Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-10-19
Mr.. Cannon: I wish to ask whether

Mr.. Cannon: wish to ask, whether
the gentleman from Kentucky is for
government ownership
Mr.. Stanley: The gentleman from
Kentucky is. essentially an individual
list. He differs as widely from Judge
Gary as from the gentleman from Wis
consin Mr.. Bergerl. I am not Re-
publican; am not Socialist; am q
Democrat Applause on the Democratic
side. And 1 believe in competition
and the independence of the individual.
Mr.. Fowler: Mr.. Chairman
The Chairman: Does the gentleman
from Wisconsin Mr.. Berger[ yield to
the gentleman from Illinois Mr.. Fow-
ler].
Mr.. Berger: Yes; yield to the gen.
tleman.
+ ''were Any Mules Killed?"
Mr.. Fowler: 1 understood the gem
tleman to say, in the course of his argu-
ment, that the conditions had grown
to such an extent that the capitalist of
Goday thought more of his wealth than
he did of the laborer or the family OF
the laborerY
Mr.. Berger: Yes; said the average
capitalist.
Mr.. Fowler: I was at coal mine in
my district last summer wherein there
had been an explosion, and man was
sent down to investigate the result.
When he came back the superintendent
asked him, as the first. question, "Were
shere any mules killed." Is that what
you mean by sizing up this situations
! Mr.. Berger: did not know of that
incident; but could recite good many
incidents of similar nature.
We Must Accommodate Our Political
Life to Industrial Conditions.
Mr.. Jackson: Will the gentleman
The Chairman: Does the gentleman
from Wisconsin yield to the gentleman
from Kansas7
Mr.. Berger: Yes, sir.
Mr.. jackson: The gentleman was
discussing the trust question. would
like to ask the gentleman if it is not
true that what he means, under our
present industrial system, is that where
a man has used his property to produce
a monopoly, under the common law and
under our Constitution that man 3 prop
erty is devoted to the public use and
that the government has right, this
Congress has a right, to regulate those
pricesg And I will ask the gentleman
further if our Supreme Court, in the
case of Mum against Illinois and the
People against Budd, has not announced
and confirmed that doctrineG
Mr.. Berger: Mr.. Chairman, do not
know all the decisions Of the Supreme
Court. am glad do not. Laugh
ter However, whether the Supreme
Court has so decided or not, the trusts
are the natural outcome of industrial
evolution, and our laws, our courts, and
our Constitution will have to aceomm0-
date themselves to industrial condi-
tions.
Mr.. jackson: What I wanted to ask
was this: Would it be anything con-
trary to the present doctrine of individ-
ualism, as we understand lit in this
country, if the courts and the legisla-
ture should regulate the prices of the
products Of men who violated the laws
and used their property ito produce q
monopoly9
Mr.. Berger: Well, will say that it
would be contrary to the spirit of q
regime of true individualism. Any in
reference by the government with the
rights of property is Socialistic in ten
dency.
MI. jackson: I hope the gentleman
is in favor of the government enforcing
true individualism.
The Chairman: The time of the gen,
tleman has again expired.