The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-21

and yet they should be capable OF ac,
hicsement in practical fashion; and We
are as little TO be excused II we permi,
our ideals to be tainted with what h
sofsiid and mean and base, as II we allow
our power Of achievement to atrophy and
become either incapable OF effort or cap.
able only Of such fantastic, effort as to
accomplish nothing OF permanent good.
The true doctrine TO preach TO this ma
tion, as TO the individuals composing
thIs nation. IL not the HE OF ease, but
the life OF effort. II II were in my pow.
CT to promise the people Of this land
anything, | would not promise them plea :
sure. would promise them that stern
happiness which comes from the sense
of having done In practical fashion
difficult work which was worth doing.
"The utterly changed conditions Of our
national life necessitaies changes in Ger.
tain of our laws, OF our governmental
methods Our federal system Of gov.
ernment Is based upon the theory OF
community, to leaving to each com.
munity to each state, the control
over those things which affect only its
own members and which the people Of
the 'ocality themselves can best gMpple
with, while providing for national re.
gnlation In those matters which neces.
sarily affect the nation as whole. II
seems to me that such questions as natl
onal sovereignty and states rights need
to be treated not empirically nor AGA.
demically. but from the estandpoint OF
the interests Of the people as a whole.
National sovereignty Ia to be upheld in
70 far NJ It means the sovereignty OF
the people used for the real and ulti,
mate good of the people; and states
rights are to be upheld In 20 far as they
mean the peoples right, Especially Ia
this true in dealing with the relations
of the people as whole TO the great
corporations which are the distinguish.
ing feature Of modern business con.
iitiona
EXPERIENCE has shown that II Ia nec-
essary to exercise far more efficient
control than at present over the bust. |
ness use OF those vast fortunes, chiefly
corporate, which are used tas under mod |
ern conditions they almost invariably |
nrel in interstate business When the |
constitution was created none of the |
conditions Of modern business existed. |
lhey are wholly new and we must create |
new agencies TO deal effectively with
them. There is no objection I'M the
minds of this people to any mans earn.
ng any amount of money If he does It |
honestly and fairly, If he gets It as the
result OF special skill and enterprise. as
reward OF ample service actually rem.
lered' But there is a growing determi.
lation that no man shall amass q great
ortune by special privilege, by chican-
ny and wrong-doing, so far as it ia in
ne power Of legislation to prevent; and
nat the fortune when amassed shall not
ave a business use that is anti.social
lost large corporations do q business
nat Is not confined to any one state.
Experience has shown that the effort to
ontrol these corporations by mere state
ctlons can not produce wholesome re. !,
ults. In most cases such effort fails !
correct the real abuses of which the /.
is or may be guilty; while !,
! other cases the effort is apt, to cause !;
Ither hardship to the corporation it.
'lf, or else hardship to neighboring !.
'ates which have not tried to grapple !
18th the problem in the same manner; /
nd OF course We must be as scrupulous n
safeguard the rights Of the corpora. a