New-York tribune., 1902-08-26

Some if we can see that the power IS put SOM @
srnment has worked maryeliously weil-Ihe So
EN- Of dividing the functions OF s, nnisiana
Oregon Idaho New York and South Saroiira ma Ta ya4
each be allowed work its salvation as 1t desires
FsI1f while most firmly believe fxity Of policy.
! DO not believe that that policy should be los
szed and if II is to b. changed we uT' heSe
with all my in The New England town meet,
mseting Tas in Boston You have got to try
thing else If you look at the history od aoshoH ht
tor some time in the first cecaces OF the niile-
Now when this government founded there
great individual or corporate fortunes, ana
much as they had been from the days when Nine
yeh and Babyen stood in the Mesopo anian i SaIey,
craft-those were the methods OF commerce Every.
thing has been revolutionized in the business world
since and the progress Of civilization from being
trickle has become torrent There was no par
the nation the had control Of the corpora
ans Ihes %efe e1fS & 20 orS reembep sa
corporations" do not say merely trusts merely
combinations of corporations, corporations under
certain peculiar conditions.
CONDUCT OF TRUSTS.
Fer instance, some time ago the Attorney General
took action against certain trust There has been
aimed at would seek get oct from under the
law by becoming single corporation. Now. l want
laws to enable deal with it, no matter what
shape ii takes. ] want to see the government able
get it definitely, so that the action of the
government cannot be evaded by any turning with
A
poration which does business in than one
Whatever to do with the State in which it is in
ooTPoTated exegpt @ to il get T and Its
mites communities which may object very much
to the methods Incorporation in the State named
! do not think you can get action by any State
action by all the States that will give US salts
factory control OF the trusts or big corporations,
and the result is at present that We have great
The creator, creates it, and then it goes and op-
the creator to deal with it Il does not do anything
IN ahsI state II does not 90 anxtng a where me me
course. ii is d trusm that the corporation is
ereign. Now. I want make real and not a
nominal sovereign-to have some one sovereign TO
not nominally, responsible At present if We pass
snything Now, that has two bad effects: In the
first place the corporation becomes Indifferent TO
tienen the iswmaking body gets INTO thai that most
% sq SsSGm ton of Of aS w mot mot With wh refer
ance 20 its effects on the opinions Of the
When any body of lawmakers passes Law net
seey @ ~ viii ~ b & % to whs1hG that at. law will DO
will come Of IT, and yet that perhaps the people
ana il does not speak very well for the people
tie as none %hS see sRa sk s 6on to
nld have al S 1e an , @ .hine si1s II
lines so that it would be unnecessary for the
perfectly well the States won't act on somewhat
similar lines
NO INTELLIGENT ACTION BY STATES
Nothing has been done in the direction of intel
with these great corporatio Here in Massachu-
f os ETrf fb5 f on That the nol @ &
difhcultles-here again. remember. / not prom
premise it-would be in fair way of solution if
we had the power to put on the national statute
much like those you have here on the subject Of
explorations in Massachusetts
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anything very revolutionary / am advocating ac-
get adequate control by the nation of these cor
porations then We can pass legislation which will
them If the nation had that power mind you.
the power should he exercised with extreme eau
ton and self-restraint- No good will come from
The first thing want is publicity. and 1 don't
mean pp6ci p @ , as f1o faT9r M 6 some
the law ] want publicity to the essential
le knowledge given 10 the accredi;ed representa-
sentatives can if they see fit. base their actions
The publicity itself would cure many evils The
The mere fact Of being ahle to put out nakediy
gs TO be wrong would go a long distance tow.
curing ofS 1hat wrong ga ana & even where 1t did not
/ it We want 10 be striving 10 what is good
n what is bad to knox what the facts are and
able to shape our course accordingly. Some
hese things ! have said. can be done now A
tr,,.s ,,a, laws go, go they ne, will wi be enforced
taken will be begun because the great lawyer and
as Attorney General Mr.. Knox. believes that there
Whn the s oi IS me aT Kec9 # we on gSn Sc @ G a4d
n1ised excepting on the basis that the government
Of course, gentlemen laws amount TO any
thing unless they are administered honestly and
finger.
NATIONAL LEGISLATION POSSIBLE.
Then believe-I am not going to say am sure
of it, but beleveit is possible 10 frame national
legislation which shall give power than
doing an interstate business 1 cannot gnaTantee
that because in the past it has more than hap
which those who made them intended to
Was fourd that the Intention had not been success
fully put into effect Bat believe that additional
make up our minds the fact that If it proves on
effort that We cannot under the constitution 1t
is give the national administration sufficient power
IN dealing with these great corporations. then.
matter what reverence TO the past may be,
duty 10 the present and to the future will force US
TO see that more power IS conferred upon the
tisnal administration
lad when the power has been conferred ii will
. hAt with the national government 10 exercise It.
with straWIess bricks, but. remember they are
women OF New-England, men and women of a
State that represents so much, that has always
represented 50 much that is highest and best in
the spirit Of Americanisrl. / ask you TO
member that after all that has been done. that
be done by governmental action after you have
exercised your best wisdom. and exercised ii in the
most resolo5e ana oLty i.ILt ateL you nave slEyh
and after that power has been exercised in the
wisest and resoute fashion. il will still
mean that what has been done is to make
everything smooth for each but simply 10
give better opportunity for each man to work out
his own future good for himself.
Wise laws do something, and
be excused il fail insist upon those wise
laws. Honest administration Of the laws do
something more, and still less TO be
cused as q people if condone connive at a
failure TO administer the laws by the public ser
wants Of the people those laws have been
acted.
After they have been enforced il Will remain
true here in this country as IL has been true in