The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-12-11


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
championinG popular rights have most
TO fear from the dcr7agogues who in the
name of popular ri-lts would do wrong
TO and Cypress honest business men,
honest men Of wealth: for the success OF
either type Of wron -doer necessarily in
vites a violent reaction against the cause
the wrongdoer nom nally upholds. q.
Need of Capitalization.
The proposal to make the ma
tional government supreme over. and
therefore to give il complete control over.
the railroads and other instruments OF
interstate commerce is merely propos-
al TO carry out to the letter one Of the
prime purposes If not the prime purpose,
for which the constitution was founded.
It does not represent Capitalization. II
represents merely the acknowledgement
Of the patent fact that Capitalization has
already come in business. II this ire
sponsihle outside business power is TO be
controlled in the interest Of the general
public il can only he controlled in one
way; by giving adequate power of con-
troll to the one sovereignty capable or eN-
erCiSinC such powcr-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
is!aturcs, which cannot achieve the pur-
pose sought for. hut which can do a
great deal OF damacr to the corporation
without comforting any real benefit on
the public
There should be regulation by the ma
tinnal government Of the great Interstate
corporations. iuclud ng a simple method
Of account keeping. publicity, supervision
Of the issue OF securities. abolition of
rebates and Of special privileges. There
should be short-tiUe franchises for all
corporations en-a god 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 logisla-
ton hereinafter ref rred to should con-
currently he enacted into law.
To accomplish tbs. means "A certain in
crease in the use Of-uut the creation OF
power by the central government. The
power already exists IL does not have
to be created: the only question is
whether II shall be- used or left idle
and meanwhile the corporations over
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concentration OF administrative power in
responsible AMI accountable hands. 1t
lies in having the power insuiilCently
concentrated. so that no one can be held
responsible TO the people for its use.
Concentrated power is palpable, visible,
responsible, easily reached, quickly held
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be encau~ag,d AS far as possible we
should Tighten the burden Of taxation
on the small man. We should put a
premium upon thrift hard work. and
cease TO b" the main factors In accu-
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