The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-30
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| respect.
With world wide conditions funda-
mentally strong and American
| finances recovered from the quite un-
| necessary bankera panic of 1907
natural forces will compel better bus
, mess throughout the United States.
The political unrest of a presiden-
tial year therefore should not mate
! .nent in business, especially as the
public seems to have discounted a
change in the national administra-
ton, including the senate as well as
| the presidency.
The World Wide Cooperative Move
Humanity is going forward, not
back.
Worldwide forces make the for
| ward evolution irresistible.
individuals are associating into
groups, societies. companies, corpor-
atoms.
These groups, whether for social,
religious, political, labor agricultur-
al, financial or industrial purposes
are likewise cooperating for larger
| efficiency.
The same movement prevails
among nations.
| The units of the British empire,
while increasingly independent, yet
are more closely combining for their
| general welfare
In our own states uniformity of
| laws and association of effort are
| factors making for progress
! Yet in America it is imperative to
guard against usurpation of state
rights by the federal government,
even more jealousy than Canada,
South Africa and Australia are safe
guarding their rights within the en-
pire.
Nothing Can Sop Cooperation
And now the nations themselves
are coming together. The pending
arbitration treaties between the
United States, Great Britain and
France should be duly ratified in
proper form by the senate, as a
| crown to the worldwide "get-to-
gether movement The pending
treaties with Central America also
should be ratified as an incident to
this end.
No human power can restrain this
movement toward associated effort.
| II is a natural and logical step in
the onward march of civilization.
| Instead of seeking to destroy it
this forward development should be
supervised by governmental author
ity so that it may be cooperation for
the many rather than combination
for the few.
But the warfare of unrestricted
competition is passing away much
more rapidly even than is passing the
resort to arms in political disputes
between nations.
No Going Back to the Stagecoach Era
The world will not. return to the
com petition of the past, any more
than it will replace railroads with
! stage coaches!
This fundamental truth has long
been recognized by other nations es-
pecially Germany. which in many
respects is now the best managed OF
any people.
The United states Behind the Times
European nations have a construc-
tive policy for the promotion of their
industries and for the popular well
fare.
! Those governments not only per-
| nit associated effort, but encourage
| it.
They especially help the farmer
and artisan to pool issues and co.
operate for mutual benefit.
Hence, in Europe, confidence now
| prevails in business, however eager
the agitation for further social or
political reform.
Even the Irish, with opposing
| views in religion and politics, have
| discovered that they can. cooperate.
The government has encouraged the
movement until agricultural and in
| dustriai regeneration are now doing
more for Ireland than any amount
| of political home rule!
Making Criminals Cooperators
ton that still seeks to sweep back
with a legal broom the universe
food of cooperation.
| Instead OF encouraging associated
efficiency by wise regulation, Uncle
Sam seeks to destroy it by compelling
disintegration.
No other government would indict
! for conspiracy the officers of q farm
ers' association whose purpose was
righteous mutual benefit The United
States has indicted the New England
milk producers union!
! Under such strained Interpretation
, of legal technicalities, the federal adj
ministration can indict and destroy
any association marketing effort by
two or more citizens in different
states. whether it be a labor union
| farmers organization or industria
| com bination. No such union of grain
| growers. fruit growers, or live stock
men is now safe from Indictment
Still worse. the supreme court has
arrogated to itself the power to say
whether any such effort is reason
able or unreasonable" and therefore
whether ii should be permitted or de-
stroyed' saA4
The Situation Ihtolersble
Meanwhile congress Is aghast al
| the situation and in qusndsry as
| ~ how To wisely regulate com hina-
ton 20 a. not to destroy associated