The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-12
+ man who will venture to disre-

iff man who will venture to disre-
gard his duty. Fortunately, the de-
come almost unanimous among re-
publicans, and the few who still or
bose it will soon disappear from pull
lie life.
We have already made a good be-
ginning, for under the strong and
persistent recommendation of tho
president, congress gave him an ap-
preparation which he win use inso-
far as he has the power to use it,
to get the information SO necessary
to a proper understanding of the
subject.
We must insist upon a law, or rule
of congress that will allow one sche-
dule to be amended or revised with
out going over the whole range Of
the tariff. We must exclude the op-
portunity for the trades and combiE-
ations which now dishonor tariff leg
islation. We must make it impos-
sible to coerce or bride a member
of congress into voting for what he
knows to be wrong in order to get
what he believes to be right.
Happily, the movement for such
a rule or law is steadily advancing,
and it will not be long until it, too,
will embrace every republican in the
land. These evidences of progress
cheer the heart of every patriot. We
may stand fast for a principle, but
we cannot stand still in applying It
to the affairs of mankind. We a-e
sweeping along at a pace that is not
celebrating but inspiring. The op-
timis, is winning in every race, and
in the near future We will see a pro.
gressive protective tariff that will
safeguard the interest of the prodr-
Ger, shield the rights of the con-
sumner, insure the high privileges OF
labor and content the reasonable de-
mand of capital.
Railroad Regulation.
The most important legislation Of
the last session of congress was the
amendment to the interstate CON-
merce law. The regulation of com
mon carriers is altogether the most
difficult undertaking upon which tn
government has entered, and il viii,
require all the independence which
a popular selection of lawmakers can
supply; all the intelligence which
general education and specific study
can contribute, and all the courage
which the highest type of patriotism
car create to carry the government
to a safe and just conclusion.
We must DO nothing that vii
withhold from these mighty factor:
in u industrial life revenues thai
will lie sufficient to bring them Il
and maintain them at the highest
standard of efficiency, and that vii,
| reward the capital invested in then
fairly and reasonably; but we mus
not forget that it is the business o.
the government to see that they ex
act unjust toll from no man; tina
they practice no discrimination, art
favor in the service which they rem
der to the several communitie'
which make up our commercial
union.
Although the law was great.
strengthened in 106 under the pJ
issant and patriotic leadership 0
Theodore Roosevelt, the experience
Of four years demonstrated that TIL,
power of the interstate commerce
commission should be materially en-
larged, and we of the west, at an.
rate, felt that there should be SOM
restriction upon common carrier cor
porations engaged in interstate traf
fic with respect to the issuance G
stocks and bonds.
Postal Savings Banks.
There are many parts of the cOun
try in which the banks are neithr
so numerous 0 so near the Deopl
as they are in Iowa, and whateve
we can do to encourage and slim,
late habits of saving and thrift W
ought to do.
The law passed by congress- hae
in my opinion, two serious defec,
which ought to be removed at tn
earliest possible moment.
First, we have given to the boa.
of trustees, which is to manage til
postal repositories. the discretion t
designate such post offices as it see
fit. This discretion will be a nevt
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