The sun., 1910-10-06
The new InduStrIaIIsm.

We extract from a speech delivercl
yesterday 10 IN" farmers at IN" Okla
homa state fair th"S" striking and
pertinent remarks bv Mr. BFNINMIN +.
IoNKU'M of IN" ~ Louis and san Fran
cisco and many other railroads:
rhr state, were or'sInaI, sIync' - deal
with economic questions r-rausr a. the time ~
their Organization commerce was almost wholly
within ne state ghr ynrurfr- between states
then cr~pt slovIy over rough wagon roai, now
u moves swiftly over lines - rau-oaI which
would reach almost ten times around ,nr world
As mi, rouurrrr between the STATES eInandet
and the transportation wss c,tended. tho
suirus state questions were puSheI soyrr the
boundaries % single States iutp o'h-rs. until from
state - state and Terrl,nr, 10 Tertiary. = f,r
reaching connrrted and ntrrdrpsndcn, Industrial
development was created hi, Industrial move
ment must be subjected in some sort ~ authority
ana he made oh-, some - stem nf IaW There
IL occasion 'or treating this d~,-loprrent a.
In any seusc Iswic,S nor Is there any r-a>nn for
attempting tn arrest ~ becau~r II require. re
adjustment q; FEDERAL AMI state fa,rilicuou
Por after AL this thng ,slIcI ntrr>ts' ronn.rre
and these Instrument caIlrd railroads repre-
the ven heath ant v-alth - olr whole r-opl..
and the peopl~ ~ the rountr, lnstrsi ~ b-ius
aroused by innanmaior. spr-ais tn ad,pt mrA,.
ures io DESTROY them should 10 taught bv rntght
sned discussion tn nnd some way Ia promote them
and at the same time fairb regulate then.
The states and the people under the re,Istlrss
force Of this Development uniting the state, aud
the people Of me states 10 onr bond OF m1tusl
Interest have been welded into an Industrial
whole. and a crusade against one cias, O, crusade
against All clas,es ThiS l. th- New IudustrAIis-i
which mas been riI,s.-n by some d, predatory
wealth by Others r-, OF. uuuary piu tocracy aud
stu by others ~ CaI.. Tor .NrW NauouaIsui.'
That n must BE- subiert tp lAw and be obedirnt
10 Government. no rational ma, will di,put~.
but that u shoui he made tie sport ~ polite.
the theme ~ denagocu~s or The playIhing ~
socialisis every g'pi ,tlsrn frryently hop~, -
prevent
n In order IN properly regulate the growth
of New industriatsn n = necessary for the Eai
erAl Government "a have more power than was
originally granted. let that proposal ~ new power
Be drawn up and Submitted 10 . constitutional
method To the states f,r adoption sni let the
power of Government Ia L'eplus pace with the
commerce Of the soil The merchant and the fac
tory increase IN ~ orderly = manner - the aEri
cultural and industrial development This New
Isdustralisr must snd will conform itssf 70 the
new laws % the country. but II protests that
these new laws should not pro~eed from the hot
real Of oNsr~rought pohuoAl economists IrIn the
course n time this New Industr'aisn on account
Of IL widespreAi aud far reschlng growth should
md Itself under Federal control. let IL be ~ but
let thAt Federal control be eIVnded In such m
orderly way and by such consrtutionaI methods
wili On the one hand insure she stability ~ our
Government we'll on the other hand. pro.
mote the progress Of our country
Mr. YoAKrM thus reduces the New
Nationahsm to an irreducible residuum
II II means ANYTHING else then the proc
ess which he describes. the extension Of
Federal power Ia meet new conditions
IN an orderly wav and by constitutional
methods. the New Nationalism. or
Rooseveltism. is rev olution and treason
II II merely signifies progress by CON
stitutional processes in the orderly wav
the New NationaliSm is nothing but the
same Old Nationalism.
This truth should be- pondered well bv
the farmers Of Oklahoma and tho citl-
gems Of Evervwhere