The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-05
ADDRESS BY MIR. LODGE
HE COMMENDS THE PRESIDENTS
ACTION IN THE COAL STRIKE.
Discusses Other Phases Of the Anthra-
cite Sftuation-Shows the Fallacy
of Democratic Tarir Arguments.

BOSTON Oct 4.-Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge took the opportunity at a meeting
of the Essex Club to-day held to ratify
the recent state nominations. to make a no
table speech, dealing with the coal situation
and also tariff revision. He expressed earn
est sympathy with and emphatic support
of the President In his efforts to end the
coal strike and confidence that the party
would be with him in whatever further
steps he might take. Continuing. he said
with the matter in the position in which
II now Is, do not wish to say what 1
think at this instant of the merits of the
case as presened to the country this morn
ing after the conference in Washington.
feel rather strongly in regard to the atti-
tude taken by some of the conferees. but 1
do not think it is the part of wisdom. while
the matter is still pending. to inflame feel
ing aggravate the situation, which is
bad enough; but there is one thing which
1 think we can all say, and that is that
the President of the United States has
acted in manner which all Americans,
without regard to party, approve. The
President will not let the mater rest where
1T is.
aside from any economic question the
coal companies of Pennsylvania do not
stand to-day in position where they can
ask for protection, even If they needed
IL. / think it is a painful illustration of
the wisdom of what the President has been
saying In various speeches in New Eng
land and elsewhere in regard to the neces-
sity of some government supervision or
regulation Of what are commonly called
trusts.
There is no trust in the anthracite re-
gion. There are certain large corporations
which ii is the fashion to call trusts and
there certain large corporations in the
anthracite coal fields. and this strike shows
the necessity of some kind of supervision
and regulation of these great corporations
which produce the necessaries of life by
the national government. These great cor
porations are useful to business, they are
necessary to us in the economic contests of
the present time. They are as essential to
modern business anything can possibly
be. They are good servants, but they are
dangerous masters.
There must be some power that can con-
troll them In the last resort. There is cry
to take the duty off coal-the little duty
Congress pass a law authorizing the Pres
ident to proclaim the removal Of the duty
on bituminous coal coming from Canada
just as soon as Canada takes OF the duty
from our coal going into Canada"
Speaking of tariff revision he said: ''The
removal of the tariff on trust-made goods
would be the most destructive to the COM
petitors of the trusts and least to the trusts
themselves. We need authority to regulate
and supervise these trusts. The greatest
safeguard in this country is publicity. If
there had been power in the hands of the
President to send a commission to the coal
regions and hear all there has to be said on
both sides. and that nothing could be done
would be no strike or lockout This would
stop nearly all the strikes and lockouts.
We should have a proper accounting from
these corporations that have an air of mys-
terry about them. To go about IL by reduc-
ing the tariff is silly proposition