Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-22

troll of their creatures? The regula-
tion of interstate commerce must nee
essarily be by the federal government;
but as to commerce within the states.
II Is the right and duty OF the state
to regulate II. In ordinary lines of
business, competition can be trusted to
regulate prices and protect the people.
With monopoly however, the law
must supply the regulation which In
the case of enterprises open to all Is
furnished by competition. Railroads
are necessary to the development OF
our vast resources, and are entitled to
fair treatment the same as individuals.
But unrestrained. their power to fix
rates is the power to tax, and the
power to tax is the power to destroy.
They have no more right 10 carry the
freight of one man for less cost than
another under the same circum-
stances, or to carry one man free and
charge another. than tax collector
would have to remit a portion of one
mans tax, to collect half of another's,
and to put all of the burden on still
another
"The danger to the integrity of the
states can best be checked by the
states exercising their rights Of self
government in the enactment of good
laws, and enforcement of those laws.
The states that allow their sef-govern-
ment to be spread out and dissipated
among many subdivisions, until it be-
comes so weak as to mean but little.
are doing much to aid in the plan of
those who argue for a more central.
ized government at the nations caBS
ital.
"This is the greatest nation in the
xtrAplI htff IL 10 NJ than tho
states that compose It. IT is great
because 1t is a nation of self-govern-
ing states Let us keep It so. for its
decline will commence when the self
government of the states the foun-
tain of its strength, is taken away.
TN a sense, every governmental
question is question of right or
wrong The tariff is a moral question.
A tariff deliberately designed to
create monopoly and to give a few
people the right TO prey upon the rest
of the people, is prohibited by the
moral law--the law of conscience. But
considered purely upon an economic
basis, the time has come when mo-
nopolY-creating tariff cannot be fairly
defended. International commerce
can never be a one-sided transaction.
Mutuality is the primary law of trade.
lIdut ItSlIINllOllN DIttN u dut ItNelllb~
tions; and so long as we pursue poll
icy of hostile eXclusiveness we can
never hope to dominate the marts of
the world. This can only be done by
reciprocal trade relations with the
leading nations.
"In constructing this great govern
ment, our forefathers exercised wis
dom unsurpassed in the annals OF
mankind They founded a government
guaranteeing rights to the individual
never obtained or exercised by any
other people. They fought in order to
give us this nation with its blessings
! of freedom 1t Is for us to preserve II
as a government of the people, for the
/ people and by the people. Let us en-
deavor TO maintain inviolate the prin-
/ ciple Of popular self-gQvernment and
recognize the largest liberSy of the in
dividual citizen consistent with law
I and order: unite In enforcing the laws
and In counteracting any attempt to
/ defy them. destroy the privileges of
/ lawlessness and the unjust privileges
conferred by law. and maintain the
rights of all by causing each to respect
! the rights Of the other, Let us not
seek as a remedy oTsexistlng evils less
democracy, but more democracy; not
more money but more manhood; not
more cunning. but more conscience,
Let us hand down the doctrine that
| liberty is the right Of the individual,
not privilege to the coming genera
| ton. to the end that the individual
/ may be uplifted more and more as
time goes by until the mighty mission
/ Of America Is enightening the world
! with the benedictions of liberty is ac-
! comnlished