Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-30

OF their natural rights in the natural re-
sources Of the land. All It means Is that
general shall so use our rights as not to
deprive those who come Rfter us OF their
natural rights in their turn
In the third place, so far as possible these
resources must be kept for the whole
people and not handed over for exploitation
] to single individuals. We do not intend
to discourage individual enterprise by un-
wisely diminishing the reward for that
enterprise. On the contrary, we believe
that the men Of exceptional abilities should
have exceptional rewards up to a point
where the reward becomes disproportionate
to the service, up to the point where the
abilities are used to the detriment of the
people as q whole. We are for liberty
Of the individual up to and not beyond
the point where It becomes inconsistent
with the welfare Of the community Thus
our consistent aim is to favor the actual
settler-the man who takes as much OF
the public domain as he himself can Guilt
vate. and there make a permanent home
for his children who come after him. hut
we are against the man, no matter what
his ability. who tries to monopollze large
masses of public land.
state and Federal Control.
Now, to preserve the general welfare to
see to 1t that the rights of the public are
protected, and the liberty OF the individual
secured and encouraged as long as consist
ent with his welfare, and curbed when 1t
becomes inconsistent Herewith, II is neces-
sary to invoke the aid of the government.
There are points in which this govern
| mental aid can best be rendered by the
states, that is where the exercise of states,
rights helps to secure popular rights; and
! as to these,I believe In states rights But
there are large classes. OF cases where only
the authority Of the national government
will secure the right Of the people; and
where this Is the case l am a convinced
andN a thorough going believer in the rights
of the national government Big business
for instance Is no longer an affair OF any
one state; big business has become nation.
allied, and the only effective way OF con.
} trolling and directing It, and preventing
! abuses In connection with 1t, is by havinp
the people nationalize this control IN order
to prevent their being exploited BY the in.
dividuals who have nationalized the bust,
ness. All commerce on a scale sufficisntls
large 10 warrant any control over IL by ths
government is nowadays Interstate or for.
eign commerce; ana until this fact is heart
, lily acknowledged and acted upon by botf
courts and Legislative bodies, national and
state alike the interest OF the people viii
suffer.
I'm the matter OF conservation, / heartily
approve OF state action where under oui
form Of government the state only has tn,
power to act. l cordially join with thos,
who desire TO see the state, within its owI
sphere, take the most advanced position II
regard to the whole matter Of conservation
/ have taken exactly this attitude in m!
own state of New York Where the stat
alone had power TO act have done all
could to get It to act In the most advance,
manner; and where the nation could act
have done all could TO get national &C
ton in the same direction. Unfortunately
In the east we have in this matter pal,
the penalty OF not having our forest Ian
under national control; and the penalty ha
been severe. Most of the states--aithoug
: they are old states--have not protected thei
forests. each falling TO act by itself, be
: cause the action was really the commo
concern Of all; and where action Is tn
g common concern OF ALL experiences he
r shown that II can only be profitably under
j. taken by the national government.
I las result of the impossibility OF gettin
n such wise action by the several state gov
y ernments in the east, we are are doing ou