Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-12-04

pachig industry, mark An important "a.
vance In the proper direction. IN the
short seaqiOn Il win perhaps be Almtcult
to DO much further along this line;
laws have been III operation Tor nuxn-
Der OF months before endeAvoring 70
increase their scope. because only
operation will show with exaCtness
their merits and their shortcomings
and thus give opportunity to define
what further remedtallegislatiO ID
needed. Yet in my Judgment Il viii In
the packing house inspection law to
provide for putting date on the label
and for charging the cost Of inspection
ito the packers. All these laws have
already Justified their enactment. The
interstate commerce law, for instance,
has rather amusingly falsineds the pre-
dictions, beth Of those who asserted
that 1t would ruin the railroads and
OF those who asserted that Ii did not
go far enough and wouli accomplish
nothing. curing the last flve months
the railroads have shown. Increased
earnings and some Of them unusual
dividends; while during The same
period the mere taking effect Oh the
law has produced IAN unprecedented,
hitherto unheard OF, number Of vol
untary reductions In freights ana fares
- .ha ,.,,sssn. 4hara g .uun Saa.
| ! ti,na 81 ar,,a1 iarrth - rh,rh ! ~
thsn~ ,iEa - manr raa,,caa +art1.
have been put into effect, the CONF
mission received notices Of over nve
thousand separate tariffs which repre-
scented reductions from previous rates.
It must not be supposed. however,
IN wili IL nn..ihIa ~ ston nrnrrass
along the ltna ~ increa sinr Inc nnvar
a ira rafsonal 1nvarnenf over fhe
u.a ~ c.ritaI II srtar.tate cor, roerce
FOR axample. there win ultimatelv he
need 81 enlnrrinr the povers 81 TIE
! interstate c,omInerce cosn mfsaion ALONE
several difrerent lines. "a Al n, rfya
over the railroatls. n
RI ear nat ~ too often - renested
THAT ernerience has conclusiyely shown
| fhe i.nnoaafhilitv ~ recurring ~ the
Iact,ona N naariv half 4 hundred ,1if
Il ferent state lerislatures anythinr but
4 inefFective chaos Is TIE way 81 deaf
Iinr with the xreat corporatfona which
/ ~ not operate exclusiyely within The
II limits 81 any one state. IN some
n,athod' vhether ~ I nationsi ltcenae
i law 81 IN other fashion. we must e.
Il ercise. and that 1T N early date. q far
more Complete control than 81 present
Il over these great corpora HONS coa;..
i trol that win amonr other tfinrr pfe-
Il vent the eviln az excessive Oyercnpital.
iixatioi,, ana that Will compel the dis
closure ~ each biz corporation sof III
II atockhoIdasa and X III srronertiaR and
Il businehs whether owned directly 81
Il through suhsidiarv a. affiliated cor
Il nora Hons. This Will tend To nut = ptOr
4 q the securing 81 tnordinste .profita
Inv favored individuala IT the axpefsse
Il whether az the renernl.. public. the
Il stockhOlders. az the wanuworkers,
t9atrs afPort should u not sos much "a
q uRevert consolidatfon ~ such. hut %
u I'll sjuperyiae ana control IL - 20 see
'1that II rennIta II, nd harm Ia .tl1e ueo-
n nle. The raactionafy IN ultrao0r,eer.
tyatfve arOlowfsta Tor the misuse 81
i wealth asaafI tie efI0rt tO sec,rg st1ell
control ~ step toward soclalisrn. AZ
n 4 matter 81 fact IL II rths,ee resac Z IN
stafiea ana ultra WIN, art
thernselves most potent IN lncreasina
q aOcianstic feelinr. one 81 the most
lefffcient methods az avertinR the eOnse-