New-York tribune., 1903-01-17

times he said ARE full of wrongs. but we are
yet in the gocart stage of our existence Pa
! tience patience. gentlemen. and we of America
shall find the solution"
His address in part:
The truth is that new conditions have arisen and
new methods must be adopted. We want the best
results and find that they come from combina-
applies to industries as well to individuals. To
unite is TO advance The concentration OF process
is the expansion OF OUTPUT. .,,. ,,o,..to-
And the end is is not yet IT ecT ogFInS o 5beg
of conveyance and intercourse when brought to
higher perfection and ernPoyed with still greater
Increased in number and capacity, as they will
be: when speed is doubled as it will be, and quad
rupled as It may be; when the whole United States
shall have reached the density of population now
eonpetition eo15FIgf m possibly S5s survive?
To-day the great enterprises Of the world are
in tie hands of corporations and the time Is Iast
approaching when they Will ABSORB All lnpoIT TlanI
and the sfeamship-cheap and rapid transporta-
ton all the while growing cheaPeT a3f
furnish the opportunity, otherwise lacking for the
enDovn1ent Of larger and still larger capital But
the legitimate the inevitable offspring of corpora
Il25-f WbvS simpIV because the operation of these
massive forces-infTng1ng and -I gTadlbg upon eaSh
trenity Of mutual danger whcn alNass nlvl'eS NV +e
and often compels a common agreement as 10
Remedies viii be sought in profit sharing. in the
distribution Of corporate stock among enployes In
the soca IiZation public utilities, in largely IN
LEASING the functions of government. BY whatso-
eve- rnsd reached the ultimate. If not early. out
coT1e viii be some form of centralized control, with
diffused or decentralized ownership. MeanW ME
restraints the heapng up of fabulous fortunes the
prejudice Of the ignorant the @ envy OF 1ne Sab1s
voice of labor demanding, not without reason a
That those great consultations are wholly de-
srabe certainly do not pretend On are Ine G9m snd
not little for grave apprehension; But great
principle underlies this moveLneI. Ins ire ~ ~ CO.
operation. Beside all question that pr1nclple rs 20
govern despite all drawbacks its operation Will be
Let Us not denounce but discri99atte The eo
bines formed to pluck credulous lpv9sIers I
or to force extortionate profits from nelpiesS e,
er+arnrise Their promoters are commercial bucca-
neers whose condemnation cannot be too severe
all ships from the merely to get rid Of few few
nira4es Rather you would multiply the ships, yes
subsidize them. if need be. and meanWhle haIs
Much mistake there if not entering upon
period of great transition period OF f alflc4y i
and many dangers The whole structure OF fn
strain-possibIy TO a shock-for which experience
poitcai questions; the nation lives. and will live
the greatest and grandest in the eardF- N 9 uI o s
liner and the limited express. Can We settle me
f indisfry from charity from strife friendship,
from competition TO cooperation from the WarIlg
n0bIer needs Of associated life? This is the propz
lem OF aal19aq @ a9 nbtie ana Iiitless forces of
modern fe-the problem whicn VIII VII tesI rcas In ~
public authority.
Mr. BARBOUR THE LAST SPEAKER
Joseph L. Barbour. Of Hartford, Conn, ex-
Sneaker of the Connecticut House Of Repre-
sentatives said that, although he had denomi-
mated his speech as "Ita quo placet 1t meant
simply 'Gorwhere you please unless his learned
friends had played a Latin trick on him. HE
said he would follow the example Of the Meth
odist minister, who just shut his eyes. nlled his
lungs opened his mouth and left the rest 10
Heaven.
Mr. Barbour's clever stories made his hearers
Iauph long and often. He said he had been I'M
pressed with the prevalence of prosperity as ne
was on his way to the station in Hartford Oy
seeing the bold announcement in tailor WIN
dovU s.F3usiuess suits And he had been rurIner
ir,pressed with the hurtlng gait OF progress
,1ha,, he had read in the next window, BUSINESS
narts" In one of his serious passages MI bdi
hour said. 1T isn't crime TO make EloIey,
nation by their great enterprises. ana VINO III
turn have been enriched by the nation