Arizona republican., 1903-04-04

century. and notably of the last two C. three decades, changes due mainly to the rapidity and complexity of our in dustrial growth, we are confronted with problems which in their present shape were unknown to our forefath- CTS. Our great prosperity, with it's ac companying concentration of poDu- lation and of wealth, its extreme spec ialization of faculties, and it's develop ment of giant industrial leaders. has brought much good and some evil, and t is as foolish to ignore the good as willfully to blind ourselves to the evil.
 ''The evil has been partly the inevi table accompaniment of the social changes, and where this is the case it can be cured neither by law Tor by the administration of the law, the only remedy lying in the slow change of economic environment. But for a DOT ton Of the evil. at least, we think that remedies can be found. We know well the danger of false remedies. and we are against all violent, radical, and un- wise change. But we believe that by proceeding slowly, yet resoIutely. with good sense and moderation, and also with a firm determination not to be swerved from our course either by foolish clamcr CT by any base or sinis- ter influence, we can accomplish much for the betterment of conditions
 Nearly two years ago, speaking at the state fair in Minnesota. I said:
 It is probably true that the large me jority of the fortunes that now exist in this country have been amass-
 
 an incident to the conferring of great benefits upon the community, and this, TO matter what may have been the conscious purpose of those amassing them. There is but the scantiest jus tification for most of the outcry againsI the men of wealth as such; and it ought to be unnecessary to state that any appeal which directly or indirect ly leads to suspicion and hatred among ourselves, which tends to limit oppor- tunity and therefore to shut the door of success against poor men of talent, and, finally, which entails the possi- bility of lawlessness and violence, is an attack upon the fundamental prop critics of American citizenship. Our interests are at bottom common; in the long run we go up or down to- gether. Yet more and more it is evi- dent that the state, and if necessary the nation. has got to possess the right 1f supervision and control as regards the great corporations which are its creatures; particularly as regards the great business combinations which de- rive a portion of their importance from the existence of some monopolis- f irrI+ ercised with caution and self-restraint; but it should exist, so that it may be invoked if the need arises
 THE ONLY REMEDY.
 Last fall in speaking at Cincinnati. I said:
 The necessary supervision and control, in which I firmly believe as the only method Of eliminating the real evils of the trusts, must come through wisely and cautiously framed legisla- ton, which shall aim in the first place , to give definite control to some sover- eign over the great corporations, and which shall be followed, when once this power has been conferred, by u system giving to the government the full knowledge which is the essential for satisfactory action. Then, when this knowledge-one of the essential fea- lures of which is proper publicity has been gained, what further steps of any kind are necessary can be taken 1 with the confidence born of the pos session of power to dea: with the sub ject. and a thorough knowledge ot what should and can be done in thu | ma tier. We need additional power and we need knowledge. ** Such leg l lisletion-whether obtainable only after . constitutional amendment-shoulC provide for a reasonable supervision the most prominent feature of whicH at first should be publicity; that is. tn, making public, both to the governmen authorities and to the people at large the essential facts in which the publi, is concerned. This would give us exac knowledge of many points which ar, now not only in doubt but the subiec ! of fierce controversy. Moreover. th, mere fact of the publication yvouI, cure some very grave evils. for tn light of day is q deterrent to wrong doing. It would doubtless disclos other evils with which, for the tim being, we could devise no way to grap pie Finally. it would disclose other which could be grappIed with an
 cured by further legislative action
 Tn my message to congress for 1901 I said:
 SUPERVISION.
 " Tn the interest of the whole peopl the nation should, without interfering