Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-12-08

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Of labor into the Colorado mining strike as
this is strike in which certain very evil
| forces. which are more or less at work
everywhere under the conditions Of modern
/ lndustrialism, became staFtlingly prOmi-
nent
Corporations
When We come to deal with great cor
pOratlons the need for the government to
act directly is far greater than in the case
or labor, because great corporations can
become such only by engaging I'm iDtersts 70
| commerce. and Interstate commerce is pc
cullarly the field Of the general govern
ment. IT Is an absurdity to expect to elm
mate the abuses in great corporations by
state action. IL is difficult to be patient
with an argument that such matters vbnnId
be left to the states because more than ono
| state pursues the policy Of cres ling on easy
| terms corporations which are never on4r
ated within that state at all, but In other
sta'es whose laws they ignore The ma
| tlonal government alone can deal ade-
puately with these great corporations To
| Try to deal with them in an Incorporate,
nrst rnctlye or demagogic spirit would in
All probability. mean that nothing whatever
would be accomplished. and with absolute
| certainty. that If anything were accom-
pilshed 1t would be Of a harmful nature
Treat corporations are necessary. and only
men Of great and singular mental power
can manage such corporations successfully
ana such men must have great rewards
! 1ut these corporations should be managed
/ IT
| Tic as whole. Where this can be done
under the present laws it must be done
| Where these laws come short others should
| ne enacted to supplement them. The bu-
| r"au OF corporations has made careful pre-
urinary Investigation OF many important
corporations. II will make a special report
ON the beef industry. The policy of the
bureau is TO accomplish the purposes of it's
creation by cooperation. not antagonism :
| by making constructive legislation not de
structiVe prosecution. the immediate object
( iag I.N f,4,. T..
cation Of law and fact. and by refusal to
issue incomplete and hence necessarily In.
accurate reports, It's policy being thus one
of open inquiry into and not attack upOn
business. the bureau has been able to gain
not only the confidence. but. better still
III" cooperation of men engaged in legti-
mate business. The bureau offers the
means Of getting at the cost Of production
OF our various great staples of commerce.
Insurance
TIE business of insurance vitality affects
the great mass of the people of the United
states and Is national and not local in its
application. II involves n multitude of
transactions among the people of the differ
ent states and between American compa
mes ana Foreign governments. ! urge that
the congress carefully consider whether the
power Of the bureau Of corporations can
not constItutonaliy be extended to cover
Interstate transactions in Insurance.
Rebates Denounced
Above all else, we must strive to keen
the highways of commerce open to ali on
equal terms and to do this It is necessary
to put a complete stop to all rehotfs
Whether the shipper or the railroad IL ia
blame makes no difference; the rebate must
be stopped. the abuses of the private ear
ana private termlnaltrack ard side-track
systems must he stopped, and legislation of
the tfty-eishth congress which declares II
TO he unlawtui for any person or corpora
ZION to offer, grant, give solicit. accept or
receive any rebate, concession, or discrim-
| nation In respect of the transportation of
any property in Interstate or foreign com
intrce whereby sucn property shall by any
| device whatever he transported at less
rate than that named In the tariffs pub
lished by the carrier must be enforced For
some time after the enactment of the act
10 regulate commerce 1t remained mOoted
question whether that act conferred upon
the Interstate commerce commission the
power. after 1t had found challenged rate
~ be unreasonable. to declare what there
nfter should, prima f0cie, be the reasonable
maximum rate Tor the transportation in
dispute. The supreme court finally re-
solved that question in the negative so that
as the law now stands the commission sim
ply possess the bare power to denounce n
particular rate as unreasonable. While !
am of the opinion that at present 1t would
be undesirable, II II were not impracticable
finally 10 clothe the commission with gen
ernl authority to fix railroad rates, | do
believe that, as fair security to shippers.
the commission should be vested with the
power, where given rate has been chal-
lcnged and after full hearing found
To be unreasonable to decide subject to
judicial review, what shall he a reasonable
rate to take its place; the ruling of the
commission to take effect Immediately, and
to obtain unless and until it Is reversed by
the court of review The government must
In increasing degree supervise and regulate
the workings of the railways engaged in
Interstate commerce, and such increased
supervision is the only alternative to an
increase of the present evils on the one
hand or n still more radical policy on the
other, In my Judgment the most important
legislative act now needed as regards the
regulation of corporations Is this act to
confer on the interstate commerce commits
sion the power to revise rates and regula-
ttuns, the revised rate to at once go into
effect, and 10 stay In effect unless and I'M
I'LL the court of review reyerses II.
The president urges better sanitary con
dtttnns In Washington, the making of the
capital model city In the matter of
health, school attendance and absence of
degraded conditions. Public play grounds
he says are necessary means for the de
Nelopment OF wholesome citizenship in mod
ern cities. II Is important that the work
inaugurAtcd here through voluntary efforts
should b" taken up and extended through
congressional appropriation of funds sufh
Gent 10 cqui" and maintain numerous con
venient small play grounds upon land
which can be secured without purchase or
rental 1t Is also desirable that small va
cant places be purchased and reserved as
smallpark play grounds In densey settled
sections of the city which now have no
public open spaces and are destined soon
10 be built up solldy All these needs
should be met Immediately, To meet them
would entail expenses but a corresponding
saving could be made by stopping the
building Of streets and dwelling Of ground
/ for purposes largely speculative in outlying
! parts OF the city
| The Wife Reater.
! There are certain offenders. whose Grim
/ tnaltty takes the shape of brutality and
! cruelty towards the weak, who need n spe
/ ctal type OF punishment. The wlfe.heater
| Tor example. Is inadeQuateiy punished nv
/ Imprisonment; for Imprisonment may often
mean nothing 70 him, while It may cause
! hunger and want TO the wife and children
I who have been the victims of his brutality
! Probably some form of corporal punish.
ment would be the most adequate way Of
| meeting this kind OF crime
Agriculture
| The department of agriculture has
| grown into an educational institution with
a faculty of 1000 SPECIALISTS making re
search into all tue sciences of production.
| Congress approprtates, directly and indi-
! reCtly, SIOOO0OO annually to- carry on this
work The world Is carefully searched Cor
new varieties Of grains, fruits. grasses.
! vegetables, trees and shrubs. suitable to
various localities in our country; and
marked benefit 70 our producers has re
suited. Nearly half Of tine people of this
country devote their energies to growing
+ 81 ha .4,f.