Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-31

| made sOOd by any governmental eloir
| Our faith In the future Of the repupilc
| IL Arm, because we believe that on the
I whole and In the long run our people
think clearly and act rightly.
SUPERVISION OF ENTERPRISES.
"unquestonably, however, the great
| development of industrialisn means
| that there must be an Increase IN the
supervision exercised by the govern
ment over business enterprises. rms
supervision should not take the form
| OF violent and ill-adYsed interference,
and assuredly there Is danger lest II
take such form II the business COM
| munity confine themselves TO trying 10
thwart the effort at regulation instead
OF guiding II Alright, Such men as the
| members OF this club should lead III
the effort to secure proper supervision
| and regulation OF corporate activity by
! the government, not only because IL Is
| for the interest OF the community az
whole that there should be this super
vision and regulation but because lll
| the long run II viii be I'm the interest
above all OF the very people who otten
betray alarm and anger when the pro-
position Is first made,
| Neither this people nor any other
| free people will permanently tolerate
the use Of the vast power conferred
| by vast wealth, and especially by
wealth In its corporate form, without
| lodging somewhere in the government
| the still higher power OF seeing that
| this power I'm addition to being used
| IN the interest OF the individual or m
| dlviduals possessing IT, Is also used FOR
and not against the interests OF the
| people as a whole.
! DUAL SOVEREIGNTY.
"Our peculiar form of government,
| government In which the nation Is SUI
preme throughout the Union In certain
respects, while each Of nearly 90 states
is supreme In its part OF the Union III
certain respects, renders the task OF
dealing with these conditions especial-
| ~ difficult No finally satisfactory re-
suit can be expected from merely state
action. The action must come through
the federal government The business
of the country Is now carried ON IN
way OF which the founders OF our Con-
stitutlon could by no possibility nave
had any idea.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
IAN great business concerns are en-
gagged In Interstate commerce, ana II
was beyond question the intention OF
the founders OF our government that
| Interstate NOIlHItlAt ~ thiA ~
and aspects should be under national
and not state control. II the courts
decide that this intention was not car
rled out and made effective In the
| Constitution as It now stands, then IN
the end the Constitution, II not con-
atrued differently, win have to be
amended so that the original undoubted
intention may be made effective But,
of course, u constitutional amendment
is only to be used as last resort II
every effort OF legislation and admins
tration shall have been proved made
quatr
Meanwhile the men in public life
and the men who direct the great
business interests of the country should
work not In antagonlsm, but I'm har-
mony toward this given end. In en-
terng a field where the progress must
OF necessity be 80 largely experimental
It is essential that the effort to make
progress should be tentative and cau-
tious. We must grow by evolution hot
by revolution. There must be no hurry
but there must also be 10 halt; and
| those who are anxious that there
should be no SUDDEN and violent changes
must remember that precisely these
sudden and violent changes VIII be rem
dered likely II We refuse to make the
needed changes IN cautious and moder-
ate manner
PRESENT GREATEST NEED.
at the present moment the great
est need is for an Increase In the power
OF the national government to keep
tho treat highways OF commerce open
alike TO all on reasonable and equitable
terms. Less than century ago these
highways were still, as they had been
| aimee the dawn OF history either water
,yays. natural or artificial, or else or"
binary roads for wheel vehicles drawn
bv animal power. The railroad, when
was utterly unknown when our gov
eminent was formed ana when lhe
great principles OF our Jurisprudence
were laid down, has now become alillosI
everywhere the most important, ana,
I'm many large regions, the only form
of highway for commerce The man
who controls its use cannot be per-
mitted to control II In his own interest
alone
1T is not only just, but 1t Is in the in-'
terest OF the public that this man
should receive the amplest payment Tor
the masterful business capacity whlch
enables him to benefit himself while
beneAtlng the public but in return he
must himself recognize his duty to the
public. lie viii not and cannot 90 TINS
If our laws are so defective that In the
sharp competition of the business world
the conscientious man II put at dis
advantage by less scrupulous Fellows
Il is in the interest OF the conscientious
and public spirited railway man that
there should be such governmental SUI
| ptfvlsion Of the railway traihc OF the
country as to require from his less
scrupulous competitors and from un-
scrupuous big shippers as well, that
heed to the public welfare which he
himself would willingly give, and which
Is OF vital consequence to the small
shipper Every important railroad Is
engaged In interstate commerce. There
fore, this control over the railroads
must come through the national gov
eminent.
GOVERNMENT CONTROL.
"The control must be exercised by
some governmental tribunal, and It
must be real and effective. Doubtless
there will be risk that occasionally II
an UNIT president IL elected, this con-
troll will be abused; but this Is only
another way OF saying that any ade-
quate governmental power from the
power Of taxation down, can and Will
be abused II the wrong men get control
Of Il.
DETAILS FOR CONGRESS.
1.-THE details must rest with the law
makers Of the two houses OF Congress,
but about the principle there can be no
doubt. Hasty or vindctlve action
would merely work damage, but in tenn
perute, resolute fashion there must be
lodged In some tribunal the power over
rates, and especially over rebates
whether secured by means OF private
cars, Of private tracks, In the form OF
damages or commissions, or 10 any 9TH
or manner-which will protect alike the
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