The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-05

more efficient supervision and control over the gteat
common carriers Of the country prevents all necessity
for seriously considering such project as the govern
ment ownership Of railroadsa policy which would be
evil in it's results from standpoint A similar
extension Of the national power to and secure
correct behavior in the management of all great
atons engaged in the interstate business will in similar
fashion render far more stable the present system by do
ing away with those grave abuses which are not only
evil in themselves but are also evil because they furnish
an excuse for agtators to iname wel-meaning people
against all forms Of property and to commit the coun
try to schemes OF wild, wouldbe remedy which would
work infinitely more harm than the disease itself The
government ought not to conduct the business of the
country but it ought regulate it so that it shall bel
conducted in the interest of the public.
Perhaps the best Justification Of the course which
in the national government have been pursuing inI
the past few years. andwhich we intend steady and
gressvey to pursue in the futures that it
with almost equal rancor alike by the reactionaries
the Bourbons one side and by the wild apostles Of
unrest on the other.
1--WE have actually accomplished much. But we have
not accomplished ALL nor anything like all that we feel
must be accomplished. weshall not halt we Ishall
steadily follow the path we have marked OUT executing
the laws we have succeeded in putting upon the statute
books with absolute impartjality between and
man. and unrestng in endeavor to strengthen and
supplement- these BY further laws which shall enable
in more efficient and summary fashion to achieve
the ends we have in view.
Congress has during the last few years taken giant
strides along the path ofgovenment regulation and
troll Of corporations the interstate commerce law has
been made effective in radical and farreachnga fashion,
rebates have been stopt pureood law has, been past
proper supervision of the meatpackng business provd
ed and the bureau of corporations etabsheda bureau
which has already done great good and which and
should be gvena constantly increasing functional power
"The work of legislation has been important
than the done by the department Of justice in
ecuting the laws only against corporations and in
dviduas who have broken the ANTITRUST
commerce law but against those who have engaged in
land frauds. Scores Of suits, civil and criminal have
been successfully undertaken against offenders Of all
krnds-many Of them against the most formidable and
wealthy combinations in the land in the combina-
tons have been dissolved in some heavy fines been
imposed in several cases the chief offenders have been
imprisoned.
ut behooves us Americans to look ahead and.plan
out the right kind Of civilization, that whchawe
intend to develop from these wonderful conditions
Of vast industrial growth must not be, it shall
be, the civilization of a plutocracy, banking
house. Wallstreetsyndcate civilization; nor yet can
there be submission to hatred to rancor brutality
and mob violence for that would mean the end Of all
civilization Increased powers susceptible of abuse
as well as use never before have the opportunities fer
sefshness been great the results of seshness so
appalling for in communities where everything is or
ganized on merely selfish commercial basis, such selfish
ness unchecked may transform the great forces of the
new epoch into powers Of destruction hitherto unequal
ed.
We need check the forces Of greed to insure just
treatment alike Of capital and Of labor and of the gem
eral public to prevent any man, rich poor from do
ing or receiving wrong whether this wrong be one of
cunning or OF violence Much be done by wise leg
isation and by resolute enforcement ofthe law. But
still more must be done by steady training Of the ind
ydua citizen conscience Of character until he grows
t abhor corruption and greed and tyranny and brutal
itv and In nrize iust,ce and fair dealing