Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-11

Ing degree supervise anu regulale
the workings of the railways en-
gagged in Interstate commerce. and
such increased supervision is the
only alternative to an increase OF
the present evils on the one hand
or a still more radical policy on
II tina language does not mean that
if supervision, that is regulation, of rail-
ship win follow as the only alternative.
it means nothing.
Again, in his message of December.
1905, the President said
In the old days the highway of
commerce., whether by water or by
a road on land. was open to all.
1t belonged to the public and the
traffic along it was free. At present
the railway is this highway, and we
must do our best to SEE that it is
kept open to all on tqua terms.
Unlike the old highway it is a very
difficult and complex thing to man
should be managed by private in
dividuals thar by the government.
But, it can only be SO managed on
condition that justice is done the
If that does not mean that If jus
tice to the public can not be secured
through private ownership. then gov
eminent ownership must follow, What
does it mean?
Again lie said:
TT is because, in my judgment,
public ownership of railways is
highly undesirable and would prob
reaching disaster. that l wish to
see such supervision and regulation
of them al will make it evident that
there is no need for public owner
Evidently the President is not favor
able to public ownership; he thinks II
would be undesirable and dangerous
but if his language means anything, ii
| means that nIIhlin nWparShin will In.
evitably follow if supervision and regu-
lation prove a failure.
In a speech delivered by the Pres
August ii, f I5ta.'a Which was asN widely pub.
lished throughout the country, he said
among other things:
Il believe that al corporations
should eaff' be Under a't the Supervision Of
the National Government. 1 do not
believe in taking steps hastily or
rashly, and 1t may be that all that
is to pass an interstate commerce
bill comforting upon some branch of
the executive government the power
of effective action to remedy. the
abuses in connection with railway
transportation. But in the end, and
in my Judgment at a time not very
far off, We shall have to, or at least
we will find that we ought to, take
rations doing interstate business"
What further action? What did h,
mean by. that? He say that it will
be sufficient for the immediate futur'
to empower the executive branch o
the government to supervise and reg
ulate the railways. But In the end
nc. says, and at a time not very ia
off, we shall have to take further actiol
in regard to corporations doing inter
state business. If we go beyond TIL
point of supervision and regulation wher
will it inevitably lead us? Beyond su
pervision there is but one goal-owner
ship.
THE enormous increase in inter-
state trade, resulting from the in
dustrial development of the last
i quarter of a century, makes it
proper that the Federal Government
: should, so far as may be necessary
I'll to carry into effect its national policy,
control of these great corporations.
When, as is now the case,
many of the great corporations con-
! sistently strain the last resource of
/ to a law for the reasonabl regulation
/ of their business, the only way e1
fectively to meet this attitude on
their part is to give the executive
$ more direct, and therefore more
: efficient supervision and control Of
their management"
AS l read Mr.. Roosevelt he does NJ
= ldNOf government OWneTSDlp per Sc, OIL
e he declares that it will ultimately con
e II regulation shall prove a failure. M
e Bryan believes in testing regulation
its farthest limits. and says II it Prov
reasonably effective and satisfactory the
there will be no need of ownership, b.
s that if regulation fails ownership wi
e follow. So far the two men stand {
Y substantially the same ground. II
c difference between them is in opinion
e to the effect public ownership would ha'
f on the country. Mr.. Roosevelt thinks
S would be fraught with danger, viii
It Mr., Bryan thinks that with a prop
between the states and the general go
eminent there would be no public dang
in the experiment.
his address by saying that he felt III
% apologizing for occupying so much tin
v in discussing Roosevelt and Rooseveltisl
but said that inasmuch as the Repub
formances the issue Of the campaign
re felt tha it would be well enough
is dispose of the whole subject once for all
TARIFF AND TRUSTS,
g ~cussion of the tariff and trust question
"a treating them as being SO affiliated
"a to constitute practically but one questic
ie He took up Senator Warmers Springfe
"a | SpetCn anu ulSStCltu IL. DtIdlOT WdTu
o. had made boast about the increase
ie capital invested in manufactures, a
~ the increase of wages paid to workm
y during the last five years. Senator Sto
~ said
te "The figures quoted by, Senator Wa
II. ner, taken from an advance statement
IN sued by the Census Bureau, are m
leading. For instance, he said that the
~ 1905 exceeded those paid in 1900 by
~ fraction over 29 per cent. In one ser
on that is true. The total amount of was
g. paid in 1905 did exceed the total amol
II, you will divide the total paid ea
~ year by the total number Of persc
hhaa employed to whom the wages were p:
ny for the years respectively it will sh
~ dividual workman in 1905 was only
IF workman in 1900. The Individual e
,ansl ploye received in 1905 not 20 per ce
ceived in 1900. But that, neverthele
~ was an increase in the wage, and Il
g so would be very good, perhaps, If Il
, SO We're the whole story. but that is
n live and their families have to II
ns and they must be supported out of tn
1ass earnings. Now if you will turn to
he bulletin snd th Of the the Bureau Ct Labor you J
~ that is for food, raiment, rent and
like-is equal to the increase in
.ne wage. If that be true, and it is tr
'on as every workman knows, Their h
oI much better off is the wage-earher.
py you increase the wage one dollar
OF week, and at the SAM time increase
en- necessary expenses one dollar per We
'x- how long will 1t take the workman
nc that rate to become a millionaire?
zen may be that the workman holds his o.
On; but no more. How 3 It with the G
w ployer? The Census Summary for Il
the tlired products for tbe vear 1ao5 :
ing $14, S02,147, 0S7. 1t shows that the Z
pre- of the raw material out OF which tn