The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-08
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thought as we'll as patriotism, should heartily welcome every effort, legisla- tive or otherwise, which has for it's ,ob- ject to secure fair dealing by. capital, corporate or individual, toward the public and toward the employe. Such 1 laws as the franchise-tax law in this state, which the court of, appeals re- gently, unanimously decided eonstitu- | tional-such a law as. that passed in congress last year for the purpose of es- tablishings a department of, commerce
 and labor, under which there should be a bureau to oversee, and secure publici- ty from the great corporations which do, an interstate business-such law as that passed at the same time for the regulation of the great highways of commerce So as to keep these roads clear on fair terms to all producers in getting their goods to 11larket-these laws are in the interest not merely of the people as a whole, but of the prop ertied classes. For in no way is the stability of property better assured than by making it patent to our people that property bears its proper share of
 the burdens of the state; that property is handled not only in the interest of
 the owner, but in the interest of the whole community.
 In other words, legislation to be per-
 manently good for any class must also
 be good for the nation as whole, and
 legislation which does injustice to any class is certain to work harm to the na- tion. Take our currency system for ex- ample. This nation is on gold basis
 The treasury of the public is in excel lent condition. Never before has the per capita of circulation been as large as large as it is this day; and this cir culation, moreover, is of money every dollar of which is at par with gold. Now our having this sound currency system is of benefit to banks, of course, but it is of infinitely more benefit to the people as whole, because of the heal thy effect on business conditions.
 In the same way, whatever is advisa- ble in the way of remedial or corrective currency 1egislation--and nothing revo- lutionary is advisable under present conditions-must be undertaken only from the tandpoint of the business com munity as a whole, that is, of the American body polite a whole. Whatever is done, we cannot afford to take any step backward or to cast any doubt upon the certain redemption in standard coin of every circulating note.
 Among ourselves we differ in many qualities, of body, head and heart; we are uneaually developed, mentally as we'll as physically. But each of us has the right to ask that he shall be pro- tected from wrong-doing as he does his work and carries his burden through life. No man needs sympathy because he has to work. because he has bur- den to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing; and this is prize open to every man. for there can be no work better worth do- ing than that done to keep in health and comfort and with reasonable ad- vantages those immediately dependent upon the husband, the father or the son.
 There is no room in our healthy American life for the mere idler, for the man or the woman whose object it is throughout life to shirk the duties which life ought to bring. Life can