Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03
Judge Parker Points Effect
it Must Have on
Our Future.
HEARD IN CONNECTICUT
Delivered Two Addresses Last
Night to Large New York
Audiences.

New York, Nov. 3.-Judge Parker
left for Connecticut this morning on a
special train. He will deliver three for
NAL speeches in Connecticut and it is
expected several platform speeches
will be made at intermediary stops.
Bridgeport. Conn, Nov. 3.-When
Judge Parker's special train reached
here from New York today the judge
was received with an outburst
of applause by people who
thronged the platform. Parker
was Immediately welcomed in
a formal way by Gen Bishop, candi-
date for lieutenant governor on the
democratic ticket, whose guest he was
during his stay in the city.
Afterward Parker was driven to the
Third regiment armory where he de-
livered an address to large audience
At towns through which the special
passed large crowds gathered at the
stations and greeted the candidate with
cheers.
Parker in his speech here said in
part:
'I shall only detain you for a few
minutes during hurried trip through
your state with a few words of greet
ing TO my many friends whose devo-
ton and partiality have brought them
here. There are. however. one or two
topics which may fittingly be dealt
with in a few words in great manu-
featuring center like this.
Machine Not Supreme.
'In our latter days the claim is
often made. not only by practical men,
but by students of economic history,
that our rapid industrial progress is
the result of the development of ma
chinery. This theory assumes that,
whatever our ancestors did in the way
of building up institutions and indus
try, everything is now so changed we
have now become dependent upon ma
chimes and must be content TO remain
so hereafter. The fact, however, IS
overlooked that whatever machinery
may have done, it has been devised.
created and adopted by mans ingen-
uity. has been perfected by human pa
thence and industry, and that it must
be operated by men of mind, bone and
muscle. Nobody will presume to deny
that it has become an important factor
in industry but it is merely an incident,
an auxiliary.
Greatly Exaggerated.
"In truth. in nothing of what we call
modern progress has there been SO
much of exaggeration as that which re-
lates TO the machine. This is due en-
tirely 10 the assumption that 1t is
something in and of itself. something
separate from the human mind and
human body We have thrown over it
the aegis of the law and for the reason
that we have recognized it as a form
of property and thus an expression OF
human thrift every kind of protection
which society could devise has been
given TO ii.
During the past few years an entire
ly new doctrine has been preached. Its
logic is that whatever else we have
done in the world. whatever human i'm
perfections may still exist. so far as
the levy of taxes is concerned, we have
reached absolute perfection. The
phrase standing pat used TO denote
this idea. may not be elegant but it is
at least expressive.
What of the Past:
ut would be interesting. if time per
q. :
and the world would have been if, at
different periods during the past few
hundred years. our ancestors had
thought of this doctrine and had ac-
Cepted il II might for instance. have
been used go years ago TO perpetuate
all the abuses of feudalism. There was
much in that idea and the resulting
system of government which was in
tereStinG."
In fact, the whole of modern prog
ress has come largely from the re-
fusal Of the world to stand pat" Each
successive generation has recognized
the virtues and accepted the labors of
its predecessors. but in doing so none
has ever declined or refused to recog-
nize new demands o. 10 correct old
abuses. There is no more reason why
we should resolve not to revise our na-
tional revenue laws than there would
have been AZ other periods in history
TO stop all progress. This is especial
ly true of abuses which become rooted
IN our human life"
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