New-York tribune., 1906-12-13
ROOT ON THE FUTURE.
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Is much in the mnds of thoughtful Americans in
What is to be the future of the states of the
onlon under our dual system OF constitutional gov
The conditions under which the clauses Of the
SoIsItuton distributing powers 10 the national
be STATE STATE governments are now anu henceforth 10
which which were or could have been within the contem3
Wdey dfes f ae faeT Tram roe Of c h9 n ane
d9e early years of the republic. When the authors
for union and the Utility Of the provisions
contained an the Constitution each separate colony
transformed into complete in itself
and and sufficient to itself, except to few exceed
and to foreign nations; from the origin of produc-
ta hon TO- the final consumption Of the product from
the social apd the political life Of each separate
within the limits Of the state Itself The long
tween the derent centres At of popuIation. the diff
Sev neIes ana hardships Of long and laborous jour
eat e1st Of goods kept the people Of each
Of trade any 70 taeir own se2aFIte @ tof bi tee t
5es tbe ocni whn the ample and sucent jurisdiction of
the The fear Of the fathers Of the Republic that
fall apart and the Unon W6u4 resolve into It's
ffSmsttuent ff elements that, it grew in popua.
separate confederacies Few of the men Of Isl Would
forming coGd i pc @B9S5S h9t the ep6ng hs
ops Fro1 ms OF people spread oyer the vast expanse
to the Gulf 10 'e racine anu from 'ne lakes
WHY THE UNION WAS CONTINUED.
TIE Three rec principal have made this possible.
ment, which was ar fTst almost impeTcept6ie The
was subjected in its early Years the injuries to our
SoiiineiGe ana the insults and indgntties to our
MaPoleono wars, served TO keep the nation and
before the minds and in the FEELINGS of the peo-
Bsy, sft AS 5he tide of emgraton swept Westward
aG, oaGk 10 the older states the homes of their
laws ana customs. and who never had the peculiar
apd SPECIAL l separate political life Of the colonies.
me civil W ar settled the supremacy of the
sio1 throughout the territory of the Union and its
% %uonaI sentiment Our country whole, the
Fae ha be60 t land of every We r 1en Of
1L2ng i2ng az our people, North and South, within the
dreamed Of separate empire doninatns the VI
shores Of the Pacific and by the side of this strong
the separate states has become dim and faint in
The second great influence has been the knitting
f fogeLner IN ues OF common interest Of the people
the WORKING OF free trade among the states Never
for the bene more ThS rebad tRan
that by which the states surrendered In the federal
imports exports without the pSs coasen Of Com m
products of our farms and forests and mines and
ternal trade which already exceeds the entire for
Tgn traqe R OF all the rest OF the world and TO it
gether Of all parts of vast and diversified
the improving good understandng and kindiv feel II
ing OF frequent intercourse.
IMPORTANCE OF RAILROAD GROWTH.
The third great cause OF change is the marvellous
cation caused by the Inventions and discoveries Of
our two hundred and twenty thousand miles OF rail-
@ 60aa ~ tne seventy millions q MESSAGES that flash
telegraph wires, the converse tions across vast
hundred thousand teeph6ne % sruments it take ne
hore hi OF STATE INES they haze broken down the
they have led to reorganization Of the business
along lines which. for the most part altogether
ignore the boundaries OF the states left the bor
ders OF Virginia this afternoon and traversed ~
lana Delaware, Pennsylvania and New jersey 10
breakfast again tomorrow morning on the shores
Of The Po9nlae The time required fer this journey
hundred years ago, Any one Of us can go now into
a neighboring room IN this hotel and talk with a
friend IN Boston or Chicago and recognize his voice
and transact business which formerly would have
required months to accomplish If it could have
The lines Of trade Of financial operation. of So
cial Intercourse Of thought and opinion that rad-
such as Boston and New York and Phlladephia
and BaltimoTe and chicago and 81 Louis and New
city perfectly regardless OF state distinctions
SWING TO GENERALIZATION
Our whole life & has swung away from the old
centres the farmer harvests his grain and fattens
wants OF his own home community but for mar
kets thousands Of miles away; the manufacturer
needs OF far distant consumers; the merchant has
manufacturer the merchant, the Ia6orer-Iook for
the supplies Of their food and @ @oi1thns not to the
the resources of the whole continent The people
2te sae and an aSross the States % the news Of
each community is read at every breakfast table
sentiment and Information is UNIVERSAL IN the
wide range Of daily life and activity and interest
rfers which kept the states as separate communl-
ties completely lost from sight, The growth OF
national habits in the daily life OF homogeneous
people keeps pace with the growth Of national |
sentiment.
such changes in the life Of the people cannot fail
to produce corresponding political changes, some
OF these changes be plainly seen and are now |
O le
that certain important respects the local laws
due and just regulation and control OF the busi-
which transacted and the activity which
states inadequate for the due and Just control OF
the business ana aotiViLes Wn!c!l SA.eH1 81
nsTioDal" " r66v4Tnma1t sometimes by an assertion |
OF the Interstate commerce power, sometimes by
assertion OF the taxing power the naloha! govern
under the changed conditions the separate states
are no longer capable OF adequately performing
the railroad rate law inspection law, the
oleOmargarine law, the pure FOOD law are examples
to do through the agency OF the national govern
ment the thing which the separate state govern a.
adequately. The end is not yet The process that
interweaves the life and action OF the people IN IN
every other section continues, and will continue
ward in Development OF business ana social ntee
which tends more and more 10 the oollteratlon or
Compared with national power; the relations of the
business which the federal government Is
state Transportation, of interstate commerce with
state commerce. are so intimate, and the separa-
dency is plainly toward the practical control OF
the national government over poth, ne" prU5eTIs t
ance, uniform divorce laws, child labor laws and
within the cogni7ance Of the state proposed.
STATES MUST REALIZE DUTIES.