The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-02

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upon their extreme conserTatisn
ten believe they afe acting In i
terests sof nronsrty when folfPu
course so shortsiehted8 tpsbe
an assault upon property They
shown extreme uiiwisdonltn the
lent opposition to The assnmpsii
complete control over tic raj,
by the federal government M
erican- people willnot iolorais thn IN
py.go.luckS system OF no pt9isas o. 4
the greatintersta;e railroads Niils ths
insolent and manifo, abnses viii Il
have go generally accompanied Ii. ms
control must exist sonewhetc: sud
unless it is by thoroughguins and ras
cal law placed upon the statnte bon j.
OF the nation, It will be exercise il
ercr.lncreasing measure BIZ ,lie sjiis
eral States, The same consld erattp;is
which made the founders OF the con 1:
tuition deem 1T impefatiye that TIE sas
ton should have complete snatpl i
interstate commerce apply via pee /;
lar force to the control OF intrrSii a
railroads at the present day; and
arguments of Madison; OF yfrs,r}
rInckney, of South Carolina md
ilton and Jay. Of New York. IN
essence apply now as they applied
hundred and twenty years ago.
Interstate Rallrosds
The national convention whichf
ed the constitution, and In whie,
most all the most eminent % he
generation OF American statlsnea
embodied the theory OF tho instrun
in resolution. to: the effecf that
national government SHOULD hare q
er III cases where sieiseparatc sts
were incompetent to act Win it'll :
cheney, and where theFhaFmony 81
United States would be Interrupted
the exercise of such Individual nd
latlon. The interstate railtpad sd
ton is exactly case In point Nh !
Will, Of course, be local matters afe
ing railroads which can best DO di
with by local authority, but as aatid
commercial agents the big intessi
railroad oaght to be completely 4
ject to national authority. Only tii}
can We secure their complete subi
ton to, and control by, a single Il
ereign, representing the whole peossI
and capable both of protecting tie pSl
lie and Of seeing that The raflres
neither inflicts nor endure injustice
Personally I firmly belieTa ti
there should be national Legislation |.
! control all industrial corpoatiors
Ing an interstate business. Ins;ndtAs
the control Of the output OF tiieiT =
seprities, but as TO these Tie necess,s,
Z for federal control Is less urgent ~,
immediate than is the case VIII III
railroads. Many of the abuses conn 4
ed with these corporations win ma
j ably tend to disappear now dat ii,
1 goyernment-the pGblIc-is sradns1,
getting the upper hand as regards + 4
ting a stop 10 the rebates and speriS
privileges which some or these ed
porarions have Senioyed at the HASH
of the common carriers Rtt 6iiE
" it Will be found that tie CON.
remedy for these abuses lien il, an
and affirmative action BY the nafi6ss
government That there ID const. Ii,
tional power for the national ssSs Ii
ton of these corporations r have FAY
+ self no question. Two or three ge ,i
tions ago there was Just as musa u i,
tllity to national control Of banks q
there is now to national control Of rail
, roads or Of industrial corporations do
Ing an interstate business. That Ii u
Utility now seems to us luaicrouS In ii
/, lack Of warrant; in like iinn1enr, SEA
. tlemen, our descendants win regsu,
, with wonder the present oppoaitioz i
giving the National government fals
, quate power to control those great %;
porations, which italone rnn furiy. IN
vet wisely, safely, and Justly coutrol
Remember also that to regulate III
!. formation Of these corporations or d
one of the most direct and erissn
methods OF regulating their aafritis,
! Interstate lndus.riaIisna.
: ! am not>pleadipg for I'M exieltisiv
4 of constitutional power. am plead
t Ing that constitutional power wiits
, already exists shall be applied % ne,
i conditions Which did mot exist xite
, the constitution went into .beins.
j ask that the natlonal povers a1reaS,
. conferred upon the .intlona gwen
ment by the constitution shan he $
: used as to bring national commsTs
and industry effectively under tie ii
thority Of the federal goyernms emf at
t thereby avert industrial chaos. ii
!, nIea IL NOT IN hripo q, "a ~ II, St.t,