The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-08

 nsn smarl interests. The duty of congress is to provide a method by which the in- terost of tho whole people snaii pc ai, that receives consideration. To tnis e.u there must be on expert tarin comnis- sion, wholly removed from the possiplh.s of political pressure or of Improper pusl- ness influence. Such cornmiss'on bsA..
 find out the real difference between cost of production, which is mainly the qiHeF- ence of labor cost here and abroad AS fast as It's recommendations are maze. believe in revising one schedule at tlnlo> .l A general revision of the tarln aimost - evitably leads to iog-roiiing and tne suo. ordination of the general public interest to local and special interests
 The absence of effective state enu especially National, restraint upon uniaiT money getting has tended to create small class of enormously wealthy ano economically powerful men, whose cIliei object is to hold and increase their power The prime need Is to change the conui- tions which enable these men to accumu, late power which it is not for the general welfare that they should hold or exercise- We grudge no man fortune which rep resents his own power and sagacity, when exercised with entire regard to the wei fare of his fellows. Hut the fortune mus. be honorably obtained and well used IT Is not even enough that it should nave been gained without doing damage 70 t.e community. We should permit t to pc gained only so long as Tho gaining rep resents benefit to the community This, l know, implies a policy of rnr more active governmental interference with so- cial and economic conditions In this coun- try than we have yet had. but l think we havo got to face the fact that such an increase In governmental control Is now necessary
 Income and inheritance Taxes.
 No man shouid receive Q dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned. Every dollar received should represent dollars worth of service rendered. The really big fortune, the swollen fortune. by the mere fact of it's size. acquires qualltles which differentiate 1t In kind as well as in degree from what Is possessed by men of relatively small means Therefore l believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes. and in another tax which Is far more easily collected and far more CT fective--a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes. properly safeguardeo against evasion. and increasing rapidly In amount with the size of the estate
 The people of the United States suffer from periodical financial panics to de- gree substantially unknown among the other nations which approach us in hnan- cial strength. There Is DO reason we should suffer what they escape It Ia or profound importance that our nnaneiai system should be promptly investigated and so thoroughly and effectively re- vised as 10 make 1t certein that hereafter our currency will no longer fall ct criu- cal times to meet our needs
 It Is hardly necessary for no to repeat that believe in an efficient army and a navy large enough to secure for us abroad that respect which is the surest guarantee of peace. Justice and fair deal Ing among nations rest on principles identical with those which control justice and fair dealing among tho individuals Of which nations are composedi with the vital exception that each nation must do it's own partin international police work. National friendships, like those between men. must be founded on respect as well as on liking, on forbearance as we'll as upon trust. In all this fl is peculiarly the duty of the United States to set good example
 Of conservation shall speak more at length elsewhere. Conservation means development as much as 1t does proteo- ton. 1 recognize the right and the duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land. but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob. by wasteful use, the generations that come after us. The natural resources must be used for the benefit of all our people and not monopolized for the bene- At of the few That Is one of the funda- mental reasons why the special interests must be driven out of politics. Cf fiii tss questions which can come before this Nation, short of the actual preservation of It's existence in a great war there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of having this land even better land for our descen- dants than fl is for us. and training them into better race to inhabit the land and pass 1t on. Conservation is Q great moral issue, for 1t involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the Nation. Let me add that the health and vitality of our people are at least as well worth conserving as their forests, waters, lands. and minerals. and that In this great work the National gov ernmcnt must bear most important part
 have spoken elsewhere also of tha great task which lies before the farm CTS of the country to get for themselves and for their wives and ohildreii not only tho benefits of better farming. but also those of better business methods and better conditions of life on the farm. The burden of this great task will fall, ag it should. mainly upon the great orgapiza- tons of the farmers themselves. l am glad it will. for believe they are we'll able to handle 1t In particular. there are strong reasons why the departments of agriculture of the various states the United States department of agriculture. and the agricultural colleges and experi- ment stations should extend their work to cover all phases of life On the farm, Instead of limiting themselves, as they have far too often limited themselves in the past. solely to the question of the production of crops
 Human Welfare Comes First.
 Nothing is more true than that excess of every kind is followed by reactioni a fact which should be pondered by reform CT and reactionary alike We are facc to face with new conceptions of the rsia- tions of property to human welfare chief ly because certain advocates of tho rights of property as against the rights of men have been pushing their claims too far. The man who wrongly holds that every must now give way to the advocate of human welfare, who rightly maintains that every man holds bis property sub iect to the general right of the commun- fly to regulate it's use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it But think we may go still further. The right to regulate the use of wealth in the public interest is universally admitted. 1 Let us admit also the right to regulate | the terms and conditions of labor. which l is the chief element of wealth, directly 1 in the Interest of the common good. The ] Fundamental thing to do for every man | ts to give him the chance to reach place | In which he will make the greatest possi- | bie contribution to the public welfare | No man can be good citizen unless he | has q wage more than sufficient to cover fEo hn -N a.A