The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-12-12


petent to manage the great business OPP
erations OF to-day. II IL well to keep In
mind that exactly as the anarchist is the
worst enemy of liberty and the reaction
airy the worst enemy OF order, so the
men who defend the rights OF property
have most TO fear from the wrongdoers
OF great wealth, and the men who are
championlng popular rights have most
TO fear from the demagogues who In the
name Uf popular rights would do wrong
to and Cypress honest business men,
honest men Of wealth; for the success OF
either type OF wrongdoer necessarily in
vites n violent reaction against the cause
the wrongdoer nominally upholds
Need Of Capitalization.
The proposal to make the ma
tlonal government supreme over, and
therefore to give II complete control over.
the railroads and other instruments Of
interstate commerce is merely n propos-
al to carry out to the letter one Of the
prime purposes, II not the prime purpose,
for which the constitution was founded.
II does not represent Capitalization. II
represents merely the acknowledgment
Of the patent fact that Capitalization has
alreudy come in business. II this ire
sppnsible outside business power Is to be
controlled in the interest OF the general
public II can only be controlled In one
way, by giving adequate power OF CON
lfOl 10 the one sovereignty CapbDlc ol OK
crcising such power-the national govern
ment TO abandon the effort for national
control means to abandon the effort for
all adequate control and yet to render like
~ continual bursts OF action by state leg
isaturCs, which cannot achieve the pur-
pose sought for, but which can do n
great deal OF damage to the corporation
without comforting any real benefit on
the public.
There should he regulation by the ma
tlOnal 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 time 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 legisa-
ton hereinafter referred to should con-
currently he enacted into law.
To accomplish this. means a certain in
| crease In the use of-not the creation OF
| power, by the central government. The
| power already exists; II does not have
| to be created: the only question Is
| whether IL shall be used or left idle
| and meanwhile the corporations over
| which the power ought TO he exercised
will not remain idle. The danger to Amer
| lean democracy lies not In the least In the
| concentration OF administrative power in
| responsible and accountable hands II
| lies In having the power insuiliCiently
! concentrated, so that no one can be held
responsible TO 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-
| liucal power is scattered among
a variety of men who work in
| secret whose very names are un-
known to the common people. II Is not
| In peril from any man who derives au-
| thority from the people who exercises
| It In sight of the people, and who Is
| from time to time compelled to give an
account OF its exercise to the people.
Legislation for Waseworker.
There are many matters affecting labor
and the status of the wageworker to
which | should like to draw your atten-
ton but an exhaustive discussion of the
problem In all Its aspects is not now nee
essary. | believe in steady eff
fort or perhaps It would be more
accurate to say In steady efforts
| In many different directions, to bring
about condition of affairs under which
the men who work with hand or with
brain, the laborerI, the superintendents,
the men who produce the market and the
men who find market for the articles
produced, shall own far greater share
than at present of the wealth they pro-
duCc. and be enabled TO invest II In tho
tools ana instruments by which all work
| IL carried on. As far as possible | hope
to see a frank recognition OF the advan-
tages conferred by machinery. organiza-
tion and division OF labor. accompanied
by an effort TO bring about a larger share
| In the ownership by ge-worker OF rail-
way, mill and factory
Postal Savings banks Will mako "a
easy for the poorest TO keep their saw
ings In absolute safety The regulation
OF the national highways must be such
that they shall serve all people with
equal justice. Corporate finances must
be supervised so as to make IL far safer
than at nrcsent for the man of small
means to invest his money in stocks
There must be prohibition OF child la
bor, -.minution of women labor, short
cnng OF hours OF all mechanical labor
stock watering should be prohibited
and stock gambling so far as Is posi-
BILE discouraged. There should be q
progressive Inheritance tax on larg,
fortunes. Industrial education should
be encouraged. As far as possible W,
should tighten the burden OF taxation
on the small man. We should put q
premium upon thrift, hard work. and
business energy; but these qualities
cease to be the main factors In accu'
mulating fortune long before thai
fortune reaches point where II woulC
be seriously affected by any inheri
lance tex such as | propose, II Is emf
nently right that the nation should Il,
the terms upon which the great for
tunes are inherited. They rarely do
good and they often do harm to thos,
who inherit them in their entirety.
There should no longer be any palter
ing with the question OF taking care o
the wageworkers who, under our pres
ent industrial system, become killed
crippled. or worn out as part of tn
regular incidents of given bust
ness AS far as concerns thos
who have been worn out, | call you
attention to the fact that dehnit
steps toward providing old-age pen
sions have been taken In many OF on
private INDUSTRIES. These may be in
, definitely extended through voluntar
; association and contributory schemes
or through the agency OF saving
r banks, as under the Massachusetts
plan.
Urgent Need OF Reform.
, our present system, or rather no Bys
| tenn. works dreadful wrong and IA n