The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-12-09

I wish to see such superv,.,.
latfon OF them in the , n4son and me-.
puD.lc as VII make 1t evid enl.e Of II.
o 81 a oer public owners ih''at there
dwell upon the difficnitH,naa. regula,iaas
countered and the Intricate TO 70 be en
A tas "a the problem. T hhaa involves
ion y true. It is a CONNER nneir conteTuol
o1itsse problem. and all ki ndesa and
wi+h srv ~ n,a sure TO arise In con u did,'
viii bring all the BENEFITS Ih ne no Dian
its more optimistic adheraaooped for hs
over. under any healthy nients. More
hts Will develop graduallv van IN the benz.
staca tha nai!y, We must clearlvn not rap,
- AZ 't th;. the pubic servants Under
delicate work must se1ponsible ana
highest type, both as r eearS De Of tho
ana efnc1ency. They must ~ lntegritv
ior otherwise able men can v wen paid
long run pc secured; and thav ot In the
ssss e ioIty probity which wiz d;i1st Pos
to any gust Of popular preind Nd Ipanderinr
rlcn men as.at the thought Of against
even remotely resembling s,,t anything
TO rich men. But while fe,uSSserviency
the olmculties in the way. J n admit
g moment admit that these difa hot for
secure anv w III Stopping OPP in our effort l's e
should have no other effect tbs em. They
us on to the exercise of tba LILO 70 spur
tne even-handed justice, and tbe .So.luton,
q resource, which we like to tihGi.Utllty
as Iyp1caiiy american, and which, k Of
az IN ing ot Tt,u acnieve good results in WI Ml
is great one, and underlies me me task
OF dealing with the whole ;rn ae task
problem. But the fact that :. ustrlal
great problem does not warrant is
shrinking from the attempt to n so, US in
AZ present we race such utter lacs It
straints OF law, that excellent ns me re-
often been literally forced into en nave nave
what they deplored because ouolng
!ney were LETT at the mercy of unsc crwlse
io~ competitors. To rail at and So aup
c the men T VINO have done as they AI bsIt
p1ishes little. What we need r. accom- &c
to develop an orderly system: and ~ snd Is
a. system can only come thtonuu. such
right OF efficient government control the
me president recommends a law
curing the use of the block svstan, re-
railroads and also the reguiat;on On On
hours of labor of railroad men. o. VI
eral investigation Of labor conditiorsse Sun
also recommended, especially as reIot;ns -
to women and children. ''"''ng
Capital ana Labor Problem
The question Of securing a. haa,,,u
self-respeeting and mutually sw1nnS
thet1c attitude as between emnlovorn p ss
emp!oye, capitalist and wage worker "' ~
problem prove difficult when apnro. lSuor
But the underlying principles, the roo,
principles. in accordance with which ' ~
problem must be solved, are entiraI"
simple. We can get justice and riebt
aeanng only II we put as of paramount.
q ns ~
man on his worth as a man rather s,.t ts.a
with reference to his social position his
occupation, or the class to which ' hs
belongs. There are selfish and brutal
men in all ranks of life. If thew are
capitalists their selfishness and brutality
may TAKE the form OF hard indifference
to suffering. greedy disregard of eyerv
moral restraint which intererferes with
the accumulation of wealth, and enid.
FLOODED exploitation Of the weak: or if
they are laborers, the form of lazne,s
OF sullen envy of more fortunate, and
OF Willingness to perform deeds of muir
derous violence. Such conduct is lust
as reprehensible in one case as in the
other, and all honest and farseeing men
should Join in warning against it where
ever 1t becomes manifest. Individual
capital, and individual wage worker cor
to the protection of the law, and must
alike obey the law. Moreover, in addi-
ton to mere obedience to the law, each
man, If he be really good citizen, must
show broad sympathy for his neghbor
and genuine desire to look at any Ques-
standpoint Of that neighbor no less than
from his own; and to this end it is es-
Senttal that capitalist and wage worker
should consult freely one with the other;
should each strive to bring closer the
day when both shall realize that they
a v~a mr. nnr1Vy w.
To approach the questions which newt
ably arise between them solely from the
standpoint which treats each side in the
mass as the enemy of the other side
in the mass is both wicked and foolish
In the past the most direful among the
influences which have brought about the
downfall of republics has ever been the
growth of the class spirit. the growth OF
the spirit which tends to make man
subordinate the welfare Of the public
as whole to the welfare of the partcu-
lar class to which he belongs, the substl.
tuition of loyalty to a class for loyalty
to the nation.
Control Of Insurance Companies.
The great insurance companies afford
striking examples of corporations whose
business has extended so far beyond tne
Jurisdiction OF the states which createu
them as to preclude strict enforcement
OF supervision and regulation by tne
Poi0uS SldleS. III my last 1iliuo. -
sage I recommended that congress care
fully consider whether the power OF tne
bureau Of corporations can not constltu.
tiOnally be extended to cover interstate
transactions in insurance" Recent
events have emphasized the important
of an early and exhaustive considerable ~
OF this question, to see whether ~ 10 10
not possible to furnish better sa1egua,Iio
than the several states have been a ga'
to furnish against corruption OF tne na T.
grant kind which has been exposed ..at
has been only too clearly SHOWN o sras
certain men at the head OF these "a. ~
corporations take but small note OF .n I'D
ethical distinction between honesty s aIs
dishonesty; they draw the line only .t,'
side of what may be called law-noness,s,
the kind of honesty necessary IN eit tSa
to avoid falling into the clutches o. am ~.
law. OF course the only complete asI IN
edy for this condition must be found az
an aroused public conscience, m e.m
sense Of the ethical conduct In the com
munity at large, and especially a.ns
business men and in the great Pr ~
sion of the law, and in the grown s va
spirit which condemns al! olsnonu "sn
whether in rich man or In poor .; uu
whether it takes the shape OF Dri Gone
by legislation which is not only ora1fa FAR
but practical. There Is need Ior .;a, of
stricter and more uniform reguiaa a cn,,l-
the vast insurance interests OF inns this
try. The United States shoulo ~ na-
respect follow the policy. OF otn sa1 SUI
ti0ns by providing adequate natioh 1"uhich
pervision Of commercial interests Nv
are clearly national in cna li asca.eeoenized
predecessors have repeatedly recosn corn-
that the foreign business Of THESE Sor-
panies is an important part OF oui the
eign commercial relations Durlns,