The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-28

evils lldl required noSllle lSB-SldlloH
TO stamp them out, and need constant
vigilance in the future to prevent their
recurrence. The difficulty is that the
Indignation caused by the evils aroused
a spirit Of antagonism and bitterness
which it is now difficult To allay, and
which manifests itsel in action of a
hostile character whenever occasion
arises. The same thing may be said
of the excessive tariff The fact that
banking and currency necessarily con-
Germs banks and those institutions that
gather together money attracts the
hostility OF men In politics, who thrive
by stirring up envy and hatred and
who live chiefly upon the denuncia-
ton of industries, the thrifty, and the
successful i'm business.
have considered these points with
a view to an appeal to the public in
behalf of reasonable. moderate action
and treatment for the purpose of en-
lcouraging the investment of capital
and of promoting prosperity. ! dep
rccate vindictive feeling against rail-
way corporations, against the compet-
ing parts OF trusts after they have
complied with DEGREES of courts disin-
tegrating them, against a reasonable
treatment of the businesses dependant
on the tariff, or against the solution
of the monetary question. which APP
peals to all reasonable and experienced
men.
We i'm this country are all in the
same boat Speeches made i'm one part
of the country 10 arouse the people of
that region against the enterprises or
business of another are made by the
hlindest men. Let there be prostration
of business i'm one large section and
that prostration will spread quickly
to all the rest.
What makes men happy? What
furnishes shoes and clothes and good
wholesome food to the family of faith
, err and mother and children but pros
porous times. in which labor is in high
demand. wages are good, sales are
plenty, prices are normal, and every
body is sharing i'm the general pros
perity?
DepIores Hostile Legislation.
In attempting TO rid ourselves Of tho
evils that were growing in business Sc
as To put dangerous power into the
hands of concentrated wealth, we hat
TO do many things that savored 81
hostility to capital. at least to the cap
ital which was engaged i'm those thing.
that IT was thought necessary TO enac
statutes to condemn. ] am no defend
er of those evils. on the contrary,
have been as strongly i'm favor of thei'
suppression by statutes made effective
as anyone: hut / think We have ar
rived at a time when the people them
selves ought to acquire sufficient per
ception into the operation of econom
ic forces to realize that a scctiona
prejudice leading to legislation agains
the interests of one part of the coun
try will as certainly rebound to TIL
detriment Of another as night will fol
low day. We are in the same boat
1--we are all tossed by the same waves
WHY, then. should we allow the 20
lutical fortunes of any man or set O
men to mislead us into hostility to
ward parts of the country which
lcertain to work injury to al?
1t is not progressive policy in an
true sense TO be hostile To prosperit
Of any part Of the country II rs nc
progressive to be against a railwa
corporation because IL Is railwa
corporation. IL Is progressive TO TAX
measures by statutes which shall reg
ulate railways and prevent their re
curing to evils Of which they hav
, been guilty in the past; but. assumin
/ them To be engaged in lawful bust
, ness. Il is OF the highest interest tina
We should secure to them reasonabl
, rates, so that their shareholders ma
have a profit. and that we should nc
enact legislation In n spirit or hostllit
; land think that merely because we hav
I nit a railway corporation and injurc
I " we have done something for n
, public good. Any other view Is lacl
e ing in sanity. and Il is that spirit
= lunreasoning and unreasonable antaf
( onism which political exigency seen
e TO develop and against which the con
G plants of business men may with pre-
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