The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-01

the place of philippics; and programs
can be soberly examined and assessed
as unqualified criticism and denuncia-
lions cannot be-"
We look beneath the label to the
man and his thought. Whichever par
ty proves most fit to conceive and put
through wise progressive program
will become the liberal party Of the
nation. Tories will be welcome to re
sort to the other and enjoy the privi-
Iege of minority
What is necessary in order to rec
tlry the whole mass of business of
this kind (the trusts) is that those who
control 1t should entirely change then
point of view. They are trustees. not
masters, of private property, not only
because their power is derived from a
multitude of men, but also because in
us investments it affects a multitude
of men. 1t determines the develop
ment or decay of communities 1t is
the cans of lifting or depressing the
life of the whole country. They must
regard themselves as representatives
of public power. There can be no
reasonable jealousy of public reguIa-
ton In such matters, because the op-
portuEities of all men are affected"
1t should be recognized as a funda-
mental principle Of our law in dea
with corporations that, though we call
them artificial persons, the only per
sons we are really going to deal with
In imposing the penalties of the law
upon them are the persons who con
stitute their directors and officers"
I'VE ought by this time to have seen
the futility-1 might even say the sill
ness-of trying to punish illegal action
y penaitzing corporations as such.
Fines punish the stockho older: for
teiture OF charter and of the franchise
which they are exercising paralyzes
industry and confuses business"
Men do not cease to be individuals
by becoming the officers OF corpora
tons. The responsibility for violating
the law, or for neglecting public in
terests, ought to fall upon them as in
dividuals.'
Let US clearly recognize and every
where proclaim that successful bust
ness and just politics are not antag-
onistlc. The business of society is CO
operation, not warfare and antag-
onism. If everybody will come with
clean hands and pure purpose into
the common game of life, there need
be no clash or hurtful rivalry. It is
only when a part tries to control and
dominate the whole that society must
rise in its might and restore the proper
balance"
Money is at the bottom of all mis-
representations. Not money put into
hands-not brides. That's old fash
Toned and crude. But it is accom-
plished by warning men that if they
do not do as they are told they can't
get money for their business. If they
do not do so they are told. they can't
get accommodations at the bank. The
man who does not do as he is told is
not invited to places; he becomes not
only political but a social outcast."
What is called radicalism in our
day is derived from the Latin word
which means root. 1t means simply
going to the root of things. It means
/ not being contented with merely trim
ming the branches off the tree, but
going to the root of it, renewing and
enriching the soil and making good
those things from which the whole
tree is drawn"
The radical In our time takes leave
to open his eyes wide and see things
as they are. In order to be rationa'
you must see all of the facts. and a
reasonable radical is the only kind
worth talking to. To be an unreason
able radical is just as bad as to be an
unreasonable reactionary. The whole
thing Is process of insight"
1t must not be a process of re-
Venge' of class ha+ls& - Sailing te