The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-01
FOSS FOR CLOSER
UNION OF STATES
Declares Business Interests Of the
Country Must Be Built Up Con
struotivelY for the People.

Charleston, S. c., Dec. 3O.--A closer
union Of the states for popular gov
ernment and the elimination Of special
tariff and other privileges, as the only
basis for constructive national pro-
gress, was advocated by Governor Eu-
gene n. Foss of Massachusetts in an
address before St. Andrews Society
yesterday,
He declared the business interests
Of the country must be buitl up on
constructive business lines for the
benefit of the people, and that the re-
publican party had utterly failed in
this regard.
He outlined the progressive move
ment of the democratic party, which
he said, furnished the necessary solu-
tion of our national problems, and
declared the country is calling on that
party to assume the leadership. He
said the Sherman act had failed to
safeguard and develop our industrial
prosperity and that it had reacted in
iuriously upon all business. He be-
lieyed. he said, that each state must
now take up the duties of regulating
its trade and commerce, instead of
leaving this to take its chances with
Iunwise federal control and litigation;
called for a more business-like direc-
tion of public affairs and declared it
to be the duty and the opportunity of
the progressive democracy to estab-
lish clean cut business methods in
government as well as in industry and
commerce.
Il Governor Foss said in part:
"The people now realize that the
i business interests Of the country and
all problems of public finance and
fiscal policy, cannot remain the prey
of partisan schemes; but must be rails
: ed to the highest level ON sound econ
omic principles. Progress is possible
] on this plan, and on no other, Legis-
lation in regard to our industry and
J commerce has hitherto been for more
+ destructive of broad, honest expansion
5 than effective in checking dishonesty
: or in limiting monopolies.
< I'VE now enter upon a new era in
S which progressive legislation on these
+ lines viii take the place of tariff jug
S Cling, and its attendant evils.
/ 'The era of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
e has been also the era of the political
n boss II has witnessed the subversion
e of legislatures, the dictation of con
e gressional action and the disturbance
of executive duty, through forces thai
e work, in the dark, against the public
d welfare. 1t has been the direct repre-
II sentation of popular will, supplantet
Il by the dictates Of political machines
It "Relief from present conditions cal
lbe-and will be-accorded by a demo
A. leratic administration and a democrats
Il leongress. These results can be Sc
e cured by our party through the twin
d policies of a reasonable tariff and set
"a tied program Of reciprocal agreements
D 1T is time for congress, while up
n holding the principle that interestat
D. land foreign trade shall be free from re
Il straint, to define so far as practicable
IS what specific acts shall be deeme'
n lawful and what unlawful in orde
Le that the legitimate business Of th
country may know what the condition
r, are to which business must conform,
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