Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-12-30
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NHADEs ONO

Youngstown. o., Dec. Is. Ssaator
Robert Vi i-afoiiette. OF Wiseonasa.
Invaded President Tafts horne sfafs
/ for weeks campaign in fursneraxae
OF his pursuit Of the presidential a0rRs-
nation and in an apparent effort II
divide the Ohio Republican delegatioa
to the national convention.
The progressive movement and what
1t has done in. Wisconsin was the topic
discussed by LaF'ollette before the
business men OF this steel and iron
| community. He declared the progress
sive movement is peoples move
ment, peoples cause, and that it took
root in the granger movement of the
northwest.
Today" he asserted, @1he justice,
the wisdom, the economic soundness OF
/ every Wisconsin law to.whiehsthe pro
gressive movement gave being has
conquered opposition and compelled
the approval of every American com
munify the nation has profited by
Wisconsin's civic evolution. Il
'Is is not. claimed for the progress
siye cause in Wisconsin that it has at
tanned it's final destiny, that it has set
tied all of the questions that yex and
trouble thoughtful people everywhere,
and cause unrest even among the poor
and rich, but we do know that we have
achieved certain things We know that
government has been made representa-
tive-truls representative.
I'VE do know that the dire and aw-
full predictions which alarmed honest
business in wisconsin have proved
fake, that capital has not fed from
he state, but is more secure than
elsewhere; that state banks, subject TO
state regulation are safe and failure
is unknown that the street cars, the
intelurban, the gas electric light and
water rates are undergoing regulation
and reduction, and yet, because we
have stability, the bonds of all bur
public utilities are selling higher I'M
Ifhe markets than those of other states;
that railroad rates have. been reduced,
the services regulated, the complaints
of shippers adjusted, and yet the rail
roads of Wisconsin are more prosper
Gus than in other states because q
sense of security prevails everywhere
and every producer, every manufaet-
urcr knows that his competitors within
the scope o. state regulation enjoy no
secret favor or advantage. The. old
feeling of class antagonism and dis,
trust Is fast giving place to. peace, con-.
fidence and prosperity; ~ ;,
1T was clearly understood at the
outset that we were. entering upon a
lew era; that the wonderful Industrial.
development Of the country had out /,
grown statutes and contribution;
that the problems were complex and
intricate in high degree and that
they requiEed paofoundsstudy and re-
s-afch and the application of the best
expert knowledge available.
h .AWhateyer success wehaye attained
in Wisconsin through the enactment of
wise, constructive statutes, has been
the result of clear and definite COM
prehension of the Importance of the
work. as Affecting not only The ma
teriai interests of the state, but the
sociological welfare of the people in
the bdoadest application of that term.
The conditions which prevailed in
policies. government and business in
Wisconsin fifteen years ago are those
which the people in most states and in
the nation are facing today"
Senator LaFollette will speak in Nor
walk this afternoon and Toledo to-
night Tomorrow he will speak at
North Baltimore and Dayton. Saturday
he will spend in President Taft's home
city, Cincinanti speaking there in the
evening.