The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-24

cnrned. and n a mans conscience Is
always telling him to do something
foolish he will do well to mistrust its
workings The religious man who is
most useful il not he whose sole ca G
is to save his own soul, but the man
whose religion bids him strive To adj
vance deeency and clean living and 10
make the world a better place for his
fellows to live in: and all This is just
rs true of the ordinary citizen in the
pc Torrance Of the. ordinary duties
of political life.
Uncomfortable Truth the Best.
During he Last few years mucn
good has been done to the people Of
The Philippines. but this has been
done, not by those who merely in
dulged in the personal luxury Of adj.
yocating for the islands doc
trinaire liberty which would have
meant their immediate and irretriay-
able ruin. but by those who have
faced facts rs they actually were, re.
membering the proveIb that teaches
&c tho ~ the long run even the meat
/ uncomfortable truth is a safer com
panion than the pleasantest false
hood II is these men who with short
comings and standings yev lid ties
duty Of the moment though lhst jaty
was hard and often disagTeeab'c. and
the men who confined themselves to
idle talk Of no matter how high.
sounding nature who have done
real good to the islands These are
| the men who have brought justice az
! between man and man; VINO are
| building roads who have introduced
! schools, who gradually, with pa
tiencc ana frmness. are really fitting !
the islanders for selfgoyernmeur.
Nation Must Curb Corporations.
which Goup themselves round 'ho /
control OF corporations in the interest (
Of the public. There has been a /
curious revival of the doctrine of /
State rights in connection with these +
questions. by the people who know I
that the states can not with Justice
to both sides practically control The !
corporations and who therefore adyo. |
cate suWh control because they ia I
not venture 10 express their real wish /.
which is that there shall be no con-
troll at all Honest and fair dealing
and railroad corporations will gain
and not lose BIS adequate federal en-
trol; most emphatieaIlg, it Is both th4
duty and interest 10 our people 10
deal fatty with such corporations
and TO see that premium Is put upcn
honest management OF them. aud
that those who invest in them are
amply protected.
But those who invoke the doctrine
of state rights to protect state cor
pcrate. creations in predatory actiyi-
ties extended through other states are
as shortsghted as those who once in,
voked the same doctrine to protect
special slayeholding interests. States 4
have shown they have not ability to
curb power of syndicated wealth, and
therefore, in interest of people, il |
must be done by National action.
Many Criticise; Few Remedy
Our present warfare is against {
special privilege. The men-many Of
hem, | am sorry..to say, college men {
r who are prompt to speak against ;
every practical means which can be
devised for achieving the object we
have in view-the proper and ade- {
quate supervision by the Federal gov
eminent OF the great corporations {
doing an interstate business-are. ,
nevertheless. themselves powerless 20
20 much as outline any plan of con
stiuctiye craftsmanship which shall {
give relief ! have atched for six
six years these men. both those ia
public and those in private life and
though they are prompt to crticise
every affirmative step taken. / have !
YET to see one OF them lift a finger
to remedy the wrongs that exist So
n iS in every field Of public activity
state rights should be preserved
when they mean the peoples rights.
but not when they mean the peoples
wrongs. not. for instance. when they
ale invoked 10 prevent the abolition
Of child labor. or 10 break the force
1f The laws which prohibit the impor- !
tatioh of contract labor 10 this coun-
try; in short. not when they stand
for wrong or oppression of any kind
or for national weakness or imp0t-
ence at home or abroad. It Is 60 tire
men who wo.k in practical fashion
VITA their fellows. and not To those
who, whether because they are i'm
or incapable. can not thu
So:k. that we owe Wha success we
have had in dealing with every prob.
em which We have either solved or
started on The path OF solution during
he last decade
Ten Years Of Achievement.
The last ten years have been years
IF great achievement for this nation
Curing that period we have deal and
ne dealing with many diffe.ene mat !
ers Of great moment We have &C
luired the right to build. and are now J
the Panama Canal We J
nave given wise government 10 the !
We have dealt with cv. }
,eedingly complex difficult and i'm !
pOrtant questions 10 Cuba and San'o J
Domingo. We have built mp the navy:
iur curegf safeguard of ueacp of q