St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
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it are elected, without creating tina
sense of :. uncertainty and - instabiut
that has IN other occasions manifesto
itself. This can be achieved by provie
ing that such %reasonah le period shal
intervene Between the date of the er
sctment of the statute making a rev
sion and the date Of its enforcement
as shall be deemed sufficient for tn
industry or business affected by sue
revision to adjust itself to the change
and new conditions imposed. So cor
fdent am in the belief that the dc
mand of the people for a reform Of tn
tariff Is just, that I indulge the hop
that should democratic house Of REP
resektatives and a democratic execu
tive De chosen by the people, even
republican senate may heed the warn
ing and consent to give at least som
measure Of relief to the people.
The combinations. popularity calle'
trusts, which aim to secure monopol!
of trade in the necessaries Of life as vel
as In thOees things that are employed
upon the farm, in the factory and IL
many other fields of industry, have beer
encouraged and stimulated by excessive
tariff duties. These operate to furnish
a substantial market in the necessities
of 100000 OF people, by practical
ly excluding competition. Wfthso large
a market and highly remunerative prices
continuing long after the line Of possible
competition would naturally be reached
the Temptation Of all engaged in the
same business to combine SO as to pre-
! vent competition at home and q result.
ing reduction Of r-i.es, has proved IT.
| resistible in a number of cases. All men
must agree that the net result Of enact
conditions, is most unfortunate for the
people as a whole, and 1t would seem as
If all ought to agree that the effective
remedy would be to appropriately modi-
fy the offending law. The growth OF
monopoly, Of which. complaint is justly
made, cannot be laid at the doors of the
courts of this country. The decisions of
the supreme court Of the United States,
the court of appeals Of this state and the
courts Of last resort in many other
states, warrant the assertion that the
common law as developed affords COM
plete legal remedy against mouopolies.
The fact that they have multiplied In
number and increased in power has been
due, not to the failure of the courts to
apply the law when properly moved by
administrative officials or private indi-
viduals, but to the failure of officials
charged with the duty of enforcing the
law to take the necessary procedure to
procure the judgments of the courts in
the appropriate Jurisdiction, coupled
with the fact that the legislative depart
ments of some of our state governments,
as well Is congress- In the manner al
ready referred to, have, by legislation,
encouraged their propagation What is
needed in addition to the passage Of a
statute revising the tariff duties to a
reasonable basis-is not so much other
and different laws, as officials having
both thesdisposition and the courage to
enforce existing law While this is my
view, of the scope of the common law, if
it should be made to appear that It is,a
mistaken one, then favor such further
legislation within constitutional limita-
lions as will give the people a just and
full measure Of protection. ...-,,-s 1-s .
1t is difficult to understand how any
citizen of the United States, much less
descendant OF revolutionarysstock, can
tolerate the thought Of permanently
denying the right Of self-government to
the Filipinos. Can wehope to instill into
the minds OF our descendants reverence
and devotion for a government by the
people, while denying ultimately that
right to the inhabitants of distant cotin-
tries, whose territory we have acquired
either by purchase or by force? Can we
say to the Filipinos: 'Your lives. your
liberty and your property. may be taken
from you without due process Of law for
all time" and expect we will long glory
in that feature Of Magma Charta, which |
has become incorporated, in substance
andeffect, into the constitutions Of very
state, as welUak 1to the fourteenth |
amendment of the constitution of the
United States? Can we hope for the re-
spect OF the civilfset' world, While proyud.t
~ guaranteeing to every citizen of the |
United States that no law shall be made 1
Or enforced which shall abridge the priv
[leges or immurities Of citizens Of the |
United States, or denyto any person thet
Equal protection d tile laws, and at the.
same time not only deny similar rights |
to the inhabitants of the, Philippines.
but take away from them the right of
trial by jury, and place their lives and !
The disposition Of their property in the
keeping Of those whom we send to them /
10 be their governors? We shall cer-
tainly rue it as nation if we make any |
such attempt. Viewing the question
sven from the standpoint Of national
selfishness, there is no prospect that the
80, 100000 expended in the purchase
If the islands and the $3.50. O00, 900 said
10 have been since discussed viii ever
come back to U.S. The accident Of war
brought the Philippines into our posses
sion and swes are not at liberty to disre-
,ard the responsibility which. thus came
o MS, but that responsibility will be best
,ubserved by preparing the islanders as
.apidly Is possible for self-government
Ind giving to them the assurances that
t will como as soon as they are. reason
IDLY prepared for 1t. There need be no
lear that the assertion SO often made
Il late, that we have now become d
world power, will then be without sup
bort. Oursis worMpower. and as.such
t must be maintained. but deny that it
s at all recently that the United States
,as attained that eminence. Our coun-