The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-28

hould not be substituted for stat
= remedies.
n In his article senator Beyeridge re
: fers to he recent contests waged by
advocIes Of states rights agains'
certain federal legislation; the Louis
/ lama state Lottery; the sending OF oh
: scene literature through the mails ID
meat bill etc, and defines the position
: Of the Republican party on future
measures as follows;
when an evil or a benefit is so
widespread that il affects SO much of
tie country as 10 be called national
the nations power should be equal TO
end that evil or secure that beneft
to the American people
when al evil o, Irrcht is purely
/ local ana Affects none OF We American
people egrans tnal oar ri ,hcm wlo
/ live in the state whore the evil exists
or the benefit can be applied ana no
where else, the state should end that
evil or secure that benefit
"The storm raised by the beef trust
scandal caused the passage of thel
pure food bill; and states rights |
though sorely wornGed, made lire
.cdtery because q wculd have been !
most unpopular You viii observe |
that states rights is a very polite |
creature and seldom becomes excited |
lnr liberty eXcept when eome daan
cial interest is en- langersd by the as
solton OF nationanc States rights
is not often heard Of, unless financial
interests are threatened; and not even
then, ii the people happen to be suf
dciently aroused against an evil wn;cb
will end
An example Immediately at hand
child slavery exists in The mining re.
gions and in The SILK mills Of PENN
ylyaRia the. cotton factories of the
south the glass works Of New Jer-
~ey and West Virginia and, indeed
Mt numerous points throughout the
whole r@pu lic Scores Of thousands
of little ca drcn from TO IA years
T age, are compelled to work from
10 10 II hours ad ay. to their physical. I
mental and moral ruin and the desen- {
aracv of the race And now S
behind The mask Of states rights, tina '
interests prodting by child labor are f
rantic against the proposed law pro t
libiring interstate commerce in tn
PRODUCTS Of child labor-Ehis, too, al
hough states rights Is not technically
ouched by The bin The states do not b
nd can moi stop IT, a
Powerful interests which exploit N
he people and he nation resourc $ d
an more easily handle mailer por ia
ion Of the American people for their St
IMPOSES than they can handle the 50
ntira eighty millions Of the people fer y
heir purposes. And if they are de- r.
Gated in one state-one small sub
vision Of the American people they
WAYS have 40 other chances.
The extent TO which the Ameri- v
an people are divided Unto statesl o.
measures the extent to b
'hich their power to end abuses is "a
Unfinished It is all summed up in o.
be republics motto United We s.
tand divided We fail. q
"This does not mean destruction OF a.
a. states il their natural spheres oG n
ction ANA their natural spheres of
ction arc described by thep hrase 10
ii GOV rnn6nt
All this Che growth in population m
oven into a unit by railroad tele-
'aph and telephone creates new hi
roblems which the old theory of ed
a'e's rights never contemplated. and ~
aw n cessities on the part OF the a'
'ople which states rights can not 81
'ply Bat the peoples problems w
pst be solved the nc0pl s uoce.st
rs supplied Eoach day makes II
carer that only the nation can DO
is That Is why the nation Is do ga
& IT, II the states could do that pa
ork better nothing could prevent dc
ON from doing &c. u is D. cause the / e'
'iion is he only force equal 10 the le
.!lv developing needs OF the Dropr. 10
az ratiouali y is developing and for ne
otlor reason. Tn an Of this lhcra 'u
no harm, but only the welfare Of the
oplo, for il g. merely the people
emsc!ycs acting in common for their
mmon good" isl
IL is announced that Mr. Bryan viii m
swor these arg mems 0f Senator. ot
'v ridges in the April number of pa
b" Reader and lhat Tho senator win 80
ply tn Mr. HuauH remarks quoted m
owe an