The Dolores star., 1906-12-07

Secentiy by their neiehbors. owe II ase 81
Themselves to remember that the most
nimas,ns nian sovsrmmsnt % Is to elect ian an pop %D
worthy and sinister agttator on a
platform of violence and hypocrisy
Whenever such an issue Is raised in
this country nothing can be gained by
ulnching from il. for in such case DEM
eevsrnment under republican forms i,
itself on trial The trtumpl of the
mob Is just as evil thing AZ the tri-
escaped one danger avaiis nothing
Whatever II we sucuumb to the other
In the end the honest man. whether rich
or poor who earns his own living and
tries to deal justly by his fellows. has
as much to fear from the tnsincere
much and performing nothing. or else
performing nothing but evil. who
would set on the mob to piunder the
rich as from the crafty corruptionist
who. for his own ends. would permit
the common people to be exploited by
the very wealthy. II we ever let this
of either OF these two classes. we shall
show ourselves false to Americas past
Moreover the demagog and corrup-
tionist often work hand in hand There
are at this moment wealthy reaction-
aries of such obtuse morality that they
cutes them when they violate the law.
or who seeks to make them bear their
proper share of the publiG burdens as
the violent agitator who hounds on
the mob to plunder the rich. There is
nothing to choose between such re-
dictionary and such an agitator; funda-
mentally they are alike In their selfish
disregard of the rights of others: and
IL is natural that they should join in
opposition to any movement OF which
the aim is fearlessly to do exact and
even Justice to all
Railroad Employees Hours.
He asks for the passing Of the bill lin
iting the number of hours OF
Lava
classes the measure as very moderate
one. He says the aim of all should be
OF labor. with as goal the general in
PRODUCTION of an eight-hour day. but in
sists that on the lsthmus of Panama the
conditions different from what
they are here that the introduction of an
eiSht-hour day the canal would be
absurd. and continues. Just about as alb
surd as II is. so far the istlmus is
concerned, where white labor cannot be
employed. to bother as to whether the
work is done by alien black men or alien
yellow men"
He urges the enactment OF drastic
child labor law for the District of CO.
lumba and the territories. and a federal
investigation of the subject of child and
female labor throughout the country.
He reviews the work OF the commission
appointed to investigate labor conditions
In the coal fields of Pennsylvania In 1902.
and refers to the wish of the commission
should provide the machinery for what
may be called the compulsory investiga-
tion of controversies between employers
and employees when they arise"
Control Of Corporations.
A considerable portion of the message
troll of corporations in what he refers to
the passage at the last session of the
rate. meat inspection and food laws. and
says that all of these have already justi-
fled their enactment. but recommends
the amendment of the meat inspection
law so as to put dates on the labels OF
cost of inspection on the packers rather
than on the government, Continuing on
this subject of the control OF corporations
by the federal government he says;
1T cannot too often be repeated that eN-
perience has conclusively shown the i'm
nearly half n hundred different state
legislatures anything but ineffective
sreat IN sne wny bcb % ao not wS operate
exclusively within the limits of any one
state. In some method, whether by a
we must exercise. and that at an early
date. far more complete control than
at present over these great CORPORA
things prevent the evils of excessive
overcapitalization. and that will compel
OF its stockhoiders and OF Its properties
and business. whether owned directly or
thru subsidiary or affiliated corporations
This will tend to put a stop to the secur-
ing OF inordinate profits by favored
individuals at the expense whether of
the the ss sor shod Se
not SO much to prevent consolidation as
such. but SO to supervise and control it
the people. The reactionary or ultracon.
servative apologists for the misuse OF
wealth assaii the effort to secure such
matter OF fact 1t is these reactionaries
and 'ultraconservatives who are them
tic feeling. One of the most efficient
methods of averting the consequences OF
dangerous agitation. which is 80 per
cent wrong, is to remedy the 70 per cent;
of evil as to which the agitation is well
founded. The best way to avert the very
undesirable unnnss, move Tor the governmentha! ne hx
the government on behalf of the people
as n whole such adequate control and
mon carriers as will do away with the
evils which give rise to the agitation
against them So the proper proper antidots anti lis
against the men of wealth such Is to
secure by proper legislation and execu-
abuses which actually do obtain in con-
nection with the business use of wealth
under our present system-or rather no
quate control at all. Some persons speak
as II the exercise of such governmental
THnf aS wsa hs ns
vidual effort. This is not fact. It
would be a vertable calamity to fail to
put a premium upon individual initiative.
energy. character and foresight which
1t is SO important to encourage in the
individual But as matter of fact the
deadening and degrading effect of pure
socialism, and especially of its extreme
| form communism, and the destruction of
| individual character which they would
bring about, are in part achieved by the
| wholly unregulated competition which
| results in single individual or corpor-
| alton rising at the expense of all others
| until his or its rise effectually checks ali
| competition and reduces former competi-
tors to DOSftiOn of utter infartnrifv ma
| subordination.
Inheritance and Income Tax.
| would refer In some way to his belief
| in the necessity for the curbing of enor-
nous fortunes, and he has done SO by
| recommending legislation for both in
| come and an Inheritance tax. He be-
| lieves the government should impose a
graduated inheritance tax, and. II possi-
Bile. graduated income tax He saws:
| u am well AWARE that such a Suhiect