The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-05


Hughes 80 ably argued and which the
people OF this country Endorsed by
plurality 81 a million and quarter
votes. nothing absolutely notnlnr az
Messing the spectacle OF the Republi-
can party not only failing 20 carry out
the trust plank I'm its own platform
hut actually vigorously CARVING out
the trust nlank OF the Democratic
platform. which n 20 strenuousiy at
tackled and which the American peo-
pie repudiated.
The only xsstiee OF keeping faith
with the people on anything involved
IN this question and as discussed In
the campaign. IL found In the supreme
courts recent trust decisions wherela
the "rrle OF reason" IL applied. and In
closing sentences from the Youngs-
town speech OF Gov. Hughes. for the
past year member OF the supreme
court are significant:
But in our progress we must
seek to avoid false steps Ours
must be the rule OF reason. clear
eyed. calm. patient and steadfast;
defeating the conspiracies OF In
trigJe and escaping the pitfalls OF
folly. Supreme must be the sense
OF Justice with its recognition OF
our mutual dependence.
Do-NotbinE Policy Regulated.
The congress which adopted this do
nothing" policy. which failed TO carry
out THESE az wen rs Otntf
received from the people In the last
national election. was repudiated by
the Ieople at our elections or year
ago: and now chaotic conditions exist
In the corporate business world which
"mingle the innocent and the guilty
In common condemnation"
II the record as made up above IL
accurate. can any one fail TO reach the
conclusion that the people OF this
as legal question. not as n question
OF percentages. but as moral ques-
tion7 To refuse even 10 attempt to
modify the sherman law along the
Hines tndtrHted In the Republican ma
tional platform Is to refuse TO
strengthen the moral law: TO refuse TO
define and punish wrong doing: to per-
init the throttling OF business. and TO
"mingle the innocent and the guilty In
a common condemnation"
The question at base In great
moral one. as were the questions that
brought on our wars of 177e and 1850,
and men will always light. to the death
~ need he. on a moral issue. Many
Deople In this country firmly believe
that through the granting OF special
privileges In various ways. such as
through the tariff through conces-
sions nv laws obtained through the I'm
nroper use OF money. through combina-
tons and consultations. huge for
tunes have been dishonesty and un-
fairly amassed. They see In the Sher-
man law an attemnt -tha-paFt- of
our national legislative body to strike
at this condition, AMI so far as that
Law goes towards accomplishing that
purpose every honest man will say
amen. enforce II TO the letter. but
experienee has shown that 10 enforce
this law as II stands means to throttle
business. How, then. are we going 70
correct our moral abuses--abuses
which must be corrected and not
throttle business That Is the issue of
the hour
senator Csmmis.' view.
Senator Cummins was reported by
the newspapers as having said few
days ago:
Personally believe the anti
trust law should d amended or
supplemented. The situation Is in
tolerable. The extent OF lawful
restraint cannot be known by
business man until he 10 prosecuted
and his case reaches the court. He
does not and cannot know a. he
proceeds with his business whether
he IL n good citizen or a criminal
That Is precisely the situation. IL
seems incredible that In solving our
industrial problems we cannot follow
some OF the presidents that we our
selves have established In solving other
problems. We have not only solved
the problem of how 10 have large
banks how to compel even dishonest
men to make pure food. but take our
railroads for example. Will any one
deny that gross abuses existed: that
all sorts OF cunning. underhand de-
vices were resorted to I'm the past by
some men In the railroad business TO
fleece the public ana build up private
fortunes7 Has there been any more
wickedness up to date I'm the manage
ment or our industrials than existed In
the railroads during a certain pertody
This wickedness became 80 notorious
that the government gradually took
hand In the situation and has actually
succeeded. step by step. In correcting
ing our railroads; and yet these same
railroads are only domestic agencies
OF trade. while our great Industrial
corporations are the very bulwarks or
our foreign commerce.
We ali know that we have gradually
reached point In this country where
We are consuming more and more OF
the products OF our farms: We no
Therefore has become om ali-impoftant
that we build up the expectation OF
the things we manufacture. Some or
our leading Industrial minds saw this
Sear. sao Sesan 70 get reaay for
t. They knew that the securing OF
the foreign trade In manufactured
products. I'm large quantities. at pront-
by having companies In different lines
OF trade that were large enough TO
command not only large capital but
large aggregations OF men OF the nrst
OF0eF OF ability IN tnelE particular
lines OF manufacture. For this pur-
pose large companies were organized.
not TO restrain but to promote. TO ex-
pand trade. Their success has been
phenomenal. The sales outside the
United States OF two companies alone
with whose business I am familiar,
ten years ago were t20,o0O,00O, ana
this year they will approximate tloo.-
swhat q spectaeiefs
Should these two corporations have
TO undergo dissolution by the United
States government-should they have
TO go back to their original compon-
ent parts. what a spectacle we VIII
make OF ourselves before the Germans,
aftnr we Americans, from whom the
Germans have learned so nuch In the
way of organizing business. may be
competing with them and ourselves IN
the foreign markets OF the world, In
Guiding Germany itself. with 90 or 70
companies in place OF i've or ten. In
the name Of intelligent thought l ask
listen: TO pause and contemplate what
this actually means. IL You answer
that business will 20 on Just the same
under a lot OF small companies In the
hards OF the same stockholders and
the same managers, my reply Is In the
words OF Lincoln, that you can TOOL
all the people some Of the time. some
OF the people all Of the time. but you
cannot fool all the people all the time.
and that the peope OF this country are
not after mere form. they are after
substance While our government 10
tearing down, other governments are
Our people believe that this question
Is a moral question. They have price
In Amarica's uositiou I'm the world OF