The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-17

he summary. Rates must pc HlAde am low as is compatible with giving prop CT returns to e employees of the rail- road. from the ighest to the lowest, and proper return. ta the shareholders, but thsy must not fgr instance. be re- duced in such fashion as to necessit&te a cut in the wages Of the employes or the abolition Of the proper and legitimate profits of honest shareholders.
 Telegraph and telephone companies en- gagged in interstate business should bN put under the Jurisdiction of tho inter state commerce commission.
 ft Is very earnestly to be wished that cur people, through their representatives, should act in this matter. Y is to tho intereat of all of lis that there should be premium put upon in- diviauai initiative and individual ca paoify and an ample rsward fcs the great directing inteiiiseuces alone com pettnl to manage the great business op- eraiions or to-day. It IS we'll 10 keep in mind thai exactly es the anarchist is the worst enemy Of liberty and the reaction afg the worst enemy Of order 50 the men who defend the rights of property have most 10 fear from the wronsdoets Of great wea}te and the men who are championing popular rights have most 10 fear from the dHmagogues wEo Tn the name of popular rBhts would do wrong ta and oppresa honest business men. honest men of wealth sor the success of either type of wroi.sdoer necessarily n- vites a eioleat reaction against the cause the wrongdoer nominaiiy pphoids
 Need of Capitalization.
 Tie proposal to make She na- tianal goVernment supreme eter, and therefore to give # complete central over the railroads and otbar ins'rune1ts or intefstute commerce k merely ptopes- e as4f tst prime purposes f not tho prime purpose, for which the constitution was founded. IL does not represent eentralization IL represents merely the acknowledgment of the patent fact that capitalization has already come in business. If this ire sponslbls outside business power is to be controlled in tte Interest of the general public 1t can eniy be controlled in one way. by giving adequate power of con trol to the one sovereignty capable cf ex. ercisine such power-the national govern inenf TO abandon fine effort for national control means to abandon the effort for all adequate control and vet to render like iy continual bursts Of action by state leg islatures, which cannot achieve the pur- pose sought for. but which can do great deal of damage to the corporation without conferring any real benefit on the public
 There should be regulation by the na- tional government of the great interstate corporations, including a simple method of account keeping, publicity, supervision of the issue of securities. abolition of rebates and of special privileges, There should be short-tme franchises for all corporations engaged in public business including the corporations which get power from water rights. There should be national as well as state guardianship of mines and forests. The labor lesisla- A4HeatH4ftr referred tD glfnmlH Dn- currently be enacted into law.
 To accomplish this means a certain in- crease in the use of-n0t the creation of
 power, hy the central government. The power already exists. t does not have 10 be created, the only question is whether it shall be used or left idle and meanwhile the corporations over which the power ought to be exercised will not remain idle. The danger to Amer iean democracy lies not in the least in the concentration of administrative power in responsible and accountable hands It Hes in having tho power insufiiciently concentrated so that no one can be held responsible 10 the people for it's use. Concentrated power Is palpable visible. responsible. easily reached, quickly held to account Democracy is in peril wherever the administration of po- litical power is scattered among a variety of men who work in Srt1Fls NHNSt NHlA AHINfN tff ui- known to the common people. lt Is not in peril from any man who derives au- thority from tue people who exercises t in sight of the people, and who is from time to time compelled to give an account of its exercise tc the people.
 Legislation for Wageworker.
 There are many matters anectine labor and the status of the wageworScr to which ] should like to draw your atten- ti0n but an exhaustive discussion uf the problem in all it's aspects is not now nee essary l believe in steady ef fort or perhaps it would be more in many different directions. co bring about a condition Of affairs under which the men who work with hand or with brain the laborers. the superintendents. the men who produce the market and the men who find a market for lhe articles produced, shall own a far greater share than at present Cf The wealth they pro- dune, and be enabled to Invest it in the tools and instruments by which aii work is carried on. Az far as -9ssible ! hope 70 see frank recognition of the advan- iages conferred hy macl nery, org4nza- ton and division of labor accompanied by an eifori Co brins about larger share in the ownership by wase-worifer Of rail way. niil and factory
 Postal Savings hanks will make C easy for the poorest to Keep their saw inEs in absolute safety The regulation of the national hiGhways must be such chat they shall serve an people with equal justice Corporate finances must De supervised so es e malSe t f.ir safer than at present for thc man Of small means to invest hig money in stocks. There must be prohibition Qf child la- hnr minutton of women Ehur. short- eaing of hours of aN .echanical labor; stock watering shouid De prohibited. and stock gambling so far as ls possi- ble disennra gtd There should De a progressive inheritance tnN on larec fortunes. Industrial ceucation shouia he enaoutarca. As lnr as possihle wc should iightRn tho burden of aNaticn on the small mon We shoud put premium upon thrift hard work and hNsinfas enerey but these enaNt'ta cfHse co he tlr ionIu Doctors I1 acctt- rfulatng fgrtrnr long bafare tAtt f0riune rescAee point where t would be seriously n0cctca Nv auy inhcri- tanne tax such as , propose v is eni- nentiy rigNt thaf tac nation should nx fhe terms u9nn waieh the gregt for- tunes nre luheritfl rNey rarely do good and they often do harm to those who inheFit tHem in thrir entirely
 There should no lcnNef be any p2ltfr ln9 with the question af 1kue care of tha WnigeW workers Wba. under uur pres ent lnGNatrial syetem. hec0mr kiied cfiupied Nr worn oWt as raft of tbe regular incidents of Gyan hgsi- ness AS tar Hs ronerFne tlosc who have been worn out ' can your attention co the f8Ct chat dCHnitc steps toward providing old-age pen- stems have aefu taken in manv of our nrfgate industries These may be ins denniteiy extended thr0nEh voluntary association and contrcutorv schemes ar through the uetnev of savings