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E#ta serious stTakas or l0ekuaIss AMI an
other cases. woaid snahie the commits"
| siun % psrsaade the opposing paItlss 70
| "ln this ags NJ great eoFpaFate ara la"
, boF combinations, ne8theF employers nag
the mercy % the stronger party % 9 die.
| pute. REGARDLESS of the Flehtsonsness of
| Their respective elaima The pEossssaa
| measure souid be IN the line 81 securing
| recognition Of the fact that In many
strikes the public has itself an interest
| which cannot wisely BE- dssregaSded: an
Interest not merely Of general eonSen:
| isnce. for tho question Of 2 Just ana
| proper public policy must also be con:
| rldsred I'm all legislation of this kind
| IN is well 10 advance cautiously. tasting
each stsp by the actual results: the step
propossd can surely ee saisis Ia .asen; so,as u.
not hind the parties In legal fashion, aud
| yet would gtss a chance for public opln.
lon TO exert iis full force for tho right
! Control Of Corporations.
| A considerable portion OF the message
/ In devoted TO the subject 0f federal ron~
trOl of corporations In what he refers 20
the passage NJ the last session Of the
rate, meat inspection and food laws, ana
! says that all Of these have already tustl-
| fed their enactment, but recommends
the amendment of the meat inspection
law 80 ~ to put dates on th" labels M on
| cost Of inspection On the packers rather
than on the government Continuing on
this subject Of the control al corporations
BY the federal government he sASs
| ''it cannat too often be repeated that ex~
perlenee has conclusively shown the Inn.
possibility Of securing BY the aeuons OF
nearly half a hundred different state
chaos In the way Of dealing with the
great corporations which do not operate
exclusively within the limits Of any one
| state. In some metnod, whether by a
national license law or IN other fashion.
we must exercise, and that at an early
date. "A far more complete control thah
NJ present over these great corpora
tions-a control that will among other
things prevent the evils Of excessive
oyeroanitaiixation. and that wiz compei
the disclosures by each big corporation
ana huslness, whether owned directly OF
thru Subsidiary or affiliated corporations,
This will tend 20 put stop 70 the secaf,
Ing. Of inordinate profits by favored
the general public. the stockholdeIs o.
the wageworkers Our effort should be
not 80 much to prevent consultation q
% as 70 see see that Il results In no harm te
the people. The reactionary or uitracon,
servative apologists for the misuse oi
wealth assaii the effort TO secure sash
matter Of fact Il 10 theee reac,ionaries
and ultraconservatives who are them
! selves most potent In increasing sosiahs,
VIC feeling one Of me canssousnres sss ses'a n
. q dangerous agitation. which W pei
cent. wrong, 10 TO remedy the 20 per CENT
Of evil a. 10 which the agitation Is wei
founded. The best way TO avert the very
/ undesirable move for the governmental
ownership Of railways IL 10 secure b,
the government on behalf OF the people
| as q whole such adequate control ant
regulation Of the great interstate com
} mon carriers as viii do away with thu
! evils which give rise TO the agitatiot
against them. So the proper antiunts
! against the men OF wealth as such Is Il
, secure by proper legislation and execu
, tive action the abolition Of the grave
; abuses which actually do obtain In con
: nection with the business use OF wealth
under Our present system~er rather NJ
| system--of failure TO exercise any ade
, | quate control at all Some persons spea'
, | as " the exercise OF such governmental
!, | control would do away with the freedom
or Individual Initiative and dwarf indi
vidual effort. This IL not fact.
would be u veritable calamity to fail t.
| nut a premium upon individual Initiative
individual capacity and effort: upon tn
! energy character and foresight wmci
II Is so important TO encourage In "
individual. But as matter OF fact IN
, tieadening and degrading effect of pur'
, socialism, and especially OF It's extrem
form communism, and the destruction Q
Individual character which they wouit
bring about are In part achieved by th
wholly unregulated competition whiel
results In q single individual or corpor
: alton rising at the expense Of all other
until his or its rise etfectually checks al
competition and reduces former competi
tors to n position Of utter inferiority AM
| suhordtnation.
In enaetins and enforcing such legis
; lation as this congress already has to n
!, plan. with the steady endeavor to secur
The needed reform by the joint action o
the moderate men. the plain men wh'
do not wish anything hysterical o
! / dangerous, but who do intend TO dea
:, In resolute commonsense fashion viii
system. The reaetionaries and the VIC
lent extremists show symptoms OF JON
: ing hands against us. Roth assert. 70
3 instance, that IL logical, we should &
r To government ownership Of railroad
and the like: the reactsonarles, becaus
= on such an issue they thlnk the peopI
: would stand with them, while the ex
tremtsts care ra ther to preach dis, onten
h and agitation than to achieve solid re
! suits. As a matter Of fact, our position
s. ls as remote from that OF III" hourho
= reue tionaty as from that Of the tmprac
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