The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-12-19

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such change should be made only after
I thu fullest consideration BY practical
I experts who should approach the sub
! Jet from q business standpoint. hav-
/ Ing in view both the particular inter
/ csts affected and the commercial we'll
/ being or the people as a whole The
[ machinery for providing such careful
I Investigation can readily be supplied
I Tho executive department has already
| at its disposal methods Of collecting
i facts and figures and II the Congress
1 desires additional consideration TO that
I which viii be given the subject by its
/ own committees. then a commission Of
/ Business experts can be appointed
I whose duty il should be TO recommend
\ action BY the Congress after a delibsr-
I ate and scientific examination OF the
I various schedules as they are affected
/ by the changed and changing condi-
i tons The unhurried and unbiased re-
/ purr OF this commission would show
] what changes should be made in the
/ various schedules. and how Tar these
/ changes could 20 without also changing
I the great prosperity which this country
is now enjoying. or upsetting its fixed
/ economic policy
The cases in which the tariff can
I produce a monopoly are so few as 10
i constitute an incOnsiderable factor in
\ the question: but OF course 81 in any
/ case IL be found that given rate OF
u duty does promote q monopoly which
| wCIk ks i'll. no prOtectionist would OBJ
/ secI TO such reduction Of the duty as
/ would equalize competition
/ In my Judgment. the tariff on anthra-
/ cite coal should be removed and an
I trracite put actually, where Il now IS
T, NORMALLY on the free list. 7 MS would
! have no effect at all save IN crises; but
~ crises It might be Of service to the
/ 40 FINANCIAL RECONSTRUCTION.
Interest rates are a potent factor in
/ business activity, and in order that
these rates may be equaiized ts meet
| the varying needs OF the seasons and
OF widely separated communities and
l 10 prevent the recurrence OF financial
/ strinEencies which injuriOUsly affect
I legitimate business. IL is necessary
that there should be an element OF
/ elasticity in our monetary system
/ Banks are the natural servants OF
I commerce. and upon them should be
placed. as Tar as practicable the bur
den OF furnishing and maintaining "a
i circulation adequate 70 supply the
I needs Of our diversified Industries and
| OF our domestic and foreign commerce;
I and the issue OF this should be so reg
/ ulated that "A sufficient supply should
I be always available for the business
interests Of the country
II would be both unwise and unnec-
| essary at this time 10 attempt TO recon
| struct our financial system. which has
I been the growth OF a century but some
/ additional legislation is. / think. desir-
| able The mere outline OF any plan suf-
I fciently comprehensive TO meet these
l requirements would transgress the ap-
/ prOpriaue limits OF this Communica-
| tion- II is suggested. however, that all
I future legislation on the subject should
be with the view OF encouraging the
| use OF such instrumentalities as VIII
| automatically supply every legitimate
| demand Of productive industries and
OF commerce. not only in the amount.
l but In the character Of circulation and
Of making all kinds Of money inter
I chlugeable. and. at the viii Of the
holder. convertible into the established
/ gold standard
FAIR TREATMENT FOR LABOR.
| How to secure fair treatment alike
| for labor and for capital. how 10 hold
I in check the INSCRIPTIONS man.
| whether employer or employe. without
/ weakening individual initiative. with
l out hamgeriug and crampiuE the in
| dustrial DEVELOPMENT OF the country.
is a problem fraught with great diff
/ ncultieS and one which 10 is Of the
highest importance TO solve on lines
/ OF sanity and far-sighted common
sense as well as OF devotion to the
| right. This is an era Of federation and
| combination Exactly as business men
| find they must often work through cor
| poratiOns. and as il is a constant tend
| ency Of these corporations 10 grow
larger. so il IS often necessary for Ia
| boring men to work in declarations. and
/ these have become important factors
OF modern industrial life
/ E1OLn klLlQE Oh AElAELelAl llAAaLAASLAE
| and labor. can do much good and as
/ a necessary corOllary they can both
| do evil Opposition to each kind OF
| organization should take the form OF
| opposition TO whatever is bad in the
| conduct OF any given corporation or
| union-not Of attacks upon corpora
| ton as such nor upon unions as such;
| for some Of the most far-reaching
| beneficent work for our people has
/ been accomplished through both cor
| pOratiOns and unions Each must re-
/ frain from arbitrary or tyrannOus in
reference with the rights Of others.
| Organized capital and organized Ia
| Dor alike should remember that IN the
| Iono 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 funda-
I mental rules OF obedience 70 the law,
! OF Individual freedom, and OF Justice
and fair dealing toward all. Each
| should remember that IN addition 70
| power Il must strive after the realizs-
ton OF healthy, lofty, and generous
ideals.
Every employer. every wage worker
I must be guaranteed his liberty and his
right TO do as he likes with his prop
erty or his labor so long as he does
not infringe upon the rights Of others
II is OF the highest Importance that
employer and employe alike should en-
deaNor 10 appreciate each the view
point Of the other and the sure dis
/ long run il either grows 10 take as
habitual an attitude OF sour hostility
/ and distrust toward the other.
Few people deserve better Of the
} country than those Representatives both
~ capital and labor-and there are
{ many such-who work continually @
: I bring about a good understanding Of
{ this kind based upon wisdom and
/ upon broad and kindly sympathy be-
I tween employers and employed Above
I ALL we need 20 remember shat any kind
Z I Cf class animosity in the politica
Z world IS. II possible even more wicked
s even more destructive 10 national vel
| fare than sectional. race or religion.
D / animostty- We can get good govern
{ / ment only upon condition that we keeI
b true 10 the principles upon which thi,
= | nation was founded and judge eacl
D man not as part OF a class. but upOr
, I his individual merits
, / All that we have a right to ask 81
% any man. rich or poor. whatever hi.
e creed. his occupation. his birthplace
E or his residence is that ne shall ac
/ well ard honorably by his neighbOr anC
r / By his country we are neither for tn
% rich man as such nor for the poor mar
- as such we are for the upright man
I rich or poor So far as the cOnstitu
| tiOnal powers OF the national govern
b I ment touch these matters OF genera
b and vital moment to the nation. the
e should be exercised in conformity viii
2 I the PRINCIPLES above set forth