The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-10-06
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would not want to see our party
an irresponsible or radical force, deal
ing in unwise and fanciful experiments
Of government But | want to see 1t
at all ticlcs faithful to the rule of the
greatest good to the greatest number;
not the foe of business or the enemy OF
industrial growth; not the tool of fac
lions or the slave Of any men or class
OF mems ambitions; but great pow
erful, progressive organization, sensi-
tive to the demands of humanity and
the necessities of our industrial life,
meeting IN bold, hopeful, tolerant,
progressive way the problems Of the
hour. / want party which believes
with an unchanging faith in the self
governing capacity of the American
people
The Tariff.
Nowhere is the value of the progress
sive spirit more essential In politics
than in dealing with old and establish
ed principles and applying them to new
conditions The Republican party be-
lieves In a protective tariff. 1t has no
less faith in the worth of that policy
now than it has had in the past. 1t
will put forth It's efforts to retain it at
oil tAIuCS. DOt OAIot ~ may AStAlA e2iAo
secure its full benefit to American in
dustries and American labor 1t is inn
portant that we neither permit its
abuse nor shut our eyes to changed
conditions. The time was when it was
not very material as to the amount of
the duties levied or imposed, so long as
1t was q protective duty. When COM
petition was unrestrained the Ameri-
can market was sufficiently safeguard
ed by that great law. In many fields of
industry monopoly has repealed the
law of competition. The force which
once protected the consumer has been
eliminated by great combinations in
many places and in many ways. Rec
ognizing these conditions, the tariff
law should be written in the light OF
the new facts. There should be an
honest ard continued effort to fix du
ties according to the safe and sane
rule, to-wit, the difference between the
cost of p1 oduction at home and abroad.
There should be no hesitancy in adj
justing tariff duties to changed condi-
tions The friends of the policy ought
to be most anxious to do SO. But in
doing our work nothing is more inn
portant than to preserve the principle
of protection, to give our people the
advantage of the difference between
the cost of production here and else
where. II we should in eradicating
its abuses destroy the whole system
there would be three million workmen
in the streets asking for work within
six months.
Relation of Government to Corpora
tons.
The most important question of this
hour, the one upon which turns very
largely the future of the republic, is
the relation of our government to COM
hined and centralized wealth-those
powerful and indispensable agencies of
industries created by the state-the
corporations. 1t is well to understand
in the beginning that this problem
canot be solved by denunciation. The
whole business world is involved, the
wages of millions of workmen, the saw
ings of tens of thousands of people of
ordinary means are affected.
There seems to be a class of hon
est, well-meaning men who start all
| discussions upon this subject by de-
nouncing property and assailing prop
| erty rights-by seeking to array what
| they choose to call the rights of men
against the rights of property. There
/ is no such issue in this controversy.
There have been no rights of men wor-
| thy of the name, no rights other than
/ tormenting delusions where property
has been unprotected and property
rights worthless. The guilotine fol-
i lows in quick succession the destruc-
ton of all title deeds. A government
which does not furnish protection for
q oatt Il re fr11o u1 ifu nd
industry, which does not safeguard Tie
accumulations of honest toll, would be
miserable delusion There can be nc
rights under such a government save
the rights which rest in superior ply
steal strength. the rights of a savage
The weak would be the miserable play.
things of the strong. There is no mar
in this land so humble but is interested
in the stability of our property rights
Just the same as the man who directs
the operations of great railway sys
tenn.
A corporation is the creature of thu
state-it should have no secrets al
against its maker. Every public serv
ice corporation is in sense also thu
partner of the public. In the Language
of the Federal Supreme court, ''Whe1
L one ueV0leS HIS property 10 use IL
which the public has an interest, he il
effect grants to the public an in tina
use and must submit to be CONTROLLED
by the public for the common good tt
the extent of the interest he has thu
created" In other words, the corpora
ton is entitled to no secret as agains
the interested public.
The law-abiding corporations shoul
help to make publicity efficient.
will give confidence in corporate af
fairs and cause a greater tolerance an
/. liberality upon the part of the public
But whether the corporations choos
to accept it in good faith or not, it ca
no longer be postponed. 1t will not in
jure those choosing to abide by tn