Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-22

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honorable rivalry and with justice 10
stockholders. TO employees. and to the
people at large.
Slowing Down of Industrial Wheels.
There is a temporary slowing down Of
the wheels'o OF industry. Amid uncertain
~ and hesitation. enterprise waits impa-
tent Men " large numbers are uBem-
ployed who Should be employed. and new
undertakings and extensions of existing
plants which would provide further OPP
portunities for labor are not going for
ward as they should go forward. The
interests of industry are not the interests
Of class. but OF all the people. What
the rich man feels in the reduction OF
the value of his securities. what those de-
pendent upon the returns from invest
ments feel in the impairment of their in
come, the wag"-earner feels still more
acutely as business contracts and the loss
OF employment confronts him with STAR
walton save as charity. hateful to his self
respect. may interpose. 1t is well to trace
the economic causes which have pro-
duced this condition. and needed read
juStmentS must be made.
But there Is no occa sion for msgiving
To distrust the future in this land of OPP
portunity. of educational privileges SO
eagerly seized. of moral influences SO
widespread ana CUectlNe. is 10 despair OF
humanity itself. Here, progress Is the
child of aspiration wedd ID to common
sense. Let us dismiss vague alarms and
go forward with calm confidence in the
integrity and destiny of the American
people.
I've have only begun to develop the
commerce of this country. The realization
Of its possibilities awaits improvements
which we must undertake in a systematic
manner. Washington. with his usual far
sightedness. was deeply interested in the
development Of facilities of communica-
ton for the purpose of promoting COM
mercial intercourse and creating COM
muntv of interest.
No Time for Discouragement.
This is no time for encouragement or
hating. but for appreciation of American
opportunity and for that intelligent and
united effort by which alone we can avail
of II and deserve the blessings Of pos
terity.
ITO support this confidence and to gain
these ends We must have a settled gov
ernmental policy. And it must be a right
policy.
ut must be a policy consistent with
the genius of our institutions. The people
of this country do not desire socialism
even as an experiment. They do not
propose to pass through a dreadful quar-
ter of an hour Of revolutionary changes
to satisfy themselves Of those imperfec-
tions of human nature of which they are
already we'll apprised. and which make
impossible the permanent constitution OF
society in accordance with socialistic the
DRY. We must make progress. and 1t
must be steady and consistent. conserving
what is good and safeguarding the OPP
portunities for honest effort. Otherwise
gains will be offset by unnecessary losses
and expert accountants may search in
vain for a credit balance. We may ac-
complsh needed reforms by making our
institutions work as they were intended
to work and by effecting. in the light of
the benefits thus secured such changes as
experience may commend and democratic
judgment may approve.
1.-The content Of grants of power has
been better appreciated as the course OF
experience has revealed the Importance of
the grants and their application to ma
tional exigencies. Differences of opinion
undoubtedly exist. as they will continue to
exist-infiuenced by differences of view
point and of political and economic the
ory-with regard to the extent of federal
powers under the great causes OF the
Constitution. These differences must be
resolved. and for that purpose We have a
final arbiter I'M the Supreme Court.
Special interests must keep their hands
off the government in city. state and ma
| ton. The common welfare must be the su-
preme law The Hobbies which have been
maintained in legislative halls. the efforts
to pervert administration by securing the
service for particular interests of those
who pose the servants OF the people.
the corruption OF the sole means by which
the people can express their will, have
been the effective causes Of distrust OF
government and furnish the most serious
pretext for assaults upon our institutions.
Every attempt of this sort which has
proved successful has sown the seeds OF
discomfort which argument finds it diff
cult to allay.
People Do Not Discriminate.
'The people do not discriminate with
ease between the word and the speaker.
They will not listen to the voice of reason
if 1t proceeds from the mouth of the brib-
er or the bribed. They who would have
sanity of Judgment and reasonable solu-
ton of difficult questions should see to ii
that they do not stir the people to indig-
nation by the corruption of representative
government. They must trust the people
and rely upon their good faith and sense
of justice. In the long run they will not
be disappointed if they themselves keep
faith and respect the institutions whose
protection they invoke.
But while we insist upon pure admin
istration and the unSelfsh fidelity of pub
lie officers, We must visit deserved con-
tempt upon those who profit by indiscrim-
mate detraction of men in public life. II
the pOeple would be served fa1th1ully
they must show their esteem of faithful
service. Otherwise the holding OF public
office becomes school of cynicism. 1 am
glad to testify to the many whom have
met in public life whose motives and
whose actions conform to the best stand
ards. Our public service is far more
wholesome than many people think. If
they are intent upon 1t and just in criti-
cism the people can have the representa-
ton and the administration that they de-
sire.
Correcting Known Abuses.
ut is most mischievous to permit known
abuses to remain the subject of general
agitation without providing proper metli-
DDS for the consideration and redress of
specific grievances. And there is no more
be neficial exercise of power than TO allay
distrust by providing administrative means
for invests a ton. for necessary publicity
and the even. constant and just enforce
ment of the law. 1t is now recognized
that this policy is important 20 the rail-
roads as well as to the public. In pro-
noting fair dealing it must prove the Sc
curity of honorable enterprise
1T is also essential that there should
he efficient supervision Of the issue OF Sc
curities TO avoid the evils of imitation and
of overcapitalization. The interests OF
guarded against the imposition OF unjust
should be every facility for the provision
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