The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02

| petition and we cannot trust 10 you the
| nXiDg OF proper rates" Having created
a tribunal with power 10 settle when the
| rates are just, II should be borne in
| mind that the public welfare and the
whole business interest of the country
| may be injured quite as much by injus-
| unwlse clamor for low rates as by the
| imposition of extortlonate rates. 1t Is
| not without significance In this suggcs-
| tlon that employees and wage carners OF
| railways are today aSsoclatipg themselves
| toSether Tor the purpose OF using their
influence TO prevent injustice TO their en-
| ployers by repressive legislation or op-
prcssire regulations under the Interstate
| Commerce commission.
| Fifteen years ago the general control
] oi legislatures by corporate influence and
day, The crusade initiated by Mr. RooSe-
| Vett and carried during his term Of
office resulted. FIRST, in arousiug the en-
IRE community 10 tie necessity for re-
| form, and. second. in inducing many
| corporation managers to abandon meth
DDS that were questionable and TO leave
politics to other hands.
10 Check Corruption
II was impossible to arouse the people
| TO Just Indignation al corrupt corpor-
| ate control through machine and boss
| rule. without having such IL movement
| acquire an impetus that carries 1t TO ex-.
| treme views, and the electorate Is now
| searching for q reform procedure under
| which bosses cannot live, machines can
| never control and corruption can never
| exert influence. Hence we have move
| ments 10 eliminate the middle men i'm
| politics and To give popular sentiment a
| more Immediate effect in government
than perhaps would have been thought
wise by our fathers.
The existence of such a popiilar inn
! pulse ought 10 rejoice every patriot with
The hope that 1t will be turned 10
| useful and permanent betterment of our
| politics.
Sut. however effective these suggested
| changes may prove at first, | venture TO
say that no great permanent good can
| come from them alone, unless they arc
accompanied by change iu the indivi-
dual voter and his awakening 10 the ne
| cessity for constant watchfuness and
| effort on his part 10 prevent the old
evils from appearing in II new Guisc.
Everyone will now admit that the
| Sherman antitrust law. passed twenty
years ago and since subjected 10 n ercat
| deal OF judicial constructions is ef-
| fecuve for tho purpose OF breaking up
combinations that result in the suppress
sion OF competition and the establish
| ment of monopolics.
There arh pending In The supreme court
| cases which II is hoped viii throw still
greater light on the subject. making
even clearer than they are today tho
| lines between legitimate and illcEitinIatn ~
| business. II has been thought that those
decisions II adverse 10 the corporations
would greatly disturb financial centers.
would halt general business and would
bring on financial disaster. | do not
share these tcurS.
Federal interpretations.
have proposed TO congress In this
connection federal lncorporst ten act
which might I've taken advantage OF by
The largest corporations. II would give
and il ought 80 give no immunity from
ANTITRUST law, But II would have this
advantage.
eft of direct supervision of these power
ful corporations and IL would afford 10
these corpora tons ample opportunity to
do legitimate business within the state
borders.
II gives me the greatest satisfaction 10
say that In spite of all the rumors Of
possible business staguation. basic
prosperity is assured for the coming
year. in that the great volume OF the
crops now being harvested in value will
exceed the products Of our nsldS at any
period I'm the past. our corn crop. our
cotton crop and our oats crop will equal
approximately $4,000 600, and the sisnih-
esnce of this fact in IT'S bearing the
business OF next year can hardly be over
estimated,
Distribution Of Wealth.
Tho millionaire. tho great mauufac-
turer and tho capitalist seem TO derive
more benefit. secured In dollars and
cents, from the prosperity than do the
individual worlSmen. farmer, small mcr-
In actual human comfort and happiness.
prosperity Is vastly more important TO
the wage Garner than To the wealthy.
Hence IL is a legitimate Office of those
charged of governmental responsibility
TO do what they can Ia prevent the
spreading OF fears which Will drive cap
iia TO Its boarding place and prevent the
investment necessary 10 carry onathc
widely expanded business of this Coun-
try from which our people derive theT
livelihood. Business men now view with
"A q l-It tss1 Il hN 81 1s' on
forComent OF law.
There are other directions in which
governmental progress can be made.
Tho extension of the merit system has
on the whole greatly improved conditions
In tho government For this reason ]
have within the last week placed 1900
assistant poStmasterS and clerk appoin-
tees OF postn1asters on the classified list
Of tho civil service. Fourth-cass post
masters not requiring confirmation arc. |
many OF them, already in the classified
service, but the postmust"rs OF the first,
second and third class collectors OF IN
tc"nal revenue, collectors of customs,
surveyors of customs and appraisers arc
not in the cassiiicd service and now re-
Ccivc their appointments on the recon-
mcndation either OF the senators or the
congressman In whose districts they re-
mately TO be in the classified service;
They would then he more efficiently and
economically administered.
Put Check on Senate.
The giving up of the power of con
Grmation is n great concession from |
the senate and we can perhaps not
expect It TO be made in respect 10 all
local offices at once, | shall urge upon |
congress a change in the methods of ap- |
pointing poStmaSters so at least the fl9S |
second and third-class postmastcrs can
nc CLASSIFIED and taken ont OF tho cafe |
CORY Of political patronage. We can /
lhca patiently push on for further prog |
ross toward IN elimination OF all local |
offices from the Held OF politics.
This is. however but the beginning Of |
civil service reform. The problem is not !
merely 10 take on the employee through /
honest competitive examination. hut To
maintain and 10 improve, IL possible the I
initial efficiency of that employee: to IN |
fuse. into his work the same zeal which !
he would display in private business. We
must also be on our guard against cor |
tain evils that have accompanied the !
giving of a permanent tenure To large
classes of civil servants. Useful uSsocia-
tlons OF classified civil servants have
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