Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-29

wild clamor of those who care less
to do away with them than TO make
a reputation with the unthinking of
standing in extreme opposition %
them. Instead OF enacting antitrust
laws which were either so vague or
so sweeping as completely to def II
their own objects, 1t has given us an
interstate commerce Law which VIII
enable US to exercise in a thorough
fashion supervision over the COM
mon carriers of this country, so as.
while scrupulously safeguarding their
proper interests, to prevent them from
charging excessive rates; to prevent
their favoring one man at the expense
If another. The enactment Of the
pure food bill and passage OF the bill
which rendered effective control Of
the government over the meat pack
ing industries are really along the
same general line as the passage Of
the interstate commerce law, and are
second only to 1t in importance.
Reactionaries Unsatisfed.
Perhaps the peculiar merit of
these laws is best shown by the fact
that while they have aroused the deep
est anger of the reacuonaries, they
have not satisfied unwise extremists.
and the present congress in achieving
this merit has acted in the exact spir-
it of Abraham Lincoln, who was new,
er to be frightened out of going for
ward by the cries of those who feared
progress. nor yet to be hurried into
precipitate assistance by the demands
of the crude thinking, though often
we'll meaning men, who are not accus-
toned soberly to distinguish between
For Farmer and Wage Worker.
I'VE will do everything that can be
done to further the interests of the
farmer and wage worker; and this
declaration is subject only to one res
ervation. winch is, that for no man
and TO body of men, will we do any,
thing that is wrong.
I'VE favor organization of labor and
condition that organized labor aud
organized capital alike act in a spirit
of justice and fair dealing, and with
due regard to both the letter and spir-
it of the law. We heartily favor
trades unions and we recognize in
them, as in corporations, when prop
erly conducted, indispensable instru-
ments in the economic life of the pres
ent day; but where either type Of or
ganization is guilty of abuse, we do
not propose 10 weaken the remedial
powers of the government to deal
with such abuse The fact that we
heartily recognize organization of any
kind as useful will not prevent our
taking action to control it or to pre-
vent it's committing abuses when it
uses in wrong fashion the power
which organization confers
UnequivocaIly for Projection.
THE enactlr4nt into law of a bill
removing the tax on alcohol used in
arts will ultimately be OF marked ben
eft to US in more ways than one. 1t
shows likewise the entire willingness
of those responsible for the handling
of our present congress to alter our
revenue system, whether derived b.
taxation on imports or internal taxa
ton, whenever it is necessary so to
do
We stand unequivocally for pro
tective tariff, and we feel that tie
phenomenal industrial prosperity
which we are now enjoying is not
| lightly to be jeopardized; for it would
be folly to the lass degree to secure
/ here and there a small benefit at the
cost of general business depression
But whenever a given rate or SEIZED
I ule becomes evidently disadvan
| tageous to a nation, because OF
| changes which go on from year e
year in our conditions and country
| and it is feasible to change this rate
or schedule without too much disio
eating of the system, itw i'll be dom:
while a general revision OF the rates
and schedules will be undertake.
whenever it shall appear to the sober
business sense of our people that or
the whole the benefits to be derived
| from making such changes will ont
| weigh the disadvantages"