Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-08

any snort ana easy method. The SOlu-
ton will come only by pressing var
iOus concurrent remedies. Some of
these remedies must lie outside the
domain of all government. Some
must lie outside the domain of the
Federal Government. But there Is
legislation which the Federal Govern.
ment alone can enact and which Is
absolutely vital In order to secure the
attainment OF our purpose. Many
laws are needed. There should be reg.
ulation by the National Government
of the great interstate corporations
including simple method of account
keeping, publicity, supervision of the
ISSUE of securities, abolition of re.
bates and of special privileges. There
Guard Water Rights.
should be short time franchises for all
corporations engaged in public bust.
ness; including the corporations
which get power from water rights.
There should be National as we'll as
state guardianship of mines and for.
Csts. The labor legislation hcrelnaf.
ter referred TO should concurrcntly be
enacted into law.
To accomplish this, means of course
certain increase in the use of-not
the creation of-pOwcr, by the Central
Government The power already cx.
lists; II does not have to be created:
the only question is whether It shall
be used or left idle-and meanwhile
tho corporations over which the pow.
or ought TO be exercised will not re.
main idle. Let those who object to
this increase in the use of the only
power available. the national power,
he frank, and admit openly that they
Propose to abandon any effort To con
troll the great business corporations
and to exercise supervision over the
accumulation and distribution of
wealth; for such supervision and con.
troll can only come through this parti.
Cular kind Of increase Of power We
no more believe IN that cmpiriclsm
which demands absolutely unrestrain.
ed individualism than we do in that
Cmpircism which clamurs for u dead.
Cning socialism which would destroy
all individual initiative and would
ruin the country with q completeness
that not even an unrcstraincd individ
ualism could itself achieve. The
danger 10 American democracy lies
not In the least In the concentration
Oi administrative power In RESPONSE.
BILE and accountable hands. II lies In
having the power insufllCicntly con.
Ccntratcd 50 that no one can he held
responsible 10 the people for its use.
Concentrated power is palpable, visi.
BILE. responsible. easily reached. quick.
IL hold Ia INatNAr a
through many administrators. many
legislators, many men who work be-
hind and through Legislators and ad.
ministrators, is impalpabc, is unseen,
Democray's Peril.
is irresponsible, can not be reached,
can not br held to account Demo.
crazy is In peril wherever the admin.
istration of political power Is scatter.
ed among q 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 de.
rives authority 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.
labor and the status OF the wagework.
or to which | should like to
LABOR. draw your attention, but an
exhaustive discussion of the
problem in all its aspects is not now
necessary. This administration Is
nearing its end: and. moreover under
cur form of government the solution
of the problem depends upon the ac.
ton of the States as much as upon
the action of the Nation. Ncycrthc.
less, there are certain considerations
which ! wish to set before you, be-
cause hope that our people will more
and more keep them in mind. A blind
and ignorant resistance to every ef-
Tort FOR the reform of abuses and for
The reimbursement of society To mod
ern industrial conditions represents
not true conservatism but an incite.
ment to the widest radicalism: for
wise radiCalism and wise cOnscry-
atism go hand in hand, one bent on
progress, the other bent on seeing
that no change Is made unless In the
right direction. believe In n steady
effort or perhaps il would he 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 labOrcrs, the su.
perintcndCnts, the men who produce
for the market and the men who find
a market for the articles produced,
shall own far greater share than at
present Of the wealth they produce.
and be enabled to invest II in the tools
and instruments by which all work
Is carried on. AS far as possible |
hope 10 see a frank recognition of the
advantages conferred by machinery,
organization, and division of labor.
accompanied by an effort TO bring
about larger share In the owner.
ship by waEcwOrkcr of railway, mill,
Farmers Own Land.
and factory. In farming, this simply
means that We wish To see the farmer
own his own land we do not wish to
see the farms so large that they be.
come the property of absentee land.
lords who farm them by tenants. nor
yet so small that the farmer becomes
like a European peasant Again, the
depositors In our savings banks now
number over OnC-tcnth of our entire
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