The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-01-23

for every man. and OIL
the inherent capacity trained apiiil!
knowledge and will. collectively ana
.,,nyfdnally TO use that opportunity.
This administration has achieved
some things it has sought, phi haa
not been able. 10 achieve others It
has doubtless made mistakes, put al
il has done or attempted has been III
the single. consistent effort 10 secure +
and enlarge the rights and oppor- {
tnnities of the men and women OF
the United States. We are trying TO
conserve what is good IN our socidl
system. and we are striving toward
ms end when We endeaYor TO 40
away with what is bad. Success may
he made too hard for some II II Is
made TOO easy for others. ne re-
wards OF common industry and thrltt
may he 100 small II the rewards Tor
other. and on the whole less Valua-
HE qualities are made too large,
and especially If the rewards for
qualities which are really, from the
public standpoint, undesirable, are
nermitted TO become too large. Our
aim Is so far as possible 10 provide
such conditions that there shall be
equality of opportunity where there
is equality of energy, fidelity, ana IN
telligenee: when there is reasonable
equality of opportunity the distribu-
ton of rewards will take care of il
self
The unchecked existence of mon
opoly is incompatible with equality
of opportunity. The reason for the
exercise of government control over
great monopoles is to eqnaliZe OPP
portunitv. We are fighting against
privilege. II WAS made unlawful for
corporations To contribute money for
election expenses in order 10 abridge
the power of special privilege at the
polls Railroad rate control Is an
attempt To secure an equality of OPP
portunity for all men affected by rail
TRANSFORMATIONS and that means ali
of us The great anthracite coal
strike was settled. and the pressing
danger of coal famine averted. be-
cause We recognized that the controi
of public necessity involves duty
to the people. aud that public inter
vention in the affairs of public SER
vice corporation Is neither to be re-
sented as usurpation nor permitted as
privilege by the corporations, but
on the contrary 10 be accepted as
duty and exercised as a right by
the government in the interest of all
the people. The ehcieney of the
army and the navy has been in
creased so that our people may fol-
low in peace the great work of max
ing this country a better place for
Americans to live in. and our navy
was sent round the world for the
same ultimate purpose. All the acts
taken by the government during the
last seven years. and all the policies
now being pursued by the govern
ment. fit I'm as parts OF consistent
whole.
Our public land policy mas Tor its
aim the use of the public land so that
IL will promote local development by
the settlement of home makers; the
policy We champion is TO serve all
the people legitimately and openly.
instead of permitting the lands to
be converted. illegitimaiely and un-
der cover. to the private benefit of a
few. Our forest policy was estab-
lished so that we might use the pub
lie forests for the permanent public
good. instead of merely for tempo
rary private gain. The reclamation
act. under which the desert parts OF
the public domain are converted 10
higher uses for the general beneht,
was passed so that more Americans
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