Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-27
He Declares That IL is a Pop
ular Uprising of People
and That Every Law It
Advocates in Sound.
ITS WORK HAS NOT
BEEN COMPLETED YET
No Claim is Made That 1t Has
Adjusted All Questions
That vex Statesmen Says
the Senator.

tBy ENeptnN MeFntd n. Y. asoused Wtraf
Youngstown. ohio, Dec. 2t--The
progressive movement and what
II has done for Wisconsin was dIscuss-
ed by Senator Ro9ert ~ LaFoIle,te
today before the business men OF thIs
steel and iron community. He de-
ciared the progressive movement is a
peoples movement. a peoples canses
ana that II took root In the Granger
movement OF the Northwest asserting
that To-day the Justice. the wisdom.
the economic soundness OF every wis
consln law TO which tho progressive
movement gave being has conquered
opposition and compelled the approval
Of every American community"
"Thc nation has pronted by Wis
consln's civic evolution" Mr.. LaIfo'~
lette declared. and continued:
III Is not claimed for the progress
slvc move In Wisconsin that Il has at
tained It's nnai destiny. that u has set-
lticd all OF the questions that vex and
trouble thoughtful people everywhcre
and cause unrest even among the poor
and rich. but we do know that we have
achieved certain things,
I'VE know that the government has
been made eprcscntative---truiy rop-
rcscntatlve. We do know that tho diro
and awful predictions which alarmed
honest men In Wisconsin have proven
fa,sei that capital has not fled from
the state but v more secure than oira-
where; that the state banks. subicct
20 stnte regulations are safe and fnil-
ure II unknown; that the street car
the interurban. the ges, electric light
and water rates are undergoing roE-
ulntion and reduction and yet. becaueN
We have stability. the bonds OF all our
| public utilities are selling higher iu
the markets than those OF other ntatea;
| that railroad rates have been reduced.
the service regulated. the com plants
of shippers adjusted and yet the rail-
roads OF Wisconsin are more prn3Der-
GUS than In other states because a
sense Of security prevails everywhere.
and every prodmcer. every manufac-
turer knows tina, hls competitors With
In the scope OF state regulation enjoy
no secret favor or advantage.
"The old fecllng OF class antngon-
ism and distrust In fast giving place
to peace. confidence and prosperity "
was clearly understood st the outset
that We were entering ON a new era;
that the wonderful Industrial develop-
ment of the country had outgrown our
statutes and constitution; that tho
problems were complex and intri-
cate In a high degree. and that they
required profound study and research
and the application OF the best expert
knowledge available.
whatever success We have attained
In Wisconsin through the enactment
OF wise. constructive statutes has been
! the result Of clear and dennlte com
prehcnElon OF the Importance of tho
work az AFFECTING not only tho material
Interests Of the state. but the sOciolog-
lcnl welfare of the people In the bread
sst application of that term.
"The conditions which prevailed ia
government and business in Wiscon-
sin fifteen years ago are those which
the people in most states and In tho
nation are facing today"