods. than ignorant
ule.5diing with this mechanism. and above
| all II the rneddling was done in = spirit
! cf class or sectional rancOr. IL Is desir-
( able that this power should be POSSESSED
| hy the nation. but II Is quite a. desirable
J that the power should be exercised with
4 moo Grafton and self-restraint The rrsl
\ exercise OF that power should be the So
curing OF publicity among all great COR
| porarI doing an interstate business
/ The publicity. though or-snquE-tfDrfai
should b. real and thorough as 10 all i'm
| concern