The Ordway new era., 1908-12-11

MIND that exactly as the anarch,., q. in
1os. enemy OF liberty and tho reac,Inn1
ary the worst enemy OF order sa a..
mcn VINO defend the rights OF prona,',,
m"'t 20 iear from tho .wrougdocrs
OF great wealth. nnd the mon VII a
chsmpioning popular rights have mo-,
10 rear from the deInngogusa ,,bo IT, ~
nhme OF popular rights would in -.
70 and oppress honest bunlurs. ,,,','
honest men OF wealth. for tho -Hu,,-,
ne1 .'. 'ype OF wronsdoer necessarily In.
vi'cs violent reaction against the sa,,.,
tho wrongdoer nomlnaliy uphnlIs
Need Of Capitalization.
The proposal to make ua nm.
% %uona. government supreme over. and
therefore TO give II complete control ,v,.r
the railroads and other lustftmopts ~,
interstatc commerce ia merely IA ufup,s
NJ To carry out TO the letter one ~ ~,
prime purposes, II not the primo uutpus,
,or winch the constitution Was founded
II does not represent c,utrallznti.,r /,
represents merely tho ,knuwi.,irm.,,
OF the patent fact that crntfallz,.,i,,,, n,',
already come In buslnr-r. II M, irr,
sponsibin outside business powrr Ia ". L,.
controlled In the Interoht ~ tb. t,.r,,.r,I
pubiic II can only bc controlled lu .u...
way; by giving adequate i4.w.r II i..l.-
trol 10 thc one soVcrcignty tnulhls II *
ercising such power-the national rnv,-.,
ment- To abandon tho enott Tor nnti,r,..I
controi means To abandon tho effort f,,r
All adequate control and yet 10 render ll....
" continual bursts OF actlnn 6y stnt, l...
isintures, which cannot Hrhla,r NJ. M.
pose sought for but whi,4 ,,p ,i. d,
Great deal of damage 70 tar rorIut.,,i
without comforting any rr.d bon, -, ,n
the public.
There should he regulation rq ,.......
uonnl government pf TIC Etsut .ir,.r-,,,
corporations. Including d -liu..,, ,,...
inf
OF the issue ~ s",ur.ti.a tluu. p 80
rebates and OF st'cl.l tt..4nr.-- Il....
should he short tin. ftAip Ai--- Ter ,p.
corporations engaged tu rubir- li4lu.-a
including the curpntrtl"rs N.I.n sr.
power from wntcr rights, TJ.f" -. II
be national ns well u4 STATE ...,r,lI .f,-l .r,
OF mines and forests Tic Labor ]. ei-l.
ton hereinafter referred 10 slaul ...,.-
currently lee enacted into law.
To accomplish this. n-l,rs Il ,,.tu,.n "a.
crease In the use Of not TIC Ct, ,ul,.t. ~
power. by the central Eot, fnta.lt. T9t.
power already exists. 1t lae- nat ..,,,
to be created. tho only uuestuou Is
whether It shall be used or I,r I!Ir
and meanwhile tho corIoralluua .,,.
which tho power ought To- hp .,N.r,i-.,l
will not remnin Idle. The danger tu Amer
lean democracy lies not IN the least lu. Tho
concentration OF administrative power IN
responsible and accountable hnuI, It
Hes In having the power insuilt-lrniiy
concentrated. So that ZOO ..I,t. .tu tt- l.Il
responsible 10 The l--i't f.r t- .-.
Concentrated p"~'f i- lsIl.rt1 so. I".
responsible, easily i.al l.,-i ur.rAI. ..Lt
To account Ih'tuu'is..N lu p.rII.
wherever IA. ADMINISTRATOR "l f.,
litical power ia -.att,r.,I iu.sr.
variety Of m'u vi, w,l, m
secret whose vary hrn.s rr, lu
known 10 the common p""pL' n i- uut
In peril from any man who ,l"uvo4 an
fTaf
II In sight OF IN" p""Id' n'd who Is
from time to time completed r, si.'- an
account OF Its cNercls" iu IN" p"upl"
Legislation for Wageworkcr
There are many matters Rnc, ting i1,Dr
and the status OF tie wnsewarlcr To
which should like &" draw your Att"G-
tion. but an exhaustive discussion Of N"
problem In all It's aspects Il not now noe
cssary. believe In Il stcndy of-
fort. or perhaps II would b" nurc
accurate 10 say In steady on"rts
in many different drecri"ns. to bring
about n condition OF affa!rs Iud, r which
the men who work with band "r with
brain. the laborerH. H." -up"rlni"nd, ,ntS.
the men who produce th" market hul ti"
men who tind market fur tlr Ittr i'.s
produced. shall own n FAR greater Nhdr,'
than at present of III" wealth tll"y prA-
duce, and be enabled tp invest It IN tho
tools and instruments hv viii 10 all work
Is carried on, As far nf r'-sthl" hope
TO see n frank recognition "f N" adv an
tagcs conferred by machinery. utguuila-
ton and division Uf labor. accompanied
by nn effort TO bring about larg"r share
In the ownership by wdgc-woTk"r or rail
way. mill and factory.
Postal Savings banks wiil mako II
easy for the poorest t" keep rh"Ir Sav-
ings In absolute safety Tile regulation
of the national highways must h" such
that they shall serve all reupl" with
equal justice. Corpornt" flnnnc"s must
be supervised so as TO make II far safer
than Mt present for tn" man Of small
means to invest his non"y in stocks.
There must be prohibition of child la
Dor. ..minutIon OF women labor. short
ening OF hours OF all mechanical Labor;
stock watering should b" prohibited.
and stock gambling so far as Is possl-
BILE discouraged. There should be
progressive Inheritance tax on large
fortunes. Industrial education should
be encouraged AS far as possible we
should Tighten the burden of taxation
on the small man. We should put
premium upon thrift. hard work. ana
business energy; but these quaiit
cease to be the main factors In accu-
mulating a fortune long before that
fortune reaches a point where 1t would
be seriously affected by any inheri-
tance tax such as l propose IL is cri-
nently right that the nation should nix
the terms upon which the great io.-
tunes are inherited They rarely 90
good and they often do harm to those
who inherit them in their entirety.
There should no longer be any pniter.
inr with the question OF taking care OF
tho wageworkers who, under our pres
ont Industrial system, become killed.
crippled, or worn out ms part OF tne
regular Incidents of given busi-
who have been worn out, I call your
attention to the fact that definite
steps toward providing old-age pen
sions have been taken in many OF our
private Industries. These may be IN
definitely extended through Foiun.arS
association and contributory schemes.
or through the agency OF savings
banks. as under the Massachusetts
plan.
Urgent Need OF Reform.